“I look forward to a pageant in which fashion will be one of the things that will be given importance. Not only the creations but the creator themselves,” Design Council head of Miss Universe Philippines Albert Andrada tells Manila Bulletin Lifestyle . “The MUP will serve as a platform...
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver (Photo by Stacy Revere / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP) The NBA is looking at starting a 72-game 2020-21 season in December and finishing in time for players to compete at the Tokyo Olympics according to multiple reports Friday. The Athletic and ESPN, citing unnamed...
State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) has apprised the Senate Committee on Energy that its liabilities had been trimmed by P29 billion as of June this year to P393.3 billion from a heftier scale of P422 billion as of end-December 2019. During the budget...
Teams, officials and staff of the Philippines Football League made their way inside the bubble, three days before the league kicks off its shortened fourth season on Sunday at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite. All participants, most notably the players from all six clubs,...
Local food producers across all agricultural sectors – palay, corn, hogs, poultry, and fishery – have complained about a sector-wide crisis being experienced now in agriculture, which they said was triggered by low farm-gate prices, falling production, and lack of government support. In a...
A health worker disinfect the balls used after a Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 practice. (Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas) Three more professional leagues are set to start their seasons this week as the gradual return of local sports to normalcy continues amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3...
Corey Seager of the Los Angeles Dodgers strikes out against the Atlanta Braves during the second inning in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series at Globe Life Field on October 17, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Images/AFP The Los Angeles Dodgers used another first-inning...
Stallion-Laguna coach Ernie Nierras uses a megaphone to give instructions to his players during a training session at the PFF National Training Centre in Carmona, Cavite. (Photo from PFL) The Philippines Football League announced Wednesday that it scrapped an initial plan of staging a four-team...
The politics of Sadness Illustrations by Ariana Maralit And in the remote capital of our wildest imagination, one day, to our collective shock, the government ceased all operations, focused only on the one thing none of us ever imagined would deserve its full attention: Sadness. “What...
Millers and traders are blaming the poor quality of unhusked rice being produced by farmers to the current low prices of the staple food. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) This was validated by Agriculture Secretary William Dar, who said consumers now prefer quality rice. In a statement, the Department...
Several business establishments – from a mall, fast-food and drugstore chains, and supermarkets to a European fast-fashion retailer and a North American coffee shop franchisee – have been the subject of reports from citizens over mishandling and misuse of contact-tracing data, prompting the...
Rebuilding the team that has lost a few high school prospects would be Jeff Napa’s first order of business as new coach of the National University Bulldogs. “Yun muna ang focus namin,” said Napa, who will fill in the shoes left by Goldwyn Monteverde. NU high school standouts Carl Tamayo,...
