CEBU CITY – Dusty and noisy. These are the complaints of some residents living near the area where the construction of the New Cebu International Container Port (NCICP) is ongoing. Residents of Barangay Tayud, Consolacion town, Cebu complained that they could not sleep well at night due to noise...
NEW DELHI (AP) — A fire swept through a building in a New Delhi neighborhood Wednesday, killing at least 21 people and injuring several others, police said. The building in the Malviya Nagar neighborhood in the southern part of the city had a restaurant on the ground floor and a hotel above. The...
The private operator of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has named a seasoned airport executive as its chief operating officer (COO), tasked with overseeing the next chapter of the gateway’s ongoing modernization efforts. New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) announced on Wednesday, June 3,...
Excitement grows louder as the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks dispute the NBA crown in a best-of-seven series that promises intense action and high-stakes drama. And this year’s Finals brings a meaningful storyline for this basketball-crazed nation with Jordan Clarkson and Dylan Harper...
For millions of listeners around the world, Peabo Bryson 's voice was inseparable from fairy tales, first dances, and unforgettable movie moments. The Grammy-winning singer, whose powerful tenor elevated Disney classics "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World" into cultural touchstones,...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — For a few hours on Tuesday, June 2, the San Antonio Spurs and New York Knicks held practices on a floor that had the NBA Finals logo painted at midcourt. They did interviews with the logo as a backdrop. They saw finals mentions basically everywhere they looked. It might have...
Reforms in public procurement, infrastructure oversight, and accountability must be fully carried out to ensure that the billion-peso flood-control corruption scandal does not happen again and those responsible are made to answer, according to four governance and business groups. In a joint...
BACOLOD CITY – One soldier was wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Barangay Tamlang, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Monday, June 1. First Lt. Fevie Fajardo, 79th Infantry Battalion civil-military operations officer, said the gun battle against five remnants of the dismantled...
For most artists, a tour stop is just another city on the calendar. For Danny O 'Donoghue, Manila feels like something else entirely. "It feels like coming home every time," the The Script frontman said during a packed media conference last week as he returned to the Philippines to promote the...
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — It 's official: The NBA Finals logos are back at the NBA Finals. With no fanfare other than a social media post, the NBA announced Sunday, May 31, that the image of the Larry O 'Brien Trophy — the one given to the winner of the finals — will be painted at midcourt...
One Filipino is surely raising the Larry O’Brien trophy for the first time ever at the end of the NBA Finals regardless of who wins it between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks. The only question is who it will be between Dylan Harper of the Spurs and Jordan Clarkson of the Knicks —...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs started the Western Conference finals with a win in Oklahoma City, then ended the series the same way. The champions are dethroned. Wembanyama and the Spurs are headed to the NBA Finals. Wembanyama scored 22 points, Julian...
