Argentina's Lionel Messi (center) drives the ball next to Paraguay's Angel Romero (right) during their closed-door 2022 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier football match at La Bombonera Stadium in Buenos Aires on November 12, 2020. (Photo by Juan Ignacio RONCORONI / POOL / AFP) Argentina had...
Hang back from the horrors of Covid life and take refuge in the metaphors for our larger fears, such as our fear of death or disease or isolation or life itself. Horror as a genre is built around one truth: that the world is full of fearful things. But the best horror tells us more. It tells us how...
The Philippines moved up a notch to 48th in the latest global talent ranking where the country was shown scoring the worst performance in most subfactors related to investments and development in the education sector. Now on its 7th edition, the annual Talent Ranking Report 2020 by the Institute...
In this file photo taken on October 13, 2020, Brazil's Neymar takes a penalty to score against Peru during their 2022 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier football match at the National Stadium in Lima, amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Daniel APUY / POOL / AFP) Brazil must...
Popular Filipino-American skin specialist Olivia Quido-Co would always remember Prince Jackson (whose real name is Michael Joseph Jackson Jr.), son of pop icon Michael Jackson, as someone who is humble and championing noble causes. Quido-Co made the revelation about Prince during a Zoom interview...
Woman Grandmaster candidate Kylen Joy Mordido blew away the field in leading the march to the grand finals while International Master Daniel Quizon and Jerlyn Mae San Diego faced rough sailing in the local qualifying tournament for the FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships...
The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government is rapidly digitalizing the country’s agricultural systems and mechanizing farm production to ensure food security over the long run. During the virtual 2020 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, Finance...
The catchy “Baby Shark Dance” has set a new Guinness World Records title as the most viewed video on YouTube. “The children's rhyme, created by Pinkfong (Republic of Korea) and initially uploaded to YouTube on the 17 June 2016, has garnered an incredible 7,042,967,886 views as of 2 November...
The sports page of the November 5, 1954 issue of the Manila Bulletin Perhaps the greatest accomplishment ever made in the history of Philippine basketball happened 66 years ago when the great Caloy Loyzaga led the Filipinos to a 66-60 win over France in the championship round of the FIBA World...
Dodgers fans celebrate after the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on October 27, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP The Los Angeles Dodgers clung to their goal in a baseball season upended by the coronavirus pandemic, and walked away with a World...
Manager Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays makes a pitching change during the sixth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 6 of the 2020 MLB World Series at Globe Life Field on October 27, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images/AFP Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash defended his...
The World Bank has approved a loan to the Philippines to improve its customs administration, reduce transaction costs as well as enhance predictability and transparency of the clearance process at the country’s borders. In a statement, the Washington-based financial institution said it...
