LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- French sensation Victor Wembanyama came out on top in his first tussle with NBA superstar LeBron James on Friday, Dec. 15, as the San Antonio Spurs snapped their 18-game losing streak with a 129-115 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Giannis Antetokounmpo erupted for a career-high 64 points as the Milwaukee Bucks avenged last week's in-season tournament exit to the Indiana Pacers with an ill-tempered 140-126 victory on Wednesday, Dec. 13. Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks blocks a shot by Tyrese...
The Philippines voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in war-torn Gaza, months after it abstained from a call for an “immediate humanitarian truce” between Israel and Hamas. Smoke billows from the Gaza's Rafah border...
EEI Corporation, a member of the Yuchengco Group, is seeking to diversify from its main line of EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) work for the petroleum industry into civil works in the Middle East where there is growing demand for the construction of buildings and infrastructure. In an...
DUBAI, UAE – The developed countries of the world are being called upon to double climate adaptation financing to $40 billion a year by 2025, so the goals on emissions reduction set forth at the COP28 can be successfully delivered. As emphasized by United Nations Secretary General Antonio...
UN chief Antonio Guterres has raised to the UN Security Council the worsening situation in Gaza, invoking for the first time the Article 99 of the UN Charter as he believed that the developments in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war are already threatening international peace. Guterres early Thursday...
DUBAI, UAE – Raising warning that current policies and ‘business-as-usual’ development business models have been catapulting the planet’s tumble into ‘crash and burn’ with 3.0-degree Celsius temperature rise, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres sent a clear message to all...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- San Antonio rookie Victor Wembanyama was sidelined for the first time in his NBA career on Friday, Dec. 1, as the Spurs ruled him out against the New Orleans Pelicans with a sore right hip. San Antonio rookie Victor Wembanyama (AFP) Wembanyama played through the problem on...
President Marcos has asked world leaders to support the Philippines' bid to host the Loss and Damage Fund as he called for the fund's prompt operationalization to support developing and vulnerable countries from the impact of the climate crisis. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (File...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 33 points to propel the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 133-110 victory over LeBron James and the weary Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, Nov. 30. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder goes up for a layup during the second half against the...
While Century Properties Group Inc. is already performing well in 2023, next year is seen to be even better for the company its affordable housing business continues to exhibit rapid growth. In a media briefing for the launch of the firm’s first hotel project, Novotel Suites Manila, CPGI...
Century Properties Group Inc. (CPG) has fully acquired PHirst, its first-home residential venture, five years after entering a fruitful joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation. In a statement over the weekend, CPG Executive Chairman Amb. Jose E.B. Antonio emphasized the strategic importance...
