Top Rank chief and Hall of Famer promoter Bob Arum is ecstatic for the upcoming world bantamweight bout between unified super WBA and IBF champion Naoya Inoue and Michael Dasmariñas at the Virgins Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday (Manila time). Unified super WBA and IBF bantamweight champion...
Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue drew a comparison from Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao as boxing and media personalities pointed out their similarities in speed and power. Manny Pacquiao (left) and Naoya Inoue (Photos from Manny Pacquiao's Instagram account and Top Rank) In a mini-documentary by Top...
Michael Dasmariñas (center) with Olympic-bound boxer Eumir Felix Marcial and the rest of Team Dasmariñas (Photo from Michael Dasmariñas' Facebook page) Filipino boxer Michael Dasmariñas is out to prove his worth when he faces Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue in their world bantamweight...
Japanese "Monster" Naoya Inoue cannot help but laud Nonito Donaire, now the WBC bantamweight champion, after showing a vintage performance against Nordine Oubaali two weeks ago. In this file photo, Naoya Inoue (left) and Nonito Donaire exchange punches during their mega-bout in November 2019 that...
It's the highest honor given to exemplary Filipino expats in the UAE Michael Cinco and the Dakilang Bayani award Noted Dubai-based Filipino couturier Michael Cinco was given the Dakilang Bayani (Noble Hero) award last June 11, 2021, a day in advance of the celebration of the 123rd Philippine...
The chairman of the House Committee on Good Government on Thursday, June 10 condemned the killing of promising footballer Kieth Absalon and his cousin, Nolven Absalon, even as he urged the family and friends of the victims to reject as “grossly insufficient” the offer of apology and...
Spring/summer 2021, 10 years later, is nostalgia season, so I’m back in New York in 2011 when, surrounded by the likes of Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington, Michael Douglas, Emma Watson, and Anjelica Huston, I met the designer who spoke highly of Filipinos IN BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY A woman tries to...
For the past 10 years, Michael V. and Manilyn Reynes played husband and wife in GMA Network's well-loved family sitcom "Pepito Manaloto." The show aired its season finale a few days ago and during a virtual interview, the two were asked why their "love team" worked and for years. Michael cited...
Coach Freddie Roach with Filipino boxer Michael Dasmariñas (Photo from Michael Dasmariñas' Facebook page) Filipino boxer Michael Dasmariñas tapped the services of veteran trainer Freddie Roach for his world title bout against Japanese star Naoya Inoue on June 19 at the Virgin Hotels in Las...
Another couple tied the knot today. Melissa Ricks and her husband Michael Macatangay got married in the US. It was a blissful day filled with their relatives who are mostly based in America. The couple added a nice wedding tradition with the prosperity or money dance, where guests would attach...
"We at the Miss Universe Canada organization are deeply saddened to read the recent negative online comments directed at us, the current Miss Universe Canada titleholder, some of our designer supporters and third-party organizations." This is what the beauty pageant organization said on their...
Miss Universe Canada 2020 Nova Stevens claims she has been receiving various threats after Dubai-based Filipino Fashion designer Michael Cinco called her out along with MGMode for being supposedly "ungrateful." According to the beauty queen, she doesn’t usually dignify drama or hate with a...
