Iloilo shocks Bacoor City on Catapusan buzzer-beater

CJ Catapusan shocked virtually everyone at the Bacoor City Strike Gymnasium — even commissioner Kenneth Duremdes himself — as he lifted eighth-seeded Iloilo past top-seeded Bacoor City, 89-86, in Game 1 of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League S…

UP downs NU to grab lead in UAAP women’s basketball

University of the Philippines (UP) rolled to its third straight win after beating seven-time champion National University, 72-69, in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 86 women’s basketball at the UST Quadricentennial…

Taguig rewards over 6K teachers with tablets

Around 6,700 public school teachers in Taguig received tablets, complete with keyboards and pens, in celebration of National Teachers’ Month. A total of 49 principals, 52 teacher presidents and Department of Education School Division Superintendents r…

Egypt in talks with Israelis, Palestinians as fighting escalates

Egypt said Saturday it is engaged in intensive talks with Israel and Palestinians to restore calm following a stunning Hamas attack that led to retaliatory airstrikes by the Israelis. The Egyptian Presidency said President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi received…

PH condemns escalation of conflict in Israel

The Philippine government on Sunday condemned the ongoing escalation of fighting in Israel and assured that it is closely coordinating with the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv to ensure the safety of Filipinos. “The Philippines condemns the attacks, es…

Negros Occidental inflation rate drops

Decrease in prices of some commodity groups led to a slight decline in inflation rate for all income households in Negros Occidental, from 7.9 percent in August to 7.6 percent in September, data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) sh…

Death toll from Afghanistan quake rises to 2K

The death toll from Saturday’s massive earthquake that hit the northwestern part of Afghanistan has shot up to 2,000 with nearly 10,000 injured as rescue workers scrambled to pull out an unknown number of people trapped under rubble, officials and loc…