San Sebastian, Perpetual share lead in NCAA juniors basketball

MANILA: San Sebastian College and University of Perpetual Help Dalta System registered easy victories on Friday to share the lead in the NCAA Season 99 juniors basketball tournament at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City.

Ruvic Danag scored 18 …

Kenyan runner who broke 4 world marks in record time passes away at 72

NAIROBI: Kenyan athletics legend Henry Rono, who broke four world records in a span of only 81 days in 1978, died Thursday at the age of 72.

Athletics Kenya (AK), the governing body for the sport, said in a statement that Rono, who specialized in lon…

PSA accepts correction of nat’I ID entries

ILOILO CITY: The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is now accepting correction of entries for national identification in its fixed registration sites in Negros Occidental and Iloilo.

PSA focal for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) in…

PM urges prompt resumption of work after Tet holiday

Hanoi: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a directive urging ministries, sectors, localities, and state employees to promptly implement key tasks after the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

This year, state employees had seven days off for Tet, th…

Ex-convict yields P6.8-M ‘shabu’ in Mandaue

CEBU CITY: A former convict was arrested at midnight Friday in Mandaue City after yielding PHP6.8 million worth of suspected shabu.

Police seized from Sydney Tanggarorang, 54, an ex-convict of several offenses and who is also on the drug watchlist of…

SMC-led group to operate NAIA

MANILA: SMC-SAP and Co. Consortium emerged the winning bidder to operate and rehabilitate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista announced Friday.

The group, composed of San Miguel Holdings Corp., RMM…

PBBM to DPWH: Prioritize damaged roads, PAGASA building in Caraga

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday directed the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to prioritize repairing the damaged roads and Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) buildin…