THE PHILIPPINES should use its hosting next year of the 50th anniversary conference of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia to advance freedom of navigation and territorial ...

A HOUSE of Representatives official said on Thursday that the Senate’s refusal to convene a bicameral conference committee prevented lawmakers from reconciling differences on wage hike bills before ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. declared June 24 a special non-working day in Manila in celebration of the capital city’s 454th founding anniversary. The declaration was made through Proclamation ...

THE PHILIPPINE Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has turned over P16 million worth of ambulances to eight local government units. In a statement on Thursday, PAGCOR said the beneficiaries are ...

ALAS PILIPINAS wasn’t letting Kazakhstan beat it for another time on Independence Day. Summoning their best game to date since they were formed, the Filipinas smashed the Kazakhs, 25-21, 25-15, 25-19, ...

Backup guards Bennedict Mathurin and T.J. McConnell helped Indiana’s bench break out with 49 points as the Pacers topped the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-107 Wednesday to claim a 2-1 lead in the NBA ...

OLYMPIC gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo made her return to competition by seeing action in the just concluded National Weightlifting Championships in Dumaguete. In her first event after a long ...

MERALCO crashed out of the Basketball Champions League Asia after absorbing a 78-83 loss to Ulaanbaatar Xac Broncos in Wednesday’s quarterfinals at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. The Bolts started the ...

Pro hoops are replete with examples of erstwhile role players breaking out when the lights shine brightest. In the 2025 National Basketball Association Finals, that player is most certainly Bennedict ...

Michael Sancio, a resident of the Northern Irish town of Ballymena, said he was woken at midnight on Tuesday by masked men banging loudly on windows. Mr. Sancio, his wife and daughter, and a couple ...

US President Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday US personnel were being moved out of the Middle East because “it could be a dangerous place,” adding that the United States would not allow Iran to have ...

MYANMAR’S beleaguered economy is expected to contract by 2.5% in the 2025/26 fiscal year largely due to the devastating impact of a powerful earthquake in late March, the World Bank said in a report ...