Cebu's greatest basketball icons will receive long-overdue recognition from the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) before Saturday night's twin bill at the Cebu Coliseum.

TACLOBAN CITY — A Grade 9 14-year-old student is being investigated after a sachet containing suspected “shabu” (crystal meth) was recovered by school personnel inside the campus of Javier National High School in Javier, Leyte, prompting police and social welfare authorities to intervene. Authorities took into custody on Thursday, July 16, the student, identified only

MIAMI, United States — Giannis Antetokounmpo arrived in Miami to join the NBA’s Heat on Thursday taking inspiration from Lionel Messi, a sporting legend who launched his own new chapter of success with a move to South Florida. Antetokounmpo, the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player from Greece who led the Milwaukee Bucks to the 2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) has denounced the criminal case filed against veteran journalist Marchel Espina, calling it an attempt to intimidate the media and warning that the complaint could undermine press freedom. In a statement released on Friday, July 17, the journalists’ group condemned the filing

MANILA, Philippines — A man was fatally shot in front of an elementary school in Teresa town, Rizal, the police said. The man, identified as a 30-year-old construction worker residing in the same town, had allegedly walked past the suspect, identified as 58-year-old security guard, while the latter was aboard his motorcycle parked in front

MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) said it has established a scholarship program in honor of student-athletes Divine Adili and Rene “Bobet” Baterbonia on the 40th day since their passing. In a statement, ADMU announced that the establishment of the Blue Eagle Athletic Scholarship fund is a tribute to the two student-athletes who

BAGUIO CITY — Two separate fires broke out in Baguio on Thursday, and no one was hurt, according to the Baguio City Public Information Office (PIO) on Friday, citing information from the Baguio City Fire Station. The first fire broke out at around 4:25 p.m. at a residential lodging house at Lower Brookside. Supt. Mark Anthony

COTABATO CITY — The shakeup in political alignments continues ahead of the official start of campaigning for the first-ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) set on Sept. 14. More political leaders have left the United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) to join the newly formed Bangsamoro Federalist Party (BFP), with

MANILA, Philippines — The argument that the impeachment proceedings should be stopped because Vice President Sara Duterte enjoys high satisfaction ratings is misplaced, as the pursuit of accountability is not a popularity contest or a beauty pageant, prosecution panel spokesperson Robert Ace Barbers said on Friday. Barbers and members of the House of Representatives’ prosecution team

Amid Government Officials Being Arrested, Ombudsman Boying Remulla Speaks on Former Speaker Martin Romualdez Ombudsman Boying Remulla claimed that the plunder charges against presidential cousin and former House Speaker Martin Romualdez are near its filing. Several government officials were tagged in the supposed multi-billion flood control corruption in the Philippines. One of them is former ... Read more

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