Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — Quezon overcame a slow start and took AM Caloocan Air Force, 23-25, 25-14, 25-21, 25-12, to stay on top of the Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association (MPVA) Season 1 on Saturday night at Quezon Convention Center in Lucena. Rhea Mae Densing contributed 21 points, making the big plays for the Tangerines to dominate the next three sets after losing the first. READ: MPVA: Bacoor edges Negros to boost bid for Top 2 Mycah Go also sizzled in front of their home crowd, leading the Tangerines with 14 points, all coming from attacks. The Tangerines clinched one of the […]…

Keep on reading: MPVA: Quezon clinches twice-to-beat edge

National Police Commission (Napolcom) Commissioner Edilberto Leonardo, who was implicated in the killing of three Chinese drug convicts and of former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) board secretary Wesley Barayuga, has resigned from his post. This was confirmed in separate text messages to the Inquirer by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla and Presidential Communications Secretary Cesar Chavez. Remulla also told the Inquirer that he received an Oct 8. letter from Bersamin informing him of Leonardo’s resignation. READ: Garma: Rewards of up to P1 million led to ‘narco-pol’ slays “On behalf of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., this is to […]…

Keep on reading: Leonardo, tied to drug war killings, quits Napolcom

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama says that the Duranos’ support for Pamela “Pam” Baricuatro’s candidacy for governor is “a very positive development” for them. Duranos’ endorsement of Baricuatro a huge plus for opposition, says Rama On Thursday, October 10, Team Liberate Cebu (TLC), an opposition group led by Rama, was launched in Cebu City, where Baricuatro was also present. Rama said that he was eyeing for the Duranos to be part of their group. “I wish [the] Durano family [in the] 5th district is part of this group, TLC,” Rama said. And on Friday, the […]…

Keep on reading: Rama: Duranos’ endorsement of Pam Baricuatro a huge plus for opposition

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has extended the deadline for the filing of petitions against nuisance candidates. In a notice posted on social media on Friday evening, the Comelec said the deadline was moved from Monday, Oct. 14 to Wednesday, Oct. 16. “Please take notice that the Commission (en banc) approved the […]…

Keep on reading: Filing of petitions vs. nuisance candidates extended to Oct. 16

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama had frank words for Black men who may be considering sitting out the election. “Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president, and you’re coming up with other alternatives and other reasons for that,” he said Thursday to Harris-Walz campaign volunteers and officials at a field office in Pittsburgh. America’s first Black president touched a nerve among Democrats worried about Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances of becoming the second. Harris is counting on Black turnout in battleground states such as Pennsylvania in her […]…

Keep on reading: Obama’s call to Black men on misogyny touches a nerve among Democrats

It’s been quite a while since a Filipino ruled the world stage in taekwondo. Then Tachiana Mangin came along. Behind the stellar performance of the Grade 12 jin from University of Santo Tomas is her coach, Olympian Kirstie Elaine Alora, fortified the foundation of Mangin’s path to victory. “All the things that I learned as […]…

Keep on reading: Behind Olympics dreamer is coach who’s been there