By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, (PNA) -– Senator Teofisto Guingona III, Senate blue ribbon chairman, on Monday rejected the request of Sen. Serge Osmena III to defer until November 18 the scheduled…
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Moscow team gets desperate over football pitch crisis
MOSCOW, (PNA/R-Sport) -– The dearth of quality football pitches in the Russian capital came to light again Saturday as Lokomotiv Moscow turned down a request from desperate city rival CSKA to use…
Bill to create a school for sports filed
MANILA, (PNA) — A Cavite lawmaker has filed a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to create a school for sports to develop world-class athletes among Filipinos. Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla (2nd…
Ghana trains young athletes for major int’l events
ACCRA, (PNA/Xinhua) — Ghana has begun a program to unearth and develop young athletes to win laurels for the country at future international assignments. As part of the program, the Ghana Athletics…
UAAP Season 76 opens on live TV on Nov. 23
MANILA, (PNA) — College football debuts on live television as Season 76 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) kicks off on Nov. 23 at the Far Eastern University (FEU)-Diliman…
Russia boosting arms shipments to Syria — U.S. officials
WASHINGTON, (PNA/RIA Novosti) -– Russia has increased its weapons shipments to Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government since last year, military aid that is likely “more significant” than Iranian arms supplies to Damascus,…
Lavrov: Russia interested in Japan’s participation in Geneva-2
TOKYO, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — Russia hails Japan’s intention to take part in the Geneva-2 conference on Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after two-plus-two talks on Saturday. “The main task on the…
Man confesses to dozens of rapes around Moscow
MOSCOW, (PNA/RIA Novosti) — A 25-year-old man has confessed to committing at least two dozen rapes around Moscow, primarily in apartment building elevators, investigators said Friday. The suspect, who was apprehended quickly…
Afghan police kill 17 Taliban fighters
KABUL, (PNA/Xinhua) — Afghan police backed by the army have killed 17 Taliban fighters during series of operations across the country over the past 24 hours, Interior Ministry said in a statement…
RF, Japan to strengthen cooperation between ships in Gulf of Aden
TOKYO, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — Russia and Japan will step up cooperation between their ships in the Gulf of Aden, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told a press conference on Saturday after the talks…
Russia’s General Staff to step up contacts with Japanese counterpart
TOKYO, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — The General Staff of Russia’s armed forces and the Staff of Japan’s Self-Defence Force have agreed to step up bilateral contacts, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told a news…
Moscow, Tokyo agree to begin dialogue on regional security formation
TOKYO, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — Moscow and Tokyo have agreed to begin a dialogue on the new nonaligned security architecture formation in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lvov said on Saturday after…
Japan, Russia agree to boost defense exchanges
TOKYO, (PNA/Xinhua) — Japan and Russia agreed to improve bilateral defense exchanges at the first “two-plus-two” meeting involving their foreign and defense ministers here on Saturday. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said…
Lavrov: Moscow hopes US-Japanese relations will not create problems for Russia
TOKYO, (PNA/Itar-Tass) — Moscow hopes that relations between the United States and Japan will not pose any problems to Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after two-plus-two format talks between the foreign…
Iran determined to expand energy cooperation with Russia
MOSCOW, (PNA/IRNA) — Energy Minister of Iran Hamid Chitchian said here that Tehran is determined to develop cooperation with Moscow in energy and electricity fields. Talking to IRNA, Chitchian said Iran is…