PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — San Miguel-RP Team finally found its groove and beat Bahrain’s Al Muharraq 99-80 Wednesday to make the quarterfinals of the 18th FIBA Asia Champions Cup at the Azadi…
Fans want Ruffa to stay in ‘The Buzz’
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The new Sunday showbiz talk show of GMA7 hosted by Pia Guanio, Raymond Gutierrez and John Lapus, has yet to make an impressive showing in the ratings game….
Binay wins Makati polls
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The ticket of Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay has scored a sweep of the elections in the city, winning all 20 local positions at stake. Never has there been…
Atienza concedes to Lim
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Ali Atienza on Thursday conceded the race for mayor in Manila to Alfredo Lim. Ali, the son of incumbent mayor Lito Atienza, made the announcement after emerging from…
Korean tourists to reach 650,000 this year
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Around 650,000 Korean tourists, many of them honeymooners and students, are expected to visit the different destinations in the Philippines this year, the Department of Tourism said. Maricon…
3 Filipinas reach Everest peak
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — FORMER national dragonboat rower Noelle Wenceslao became the first Filipina to reach the summit of the world’s highest mountain when she and two other teammates completed their final…
JDV wins
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. yesterday extended the hand of reconciliation after scoring a lopsided victory against his opponent in the fourth district of Pangasinan. “With charity…
Pacquiao losing in political arena
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Praise the Lord, boxing icon Manny Pacquiao won’t be spending his time inside the halls of Congress and giving his two-cents on national issues like E-VAT and Cha-cha….
How much is eBay?
News like YouTube sold for 1.6 billion USD to Google, eBay acquired Skype for 2.6 billion often get all of us so excited and usually make us start to wonder about how…
Customs, BIR revamp looms
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has overturned a plan of the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs to defer the implementation of the lateral attrition law,…
Very low turnout for overseas voting
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — The official turnout from overseas absentee voting as expected was very low, with 80,000 or about 15 percent of registered voters casting their votes, according to the Department…
Stock market, peso surge
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — Shares surged to their highest level in 10 years yesterday, inspired by relatively smooth mid-term elections, while the peso rallied to a new six-year high of 46.95 to…
Observers dismayed by elections
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — INTERNATIONAL observers said yesterday they witnessed threats and vote-buying inside some precincts in the southern Philippines, raising questions about election manipulation in the unsettled region. The criticism came…
Be fair to dispel trending allegations
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ADMINISTRATION lawmakers yesterday urged media to be fair in reporting the results of the May senatorial race to dispel trending allegations as major outlets continue to highlight areas…
TU working for 12-0 win
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — With a decisive victory looming on the horizon, Team Unity has been working double-time for a 12-0 win of its senatorial ticket in a bid to send most,…