Messi named MLS Most Valuable Player for 2024
Lionel Messi has been named the 2024 Landon Donovan Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player following a campaign in which he captained Inter Miami to their first-ever Supporters’ Shield as top club...
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LIST: Festive food trays, platters to ‘sleigh’ your 2024 holiday feasts
MANILA, Philippines – The Christmas season is here, and with it comes a schedule decked with parties, reunions, and potlucks. There’s no time to spend hours in the kitchen or rush to the grocery store...
View ArticleWhy Tagbilaran Bishop Alberto Uy opposes the Cebu-Bohol bridge project
CEBU, Philippines – Tagbilaran Bishop Alberto Uy has a few words for those who support the idea of a bridge that would connect the islands of Bohol and Cebu: pause and reevaluate. Among many religious...
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[Only IN Hollywood] From ‘Vikings’ to ‘Dune: Prophecy,’ Travis Fimmel is...
LOS ANGELES, USA – “The paycheck,” quipped Travis Fimmel when asked in a recent video interview what made him sign up as Desmond Hart in Dune: Prophecy, the original drama series now streaming on HBO...
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Four the crown: La Salle, UP shoot to break four-themed ‘curses’ in UAAP finals
MANILA, Philippines – The La Salle Green Archers and the UP Fighting Maroons are locked in the hottest new rivalry today in UAAP men’s basketball, with the best-of-three finals rematch series kicking...
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Political dynasties also swarm the party-list elections
While Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. and his wife Cavite Representative Lani Mercado seek reelection next year, their son Bryan Revilla aims to keep his party-list seat in the House of...
View Article‘Like a dream’: Emotional Escamis leads Mapua to elusive NCAA title
MANILA, Philippines – Clint Escamis cried tears of joy as Mapua captured the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball throne following a finals sweep of St. Benilde. It marked the Cardinals’ first...
View ArticleNetflix’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ hits screen in Havana
Hundreds of fans gathered outside the Yara cinema in Cuba’s capital on Friday evening for a screening of the first TV adaptation of one of Latin America’s most beloved novels, a mammoth challenge...
View ArticleLIVE UPDATES: La Salle vs UP – UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball finals, Game 1
MANILA, Philippines – The rematch is set. For the second year in a row, the defending champion La Salle Green Archers and the UP Fighting Maroons will fight for the crown in the UAAP Season 87 men’s...
View ArticleLIVE: Bishop Ambo David, 20 others join College of Cardinals
Watch the consistory here at 11 pm (Manila time) on Saturday, December 7. MANILA, Philippines – Pope Francis leads an ordinary public consistory at Saint Peter’s Basilica on Saturday, December 7, to...
View ArticleNU survives Game 1 thriller over UST, nears perfect UAAP women’s hoops season
MANILA, Philippines – Just a win away from a perfect season. The NU Lady Bulldogs moved on the cusp of reclaiming the UAAP women’s basketball championship after outlasting the UST Growling Tigresses,...
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Wizards end skid despite Nikola Jokic’s 56 points
Jordan Poole had 39 points to help the host Washington Wizards overcome Nikola Jokic’s career-high 56 points and beat the Denver Nuggets, 122-113, to end their 16-game losing streak on Saturday,...
View Article[REFLECTION] Advent is going beyond, like a voice in the wilderness
Two weeks ago I officiated the golden wedding anniversary of a friend’s parents, where I said the best wedding homily is actually the couple themselves still much in love, filled with joy after 50...
View ArticleIncumbent Pangasinan councilor shot dead
DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines – An incumbent municipal councilor in Umingan town was shot dead on Saturday evening, December 7. The victim was identified as Ponciano ‘Onyok’ Onia Jr, who is also gunning...
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Romanian far-right candidate says democracy ‘cancelled’ along with election
MOGOSOAIA, Romania – The Romanian far-right presidential candidate at the center of a Russian electoral meddling scandal turned up at the place he would have voted in on Sunday, December 8, saying the...
View Article[HOMESTRETCH] Bacolod’s pride: Joel Torre and his recipe for success
MANILA, Philippines – It’s not a well-known fact, but a lot of personalities in Philippine arts and cinema came from Bacolod. Directors Peque Gallaga and Erik Matti hailed from Bacolod, as well as...
View ArticleTech in 2024: How’s the Philippines doing?
It’s been a whirlwind year for the Philippine tech industry. With the many different movements in the world’s technology sector, the Philippines has had to try and play catch-up in a number of...
View ArticleLesson learned: NU’s Clarin avoids repeat heartbreak against UST’s Pastrana
MANILA, Philippines – For over a year, NU team captain Camille Clarin had a single basketball play ingrained in her mind — the moment when UST guard Kent Pastrana shook her off and nailed a jumper...
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Will Romualdez-backed EEI be able to save Dennis Uy’s casino project in Cebu?
MANILA, Philippines – After failed deals with Enrique Razon’s Bloombery and the Okada Manila group, will one of the Philippines’ biggest construction companies be able to save Dennis Uy’s...
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