PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN THE SOCIAL Security System (SSS) on Sunday said a fire broke out at its main office in Quezon City on Sunday morning. It managed to prevent the fire from spreading to other areas, it said in a statement. The fire, which started at 1:43 a.m., had been contained by 3:35 a.m., SSS said, citing firefighters. ...
OFFICE OF REP. CHING BERNOS A MAGNITUDE 5.2 earthquake rocked Abra province in northern Philippines on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake occurred 10 kilometers southeast of San Ramon Town at 2:27 a.m. and had a depth of 38.4 kilometers, it said on its website. The local state volcanology agency in a bulletin posted on its ...
THE DEPARTMENT of Transportation plans to spend P2.5 billion to upgrade at least five airports on the three main islands of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, Makati City Rep. Luis Jose Angel S. Campos, Jr. said in a statement on Sunday. The agency’s aviation infrastructure program in the 2023 proposed national budget seeks to allot P1.42 billion for the upgrade of ...
TOTS Carlos unleashes a match-best 26 points. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RUSSEL PALMA FORMED late and given little time to prepare, the Philippines answered the call for national team duty without condition and charged straight into the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Cup head on with only this one little weapon called hope. It sprung eternal. Summoning its last remaining strength, the weary ...
1 of 1 JORDAN Clarkson is just getting started in his national tour of duty with big plans of returning home next year to reinforce Gilas Pilipinas in its biggest battle, the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The Philippines will serve as the main host in the 32-team world basketball showpiece next August and the Filipino-American pride Mr. Clarkson is expected ...
LIVERPOOL’s Roberto Firmino scores their seventh goal. — REUTERS LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool earned their first win of the season in stunning fashion after equalling the record for the biggest ever Premier League (PL) victory with a 9-0 thrashing of promoted Bournemouth at Anfield on Saturday. Two goals inside the opening six minutes from Luis Diaz and Harvey Elliot put ...
JAKE Browning threw for 173 yards and a touchdown on 19-for-24 passing to lead the host Cincinnati Bengals to a 16-7 preseason victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday night in a rematch of Super Bowl LVI. Browning found tight end Justin Rigg for a 3-yard score late in the fourth quarter to extend a Bengals lead that had ...
To argue that Russell Westbrook has not been having a good offseason would be understating the obvious. Fresh off a campaign in which his skill set appeared to be in decline, he has seen developments reflect his worth — or, to be more precise, lack thereof. His name has been linked to just about every major trade scenario, what with ...
A FREE trade agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the US is unlikely before the midterm elections for the US Congress in November, the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham) said. AmCham Executive Director Ebb Hinchliffe said that the FTA will not be a US priority ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm elections, with US President Joseph R. ...
PHILSTAR By Diego Gabriel C. Robles THE CLASSROOM SHORTAGE, estimated at 40,000 units, is not just a matter of adequate funding, with the government’s capacity to implement infrastructure projects also coming into question, economists said. “This is not an issue of amount. I think this is now an issue of priorities and efficiency in working with the budget. The problem ...