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Noela Amparo: Pop rock sensation in the making
She would have loved to rock out there and promote her debut record with face-to-face audiences. But the ongoing pandemic made sure that singer Noela Amparo will get to do the rounds via virtual performances and online show appearances.
GOLDEN DEBUT
Sarno captures 2 gold medals, 1 silver in ruling 71kg category
Folayang: I'm ready to go to war
Team Lakay veteran Eduard Folayang has expressed full confidence ahead of his much-awaited trilogy against Japanese star Shinya Aoki in ONE on TNT IV at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on April 28.
Embiid misses, Suns escape
Game-tying 85-foot throw rattles out of rim
SHINee's Taemin to enlist in the military
Taemin, the youngest member of K-pop boy band SHINee, will be enlisting in the Korean military next month.
PH Earth Day 2021: Commitment to protect the environment
This year’s Earth Day celebration is marked by the Philippines’ first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), approved by President Duterte, which sets a 75 percent greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and avoidance by 2030, to fulfill the country’s commitment to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Oxygen runs short as India COVID surge hits new record
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India’s brutal new COVID out-break set new records on Wednesday with more than 2,000 deaths in 24 hours as hospitals in New Delhi ran perilously low on oxygen.
NBA, players praise Chauvin guilty verdict
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – NBA chief Adam Silver applauded the outcome of the Derek Chauvin murder trial on Wednesday, saying justice had been served against the former police officer found guilty of killing unarmed Black man George Floyd.
Around 100 sidewalk vendors in Davao undergo swab tests
DAVAO CITY – Around 100 sidewalk vendors in San Pedro street here were tested during the surveillance swabbing conducted by the City Health Office on Monday, April 19.
Sixers fail to cool down hot Curry
Clarkson leads Jazz past depleted Lakers
NASA's Mars helicopter succeeds in historic first flight
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA successfully flew its mini helicopter Ingenuity on Mars early Monday, the first powered flight on another planet and a feat the agency likened to ‘’our Wright brothers moment.’’
Ilocos Norte eyed as new bubble site
Salary cuts for players, coaches, staff as league bites the bullet
Effective governance needed to ease Filipinos' pain points
While few would dispute Secretary Carlos Dominguez’s latest assertion that sound macroeconomic management has enabled the country to weather the severe impact of the pandemic in 2020, there is widespread skepticism about the government’s ability to nurse the economy back to health in 2021.
Christianity's role in the early years of Spanish colonization
There is no denying that Christianity is among the most influential forces in Philippine society—and I do not mean this in an aggressive way, but rather as a constant fixture.
Hugs, tears as New Zealand Australia travel bubble opens
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Emotions ran high Monday as excited passengers set off on the first flights to take advantage of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand, allowing families split by the pandemic to finally reunite.
NASA aims for historic helicopter flight on Mars
WASHINGTON (AFP) - NASA is hoping to make history early Monday when the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attempts the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
Heavy rains pummel Bicol, Eastern Visayas
Typhoon ‘Bising’ keeps strength; Magat Dam to release water today
Community pantry: Good virus of kindness spreads across PH
On April 14, 2021, 26-year-old Ana Patri-cia Non, a furniture designer, took out a bamboo cart and installed two signs on a tree in front of a shuttered food park along Maginhawa street in Quezon City.
13 dead as SUV falls into Kalinga irrigation canal
TABUK CITY, Kalinga — What was supposed to be a happy family outing ended in tragedy after the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) they were riding in fell into an irrigation canal, killing 13 people, most of them children, in Barangay Bulo here Sunday.
Funnel Cloud Awes Bicolanos
A teacher in Pili, Camarines Sur was able to capture a funnel cloud that is most likely associated with typhoon “Bising” (international name “Surigae”) as the province and most parts of Bicol are now under tropical cyclone wind signal No. 1.
Gov't, Businesses Urged To Replicate ‘Community Pantries'
Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday, April 18 urged the government and private entities to replicate the community pantries that have sprouted in various areas in the country as the country continued to battle a sweeping pandemic.
She Paints The Light At End Of The Tunnel
Practicing obstetrician-gynecologist and abstract artist Dr. Meneline Wong creates ‘Better Days’
Tatum, Celtics Cool Off Curry, Warriors; Lakers Thump Jazz In Overtime
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Jayson Tatum scored 44 points and the Boston Celtics withstood Stephen Curry's 47-point performance yesterday to beat the Golden State Warriors 119-114 in an NBA clash between two teams riding winning streaks.
Time To Address A Serious Learning Crisis
At a Senate hearing last year, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported that enrollment from kindergarten to senior high school for school year 2020-2021 was estimated at 23 million or 83 percent of the 27.7 million enrolled previously.
Jazz rally without Mitchell
Injury overshadows win, D-Wade arrival
Welcome to the era of New Evangelization
A nine-year plan to reinvigorate the Catholic Church in the Philippines
A pilgrimage to eight churches
Pilgrim passports available for those visiting Jubilee Churches
500 years of Christianity in PH: Harmonizing two narratives
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic moved back the commemoration of 500 years of Christianity by a year. Instead of a culmination, what was marked last Easter Sunday was the start of year-long activities. Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma pointed out that there are two important milestones:
‘The one that's right in front of you'
Perusing the social media posts of the week, I was struck by how so many were decrying the lack of any National Vaccination Plan or recovery plan for the sorry state in which this recent unabated upsurge in COVID-19 cases has left us in.
Gov't's game plan: Maintain ‘fiscal stamina' vs COVID-19
In a virtual economic briefing to mark the 75th anniversary of the post-war bilateral relations between the Philippines and the United States, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez delivered his message right offthe bat: “This pandemic is a test of fiscal stamina and it was fortunate that when it hit us, the Philippines was financially ready.”