Alex Eala’s Washington title gave her a trophy. It also gave tennis fans a story they were eager to celebrate. The Filipina claimed 78 percent of the vote in the WTA’s Star of the Hard-Court Swing poll, leaving US Open champion and world No. 1 Elena Rybakina a distant second with 16 percent. Toronto champion…
RIYADH – Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed two drones launched by Yemen’s Houthis toward the Riyadh region early Saturday, according to the Saudi-led coalition. Coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki said Saudi forces were monitoring missile and drone threats directed at the kingdom. He said both drones heading toward Riyadh were successfully intercepted. The incident came…
Alex Eala won’t have to play on the opening day of the Asian Games tennis tournament. She will, however, have to wait while two players fight for the chance to face her. The world No. 18 has drawn a first-round bye as the top seed in women’s singles. Thailand’s Patcharin Cheapchandej and Pakistan’s Mahin Aftab…
LEGAZPI CITY – Authorities arrested 20 people and seized two fishing boats and equipment worth about Php 4 million during an anti-illegal fishing operation in the municipal waters of Libon and Oas, Albay. The Police Regional Office in Bicol said the boats and their crews were intercepted for alleged violations of Republic Act 10654, which…
(Photo courtesy of Bongbong Marcos Facebook) MANILA – The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) conducted a 24-hour analog mission at Batangas State University from Sept. 25 to 26 as part of efforts to build Filipino expertise in human spaceflight research and mission operations. The Analog Habitat Waypoint, or ANAHAW, involved 11 participants. Six served as the…
(Photo by Yancy Lim) MANILA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the temporary suspension of excise taxes on liquefied petroleum gas and kerosene following a sharp increase in global oil prices. Under Executive Order 125, the excise tax on LPG will be fully suspended, except when used as raw material for petrochemical production or…
MANILA – Philippine shares and the peso recovered on Friday, ending multi-day declines as bargain hunters returned to the market despite lingering economic and geopolitical concerns. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index rose 1.67 percent to 5,825.97, while the broader All Shares index gained 1.11 percent to 3,246.21. Philstocks Research attributed the rebound to a…
PANGASINAN – Fresh graduates from several towns in Pangasinan’s third district are gaining work experience and financial support through the Department of Labor and Employment’s Government Internship Program (GIP). Julie Ann De Vera of Calasiao, a recent Elementary Education graduate, said the program would help her save for the licensure examination without relying on her…
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) will bring scattered rains and thunderstorms over parts of the Visayas and Mindanao on Saturday, while Severe Tropical Storm Queenie continues to move away from the country, PAGASA said. In its 5 a.m. weather bulletin, PAGASA weather specialist Veronica Torres said the Negros Island Region, Central Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern…
(Photo by Ben Pulta) Senator Robin Padilla appeared before the Department of Justice on Friday, September 25, for the preliminary investigation into an obstruction of justice complaint accusing him of helping Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa evade arrest at the Senate last May. The hearing lasted about an hour, with prosecutors directing the Philippine National…