Alex Eala/Instagram Apart from being hailed as the country’s tennis icon, Filipina netter Alexandra ‘Alex’ Eala has recently gained attention from no less than Anna Wintour, former editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine and co-chair of the Met Gala. In an interview with the US Open, Wintour observed the Filipina tennis star’s interest in fashion based on…
Photo courtesy of Anadolu At least 160 persons were killed and hundreds of tourists, workers and others left missing as massive flash floods swept through communities and villages in a border area between Nepal and China. Authorities announced a stoppage on travel in some areas as rescue and disaster responders reported an avalanche from a…
Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs. — United State 46th president Joseph Robinette Biden It appears there are…
Alexandra ‘Alex’ Eala and Felix Auger-Aliassime were simply ovematched by the husband-and-wife tandem of Elina Svitolina and Gaël Monfils as the two hopefuls made a quick exit from the US Open mixed doubles. Eala and Auger-Aliassime lost comprehensively as their rivals needed just 39 minutes to claim a 4-1, 4-1 win over the first-time pairing…
Photo by Ernz Nacarz on Pexels.com With the value of the Philippines’ domestic trade falling to 21.9 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) disclosed that local trading amounted to only ₱745.70 billion, down from ₱955.18 billion in the same period last year. According to official data, most…
Photo courtesy of Philippine News Agency (PNA). As the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) continues to gather information and data regarding anomalies in government flood control initiatives, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin ‘Boying’ Remulla categorically identified Davao City as the ‘epicenter’ of corruption before and during the current administration of President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. Speaking before…
Three individuals in separate money laundering cases involving illegal investment solicitation have been convicted, with courts imposing prison terms and millions of pesos in fines, according to the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC). AMLC Executive Director Atty. Ronel Buenaventura said regional trial courts in Davao City and Zamboanga City rendered judgments against individuals linked to schemes…
Capping her selfie “Coming for you NY” in an Instagram story posted last Saturday, Filipino tennis sensation will begin her United States Open campaign, starting in the women’s mixed doubles today and the the singles competitions for the championship on Thursday, August 27. The country’s pride enters the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) 1000 event as…
Photo courtesy of Ping Lacson/Facebook. Detained senator Rodante ‘Dante’ Marcoleta and former Anakalusugan party-list representative Michael ‘Mike’ Defensor could face a subornation of perjury complaint for supposedly “coaching” retired Philippine Marine sargeant Orly Guteza while testifying before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee last year. This is the opinion of Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson who said…
On a positive note, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) disclosed that poverty among Filipino families fell to 6.4 percent in 2025 as household incomes grew significantly faster than the cost of meeting basic needs. According to the PSA, about 1.90 million Filipino families were classified as poor last year, down sharply from 2.99 million families,…