Category: General

De Lima seeks fresh mandate as party-list group nominee

MANILA – Former senator Leila De Lima is looking for a comeback as a legislator as she filed her certificate of nomination – certificate of acceptance of nomination (CON-CAN) to represent the Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list, at the Manila Hotel Te…

Pope Francis names new bishop of Cubao diocese

MANILA – The 21-year-old Cubao diocese in Quezon City has a new bishop.

According to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news website, Pope Francis has appointed 56-year-old Claretian Fr. Elias Ayuban Jr., the first missionary…

Ticket bought in QC wins P94.4-M Mega Lotto pot

MANILA – A ticket bought from Metro Manila hit Mega Lotto’s jackpot prize of PHP94,470,811.60 drawn on Friday night.

The ticket bearing the winning combination of 41-44-23-03-17-05 was bought from an outlet in Quezon City, according to the advisory …

Guico, Espino to face off anew in Pangasinan gubernatorial race

DAGUPAN CITY: Incumbent Pangasinan Governor Ramon Guico III and former governor Amado Espino III will again face each other in next year’s gubernatorial race in the province.

Espino, who filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Saturday, will run …

Red Lions, Knights triumph in NCAA basketball

MANILA: San Beda University survived the University of Perpetual Help’s fourth-quarter rally to prevail, 63-62, in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Season 100 men’s basketball tournament at the Filoil EcoOil Arena in San Juan on Sa…

DA welcomes easing inflation with ‘guarded optimism’

MANILA – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has welcomed with ‘guarded optimism’ the deceleration of inflation in September to a four-year low, mainly driven by a slower rise in food prices.

The country’s headline inflation eased to 1.9 percent in S…