CEBU CITY, Philippines — A Cebu sports official is calling for stricter safeguards for student-athletes recruited by universities and colleges, warning that many young athletes are left vulnerable due to verbal agreements, unclear commitments, and sudden program changes. In a position paper, Dr. Rhoel James Timothy O. Dejaño, chairman of both the Cebu City Sports

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic fungus in Borneo’s jungles that preys on “zombie fungus” that are known to infect insects before subjecting them to a gruesome death. The new species was collected during multiple field trips conducted by the University of Malaysia Sabah’s Institute for Tropical Biology

A total of 12 games will be featured in the first day of the "Cebu Hustle 3x3: The Inaugural, A Women's 3x3 International Invitational" tomorrow, Saturday, June 20, at the Mountain Wing Area of the SM Seaside City Cebu.

TUGUEGARAO CITY – Police anti-drug operatives seized an estimated P1.02 million worth of suspected “shabu” (crystal meth), weighing about 150 grams, from a tricycle driver during a raid inside an alleged drug den in the city’s poblacion area on Friday. Police Lt. Col. Garry Matagay, Tuguegarao City police chief, said the 37-year-old female tricycle driver,

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday raised no concerns with the possible return of Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero as presiding officer of the impeachment court that will try the case against Vice President Sara Duterte. Escudero is criticized for his handling of the first impeachment proceedings in 2025 for allegedly stalling the trial

MANILA, Philippines — Investigators have yet to determine if Ateneo men’s basketball head coach Tab Baldwin is liable for the drowning deaths of his players, Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili, earlier this month. Baldwin showed up at the PNP-CIDG headquarters on Friday morning to cooperate with the ongoing probe into the tragic drowning of his

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has yet to lock in a formal energy deal with Russia, but President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said Friday that Moscow is “very open” to expanding petroleum trade between the two nations. Marcos shared the update during a sit-down interview with reporters in Kazan, Russia, wrapping up his two-day working

MANILA, Philippines — Lawmakers from the Akbayan bloc in the House of Representatives have called for a congressional inquiry on the Mindanao earthquake’s impact and the government’s response, along with the country’s overall disaster preparedness. In a statement on Friday, Akbayan party-list Rep. Chel Diokno said that he, along Akbayan party-list Reps. Percival Cendaña and

MANILA, Philippines —Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Friday said the investigation into the drowning of Ateneo de Manila University basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili will need another week to be completed. “We are piecing together the testimonies of what makes sense and what doesn’t,” Remulla told reporters in an interview in Camp Crame.

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Friday dismissed Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano’s accusation that the new Senate majority was supposedly covering up the alleged flood control scandal, saying such remarks were “lacking in fairness.” In a media interview in Cebu City, Hontiveros said members of the Senate’s new majority had in fact initiated and