Lottery

Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign

Ilonggo Gentle Giants’ Rosquillo, Encabo ready to face hometown club

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Ilonggo footballers Jaime Rosquillo and Gyles Encabo are set for a special showdown as they take on their fellow Ilonggo club, the Kaya FC–Iloilo, when the Cebu Football Club (CFC) Gentle Giants host the much-anticipated “Visayas Derby” on Saturday, March 14, at the Dynamic Herb-Borromeo Sports Complex. The match carries extra

Read More »

Global health experts want risk-based regulation of nicotine products

UNITED KINGDOM — Global health experts and scientists are calling for the adoption of risk-proportionate regulation for nicotine products to accelerate smoking decline, saying that current policies are failing the world’s more than 1 billion smokers. The push for reform is backed by scientific and economic data presented at recent global summits. The Global State

Read More »

Graft court junks Jinggoy Estrada plea in PDAF raps

MANILA – The Sandiganbayan has turned down Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s plea for the transmittal from the Ombudsman to the Sandiganbayan of the preliminary investigation records in the corruption cases against him involving alleged misuse of legislative funds. In its four-page resolution dated March 12 written by Associate Justice Maryann Corpus-Mañalac, the anti-graft court’s Fifth Division denied

Read More »

Foreign man praised for helping residents evacuate during fire

A foreign man helped Thai residents escape a Bangkok house fire by waking people up, urging them to evacuate and assisting a disabled resident out of a building. The fire broke out on the second floor of a two-storey commercial building in Soi Samsen 3, Ban Pan Thom, Phra Nakhon district, at about 4.55am on …

The story Foreign man praised for helping residents evacuate during fire as seen on Thaiger News.

Read More »

French Interpol Red Notice suspect detained in Phuket

A French national was detained in Phuket yesterday, March 12, as immigration police acted on a French Embassy request involving a suspect wanted in France and subject to an Interpol Red Notice. The request was sent through the Royal Thai Police Foreign Affairs Division and sought cooperation to arrest the man, revoke his permission to …

The story French Interpol Red Notice suspect detained in Phuket as seen on Thaiger News.

Read More »

DepEd fast-tracks career growth; 418 educators in Talisay City take oath

TALISAY CITY, CEBU, Philippines — Education Secretary Sonny Angara on Friday led the mass oath-taking of 418 newly promoted teachers and school heads in Talisay City, marking a decisive move to dismantle the long-standing bottleneck in career advancement within the Department of Education (DepEd). The ceremony, held at the Talisay City National High School, serves

Read More »

First CBRT ride ‘smooth,’ but adjustments needed — Commuters

CEBU CITY, Philippines — After years of delays, commuters finally experienced the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) system on Friday as it began its partial operations. But not without concerns. The CBRT system began its partial operations on Friday, March 13, with commuters and officials describing the first day of the rollout as generally smooth,

Read More »