Day: July 31, 2024

MANILA: A second Filipino boxer is through to the Round of 16 after Nesthy Petecio scored a unanimous decision win in the women’s 57-kilogram class over Jaismine Lamboria of India in the Paris Olympics past midnight Wednesday (PH time). Three judges scored it 30-27 and the other two 29-28, all for the 32-year-old Petecio, silver medalist in 2021 Tokyo. She will take on first-time Olympian Amina Zidani of France on Aug. 3. ‘Your dedication, hard work and skill continue to inspire us all. Let’s keep the support and cheers going!’ the Philippine Olympic Committee posted on Facebook to celebrate the

MANILA: The Philippine government on Tuesday clarified anew that there was no agreement to notify China before its conduct of resupply missions to the Ayungin Shoal. In a joint press conference in Quezon City, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said the understanding reached was only to ‘exchange information,’ which Beijing too is obliged to do so under the ambit of the provisional arrangement it signed with Manila. ‘On the issue of notification, I think the more accurate term is exchange of information, which is exactly what we did with China, and – both of us,’ he said. ‘The fact that

MANILA: The Philippines and the United States are working to conclude and sign a key military intelligence sharing deal by the end of the year, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III said Tuesday. Speaking after the 2+2 Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Austin said both nations are committed to making the defense alliance ‘even more secure through technology and security and cyber cooperation’. ‘We reiterated our shared intent to conclude a general security of military information agreement (GSOMIA) by the end of the year. Now, that’s crucial to our shared cybersecurity goals,’ he said.

MANILA: Boxer Eumir Marcial and swimmer Kayla Sanchez bid their Paris Olympics medal hopes goodbye early Wednesday. Marcial was on the wrong end of one of the biggest upsets so far in the boxing event as the 2021 Tokyo bronze medalist fell prey to Olympic debutant Turabek Khabibullaev of Uzbekistan in the round of 16 at North Paris Arena. The 20-year-old Khabibullaev caught Marcial by surprise in the first two rounds, banking on superb technical boxing to outpoint him six minutes in. Marcial turned things around in Round 3 in the hopes of scoring a much-needed knockout, but despite getting

MANILA: Reliance Broadcasting Unlimited (RBU), the newly-created affiliate company of fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc., was the official partner of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) for the live feed of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) last week. In a news release Wednesday, the PCO said the partnership with RBU enabled the Radio Television Malacañang (RTVM) to seamlessly air the President’s SONA last July 22 from the Batasan Pambansa Complex to thousands of homes across the country. Marcos’ third SONA was the pilot broadcast of the company, the PCO said. ‘We take