Day: August 24, 2024

MANILA: Magnolia escaped a late attack from Converge for a 105-93 win in their PBA Governors’ Cup match at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on Friday night. Holding on to a 97-80 lead with 4:23 left, the Hotshots found themselves only up by five, 98-93, with 1:58 left as the FiberXers went on a 13-1 run behind crucial threes from BJ Andrade and Kevin Racal. However, a putback from Ian Sangalang sparked the game-ending 8-0 run for Magnolia to seal the win. “We did a good job on the defensive end,” said coach Chito Victolero, who added that

MANILA: The southwest monsoon or “habagat” affecting the western sections of Southern Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao will bring scattered rains over several parts of the country, the weather bureau said Saturday. In its 4 a.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the southwest monsoon will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms over Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Negros Island Region, Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi. Flash floods or landslides may occur in these areas during moderate to at times heavy rains, PAGASA warned. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience

MANILA: Filipino International Master Daniel Quizon downed Grandmaster Abdimalik Abdisalimov in the eighth round to barge into the top five of the premier Masters category of the 30th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival at the United Arab Emirates Friday night. The 20-year-old national champion from Dasmariñas, Cavite, prevailed over the 11th-seeded Abdisalimov after 48 moves of the Sicilian Defense to join six others with six points. Uzbek GMs Nodirbek Yakubboev, Shamsiddin Vokhidov, FIDE GM David Paravyan and Indian GM Leon Luke Mendonca share the lead with 6.5 points. Quizon will face Indian GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan, the No. 10 seed,

MANILA: An official of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) on Saturday cautioned against canceling the Philippine passport of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and deporting her alleged sister, Shiela Guo, to China. At the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City, PAOCC spokesperson Winston John Casio said the end goal should be to hold Guo and her alleged cohorts accountable on Philippine soil. Guo (a.k.a. Guo Hua Ping), who is being linked with illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators, is facing a criminal complaint for qualified trafficking. After discovering that she fled the country, Senator Risa Hontiveros and the Office

MANILA: The Philippines is working to file cases against the recruiters of Filipino nationals who were rescued in a cyber scam crackdown in Laos. At the Saturday News Forum in Quezon City, Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said Philippine authorities will get the statements of the victims once they return to the country. ‘DMW particularly stands ready to help upon arrival of the… I would call them victims of illegal recruitment and human trafficking,’ he said. ‘We will work with the DOJ (Department of Justice) in terms of filing the necessary charges. We will get the