MANILA: Justin Brownlee and Scottie Thompson were named the top performers of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner’s Cup, announced before Game 4 of the finals at Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Friday. Brownlee won Best Import in the mid-season conference while Thompson took his second Best Player of the Conference award. Both also topped the media and player votes. Brownlee dominated the statistical points (SP) race with 829 points and swept the media and player votes with all 30 reporters and 13 player representatives giving him the first-place votes for 460 more points
MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday vowed to build a strong case against Philippine National Police (PNP) officials who are involved in the illegal drug trade. In an interview, Marcos said the government will form a commission to look into the records of all of the officers to decide “what do we do with those that are implicated to being involved in the drug trade” in a bid to cleanse the ranks of the PNP. The commission, Marcos said, would slowly reinstate those who are cleared of any drug links and build cases against those found
CEBU CITY: Stories abound attesting to the miraculous powers of the Senor Sto. Niño in Cebu, and among them is the personal “encounter” of a downhearted Dipolog priest whose spirits were “lifted out from darkness and brought into the light.” Fr. Leonilo Dagpin, Jr. shared his encounter with the Senor Sto. Niño in his homily Friday as he presided over the 10 a.m. second-day Concelebrated Novena Mass at the Basilica Minore del Sto. Niño de Cebu Pilgrim Center here. Fr. Jun, now the administrator of the Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Barangay Sta. Filomena, Dipolog City in
MANILA: A probe by the Office for Transportation Security (OTS) found out that a defective X-ray machine contributed to the chaotic situation at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on New Year’s Day when about 65,000 passengers were affected by at least 288 flight cancellations. The OTS launched a probe after social media posts of long queues at NAIA Terminal Terminal 3 (T3), with some alleging insufficient personnel and malfunctioning equipment. In a statement on Friday, the OTS said that while its management ordered the cancellation of leave of absence of airport frontline workers during the holiday season,
Antique: A South Korea-based children’s book author who traces her roots in Antique province is inspiring others to write more books in the local Kinaray-a language. Linda Arnaez Lee, in an interview Friday, said there are a lot of good writers in the province who needed to be inspired and supported to write in their local language. “Children could easily understand and relate if they are reading story books in Kinaray-a,” Lee said. She has been writing drama scripts and story books since her student days but realized that there is still a need for children, particularly
BACOLOD CITY: The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has stepped up its campaign on the practice of EDITH or exit drill in residences as home fire incidents here increased by almost 69 percent in 2022. Data from BFP-Bacolod on Friday showed that in 2022, there were 76 residential fire incidents, higher by 31 compared to only 45 incidents in 2021. Fire Officer 1 Paul Servano, public information officer of Bacolod City Fire Station, said there were lower fire incidents in 2021 since people were mostly staying home because of the Covid-19 restrictions. Although last year’s figure is
