Category: General

MANILA: University of Santo Tomas banked on Angeline Poyos to beat College of St. Benilde, 25-16, 19-25, 14-25, 25-22, 15-12, in the V-League Women’s Collegiate Challenge at the Paco Arena in Manila on Sunday. Poyos delivered 22 points on 18 attacks, three blocks and an ace, and made 10 excellent digs and six receptions as the Golden Tigresses rolled to their fourth win. Jonna Chris Perdido and Regine Grace Jurado chipped in 14 and 11 points, respectively. ‘It’s good that we were able to recover. That’s what we told the players earlier, control what we need to control, have composure

KUALA LUMPUR, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today received a courtesy call from Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, who is on a two-day official visit to Malaysia from yesterday. In a Facebook post, Anwar said that the meeting discussed strengthening relations between Malaysia and Brazil, especially in trade and investment, including in the semiconductor and petroleum and gas industries. Anwar and Vieira also discussed Malaysia’s participation in several initiatives under Brazil’s G20 chairmanship this year. “I also emphasised the importance of making Malaysia-Brazil relations a model of effective cooperation among Global South countries. “Areas that could be explored together

TEHRAN – Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested at Paris Le Bourget Airport for allegedly enabling criminal activity with his encrypted messaging app, French media reported. French TV channel TF1 reported Sunday morning that 39-year-old Durov was detained as he disembarked from his private jet, following an arrest warrant issued by authorities. The arrest reportedly occurred at 8 p.m. (local time) and was seen being escorted by bodyguards. Unconfirmed reports said French secret service agents carried out the operation. The charges were not officially disclosed but reports said the arrest warrant was in connection with drug

KUALA LUMPUR, The Royal Malaysian Navy’s (TLDM) Royal KD Pendekar vessel which suffered a major leak and flooding while carrying out an operational assignment about two nautical miles Southeast of Tanjung Penyusop, Johor completely submerged by 3.54 pm. TLDM in a statement informed that the quick efforts of the maritime community had, however, managed to save all 39 crew members of the KD Pendekar before the ship was completely submerged and no injuries were reported. ‘They are now safe and housed at KD Sultan Ismail, Tanjung Pengelih, Johor,’ according to the statement. The statement added that efforts to save the

MANILA: Capital1 import Marina Tushova claimed her third Player of the Week award in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), boosted by her record 50 points on Saturday. The 6-foot spiker made 47 attacks, two blocks and a service ace, to go with 16 excellent receptions and 12 digs. Tushova broke the all-time scoring high for the third time to earn the Aug. 20 to 24 honor given by print and online reporters covering the PVL, which is streamed live and on-demand via the Pilipinas Live app and www.pvl.ph. Despite her best efforts, the Solar Spikers failed to advance after losing