Category: General

MANILA: Mary Rose Frias of Pangasinan province delivered the first gold medal in the Philippine Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Games Luzon leg after ruling the women’s 1,500m run at the Cavite State University (CvSU) track oval in Indang town on Tuesday. The 19-year-old clocked 5:07.2 to beat teammate Mary Ann Delos Reyes (5:30.3) and Jeralyn Madamecilla of Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (6:19.0). ‘I arrived only last July 28 after competing at the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) National Games in Legazpi, Albay. I wasn’t sure if I would come because of the typhoon,” said Frias, a

DUMAGUETE: Three teenage girls from this capital are playing for the Philippine team in the prestigious youth football Norway Cup in Oslo, Norway. They are Zara Gabriella Danieles, 16, Kelsy Anub, 15, and Alexis Abestano, 16, all members of the local youth football club here, the Football Kings United (FKU). The three FKU booters were drafted to join the LAOS (Leyte Organization of Organized Sports) Football Club (FC), which is representing the Philippines in the Norway Cup -the largest international youth tournament in the world- from July 27 to Aug. 3. The FKU, in a media release on Tuesday, said

BACOLOD: The Sapphire Edition of this city’s world-famous MassKara Festival will kick off with a ‘salubong’ (welcome) on Oct. 11 and will climax with the street and arena dance competition on Oct. 27. The schedule released by organizer Bacolod Yuhum Foundation Inc. on Tuesday include other major events MassKaralympics on Oct. 4 to 25; MassKaNamit cookfest, Oct. 15 to 17; Miss Bacolod MassKara finals night, Oct. 19; Lacson MassKara 2024: Kingdom, Oct. 25 to 27; MassKarade Ball, Oct. 25; and Electric MassKara, Oct. 26. Considered one of the most colorful festivals in the country, the MassKara Festival showcases dancers donning

MANILA: The Department of Energy (DOE) said Tuesday two seismic surveys in the Palawan basins were completed as part of the country’s exploration for indigenous oil and gas resources. Israeli firm Ratio Petroleum Ltd., the operator of Service Contract (SC) No. 76, completed its survey in the East Palawan Basin, while PNOC Exploration Corporation (PNOC-EC) concluded its own survey in the Northwest Palawan Basin under SC 57, it said in a statement. The DOE said the collected data will help understand the geological features of the basins and assess their oil and gas potential. “The completion of these surveys marks

MANILA: The Philippine government is not obligated to cooperate or facilitate any acts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against individuals in the country, even as the Philippine government cannot stop the ICC prosecutor from proceeding with his investigation, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra said Tuesday. ‘The Philippines disengaged completely from the ICC in 2019. It has no legal duty to lend any assistance to the ICC prosecutor in conducting his investigation. But the Philippine government cannot stop him from proceeding any way he wants,’ Guevarra told reporters. ‘He can directly interview persons of interest online, through the phone, by email,