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CEBU CITY: Athletes in Central Visayas will return to the drawing board to focus on enhancing their performance in preparation for the 2025 national games, a sports official said on Tuesday. John Pages, chair of the Cebu City Sports Commission, said the region’s athletes’ fifth place finish in the just-concluded Palarong Pambansa is commendable yet “slightly disappointing.” Still, the record for this year’s national meet surpassed the 2023 medal tally with 110 medals –29 gold, 42 silver, and 39 bronze. ‘The focus will be particularly on the ball games, volleyball, football, futsal, and basketball. We hoped our home court advantage

MANILA: Nine women are among the ten examinees with the highest marks in the 2024 Shari’ah bar examinations (SBE), the Supreme Court said Tuesday. Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh, chairperson of the 2024 SBE, announced that a total of 183 out of 853 examinees, or 21.45 percent, passed the first digitalized and regionalized special exams for the Shari’ah courts. The top ten passers are Punginagina, Nurhaifah Hadji Said (86.75%); Gubat, Sittie Nasriyyah Gani (86.10%); Alonto, Sittie Fairoza Yahya (86.02%); Suwalawan-Hadjinoor, Jonaina Diamla (85.57%); Mambuay, Ayesha Aminah Alonto (85.35%); Usodan, Fatimah Sohra Lucman (85.10%); Acmad, Aznairah Orpilla (84.87%);

MANILA: The Philippine Business Group (PBG) and Joint Foreign Chambers (JFC) have called on President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to prioritize 21 pending legislative measures that will push for economic reforms. Ahead of President Marcos’ State of the Nation Address (SONA), the PBG-JFC said these 21 bills are critical in driving economic growth, enhancing the country’s global competitiveness, and promoting inclusive development. “In July 2022, we wrote to share a list of 24 legislative measures that 12 of the undersigned groups agreed to prioritize and advocate for before the 19th Congress. We greatly appreciate that, of the 24 measures, three

DAVAO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Davao Region (DENR-11) said Tuesday a thorough investigation is being conducted into the death of a Philippine eagle last week. On July 8, Philippine Eagle ‘Mangayon’ died from severe blood loss due to a wound from an improvised air gun called ‘jolen’ (marble). During the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas episode, DENR-11 Director Maria Mercedes Dumagan said DENR personnel, in close coordination with the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF), are still looking for the culprit responsible for the killing of Mangayon. ‘Within the week, they (PEF) will coordinate with the National

DAVAO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Davao Region (DENR-11) said Tuesday a thorough investigation is being conducted into the death of a Philippine eagle last week. On July 8, Philippine Eagle ‘Mangayon’ died from severe blood loss due to a wound from an improvised air gun called ‘jolen’ (marble). During the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas episode, DENR-11 Director Maria Mercedes Dumagan said DENR personnel, in close coordination with the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF), are still looking for the culprit responsible for the killing of Mangayon. ‘Within the week, they (PEF) will coordinate with the National