PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte approved the request of the Department of Finance (DoF) to negotiate with the US government the terms of a grant worth $809,450 (P39 million) that will support the modernization program of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). In a statement Wednesday, the
It’s a question that you’ve probably had to ask yourself many times since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But you may not have thought about how much you rely on the everyday technologies that we all take for granted to keep your business running, and
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo, Senior Reporter THE disciplinary panel of world basketball governing body International Basketball Federation (FIBA) moved to fine countries which failed to participate in the second window of the Asia Cup Qualifiers (ACQ) last November. In a decision released on Tuesday night, FIBA
THE reigning Brave Combat Federation (CF) Fighter of the Year will stay in the promotion after Rolando “Dy Incredible” Dy of the Philippines signed a new deal with the Bahrain-based group. Coming off a strong showing in 2020, despite the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic,
WHILE qualifying for the rescheduled Olympic Games is foremost for the national karate team as it begins its training “bubble,” it also has its sights on the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games later this year. Speaking at Tuesday’s online Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum, Karate Pilipinas Sports Federation,
BARCELONA — Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has escaped a lengthy ban for lashing out at Athletic Bilbao’s Asier Villalibre in Sunday’s Spanish Super Cup final defeat and will only serve a two-game suspension. The Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) said on Tuesday, Messi had been banned for
DONOVAN Mitchell scored 28 points and the Utah Jazz blew open a close game in the third quarter to cruise to their sixth win in a row, 118-102 over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Mitchell was one of six Jazz players
LEICESTER, England — Leicester City beat Chelsea 2-0 on Tuesday to go top of the Premier League, for 24 hours at least, thanks to goals from Wilfred Ndidi and James Maddison. Leicester have 38 points from 19 games but Manchester United, on 37 points, can return
FIFTEEN-time major champion Tiger Woods is going to miss time after he underwent the fifth back surgery of his career. Mr. Woods announced the surgery via a statement on Twitter on Tuesday. “Tiger has recently undergone a microdiscectomy procedure to remove a pressurized disc fragment that was
MELBOURNE — Australian Open boss Craig Tiley said most players supported being locked down in hard quarantine with the local government reporting three new cases of COVID-19 linked to participants of the Grand Slam on Tuesday. Victoria health officials said two previous cases have been classified
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden smiles as he pulls off his face mask to speak about the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election during an appearance with in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 4, 2020. — REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQU WASHINGTON — Democrat
SEOUL — North Korea is imposing stiff fines or prison for anyone caught enjoying South Korean entertainment or copying the way South Koreans speak as leader Kim Jong Un steps up a war on outside influences and calls for better homegrown entertainment. A sweeping new “anti-reactionary