Cuban WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas boasted that he could not be knocked out, especially by Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao. According to Ugas, 35, he has been trained in boxing for a long time, especially when he was still in amateur boxing. Ugas made the statement at the final press conference earlier in Las…
Carlos Yulo will face a tough fight in gymnastics today. Cynthia Carrion-Norton, president of the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines, said she will face strong opponents from various countries. It is confident that Yulo will be able to surpass the said event. Yulo entered the Top 8 first in the preliminaries where he was in…
MANILA – Oxygen manufacturers and the association of doctors have assured that they are ready for the increase in COVID -19 patients expected in the face of the threat of the Delta variant in the Philippines. It will be recalled that the availability of oxygen tanks has been a challenge in some countries due to…
Pinay weightlifter and Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz is now more talked about on the internet, than any other athlete in the so-called “greatest show on earth.” According to Facebook, the Pinay athlete surpassed other players who used to be popular on social media, namely American gymnast Simone Biles and Brazilian skateboarder Rayssa Leal….
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) saw a rapid inflation trend for the month of July. According to a statement, the BSP said that due to the situation in recent weeks, the inflation rate could whip up to 4.7 per cent. This is higher than the 4.1 percent recorded last June. Some of the visible…
SOURCE: By CBCP News, July 27, 2021 Hidilyn Diaz made history on Monday after becoming the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medalist, breaking the country’s 97-year drought. Diaz credited her historic win in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to God and to the intercession of the Blessed Mother. The 30-year-old topped the women’s 55-kilogram weightlifting competition…
These 4 ladies will represent the country in the international pageants this year MANILA, Philippines – The results are in and Hannah Arnold is Miss International Philippines 2021. The winners were named at the pageant’s coronation night Sunday, July 11, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. They now carry the great responsibility of representing the…
The Holy Father was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome and underwent a scheduled surgery for colon diverticulitis yesterday, July 4, 2021. The Vatican reported that Pope Francis “responded well” to the said surgery affirmed by the Director of the Holy See Press, Matteo Bruni in a written statement. On behalf of the Catholic…
The Central Bank of the Philippines (BSP) believes Gov. Benjamin Diokno that on the whole the country will improve the opening of its economy to foreign investors by relaxing certain economic provisions in the Constitution. Made by Gov. Diokno reacted after the final reading last week in Congress passed a resolution aimed at amending the…
MANILA-As many as 1,544,332 Filipinos have been “fully vaccinated” or have received two doses of coronavirus vaccine (COVID-19). According to the latest report by the Department of Health (DOH), this is from a total of 5,965,651 doses of the vaccine that the government has injected since March 1. A total of 4,421,319 individuals were given…