Manila: Grandmaster Julio Catalino Sadorra stunned super GM Vladimir Fedoseev as the Philippines beat Slovenia, 2.5-1.5, in the fifth round to enter the Top 10 of the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad at the BOK Sports Hall in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday.
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Manila: The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is investigating a Philippine-flagged dredging vessel with six purportedly undocumented Chinese crew members.
In an incident report Monday, the PCG said MV Sangko Uno, a hopper dredger ship, was anchored at Na…
Manila: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday it has processed more than half a million applications for voter reactivation.
Citing its latest data, the poll body said it has received 556,231 applications for reactivation from Feb. 12 to …
Manila: Senators unanimously approved on Monday Senate Bill No. 2568 or the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) Act, which seeks to enable senior high school and technical vocational school graduates to obtain co…
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) on Monday raised its alert status from blue to red in anticipation of the effects of the prevailing southwest monsoon (habagat) and Tropical Depression Gene…
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) is confident of attracting more tourists to Eastern Visayas through the launching of tour programs that will link islands in the Visayas.
DOT-Eastern Visayas Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes said o…