November 23, 2024
Saturday
The game being the national pastime of many Filipinos, it is no small wonder that there have been many prominent athletes in local basketball history, whether it be in the collegiate, amateur/professional ranks or international competitions, since the sport was invented by Canadian James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts in December 1898. With this Baby Boomer […]
LALAMPAS na sa 30,000 ang confirmed COVID-19 cases sa buong bansa kung ang bilang ng DOH sa mga “fresh” at “late cases” ay nadaragdagan sa bawat araw. Noong Sabado, 943 cases ang naitala, (578 ang “fresh” at 365 ang “late”). At mas mataas na ngayon sa Cebu na merong 296 fresh cases (NCR-216, ibang rehiyon-64) at […]
WALA ng Bayanihan Law (RA No. 11469) dahil ang epektibo nito ay kusang tumigil noong June 5, 2020 matapos ang adjournment ng Kongreso. Ito ay naaayon at itinakda sa Article 6, Section 23 (2) ng Constitution. Dahil wala na ang Bayanihan Law, ang mga reklamong criminal na isinampa sa grupong “San Roque 21”, sa isang […]
PLAYERS who are hedging or fence-sitting on whether to travel to Orlando for the resumption of NBA play at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex only have until June 24 (June 25 Manila time) to inform the league of their decision. Any player who voluntarily declines to play will not be paid his salary. […]
SPORTS has been one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and I have heard or read of sad stories of people involved in local sports who are now forced to seek other means to earn a living. And this is perfectly understandable as sports has come to practically a dead stop the […]
The game being the national pastime of many Filipinos, it is no small wonder that there have been many prominent athletes in local basketball history, whether it be in the collegiate, amateur/professional ranks or international competitions, since the sport was invented by Canadian James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts in December 1898. With this Baby Boomer […]
The King: Eternal Monarch ended last Friday. SPOILER ALERT. If you haven’t finished it yet, do not read ahead. Someone is asking me to write about this K-drama in relation to our present socio political condition. Another is suggesting that I write it the way I plotted and wrote Ang Paglilitis ni Adan at Eba […]
BASKETBALL Hall of Famer Charles Barkley disagrees with the plan of Kyrie Irving, the outspoken but injured guard of the Brooklyn Nets, and Dwight Howard, a valuable center reserve for the championship-contending Los Angeles Lakers, not to return to complete the 2019-20 NBA season. “It will be a catastrophic mistake for NBA players not to […]
Like a lot of many people, I also do not like being quarantined for a number of reasons. Don’t get me wrong. I do understand and accept the necessity for it. It’s just that ‘I do not like it’. First and foremost, it has disrupted my way of life. Now, I cannot accept work nor […]
HINATULAN ngayon Lunes ng Regional Trial Court ng Manila ( Branch 46) ang Executive Editor at Chief Executive Officer ng news website na Rappler na si Maria Angelita Ressa at ang dating researcher/writer ng Rappler na si Reynaldo Santos Jr na makulong ng anim na buwan at isang araw hanggang anim na taon dahil sa […]
Siyamnapung araw nang naka-stay at home ang taumbayan dahil sa sunud-sunod na ECQ, MECQ, GCQ at ang pinag-uusapan pang MGCQ o balik MECQ sa Metro Manila. Sabi ng IATF, ibabatay sa “data” ang alinmang desisyon kung palalakasin o luluwagan ang GCQ. Sa ngayon, tayo’y number 38 sa buong mundo na merong higit 25,000 kaso, at […]