Pasig City mayoral candidate Sarah Discaya Pasig City mayoral bet Sarah Discaya on Thursday appealed to Pasigueños to vote wisely and choose leaders who would look out for their welfare and ensure to make their future better when they exercise their right of suffrage on May 12. “Vote with wisdom. Vote with heart. Vote with conviction. Vote for the future,” Discaya said. Article continues after this advertisement “Carefully weigh your options and vote for candidates who put your welfare over and above their personal comfort,” she added. She cited the P9.6-billion budget that the current city administration allocated for the…

The Atlanta Dream have revamped this season. They hired former FGCU women’s basketball head coach Karl Smesko and signed players like Brittney Griner and Brionna Jones. There were many questions about the fit of Griner and Jones in particular, given Smesko’s style of play when he coached in the NCAA. Coming from a system that prioritized perimeter shooting, bringing in two dominant post players like Griner and Jones seemed… odd? How would that even work? Who would start? Would Smesko still expect these players to shoot threes? All are valid questions fans were asking before Atlanta’s first preseason game against…

  Images grabbed from a video show a man, purportedly Davao City Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, and seemingly wielding a knife, assaulting another, already submissive man at Barrio Obrero bar in the lawmaker’s home city. The video also showed several people witnessing the incident but doing nothing to stop the aggressor. MANILA, Philippines — Two police officers who were found allegedly moonlighting as bodyguards for Davao Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, may be dismissed from the service. This is according to Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil said Wednesday The policemen were identified along with two military personnel in…

The subject of distance is a complicated one in today’s world of golf. Professionals are so talented, so athletic, so strong and have access to all sorts of training material on top of equipment that they are overpowering golf courses that have long stood the test of time. This feels fair and objective to say without inciting any riot. It is when you go beyond this surface level that debates run rampant. Talk of rolling things back has been happening forever and it appears that the future of golf has some question in this area (it has several questions in…

Mybelle V. Aragon-GoBio, president and CEO of Robinsons Land Corporation MANILA, Philippines — Faced with tight competition in the middle income sector, Robinsons Land Corp. (RLC) is setting its sights on “premiumization” of its brands in the next five years, with a P125-billion capital expenditure in the pipeline. RLC president and CEO Mybelle GoBio told reporters on Wednesday this was part of their plan to double the developer’s net income to P25 billion by 2030 in time for its 50th anniversary. Article continues after this advertisement Company earnings last year ended at P13.21 billion, up by 10 percent. “This long-term…

There will be a playoff. Today, FIFA announced that a match between Los Angeles FC and Club América will take place to determine who will replace Club León at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. The decision came after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the appeals of Pachuca, León, and LD Alajuelense, who argued initially that León should be eliminated due to FIFA’s rule on not having multiple teams in a tournament under the same ownership. León is owned by Pachuca’s ownership group. Alajuelense argued that they should be the direct replacements into the Club World Cup. Instead,…

Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel during the cardinals’ conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. —AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino VATICAN CITY — Black smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave to choose a new leader of the Catholic Church. The smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took their oaths of secrecy and formally opened the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis…

You’d be hard pressed to find anything innately funnier than Canada’s inability to win a Stanley Cup over the last three decades. The nation that gave us the sport of hockey, nurtured its culture, and provides over 40% of players in the league hasn’t had a team hoist the cup since 1993, when the Montreal Canadiens beat Wayne Gretzky and the L.A. Kings. In that time we’ve seen teams from Florida win the cup four times, Carolina win once — even Las Vegas and Dallas have had their time in the sun. The Toronto Raptors have an NBA championship, the…

Kirk Bondad/Instagram via Ria Corocoto Eagle-eyed pageant observers were quick to notice that Kirk Bondad was not among his fellow Mister Pilipinas Worldwide 2025 winners who attended the recent Miss Universe Philippines 2025 final competition. And among the interesting reasons some netizens came up with was that he was with another popular personality who was also inconspicuously missing at the event held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on May 2 — Miss Universe Organization CEO Anne Jakrajutatip. Article continues after this advertisement The two were spotted at the Miss Universe Philippines 2025 Charity Gala event held…

While the 2025 NFL Draft acts as a welcoming to the NFL of the next rookie class, it also signals an incoming doom for some veterans. After the draft, there are a number of veterans who should be feeling some heat after seeing their teams take younger players at their position. These veterans could see their playing time diminished in the 2025 season, and eventually lose their job altogether. Whether it be due to decline in play or a new coaching staff, these guys might be on the hot seat entering 2025. Christian Watson, WR, Green Bay Packers Watson is…