By Carlo Canares QUEZON CITY — Two Filipino female athletes made history after winning Olympic medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Hidilyn Diaz won the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medal in the weightlifting category since the country first participated in the Olympics in 1927. Nesthy Petecio is the first Filipino female boxer to win an… Read More Filipino athletes made history in Tokyo Olympics
By Rudolph Ian Alama DAVAO CITY, Aug. 3- Just hours after achieving a silver medal finish in Olympic boxing, Nesthy Petecio has been gifted with a P10-million residential condominium unit by Suntrust Properties. Petecio’s fully furnished condo unit reward is located at Suntrust’s One Lakeshore Drive inside the 11.2 hectare Davao Park District in Lanang,… Read More A condo unit for silver medalist Petecio
By Jimmyley Guzman PASIG CITY, — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief General Cirilito Sobejana on Tuesday expressed pride and lauded Filipina weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz for her historic gold medal win at the Tokyo Olympic Games Monday night. Sobejana said Diaz’s historic feat brought “pride and glory” to the military and the country. Sobejana… Read More Hidilyn’s Olympic gold brings ‘pride, glory’ to PH
By Melinda Quinones QUEZON CITY — President Rodrigo Roa Duterte approved an additional P100,000 games allowance to all 19 Tokyo Olympians and 6 Paralympians “as token and to celebrate the achievement of the athletes qualified for the Olympics and Paralympics.” The said amount is an addition to the previously approved $1000 allowance given by the… Read More Duterte adds 100K allowance for Tokyo 2020 athletes
ANKARA: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake rocked northeastern Japan on Saturday, local media reported. The powerful tremor occurred at 11:08 p.m. local time (1408GMT) 60 kilometers (37 miles) below surface, Kyodo News Agency reported. It was centered off Fukushima and was also felt in the capital Tokyo, the report said, adding the government has set up… Read More Magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolts northeastern Japan
TOKYO: The number of people who were injured as a result of the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Saturday has reached 124, the Japanese public television said on Sunday. Earlier reports said 103 people were injured. The majority of casualties were reported in the prefectures of Miyagi and Fukushima on the eastern coast of… Read More Number of people injured in Japan earthquake rises to 124
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will step down from his post due to health concerns, a source from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Friday. Abe, who has been premier since December 2012 following his first one-year stint in the post between 2006 and 2007, just recently achieved the feat of staying in the… Read More Japan PM Abe to step down after record-long tenure
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