VILLARREAL, Spain — Villarreal stunned six times European Cup winner Bayern Munich with a deserved 1-0 win after creating a hatful of chances in a frantic Champions League quarterfinal first leg on Wednesday. In the end, Nigerian-born Dutch forward Arnaut Danjuma’s eighth minute strike gave Unai Emery’s side a slender lead for the second leg […]Read More
AUGUSTA, GA — Five-times champion Tiger Woods put the finishing touches to his preparations for this week’s Masters by playing nine holes at Augusta National on Wednesday ahead of his highly-anticipated return to competition. Woods, who suffered career-threatening leg injuries in a February 2021 car crash, arrived at Augusta National early and played the back […]Read More
JAYLEN Brown scored 25 points and Jayson Tatum added 16 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists to lift the visiting Boston Celtics to a 117-94 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. Brown, who made 10 of 21 shots from the floor, has scored at least 25 points in each of his last 10 games. […]Read More
VECTORJUICE-FREEPIK A satire in the guise of one of those economic treatises that were so popular at the time, “A Modest Proposal” was written in 1729 by the English author Jonathan Swift. In that essay Swift proposed a “solution” to the hunger and poverty of 18th century Ireland. The problem, he said, contains its own […]Read More
After two months of steady inflation at 3%, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that inflation climbed to 4% in March, right on the upper end of the official target of 2-4%. High imported fuel prices spilled over to domestic transport, food and utility prices. This is not exactly unexpected. For the Bangko Sentral ng […]Read More
RAWPIXELS.COM-FREEPIK The pejorative argument has always been is that the Philippines is the only country in the world (aside from the Vatican) that doesn’t allow for divorce. The reply should be: So what? After all, 165 countries in the world don’t recognize same sex marriages and that fact is not raised against it. The bandwagon […]Read More
Having a place to escape away from the hustle and bustle in the city is a dream vacation for many Filipinos. After all, who would not want to take a break from business matters and have time to breathe and relax in a fresh scenery? Now, busy people who travel for leisure or work in […]Read More
UNSPLASH US-based Mimecast Limited, an e-mail defense and cyber resilience company, today opened a new office in Singapore, which will act as a regional hub for the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia (SEA). “As employees continue to communicate in innovative ways, as they adapt to the future of work, there are increased security […]Read More
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. — US FEDERAL RESERVE US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that Russia should be expelled from the Group of 20 (G20) major economies forum, and the United States will boycott “a number of G20 meetings” if Russian officials show up. Her comments at a US House Financial Services […]Read More
Screenshot via Meta/YouTube Meta Platforms Inc. is readying plans to introduce virtual tokens and cryptocurrencies to its family of apps with an aim to use such virtual tokens for rewarding creators and lending and other financial services, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Wednesday. The move, which is reported to be in its early stages, comes as […]Read More




















