UP snaps losing streak with victory over UST
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Senior Reporter
THE University of the Philippines (UP) broke from a chain losses yesterday, defeating the University of Santo Tomas (UST)...
LeBron James becoming an old hand at triple doubles
LOS ANGELES -- LeBron James became the oldest player in league history to average a triple-double in a calendar month, scoring 31 points on...
Peso, other Asian currencies retreat as Fed chief’s remarks support dollar
THE PESO and most other emerging Asian currencies fell on Wednesday, while the dollar held firm near a three-week high after Federal Reserve Chair...
DFA: China, PHL tackled Benham Rise
THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT has taken up with Beijing the matter of Chinese-named undersea features at Philippine Rise, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Ernesto...
US includes Maute, IS-PHL in terror list
THE Maute family terror group and a Philippine network of terror group IS or ISIS (Islamic State) have been classified by a US agency...
Sereno confirms indefinite leave
CHIEF JUSTICE Maria Lourdes P.A. Sereno in a letter on Tuesday said she will take an indefinite leave, as her own camp confirmed in...
Fed remarks sink shares; market sees 4 rate hikes
SHARE prices fell on Wednesday, Feb. 28, after comments from the chairman of the Federal Reserve, which were taken to mean that the Fed...
Cobalt, batteries, and TRAIN
By Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr.
Many people are enamored -- and rightly so -- with consumer electronics and gadgets like smartphones, iPads, laptops, and so on. Then, there is...
Getting constitutional governance right
By Benito L. Teehankee
Our legislators are busy discussing changing the Constitution -- again. Our lawmakers, often with prodding from Malacañang and special interest groups, think that the...
Get it done, then move on
By Marvin A. Tort
In many instances in our history, we appear to have stayed in place rather than having moved forward. In some cases, we even slid...
N. Korea leaders used Brazilian passports to apply for visas
LONDON -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Jong Il used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports to apply for visas...
World braces for blowback from Xi lifetime power play
BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping’s leap toward lifelong rule has largely been met by guarded silence in world capitals as governments try to predict...