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SportsYahoo PhilippinesPinay teen kart racer Bianca Bustamante clinches spot in prestigious FIA program
Bianca Bustamante, a promising 16-year-old Filipina, is making waves in the international kart racing circuit.
SportsSunstarQuijano: Faceoffs
It seems like the much awaited donnybrook between John Riel Casimero (31-4, 21KOs) and Nonito Donaire (41-6, 27 KOs) is back on track.In a videoconference brokered and hosted by some online boxing personalities,
SportsSunstarTapales to face Teshigawara in IBF eliminator
FORMER world champion Marlon Tapales is out to redeem himself in front of an American audience as he takes on Japanese Hiroaki Teshigawara in an International Boxing Federation (IBF) super bantamweight
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Philippines in Group A of AFF Suzuki Cup 2020
THE Philippines faces some of its stiffest rivals in the Southeast Asian region once again as it is grouped with Thailand and Singapore in Group A of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 happening on Dec. 5, 2021 to
EntertainmentSunstarAfter three decades, Andrew E. still enjoys the limelight
Over 18 years after its debut, rapper-comedian Andrew E.’s 2003 hit song “Shoot! Shoot!” resurfaces on Tiktok as a viral dance craze. The titular song gets a movie that is set to premiere this Oct.
LifestyleCoconuts ManilaRemind yourself every day how weird and wondrous your city is with this wall art
There are only ten of these weird wonders available This article, Remind yourself every day how weird and wondrous your city is with this wall art, originally appeared on Coconuts, Asia's leading alternative media company.
LifestyleSunstarUtzurrum: Bayfront Hotel Cebu expands to Capitol Site
After seven years, an expansion!It was in September 2014 when Charlton Cokaliong opened his humble business hotel at the North Reclamation Area, primarily as a transiting point for tourists or a second
BusinessSunstarAboitizLand to expand Foressa, Amoa projects
THE real estate arm of the Aboitiz Group is expanding its residential projects in Cebu on the back of strong sales take-up amid the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the property market.AboitizLand’s
BusinessSunstarADB lowers PH growth forecast to 7.1% in 2021
DEVELOPING economies in Asia will likely grow at a slower pace than earlier expected due to prolonged Covid-19 outbreaks and uneven progress in vaccinations, the Asian Development Bank said in a report
NewsSunstarGaisano-led Metro Retail stores attain 100% compliance with DTI Safety Seal
METRO Retail Stores Group Inc. (MRSGI) has now made all of its 61 branches nationwide compliant with the Department of Trade and Industry’s Safety Seal Certification.Shoppers going to any Metro Retail
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Upbeat economic activity expected in Mandaue
WITH 50 percent of the eligible population in Mandaue City already vaccinated, the Mandaue Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) is looking forward to a more upbeat economic activity in the city.According
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Seares: 7 puzzlers in local politics include: Which Duterte runs. Is it a go for Ace-Junjun, Mike-Raymond duo. How far out is Edgar or definitely in is Mike.
NAMES have been announced or floated, alliances forged, and party tickets set up but, except for a few aspirants, the public is not sure who will definitely run. The final teams may be what we mostly expect
NewsSouth China Morning PostReform Hong Kong’s town-planning process, roll out measures to ease housing woes, property specialists urge government
Property specialists have advocated measures such as reforming the town-planning process to ease Hong Kong’s housing woes, ahead of city leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor’s policy address on October 6. Shih Wing-ching, founder of one of the city’s biggest real estate agencies Centaline Group, also said it was “far-fetched” to believe Beijing would target and clamp down on property tycoons when their support was needed to solve the housing shortfall. Shih told a radio programme on Wednesday that
SportsYahoo PhilippinesBest NBA Fantasy rookies: The 5 best young players to draft
While people usually overestimate how good rookies will be in the NBA, here are some of the most viable rookies in fantasy basketball this season.
BusinessSouth China Morning PostEvergrande’s woes: investors take opposite sides as they size up the potential impact ahead of looming repayment deadline
Global investors are divided in their assessments of the Chinese developer China Evergrande Group’s debt woes, as well as the scope of its contagion effect on equity prices and the financial system of the world’s second-largest capital market. BCA Research of Montreal, an independent investment research firm founded in 1949, warned that investors should not underestimate the “determination” of Chinese policymakers to clamp down on the property sector, and that they may become “overconfident in t
NewsSunstarRama asks Sputnik vaccinees to wait for supply
ABOUT 5,000 doses of the Russian Gamaleya Sputnik Covid-19 vaccines will be delivered to Cebu City within this month (September), Acting Mayor Michael Rama assured Wednesday, September 22.He said National
NewsSouth China Morning PostChina’s champion diver Quan Hongchan takes a break from real-life celebrity and online fame
Quan Hongchan exhaled and walked towards the end of the platform in the Xian Olympic Sports Centre for her final dive. Barely glancing at the pool 10 metres below, she turned around, balancing on the platform’s edge. Her back to the water, she sprang off the platform into a 1½ twist and hugged her legs close to her chest as she somersaulted in the air. Just as quickly, she went for her dive with legs straight up in the air and toes curled in, piercing the water’s surface cleanly. Do you have que
SportsSunstarDon Dulay steps down as head coach of Davao Occidental Tigers
Champion head coach Don Dulay has stepped down from his position as mentor of the reigning MPBL champions Davao Occidental Tigers, citing family matters back in the United States as his reason for doing
LifestyleCoconuts ManilaLOOK: New Clark City Aquatic Center reinterpreted as a candy sculpture
The world-class swimming facility and previous SEA Games venue is given the sweet treatment This article, LOOK: New Clark City Aquatic Center reinterpreted as a candy sculpture, originally appeared on Coconuts, Asia's leading alternative media company.
NewsCoconuts ManilaMeet Marayum: An online community dictionary that saves indigenous languages from dying
It supports local languages like Asi, Hiligaynon, and Cebuano, and plans to add more to the list This article, Meet Marayum: An online community dictionary that saves indigenous languages from dying, originally appeared on Coconuts, Asia's leading alternative media company.
BusinessSouth China Morning PostZoom faces US security review of US$14.7 billion deal for Five9 over China ties
The US Department of Justice has called for a review of Zoom Video Communications’ planned US$14.7 billion acquisition of cloud-based customer service provider Five9 on national security grounds. The review comes as Institutional Shareholder Services, an influential proxy voting adviser, recommended last week that investors reject the deal in part because of potential political risk associated with Zoom’s “substantial operations in China”. In its letter to the Federal Communications Commission (
NewsSouth China Morning PostCoronavirus: lukewarm response at Hong Kong vaccination centres as walk-in scheme to boost flagging jabs rate opens
Hong Kong’s Covid-19 vaccination centres marked a lukewarm response on Wednesday with only a few first-time jab recipients showing up for a newly launched walk-in service aimed at boosting the city’s lagging inoculation rate. At about noon, the facility at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park Sports Centre was close to empty. A staff member told a Post reporter that a few hundred bookings were scheduled but only about 10 people had so far asked for a same-day ticket. Hong Kong ramps up Covid-19 jabs drive
NewsSunstarMandaue City now debt-free
Mandaue City government has officially paid all their loan obligations and is now debt-free.Lawyer Regal Oliva, the city treasurer, confirmed to SunStar Cebu that the City of Mandaue is now free from debt.The
NewsSouth China Morning PostCitywide Covid-19 tests ordered in Harbin as China’s latest cluster grows
The number of Covid-19 cases in China’s northeastern city of Harbin rose to eight on Wednesday afternoon, according to the provincial health commission as it reported five more cases. The city was already on high alert after recording three locally transmitted cases of the disease on Tuesday. Authorities have not linked the infections to the Delta variant outbreak in Fujian province – more than 2,000km (1,400 miles) away in the country’s southeast – where 13 new infections were recorded. No deat
BusinessSouth China Morning PostChina stocks retreat as Evergrande delays debt repayment while PBOC injects US$18.6 billion into market to calm nerves
Stocks in mainland China dropped as trading resumed after a two-day holiday as China Evergrande Group’s debt crisis stoked concerns about contagion risks in a slowing economy. Losses narrowed after the central bank injected liquidity to calm nerves. The CSI 300 Index of the biggest companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses slid 0.7 per cent on Wednesday, with sub-gauges of financial and consumer stocks leading the decline. The Shanghai Composite Index reversed losses to advance 0.4 per cent
