[ad_1] LIMA – In a matter of months, the new coronavirus accomplished something that animal rights activists haven’t accomplished in decades: stopping bullfighting in Peru. The annual Señor de los Milagros (Lord of Miracles) festival in Lima’s Plaza de Toros Acho, which usually takes place in October or November, was …
Read More »Folayang ‘hungrier than ever’ before crucial fight
[ad_1] FILE – Former lightweight champion Eduard Folayang. PHOTO REQUEST / TRISTAN TAMAYO MANILA, Philippines – Eduard Folayang may have dropped from the lightweight rankings, but ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong still has high hopes for the former king of the division. Sityodtong said that Folayang (22-9) still has the …
Read More »Travel fans dine on Singapore Airlines plane on the ground
[ad_1] Singapore’s flag carrier, which cut thousands of jobs and grounded nearly all of its planes this year, offered passengers the opportunity to dine aboard two of the world’s largest passenger jets. A Singapore Airlines flight attendant serves business class food during the inaugural lunch at the A380 Restaurant @Changi …
Read More »DOT Praises El Nido Travel Bubble Expansion Beginning Oct. 30
[ad_1] Aerial shot of El Nido Palawan taken on November 9, 2018. Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News MANILA – The Department of Tourism (DOT) on Saturday welcomed the decision of El Nido, the municipality of Palawan to ease travel restrictions as of October 30, allowing tourists to enter the island under …
Read More »Assunta de Rossi gives birth to a ‘miracle baby’ – The Manila Times
[ad_1] ACTRESS Assunta de Rossi gave birth to a healthy baby girl on Friday morning at the age of 37. Assunta de Rossi and baby Fiore. INSTAGRAM PHOTO / ALESSANDRA DE ROSSI Named Guilia Florentina Alessandra, De Rossi and her husband Jules Ledesma, a former Congressman from Negros Occidental, welcomed …
Read More »Over 400 people dine on parked Singapore Airlines planes as part of the A380 restaurant experience
[ad_1] SINGAPORE: More than 400 diners checked in at Changi Airport on Saturday (October 24) and went through the usual security checks before having lunch aboard Singapore Airlines planes. Travel-hungry diners ate lunch and watched movies on the seatbacks aboard two parked Singapore Airlines planes that were turned into pop-up …
Read More »NorthPort gets first win, adds to TerraFirma’s troubles
[ad_1] PBA IMAGES MANILA, Philippines – NorthPort finally broke into the win column after beating TerraFirma, 107-96, in the PBA Philippine Cup on Saturday at AUF Sports Arena & Cultural Center in Angeles, Pampanga. Christian Standhardinger bounced back from a poor performance last Wednesday with a 23-point, 12-rebound effort that …
Read More »DFA’s Locsin to Angel Locsin’s critics: ‘Anyone messing with her will get it’
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Foreign Secretary Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. defended actress Angel Locsin, who was mentioned in Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr.’s controversial statement against celebrities on Saturday. “Angel Locsin has done more with his life for others than anyone I know in his situation. Nobody [who] messes with …
Read More »Galapagos registers a record increase in penguins and flightless cormorants
[ad_1] The Galapagos penguin is one of the smallest penguin species in the world. Image: Charles Darwin Foundation via AFP The Galapagos penguin is one of the smallest penguin species in the world, measuring up to 35 centimeters, and the island cormorants are the only type that has lost the …
Read More »‘Sworn duty’ to protect: AFP cites danger that Liza Soberano will be ‘used’ by groups linked to Red
[ad_1] MANILA— While affirming its respect for women and their rights, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) rose up on Saturday in apparent defense of a general whose statements linking celebrities to the communist movement have drawn strong criticism for the red labels, citing concerns that it could be …
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