[ad_1] BEIJING – China is willing to engage with “all parties” to alleviate the crisis in neighboring Myanmar and is not taking sides, the Chinese government’s top diplomat, State Councilor Wang Yi, said on Sunday. Beijing has said the situation in Myanmar, where the military took power last month, “is …
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[ad_1] WITH the fallout between TNT and Bobby Ray Parks looking imminent, the question right now is where the player is headed. Parks announced on Saturday that he will not play in the next PBA season due to “personal reasons,” just a few months after an outstanding performance in the …
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[ad_1] MANILA – There’s nothing else stopping Julia Barretto from declaring her feelings for actor Gerald Anderson. This, after Anderson acknowledged in a personal interview with host Boy Abunda that aired on Friday, that he is currently happy with Barretto. On Instagram, Barretto shared a sweet photo of herself and …
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[ad_1] REGULAR The action of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season takes a hiatus on Monday (Manila time) for the Midseason Classic All-Star festivities. Taking place at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, this year’s proceedings will be spearheaded by competing teams led by top voting fans LeBron James of …
Read More »[ad_1] There will be no international games on the NBA schedule next season, but there is hope that teams will return to playing in nearly-full stadiums in 2021-22 as the United States takes control of the COVID-19 pandemic, said the Commissioner Adam Silver on Saturday at his pre-All-Star press conference. …
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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – One million doses of the government-purchased COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in the Philippines on March 21, vaccine czar Carlito Gálvez Jr. said Sunday. Gálvez reiterated that the Chinese government has also pledged to donate an additional 400,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, in addition to the …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The United States Senate approved President Joe Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan on Saturday in a party line vote after an overnight session that was repeatedly delayed while the Republican minority tried but failed to pass about three dozen amendments. The plan passed on a …
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[ad_1] CHICAGO – If Bobby Ray Parks Jr. uses Smart as his wireless provider, callers may soon want to get used to hearing this friendly message. The subscriber cannot be contacted. Check the number and redial. A bad and harsh connection has threatened to sever Parks and TNT’s once strong …
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[ad_1] Workers are seen at the Sinopharm packaging workshop for the inactivated SARS-Cov-2 vaccine at the Sinopharm headquarters in Beijing during a press tour organized by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on February 26, 2021 (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP). BEIJING, China – Shirley Shi received three offers …
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[ad_1] ATLANTA – It’s the NBA All-Star Game that almost no one seemed to want. Certainly not the gamers, who scoffed at the idea of playing an exhibition game in the midst of a pandemic. The city of Atlanta, chosen as a replacement for the original host, Indianapolis, didn’t seem …
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