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Youth basketball: Cebu Waves top EASL Future Champions Cebu leg finale

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The East Asia Super League (EASL) Future Champions Elite Program capped its eight-week training camp with four developmental squads in the closing tournament on Sunday, June 14, at the Cebu City Sports Institute. Cebu Waves rose to the occasion, clinching the championship after they defeated Cebu Islanders, 62-56, in the final.

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Leviste wants House to allocate P14B for disaster victims’ food packs

MANILA, Philippines — Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste has filed a resolution seeking to have the House of Representatives allocate P14 billion from its 2026 budget to fund food packs for disaster victims or rice for every Filipino family. In a statement, Leviste said the P14 billion will be taken from the House’s

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2025 SALN: VP Duterte, husband post P98.6M net worth, an 11% hike

MANILA, Philippines — The statement of assets, liabilities, and net worth (SALN) for 2025 of Vice President Sara Duterte and her husband, Manases Carpio, posted more than an 11-percent increase after they declared a total net worth of P98.6 million. Duterte and Carpio’s latest SALN posted more than a P10-million increase compared to 2024, when

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Phuket tuk tuk fall leaves British boxer in critical condition

Police are searching for a tuk tuk driver after a British professional boxer was found critically injured on Phuket road, with CCTV footage reportedly showing him falling from a vehicle before the driver sped away. Colin Kearney, a well-known British boxer, was discovered injured on Phra Baramee Road on June 14. Officers from Patong Police …

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Why expat health insurance in Thailand may not cover you after 65

If you’re an expat living in Thailand and you’ve had the same health insurance policy for years, it’s easy to assume you’re set. You pay your renewal, you stay covered, and that’s that. But most Thai domestic health insurance policies have a ceiling built into the small print, an age at which the insurer stops …

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Tracking: The Ateneo cagers’ drowning case

Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili —Photos from Baterbonia’s Facebook and UAAP MANILA, Philippines — With the ongoing investigation of the drowning of Ateneo de Manila University basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili has been getting a lot of media traction lately, we have gathered all the stories about the incident on this page. Bookmark

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‘Nanay Dory’ Enoveso defies age, captures Sugbu shootout title in style

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Age proved to be just a number for Dory Enoveso as the most senior female bowler of the Sugbuanon Bowlers United (Sugbu) turned back the challenge of younger competitors to win the Sugbu Shootout Tournament on Sunday, June 14, at the SM Seaside Bowling and Leisure Center. The 84-year-old Enoveso, a

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SHAABAA: Batch 2002 forces do-or-die showdown; others advance to semifinals

Batch 2002 kept its season hopes alive after pulling off a hard-fought 80-78 victory over twice-to-beat Batch 1996-Big Three Pizza in the Division A playoffs of the ongoing Sacred Heart Ateneo Alumni Basketball Athletic Association (SHAABAA) Season 29 on Sunday, June 14, at the Magis Eagles Arena in Mandaue City.

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DA, other agencies to tackle illicit tobacco trade in summit

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) and other key government agencies are set to join an international summit aimed at combating the proliferation of illegal tobacco and nicotine products in the country. The third International Tobacco Summit, themed “Leveraging Growth, Securing Futures: Enhancing Livelihood and Revenue against Illicit Trade,” will take place on

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