Filipino Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So lived up to his billing as the Asia’s No. 1 blitz chess player after winning the 11th Asian Continental Individual Chess Championships Blitz competition over the weekend in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
More Filipino workers are expected to get employed overseas with the lifting of the deployment ban in Northern Iraq and Libya.
A number of Filipinos in Vienna under the leadership of the fraternity Alpha Phi Omega Vienna Chapter (APO-Austria) joined hundreds of volunteers to help clean the city.
A total of 151 overseas Filipino workers based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia completed one of the two computer courses offered by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).
The PLDT-ABAP National Boxing Team plunged into action in the Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament less than a day after arriving in this historic Central Asian capital.
A mother of a Filipino seafarer is seeking the help of government and nongovernment organizations and even the international community in helping rescue her son who is still being held hostage in Somalia for two years now.
A Dubai-based Filipino artist bagged the top award in the international design competition organized by lifestyle brand New Era.
President Benigno Aquino III on Monday promised to give full support to Filipino athletes as he led the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Palarong Pambansa at the Narciso Ramos Sports Complex in Lingayen, Pangasinan.
A lawmaker on Monday called on the Department of Education to create programs that will promote sports among young Filipinos, as well as to allot a “decent budget” to help schools develop student-athletes.
Wednesdays and Thursdays have become an opportunity for Filipinos in the United States to gather and be united with one goal: to see to it that Jessica Sanchez becomes this season’s American Idol.
Angeline starts promoting ‘Born To Love You’
Albie says he won’t quit showbiz
Sen. Harry Reid indicates support for gay marriage if it reaches Nevada ballot
Obama meets with Reno family, pushes for extension of home refinancing program
Legalized Internet gaming would help casinos, trade chief says
UNLV graduates first class in high-flying new entertainment engineering program
Elvis contest conjures up memories of one of history’s great wardrobe malfunctions
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