PRESIDENT Aquino, assisted by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Emmanuel Joel Villanueva, distributes ballers to the participants of the 7th Puregold ‘Tindahan Ni Aling Puring Sari-Sari Store’ Convention during the tour and inspection of the booths at the World Trade Center at the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue Extension and Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City, yesterday. (Photo by: Robert Viñas / Malacañang Photo Bureau)
AMERICAN contemporary ballet company Trey McIntyre Project performs at Central Philippine University in Iloilo City. Its 10-day Philippine tour is a joint program of the U.S. Embassy in Manila and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. (Photo by Tara Yap)
CAGAYAN’s Junar Arce (center) finds himself sandwiched by Gio Ciriacruz and Kelly Nabong of Blackwater during PBA D-League action last night at The Arena in San Juan.
MIAMI Heat guard Dwyane Wade, foreground, regains control of the ball as he is guarded by Indiana Pacers guard Paul George, rear, during Game 2 of their NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series in Miami.
VENDORS arrange bananas in a makeshift stall on Road 10 in Tondo, Manila, as they sell ‘lakatan’ at P30 per kilo yesterday morning. The Philippines’ fruit exports to China, particularly bananas, seem to have trouble getting cleared by Chinese Customs amid a tense standoff between the two countries over the disputed islands on the West Philippine Sea. Fruit shipments, especially bananas, were rotting in Chinese ports because pests were allegedly discovered in some produce, prompting stricter quarantine inspections. (Photo by Linus Escandor II)
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Alcalas siblings in big wins
Manila, Philippines – Malvinne Ann Alcala re-stamped her class against a tough foreign field while brother Markie enhanced a promising badminton career as they ruled their respective divisions in the Li Ning Singapore Youth International Series 2011 at the Singapore Badminton Hall in Singapore last Sunday. Malvinne survived a grueling first set duel then hung tough to frustrate Indonesian Florensia...
Badminton tourney
Manila, Philippines – No less than the country’s finest are expected to participate in the Victor-Ming Ramos National Open badminton championships that starts Dec. 27 at Club 650 in Quezon City. At the same time, championship trophies in five age categories will be disputed when the Youth Championship, also organized by the governing Philippine Badminton Association, is held on the same...
Zamora bags NCR badminton titles
Manila, Philippines – Nina Carmela Zamora advanced to the national finals in badminton as she swept the girls division diadem even as Quezon City continued its domination in swimming in the penultimate day of the National Capital Region (NCR) elimination of the 2011 Batang Pinoy yesterday in various venues in Makati City. Zamora, 13, a second year high school student at the St. Scholastica...
Teen titan
SHANGHAI (AFP) – Thai teen sensation Inthanon Ratchanok stunned spectators in Shanghai Thursday, taking under an hour to slay the China Open’s top women’s singles seed Wang Shixian 21-18, 21-19 in her own backyard. ”I’m very happy because I can fight and can beat number one in the world right now,” said the two-time World Junior Champion, who just picked up her second...
Alcala faces Malaysian in opener
Manila, Philippines – Malvinne Ann Alcala will have her hands full when she opens her World Juniors Championships campaign tonight as she drew joint fifth seed Sonia Su Ya Cheah of Malaysia in one of the ladies singles matches in Chinese-Taipei. The 16-year-old Alcala, coming off a sweep of the Under-19 and Open singles titles in the PBaRS’ VP Binay Cup Badminton Championships, hopes to...
Alcala stamps class over Carlos
Manila, Philippines – Malvinne Ann Alcala primed up for next week’s World Juniors by sweeping the ladies Open and girls Under-19 singles titles while Toby Gadi and Markie Alcala each pulled off a four-peat at the close of the VP Binay Grand Prix Badminton Open ChampionshipsPBaRS fourth leg at Philsports Arena yesterday. Alcala, 16, survived a spirited first set challenge from Bianca Carlos...
Badminton showdown
Manila, Philippines – Malvinne Ann “Poca“ Alcala flashed superb form and toppled Gelita Castilo, 21-16, 21-9, to gain a crack at a second crown against Bianca Carlos in the VP Binay Grand Prix Badminton Open Championships-PBaRS fourth leg at the Philsports Arena in Pasig yesterday. Alcala, the reigning Singapore and Australian Juniors champion and winner of the second leg of the national...
