A construction company tied to the family of former Ako Bicol party-list representative Zaldy Co has emerged as one of the country’s top contractors for farm-to-market road (FMR) projects this year, raising concerns in the Senate over the pattern of project allocations in Region 5. Read more »
Nineteen-year-old Zamboanga native Albert Ian Delos Santos continues to make history for Philippine weightlifting after setting a new junior world record at the 2025 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Forde, Norway. Read more »
The Philippines is preparing to showcase its young athletic talent with a 136-member delegation bound for the 3rd Asian Youth Games, set for October 22 to 31 in Manama, Bahrain. Read more »
Five Filipino para swimmers are set to represent the Philippines at the upcoming World Para Swimming Championships in Singapore, a major event that brings together top para-athletes from around the globe. Read more »
Chiz Escudero’s fall was not sudden, but it was inevitable. For months, whispers circulated in the corridors of the Senate: the cerebral Escudero, more technocrat than tactician, had begun to lose favor with the powers that be. Read more »
Filipino Olympian and Asian champion Vanessa Sarno has been handed a two-year ban from competition after the International Testing Agency (ITA) found her in violation of anti-doping rules. The sanction, which took effect on August 4, 2025, will sideline her until August 3, 2027. Read more »
