Philstar.comNovember 28, 2021 | 10:14am MANILA, Philippines — Almost half of Filipino families feel poor as of the third quarter of 2021, while only a fifth feel "not poor," new survey results by the Social Weather Stations suggest. In the latest findings of the pollster published late Saturday night, 45% of…
Thailand logged 5,854 new Covid-19 cases and 30 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.On Saturday, 6,354 Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovering from the coronavirus. Since April 1, when the third wave of Covid-19 began, Thailand has treated 2,077,950…
Trithip: Station to be 'mixed-use' The sound of a station bell faded while a train was about to leave its platform at Bangkok's Hua Lamphong station. Soon the bell will not be used while the century-old train station will become history when it is closed down next month."I don't want…
Teen keeps man in sparesA teenage girl denies luring her boyfriend to his death in a fight over a rival for her affections. "Por", 17, came under fire from netizens after a young man she claims she had known for just a week, joined by two friends, fatally attacked her…
Earlier in the month, work began on the expansion of Ratchapruek Road, a major route north of Bangkok which links the neighbouring provinces of Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi. The road, according to the Department of Rural Roads (DoRR), will see almost 50,000 vehicles pass through it every day, as it…
A recent letter to the Bangkok Post from the ever observant Ye Olde Pedant suggested that Bangkok's BTS and MRT executives should display more imagination in the naming of new rail lines and avoid colour coding. He cited the proposed Grey Line which for him immediately conjured up images of…
SPORTING CHANCE - Joaquin M. Henson - The Philippine StarNovember 28, 2021 | 12:00am Robert Paradero suffered a family tragedy last Wednesday when his father Federico died of complications from pneumonia. Paradero was scheduled to leave his Malaybalay, Bukidnon, hometown for Manila the next day then take off for Thailand…
Joey Villar - The Philippine StarNovember 28, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) president Philip Ella Juico is amenable to the proposal of Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William Ramirez to have the impasse with Olympian pole-vaulter EJ Obiena mediated on. “We’re okay…
Joey Villar - The Philippine StarNovember 28, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Philippine bets Lito Adiwang’s and Rene Catalan’s bids for title shots suffered tremendous blows as they went down in defeat in ONE: Nextgen III at the Singapore Indoor Stadium Friday night. Adiwang fell to ONE newcomer Jarred…
Olmin Leyba - The Philippine StarNovember 28, 2021 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — Naturalized player Bienvenido Marañon is looking forward to fulfilling Philippine team duties in the coming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup in Singapore. The Spanish-born striker, who was granted Filipino citizenship last July, received his first call-up…