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Ready to vote

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 03:18 PM

Applicants line up to register at the Commission on Elections office in Arroceros, Manila Friday. The Comelec is encouraging the public to register for the 2019 national and local elections until September 29, 2018. Read more »

Marcos camp downplays Robredo complaint it violated PET rules

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 12:59 PM

The camp of defeated vice presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Sunday played down the complaint of the lawyers of Vice President Leni Robredo that one of Marcos' revisors violated the rules of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET).  Read more »

Tagisan sa pagsagwan, tampok sa Tabak Festival sa Albay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 21 01:57 AM

Nagtagisan sa pagsagwan ang mga taga Tabaco City, Albay sa taunang Sibidan Race na bahagi ng Tabak Festival. Read more »

Magdalo's Alejano to run for senator in 2019

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 05 01:46 PM

MANILA - Magdalo party-list Rep. Gary Alejano, a staunch critic of the Duterte administration, confirmed on Tuesday that he is running for senator in 2019. Read more »

'Cut off hands': Mexican presidential candidate's plan to deter thieves

Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters
Posted at Apr 23 01:45 PM

Thieves should have their hands chopped off, a Mexican presidential candidate said in a televised debate on Sunday, provoking disbelief from a moderator and setting off a storm of comments and jokes on Twitter. Read more »

America remembers Martin Luther King Jr, 50 years on

Eleonore Sens, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 04:37 AM

MEMPHIS, United States - Americans on Wednesday marked 50 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a day seared into the national consciousness that transformed the civil rights leader into a symbol of the fight for racial equality.   Read more »

Higit 1,000 racers, sumabak sa 'Spartan Race' sa Pampanga

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 02:07 AM

Mahigit 1,000 racers ang sumabak sa kakaibang obstacle course race na ginanap sa Porac, Pampanga.  Read more »

Celebs join anti-diabetes 'resolution run'

Sun Life Financial Philippines
Updated as of Feb 06 04:53 PM

Runners joined a marathon on Saturday in an effort to counter the rise of diabetes cases in the country. Read more »

Farmer's Day

Dax Simbol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 07:43 PM

Farmers race their carabaos during Farmer's Day in Bamban, Tarlac on Thursday.  Read more »

Jinggoy: Pork barrel raps won't affect my 2019 chances

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 08 12:50 PM

Former senator Jinggoy Estrada on Monday said he is confident the plunder and graft cases he is facing in connection to the pork barrel scam will not block his political plans in next year’s senatorial elections. Read more »

Libo-libong atleta, lumahok sa National MILO Marathon sa Cebu

Milo Philippines
Posted at Dec 22 12:08 PM

"Start running and stay healthy." Read more »

New York marathoners undaunted by deadly truck attack

Peter Szekely and Barbara Goldberg, Reuters
Posted at Nov 04 07:34 PM

NEW YORK - This week's deadly truck attack in New York could not deter blind Japanese runner Toshiaki Ito from joining 50,000 fellow competitors in the city's marathon this Sunday. Read more »

Local Spartan Race tests limits of human endurance

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 06 01:16 AM

The race, which stretched for 7 kilometers in San Mateo, Rizal, involved 24 obstacles including fire jumps, wall-climbing and mud-crawling. Read more »

Panelo: 'Inday Sara' qualified to be president

Christian Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 01:40 PM

MANILA - Like father like daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte is very much qualified to become president, a Malacañang official said Wednesday.   Read more »

New vacation trend in PH: Race-cation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 07:08 AM

From being a solitary hobby, running, cycling, and triathlon have become the reason for some couples – even families – to plan a trip.  Read more »

Fil-Am designer wins an Emmy for 'RuPaul's Drag Race' episode

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 13 10:57 PM

A Filipino-American fashion designer left the Creative Arts Emmys, held over the past weekend, glowing after bagging a win for his work on the American reality competition, ''RuPaul's Drag Race.'' Read more »

On your marks, get set, who goes? The NY baby race

Catherine Triomphe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 08:55 AM

NEW YORK - It's a race of laughter, false starts and wild bottle waving: New York's Diaper Derby sees 30 infants battle it out for glory in a three-meter crawling contest. Read more »

Marcos supporters picket SC ahead of poll protest pre-trial

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 11 10:46 AM

MANILA - Supporters of defeated vice presidential bet Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. converged outside the Supreme Court ahead of the preliminary conference of his electoral protest on Tuesday. Read more »

LOOK: Pinoy designer dresses up Valentina of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 26 08:10 AM

''We finally made it happen.'' Read more »

US teen killed by bear in Alaska running race

Agence France Presse
Posted at Jun 20 01:07 PM

LOS ANGELES - A 16-year-old boy was mauled and killed by a bear during a running race in Alaska at the weekend, managing to text his family as the attack was under way, authorities said Monday. Read more »