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LeBron James, Lakers relish in-season tourney matchup vs Suns
Superstars collide in the NBA in-season tournament as LeBron James leads the Los Angeles Lakers against Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns in the Western quarterfinals.....»»
Lions, Pirates clash in KO tifF
Jacob Cortez and the giant-slaying San Beda Red Lions aim to extend their domination of the Lyceum of the Philippines University Pirates as the two collide one last time for a spot in the NCAA Season 99 finals......»»
A splash of Maroon, Green keenly awaited UP-La Salle clash unfolds
Worlds collide as University of the Philippines and La Salle lock horns in their first ever title showdown for the UAAP men’s basketball supremacy......»»
Maroons, Archers meet in UAAP last dance for first time
Worlds collide as University of the Philippines and La Salle lock horns in their first ever title showdown for the UAAP men’s basketball supremacy......»»
Cool Smashers, Crossovers clash potential PVL finals preview
Creamline shoots to close in on an elimination-round sweep while Chery Tiggo aims to avert it as the two collide Tuesday in what could be a sneak preview of the Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference finals......»»
Seasoned pros, rising stars collide in PGT Match Play
The ICTSI The Country Club Match Play Invitational gets going Tuesday with a mix of experienced players and rising stars slugging it out for early survival in a format that also provides a platform for Asian Tour campaigners to spice up the title chase in head-to-head clashes......»»
JRU coach returns as Bombers, Generals collide in crucial game
Jose Rizal University will have its coach Louie Gonzales back as it clashes with Emilio Aguinaldo College Tuesday in a game that could make or break both team’s Final Four bids in NCAA Season 99 at the Filoil EcoOil Arena......»»
Challenge Cup draws 36 squads
The country’s top collegiate, club and LGU-based teams collide as the Philippine National Volleyball Federation launches the Challenge Cup today at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum......»»
Bulldogs, Eagles collide as UAAP hoops returns from short break
Second-running National University tries to stay on its lane to the Final Four and a twice-to-beat bonus as reigning champion Ateneo eyes to restabilize its shaky drive so far in a crucial duel in the UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City......»»
Phl says summoned Chinese envoy over collisions in disputed waters
Manila summoned Beijing's ambassador on Monday over two collisions between Philippine and Chinese vessels in the disputed South China Sea, a foreign ministry official said. "We're making full use of diplomatic processes... available to us. That includes summoning the Chinese ambassador, which we did this morning," foreign ministry spokeswoman Teresita Daza told reporters. The Philippines and China have traded blame over Sunday's incidents near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands. The two collisions happened during a routine Philippine resupply mission to Filipino troops stationed on a crumbling navy vessel grounded on the shoal to assert Manila's territorial claims. A Philippine government task force said Sunday the "dangerous blocking manoeuvers of China Coast Guard vessel 5203 caused it to collide with the Armed Forces of the Philippines-contracted indigenous resupply boat" about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from the shoal. China said the "slight collision" happened after the resupply boat ignored "multiple warnings and deliberately passed through law enforcement in an unprofessional and dangerous manner", state broadcaster CCTV reported Sunday, citing the foreign ministry. In another incident, a Philippine coastguard vessel escorting the routine resupply mission was "bumped" by what the Philippine task force described as a "Chinese Maritime Militia vessel". China, however, accused the Philippine boat of "deliberately" stirring up trouble by reversing in a "premeditated manner" into a Chinese fishing vessel. The post Phl says summoned Chinese envoy over collisions in disputed waters appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Philippines, China trade blame over collisions in disputed sea
Beijing and Manila traded blame on Sunday for two collisions between Chinese vessels and Philippine boats on a resupply mission to Filipino troops on a remote outpost in the disputed South China Sea. The incidents happened near Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, a hotly contested region where Beijing deploys ships to assert its claims over almost the entire sea. A Philippine government task force said the "dangerous blocking manoeuvers of China Coast Guard vessel 5203 caused it to collide with the Armed Forces of the Philippines-contracted indigenous resupply boat" about 25 kilometres (15 miles) from Second Thomas Shoal. China said the "slight collision" happened after the resupply boat ignored "multiple warnings and deliberately passed through law enforcement in an unprofessional and dangerous manner", state broadcaster CCTV reported, citing the foreign ministry. In another incident, a Philippine coastguard vessel escorting the routine resupply mission was "bumped" by what the Philippine task force described as a "Chinese Maritime Militia vessel". China, however, accused the Philippine boat of "deliberately" stirring up trouble by reversing in a "premeditated manner" into a Chinese fishing vessel. Video released by the Philippine military showed the bow of the Chinese coastguard ship and the stern of the resupply vessel briefly touching. The Philippine vessel continues on its course. It is not clear if there was any damage. A second resupply boat was able to reach the grounded BRP Sierra Madre and "successfully resupply our troops and personnel stationed there", the statement said. "The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea condemns in the strongest degree the latest dangerous, irresponsible, and illegal actions of the CCG and the Chinese Maritime Militia done this morning," the task force said in a statement. It said the "provocative, irresponsible, and illegal action" of the Chinese coastguard boat had endangered the safety of the crew on the supply boat. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, through which trillions of dollars in trade passes annually, and has ignored an international ruling that its assertion has no legal basis. Second Thomas Shoal is about 200 kilometres (124 miles) from the western Philippine island of Palawan, and more than 1,000 kilometres from China's nearest major landmass, Hainan island. China said "responsibility lies entirely with the Philippines" for Sunday's incidents. As China moves ever more confidently to assert its claims to sovereignty over the waters, officials and experts have warned of the potential for collisions. "This is exactly the kind of event that can happen given their dangerous manoeuvring," said Jay Batongbacal, director of the University of the Philippines' Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea. Batongbacal said the Chinese coastguard had deliberately hit the Philippine resupply vessel to see how Manila would respond and test the resolve of the Philippines' longtime ally Washington. "You don't accidentally hit another vessel out in the open ocean," Batongbacal told AFP. - US condemns 'latest disruption' - The Philippine Navy deliberately grounded the World War II-era BRP Sierra Madre on Second Thomas Shoal in 1999 to check China's advance in the waters. The troops stationed on the crumbling ship depend on regular supply deliveries for their survival. The Philippines has outposts on nine reefs and islands in the Spratlys, including Second Thomas Shoal. US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson said the United States condemned China's "latest disruption of a legal Philippine resupply mission" that put "the lives of Filipino service members at risk". Manila and Beijing have a long history of maritime disputes in the South China Sea. Tensions flared in August when China Coast Guard vessels used water cannons against a Philippine resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal, preventing one of the boats from delivering its cargo. A Chinese ship in April narrowly missed colliding with a much smaller Philippine Coast Guard vessel in the same area. (Cecil Morella with Sebastien Ricci in Beijing) burs-amj/lb © Agence France-Presse The post Philippines, China trade blame over collisions in disputed sea appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Chinese vessels collide with Philippine boats on resupply mission
The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said that the “dangerous blocking maneuvers” of the China Coast Guard vessel 5203 caused it to collide with Unaiza May 2, an Armed Forces of the Philippines-contracted indigenous resupply boat......»»
Phl says China coastguard vessel collides with resupply boat in disputed sea
The Philippines accused a Chinese coastguard vessel of colliding on Sunday with a Philippine resupply boat as it traveled to a tiny garrison in the disputed South China Sea. A government task force said in a statement that the "dangerous blocking maneuvers of China Coast Guard vessel 5203 caused it to collide with the Armed Forces of the Philippines-contracted indigenous resupply boat" about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from Second Thomas Shoal. In another incident, a Philippine coastguard vessel escorting the resupply mission was "bumped" by what the task force described as a "Chinese Maritime Militia vessel". "The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea condemns in the strongest degree the latest dangerous, irresponsible, and illegal actions of the CCG and the Chinese Maritime Militia done this morning," the task force said. The post Phl says China coastguard vessel collides with resupply boat in disputed sea appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Spikers Turf: Green Spikers, Griffins collide in opener
EcoOil-La Salle and Fudgee Barr-Ateneo seek to make up for their absence in the Open Conference with strong showing in the Spikers’ Turf Invitational, facing separate rivals in the season-ending conference......»»
2 boats collide in Pangasinan river; 1 dead
A fishpond caretaker died when his motorized boat was hit by another boat in Alaminos River in Barangay San Miguel in this town on Monday......»»
Top guns collide in Gov. Bautista Open tennis tourney
Jose Maria Pague gains the top seeding in the absence of injured Johnny Arcilla but focus will be on Alberto Lim and a slew of aces all primed for a duel of power and styles in the Gov. Franklin Bautista National Open Tennis Championships at the Malita courts in Davao Occidental......»»
Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first
A seven-year space voyage came to its climactic end Sunday when a NASA capsule landed in the desert in the US state of Utah, carrying to Earth the largest asteroid samples ever collected. Scientists have high hopes for the sample, saying it will provide a better understanding of the formation of our solar system and how Earth became habitable. When they learned that the capsule's main parachute had deployed, "I literally broke into tears," the Osiris-Rex mission's principal investigator Dante Lauretta told a press conference. "That was the moment I knew we made it home... For me, the real science is just beginning." The 3.86-billion-mile (6.21-billion-kilometer) journey marked the United States' first sample return mission of its kind, the US space agency said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. NASA chief Bill Nelson hailed the mission and said the asteroid dust "will give scientists an extraordinary glimpse into the beginnings of our solar system." The Osiris-Rex probe's final, fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere was perilous, but NASA managed to engineer a soft landing at 8:52 am local time (1452 GMT), in the military's Utah Test and Training Range. Four years after its 2016 launch, the probe landed on the asteroid Bennu and collected what NASA estimated is roughly nine ounces (250 grams) of dust from its rocky surface. Even that small amount, NASA says, should "help us better understand the types of asteroids that could threaten Earth." The sample return "is really historic," NASA scientist Amy Simon told AFP. "This is going to be the biggest sample we've brought back since the Apollo moon rocks" were returned to Earth. Osiris-Rex released its capsule early Sunday from an altitude of more than 67,000 miles. The fiery passage through the atmosphere came only in the last 13 minutes, as the capsule hurtled downward at a speed of more than 27,000 miles per hour, with temperatures of up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,760 degrees Celsius). NASA images showed the tire-sized capsule on the ground in a desert wash, with scientists approaching the device and taking readings. Eventually, they concluded the capsule was not breached, meaning its all-important air-tight seal remained intact, avoiding any contamination of the sample with desert sands. The team then lifted the capsule by helicopter to a nearby "clean room." Meanwhile, the probe that made the space journey fired its engines and shifted course away from Earth, NASA said, "on its way" for a date with another asteroid. Japanese samples On Monday, the sample heads to the Johnson Space Center in Houston for additional study, and NASA plans to announce its first results at a news conference 11 October. Roughly one-fourth of the sample will be immediately used in experiments, and a small amount will be sent to mission partners Japan and Canada. But most of it will be saved for future generations -- a "treasure for scientific analysis for years and years and years to come, to our kids and grandkids and people that haven't even been born yet," Lori Glaze, director of NASA's Planetary Sciences division, said. Japan had earlier given NASA a few grains from asteroid Ryugu, after bringing 0.2 ounces of dust to Earth in 2020 during the Hayabusa-2 mission. Ten years before, it had brought back a microscopic quantity from another asteroid. But the sample from Bennu is much larger, allowing for significantly more testing, Simon said. Earth's origin story Asteroids are composed of the original materials of the solar system, dating back some 4.5 billion years, and have remained relatively intact. They "can give us clues about how the solar system formed and evolved," said Osiris-Rex program executive Melissa Morris. "It's our own origin story." By striking Earth's surface, "we do believe asteroids and comets delivered organic material, potentially water, that helped life flourish here on Earth," Simon said. Scientists believe Bennu, about 500 meters (1,640 feet) in diameter, is rich in carbon -- a building block of life on Earth -- and contains water molecules locked in minerals. Bennu surprised scientists in 2020 when the probe, during its brief contact with the asteroid's surface, sank into the soil, revealing an unexpectedly low density, like a children's pool filled with plastic balls. Understanding its composition could come in handy, for there is a slight -- but non-zero -- chance (one in 2,700) that Bennu could collide catastrophically with Earth, though not until 2182. NASA last year successfully deviated the course of an asteroid by crashing a probe into it in a test, and it might at some point need to repeat that exercise -- but with much higher stakes. The post Major asteroid sample brought to Earth in NASA first appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Strong earthquake rattles New Zealand’s South Island
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 rattled the South Island of New Zealand on Wednesday, according to a government website. The epicenter of the quake, which hit at 0914 local time (2114GMT), was 124 kilometers (77 miles) west of Christchurch at a depth of 11 kilometers, the New Zealand government's Geonet website said. Via the website, around 15,000 people reported feeling the earthquake. New Zealand sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates collide, and experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity. The post Strong earthquake rattles New Zealand’s South Island appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Philippines, China renew basketball rivalry as youth squads collide
Rivalry will be renewed but this time in the youth level as Gilas Pilipinas boys begin their quest against a familiar foe in China in the FIBA U16 Asian Championship at the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall in Doha, Qatar......»»
Gaming fans converge
Pop culture universes will collide when the first-ever Nexus Fan Fair launches in the Philippines. To be presented by Tier One Entertainment from 19 to 21 September at the MGBX Convention Hall, Marriott Grand Ballroom in Newport World Resorts, Nexus Fan Fair will be an epic celebration for fans of gaming, technology, entertainment, music. Fans of every kind will enjoy browsing the expo area, where merchant booths will offer all kinds of games, merch, and other collectibles. Guests are invited to come in their best costumes. Get ready for an electrifying event featuring Top Tier Talents such as world champion caliber esports team Blacklist International, alongside renowned streamers and content creators. Since 2017, Tier One Entertainment has led the field in esports and gaming entertainment in Southeast Asia. With Nexus Fan Fair, Tier One will solidify its position as the premier destination for pop culture lifestyle. The post Gaming fans converge appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»