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METRO VANCOUVER — Sophon Sek grinned and gave the thumbs-up signal Sunday night after winning the top prize of $364,364 in the B.C. Poker Championship. But his luck ran out Monday when Sek was arrested about noon in connection with the Surrey Six ...

MANILA, Nov. 25 — For the second leg of its series “Underrated Films, Forgotten Filmmakers,” the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film (SOFIA) presents La Paloma: Ang Kalapating Ligaw by Joey Gosiengfiao, to be screened for free at the ...

MANILA, Philippines - Host Cebu overcame a sloppy start with a strong windup as it went to its full-court trapping defense to trounce Laguna, 97-72, last night and join Misamis Oriental in the lead in the Super Leg of Liga Pilipinas at the Cebu City ...

Paris - The French government is drawing up a law that will sharpen punishment for those found guilty of domestic violence, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Wednesday. The new law will include penalties for "psychological violence" and will make ...

Copenhagen - Danish opposition parties Wednesday failed to persuade Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen to call a referendum on some of the country's current opt-outs from the European Union. "We should not be too hasty," he said after a meeting with ...

Maybe his Canadian citizenship is kicking in, but the soft-sell approach Niagara Casinos president Art Frank is using seems like a sign of how polite he is. He's so good to the casinos' 4,500 workers, he makes it feel like he's doing you a favour if ...

Manny Pacquiao, international boxing superstar, may have some domestic issues. I could have written on this topic while I was visiting Pacman at the Wild Card Gym while he was studiously prepping to systematically demolish Miguel I’m No Angel Cotto ...

MANILA – After failing in four attempts to become a world champion, Rodel “Batang Mandaue” Mayol finally clinched the World Boxing Council (WBC) junior flyweight belt after beating defending champion Edgar Sosa. Mayol defeated Sosa via ...

MANILA, Philippines - “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona was stripped of the WBO superflyweight title when he failed to make the 115-pound limit at the weigh-in but avoided a loss by battling Mexican challenger Alejandro (Payasito) Hernandez to a split ...

MANILA, Philippines—A party list lawmaker on Wednesday criticized President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for giving the Ampatuans the “kid-gloves” treatment amid their alleged involvement in the Maguindanao carnage where at least 52 people died ...