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The Star
42 minutes ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
Frankfurt Book Fair 2025 hosts guest country Philippines
The Philippines will be guest of honour at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, from Oct 15–19. Photo: AFP The Philippines will be presenting its literature as guest of honour at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, which runs from Oct 15-19, the organisers have said. "This year, we are opening a window to the Pacific," Book Fair Director Juergen Boos said at the presentation of the guest country programme in Frankfurt on Thursday. The appearance will also help to "dispel clichés," he said. The Philippines consists of 7,641 islands and, in addition to the official language Filipino, there are more than 130 other languages. The Philippines will bring "a multitude of voices to Frankfurt," said the initiator of the guest country appearance, Loren Legarda. The country has interesting perspectives on natural disasters and colonialism, dictatorship and diaspora, visions of the future and the threat of climate change, she said. The architect responsible for the Guest of Honour Pavilion at the exhibition grounds, Stanley Ruiz, said it will mainly feature materials typical of the country such as shells, bamboo and pineapple fabric. Visitors will be able to discover the most important works of Philippine literature, the organizers said. Before and after the book fair, visitors can also experience Philippine culture at exhibitions, concerts and film evenings throughout Germany. Around 100 delegates will be travelling to the event, according to the organisers. A special feature will be the so-called FlipTop Rap Battles - competitions involving spoken word - which are particularly popular in the Philippines. - dpa
GMA Network
an hour ago
- Politics
- GMA Network
Six OFWs from Iran arrive safely in PH
Six overseas Filipino workers (OFW) repatriated from Iran amid its conflict with Israel arrived safely in the Philippines on Saturday morning, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. The OFWs — five who worked as shrimp hatchery technicians in Iran and one domestic worker from Dubai who accompanied her employer to Iran as a tourist — arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in Pasay City. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Administrator Patricia Yvonne Caunan, Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega, and DMW Assistant Secretary Venecio Legaspi welcomed the OFWs. The repatriated workers were also met by the MIA Medical Team as well as a social welfare officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The OFWs boarded an Emirates flight to Manila. "The repatriation was made possible through the efforts of the Philippine Embassy in Tehran, led by Ambassador Roberto Manalo, in close coordination with the DMW and OWWA," the DMW said. The repatriated OFWs were given financial assistance by the DMW, OWWA, and DSWD. The MIA Medical Team also provided them with food and medical services. The OWWA will give the OFWs temporary hotel accommodations and domestic flights back to their home provinces. The DMW said two more OFWs from Iran are expected to arrive on Saturday night. "This group marks the first batch of Filipinos repatriated from Iran following the June 13 Israel-Iran conflict," the DMW said. President Ferdinand ''Bongbong'' Marcos Jr. on Monday tasked government offices to take the necessary steps to ensure the safe and orderly return of Filipino workers who wish to avail themselves of voluntary repatriation. In a statement, Marcos said the government is already processing over 200 requests for repatriation and ''we are moving quickly to bring them home while others have opted to remain at work.'' ''I urge our fellow Filipinos to coordinate with our embassies in Tel Aviv and in Tehran. Please follow their guidance, inform them of your situation, and do not hesitate to ask for assistance,'' Marcos said. The Philippine government raised crisis alert level 3 in Israel and Iran on June 20, urging Filipinos in the area to avail of voluntary repatriation. Crisis level 3 or voluntary repatriation phase is imposed by the Philippine government on countries with deteriorating security conditions. At least 30,000 workers, mostly caregivers, are in Israel, and more than 1,000 are in Iran. Tensions heightened between Israel and Iran on June 13 after Israel struck nuclear and military targets Tehran with missiles. According to an Israeli military official, Iran had enough material to make 15 nuclear bombs within days. Iran retaliated, then both countries traded missile attacks. The US also bombed Iran nuclear sites on June 21, and Iran thereafter fired missiles at an American base in Qatar on June 23. A ceasefire between Israel and Iran was announced by US President Donald Trump. —KG, GMA Integrated News
News18
2 hours ago
- Sport
- News18
Taylor Fritz Eyes Fourth Eastbourne Title In Final vs Brooksby; Eala Makes History
Last Updated: Top seed Taylor Fritz will face Jenson Brooksby in the Eastbourne Open final. Alexandra Eala made history as the first Filipino to reach a WTA Tour final. Top seed Taylor Fritz remains on track for a fourth Eastbourne Open title in six years after advancing to the final, where he will face fellow American and lucky loser Jenson Brooksby on Saturday. Fritz overcame a second-set dip to defeat Spanish sixth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, moving a step closer to securing his second grass-court title of the season following his triumph in Stuttgart earlier this month. While the world No. 5 was widely expected to make the final, Brooksby's journey has been nothing short of remarkable. The 24-year-old entered the tournament as a lucky loser after falling in straight sets to Aleksandar Vukic in qualifying. On Friday, Brooksby stunned French fourth seed Ugo Humbert 6-7 (7/9), 6-4, 6-4 to become the first lucky loser in tournament history to reach the final. 'I think it's a lot less pressure when you don't expect to be in the main draw and get the opportunity," said Brooksby, currently ranked 149th in the world. 'You just want to make the most of it." Brooksby captured his first ATP Tour title earlier this year in Houston as a qualifier, saving match points in three of his matches during that run. Eala Reaches Historic Final for the Philippines Earlier in the day, Alexandra Eala made history by becoming the first Filipino player to reach a WTA Tour final, defeating Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 at the Eastbourne International. The match, which lasted over two hours, was a hard-fought contest on the grass courts of Devonshire Park. Eala's composure and persistence paid off as she edged through to the final of this Wimbledon warm-up event. The 20-year-old will face 19-year-old Australian Maya Joint in Saturday's final. Joint, ranked No. 51 in the world, earned her spot by defeating Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5, 6-3. 'It was a challenge for both of us, physically and mentally. She's a really solid player, had some moments where she was really dominating," said Eala. 'The fact that I was able to stay there and wait for my opportunities was a big achievement for me." Eala's rise has been rapid. Ranked No. 74 in the world, she grabbed headlines earlier this year with a breakout performance at the Miami Open, where she reached the semi-finals after stunning Grand Slam champions Jelena Ostapenko, Madison Keys, and Iga Swiatek. Eala is scheduled to face defending champion Barbora Krejcikova in the first round at Wimbledon on Centre Court this Tuesday. However, Krejcikova's participation is in doubt after she withdrew from her Eastbourne quarter-final on Thursday due to a thigh injury. (with AFP inputs) About the Author Siddarth Sriram First Published: June 28, 2025, 08:16 IST
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Iga Swiatek and Alex Eala achieve firsts on the grass as Wimbledon comes into view
'I didn't expect to win this match' isn't a phrase that comes out of a five-time Grand Slam champion's mouth very often. But after Iga Świątek cruised past Jasmine Paolini 6-1, 6-3 to reach the first WTA Tour grass-court final of her career, it was the first thing on her mind. Perhaps Paolini being a Wimbledon finalist last year was a factor. Perhaps Świątek never going beyond the quarterfinals in south-west London was too. But for 16 games Friday in Bad Homburg, it was the Pole who looked like the master of the grass. She's looked that way for most of the tournament in Germany, using her serve like she hasn't done for a while to get out of adversity against the powerful players that have troubled her in the past. Advertisement Against Paolini, however, Świątek was dominant. Her confidence on her forehand oozed out into heavy, sharply angled balls that kept Paolini pinned behind the baseline, stopping her from coming into the net, where she has the edge on Świątek. She leapt on Paolini's serve at every opportunity, zipping return winners past her opponent — something she has been more familiar with happening to her in recent times. Świątek broke Paolini five times and had break points for a sixth, ultimately easing into her first final since last year's French Open, in which she will face world No. 3 Jessica Pegula. It caps a strange 12 months for Świątek, in which she has had her less-than-perfect results scrutinized at her best events over and above her improvements across the calendar. She is No. 3 in the WTA Tour rankings race, just a few hundred points behind No. 2 Coco Gauff, and made the semifinals at both the Australian and French Opens. She was a point from the final in Melbourne and she has made the semifinals of five other tournaments, including in Bad Homburg. But she has become synonymous with era-defining excellence on clay, and so her dips from that excellence, which have included at times heavy defeats, have taken greater space than her successes. The same cannot be said for Alexandra Eala, who so memorably beat Świątek at the Miami Open in March. On the same day as Świątek's success, Eala, 20, became the first Filipino to reach a WTA Tour final, beating Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 at Eastbourne in the UK. It's the latest in a succession of firsts for Eala and Filipino tennis, and it is not one of her biggest wins: in Miami, she beat Madison Keys and Jelena Ostapenko, two more Grand Slam champions, as well as Świątek. But Eala's use of angle, a devastatingly powerful and disguised down-the-line forehand, and an improved serve — which has looked attackable throughout her rise inside the WTA top 100 — could foretell more success on the grass, a surface which appears to suit her game. Her mastery of the wind on the south coast of the UK, which buffeted across the courts and tested players' limits, also showed off her ability to adapt the length of her swing and to redirect an incoming ball rather than swinging out on every shot. Advertisement At Wimbledon, she will achieve another first. Eala will play defending champion Barbora Krejčíková on Centre Court, and with Krejčíková having withdrawn from Eastbourne with a thigh injury, the ingredients are there for another announcement of her ability to the tennis world. First, Eala will go in search of her first WTA Tour title, with a final against Maya Joint Saturday, the same day that Świątek and Pegula will play. This article originally appeared in The Athletic. Tennis, Women's Tennis 2025 The Athletic Media Company
The National
11 hours ago
- Sport
- The National
Emma Raducanu to face young British wild card in Wimbledon opener
Xu, 17, is one of three home teenage debutantes in the women's draw, and she will get a first shot at British number one Raducanu. The former US Open champion reached the fourth round last year but faces an uphill battle to do so again, with top seed Aryna Sabalenka and former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova both in her section. It was a tough draw for the British players overall, with Katie Boulter – unseeded this year – taking on top-10 star Paula Badosa, while British number three Sonay Kartal faces 20th seed Jelena Ostapenko. Sixteen-year-olds Hannah Klugman and Mika Stojsavljevic also drew seeds, with the former facing former US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez and Stojsavljevic meeting Ashlyn Krueger. The bottom quarter could throw up some big-hitting contests in the second week with Iga Swiatek potentially facing a fourth-round clash against former champion Elena Rybakina and a quarter-final with second seed Coco Gauff having dropped to eighth in the rankings. Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova, meanwhile, will take on exciting Filipino teenager Alexandra Eala in the opening round, provided the Czech recovers from a leg injury in time.
