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Palace: No truth to rumors President Duterte confined in San Juan hospital

May 19, 2019
LRTA assures public LRT-2 system “safe” despite train collision

May 19, 2019
PHIVOLCS: No tsunami threat to PHL following 6.8-magnitude quake off Loyalty Islands in Pacific

May 19, 2019
Villar maintains lead in Senate race

May 19, 2019
At least 30 hurt in LRT-2 train collision; probe ongoing

May 19, 2019

National

In photos: President Duterte with Bong Go in Malacañang amid rumors the chief executive had been confined in a hospital

May 19, 2019

(Eagle News)–In these pictures released by Bong Go on Sunday, President Rodrigo Duterte is seen with his former aide in Bahay Pagbabago in the Malacañang Complex. The pictures came out after rumors President Duterte had been confined in the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan due to a cardiac arrest. The Palace has since denied the rumors, saying Duterte was merely resting in Malacañang.

Palace: No truth to rumors President Duterte confined in San Juan hospital

May 19, 2019

(Eagle News)—The Palace on Sunday, May 19, denied President Rodrigo Duterte was confined in a hospital in San Juan. “There is no truth to the rumor circulating that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte is confined in Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. He said the President was “in his residence at the Palace signing papers.” Panelo added however that the President was “neither confirming nor denying that he went to […]

PHIVOLCS: No tsunami threat to PHL following 6.8-magnitude quake off Loyalty Islands in Pacific

May 19, 2019

(Eagle News)–There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology made the remark after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast of Loyalty Islands in New Caledonia in the Pacific on Sunday, May 19. PHIVOLCS said the quake hit at 9:23 a.m. It had a depth of focus of 14 kilometers.

Villar maintains lead in Senate race

May 19, 2019

(Eagle News)–Reelectionist Senator Cynthia Villar continued to lead the Senate race on Sunday, May 19, based on partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections transparency server. Villar had 25,116,310 votes vis à vis Grace Poe’s 21,911,481 votes. In third place was Bong Go, with 20,453,347 votes. Below are the other Senate bets in the winning circle: 4. Pia Cayetano – 19,632,440 votes 5. Bato dela Rosa – 18,802,305 votes 6. Sonny Angara – […]

Isolated rainshowers to prevail in parts of PHL today

May 19, 2019

(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected over parts of the country today, May 19. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will have light to moderate winds and slight to moderate coastal waters.

Metro

Fire hits Glorietta 2 mall in Makati

May 19, 2019

(Eagle News)–A fire hit Glorietta 2 mall in Makati on Sunday, May 19. Fire authorities said the blaze hit a milk tea shop that was still under construction at 6:20 p.m. The fire was put out at 6:31 p.m. No one was reported injured.

LRTA assures public LRT-2 system “safe” despite train collision

May 19, 2019
At least 30 hurt in LRT-2 train collision; probe ongoing

May 19, 2019

Agila Pilipinas

3.2-magnitude quake hits Aurora

May 18, 2019

(Eagle News)–A 3.2-magnitude earthquake struck Aurora on Saturday, May 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 8 kilometers southwest of Dilasag at 3:13 a.m. The quake, of tectonic origin, had a depth of focus of 16 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.

Pantaleon Alvarez gets reelected as representative of 1st district of Davao del Norte

May 17, 2019
Yellow alert in effect over Luzon grid on Friday, May 17

May 17, 2019

In photos: Drone shots of massive fire in Bgy. Sto. Cristo, one of 3 fires that hit QC on April 30

In photos: 18th century Catholic Church in Porac, Pampanga suffers severe damage after quake

In photos: Speaker Arroyo visits site of collapsed building in Porac, Pampanga

Look: Trapped quake survivor recovered from collapsed building in Porac

In photos: Four storey building collapses in Porac, Pampanga after 6.1 magnitude quake

Horrific scenes unfold in Sri Lanka after blasts in churches and hotels that killed at least 156

In photos: A peek into the LRT Line 2 East Extension project

‘Like a bombing’: Daylight reveals extent of Notre-Dame damage

In photos: Notre Dame cathedral on fire

In photos: P65 million worth of counterfeit products destroyed in Camp Crame

International

Huawei will not bow to US pressure: founder

May 19, 2019

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is ready to deal with Washington’s crackdown and will reduce its reliance on US components, its founder told Japanese media. President Donald Trump effectively barred Huawei from the US market on Wednesday and added it to a list which would restrict US sales to the firm amid an escalating trade war with Beijing. “We have already been preparing for this,” Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei told a group of Japanese […]

Fear of change: Negative politics wins Australia election

May 19, 2019

Australia’s conservative government held on to power at national elections thanks to a highly effective negative campaign warning voters against the centre-left Labor Party’s large policy reform agenda, analysts said Sunday. Labor led every opinion poll in the two years prior to Saturday’s election but fell well short of a parliamentary majority after the vote, in a surprise result for the ruling Liberal-National coalition. Analysts said opposition leader Bill Shorten’s unpopularity with voters and his […]

India’s acrimonious election comes to an end

May 19, 2019

by Sailendra Sil in Kolkata and Abhaya Srivastava in New Delhi Voting in one of India’s most acrimonious elections in decades entered its final day Sunday as Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrambled to hang on to his overall majority. The seventh and final round of voting ended the world’s biggest election with 900 million eligible voters from Goa’s beaches to Mumbai’s slums and Ladakh’s Himalayan monasteries. Long queues formed outside polling stations in […]

European elections: voting differs across countries

May 19, 2019

Each country in the European Union has its own rules for voting in the May 23-26 elections to the bloc’s parliament. Here is an overview. – Who votes when? – Twenty-one of the EU’s 28 members go to the polls on May 26, a Sunday, including France, Germany and Poland. Britain and The Netherlands vote on Thursday May 23; Ireland on the 24th; Latvia, Malta and Slovakia on the 25th. In the Czech Republic, voters […]

Technology

SpaceX postpones launch of its first internet network satellites

May 17, 2019

by Ivan Couronne WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — SpaceX postponed launch of 60 satellites into low-Earth orbit that was scheduled for Thursday night, possibly until next week, citing a need for software updates. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral was to be the first of potentially thousands in its Starlink project to beam broadband internet across the planet. “Standing down to update satellite software and triple-check everything again,” said a tweet from […]

Chinese probe reveals secrets of Moon’s dark side

May 16, 2019
NASA dubs 2024 Moon mission ‘Artemis,’ asks for $1.6 billion

May 14, 2019

Sports

Curry to the rescue as Warriors down Blazers for 2-0 lead

May 17, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 37 points as the Golden State Warriors fought back to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers 114-111 and take a 2-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference finals series on Thursday. Curry sparked a 14-3 run for the Warriors as the NBA champions overturned a 108-100 deficit with just over four minutes remaining in a pulsating battle at the Oracle Arena. Earlier, the Trail Blazers had surged […]

Lopez to the rescue as Bucks down Raptors in opener

May 16, 2019
Johnson and Bird to get joint NBA lifetime honour

May 16, 2019

#EBCphotojournalism: El Ateneo Grand Splendid named the world’s most beautiful bookstore

Look: Tierpark Berlin shows photo of unnamed female 11-week-old icebear cub during first veterinary examination

2019 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show crowns King

#EBCphotography: Amazing views at a beach in Donsol, Sorsogon

#EBCphotojournalism: Fire destroys historic Enoch Sales House in Calgary

#EBCphotojournalism: Frozen waves on Newark Bay

#EBCPhotography: Morning of New Year in Edison, Alberta, Canada

Trump appears to slow Syria troop pullout plan

In photos: Designer Mak Tumang releases sketches of “third gown” Catriona Gray planned to wear at Miss Universe pageant

#EBCPhotojournalism: December storm damages White Rock Pier

Business

Huawei will not bow to US pressure: founder

May 19, 2019

Oil producers meet to discuss output amid Iran tension

May 19, 2019

Major crude producers are set to meet Sunday to discuss how to stabilise a volatile oil market amid rising US-Iran tensions in the Gulf, which threaten to disrupt supply. Key OPEC members and other major suppliers including Russia will assess the oil market and examine compliance to production cuts agreed late last year. But the subject of Iran, which is not present, will dominate the one-day meeting of the OPEC+ group. It comes days after […]

Asian markets tick up after Trump tweets but uncertainty remains

May 15, 2019

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A series of tweets by Donald Trump playing up the chances of a trade deal with China provided a much-needed boost to Asian equities Wednesday but investors trod cautiously as analysts warned of more volatility to come. After more than doubling tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods last week — sparking retaliation from Beijing — Trump has threatened to hit a further $300 billion with more levies if he […]

Entertainment

Keanu Reeves sinks hands, feet at Hollywood’s Chinese Theatre

May 15, 2019

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Actor Keanu Reeves signed his name and sunk his hands and feet in fresh cement Tuesday in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. More than 30 years have passed since the star of “The Matrix,” “Speed” and “Point Break” tried his luck by taking his car from Toronto to Hollywood to become an actor. “It is a great honor to be here and to be invited to […]

Avengers’ still tops in N.America but ‘Pikachu’ shows spark

May 14, 2019

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Avengers: Endgame” led the North American box office for a third week running, but the cuddly creatures of a new “Pokemon” movie gave the superheroes a run for its money, final figures showed Monday. The mega-blockbuster from Marvel Studios, a Disney subsidiary, took in $63.3 million for the three-day weekend, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations reported. That brought its domestic total to a whopping $723.7 million. With a global tally […]

Hollywood icon Doris Day dead at 97, her foundation announces: US media

May 13, 2019

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) –Doris Day, the US screen icon famed for her wholesome, girl-next-door appeal in a string of box office hits, died Monday at age 97, her foundation said in a statement to US media. The Doris Day Animal Foundation said the actress and animal rights activist, who had suffered a bout of pneumonia, died at her Carmel Valley, California home, surrounded by friends and family, multiple news outlets reported. During much […]