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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers waived JR Smith on Monday, gaining salary cap space after failing to trade the NBA veteran. The Cavs released Smith before his $15.6 million contract for next season became guaranteed, bringing down the curtain on his tenure in Cleveland. Smith, 33, played just 11 games for the Cavaliers last season. The player and club agreed that he would step away after he voiced his discontent after […]
(Eagle News) – Tropical cyclone warning signal number one is hoisted over Northern Isabela, Cagayan and Batanes as tropical depression Falcon moved nearer the country with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 65 kph. As of 4 a.m., today, Tuesday, July 16, Falcon was estimated at 690 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, according to the latest weather bulletin released by PAGASA at 5 […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law that grants a 20 percent fare discount to students in all forms of public transportation. Under Republic Act 11314 signed on April 17 but which was shown to the media on Monday, July 15, students can avail of the discount in public utility buses, public utility jeepneys, taxis and other vehicles-for-hire, aircraft, tricycles, passenger trains and marine vessels during the period they are enrolled. Senator Sonny Angara, who […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Fourteen people were killed when a building collapsed in northern India following heavy monsoon rains which have left more than 130 dead across South Asia, officials said Monday. Floods and landslides caused by the annual deluge have wreaked deadly havoc from the Himalayan foothills to low-lying camps housing Rohingya refugees, with officials warning tolls could rise as they scramble to reach affected communities. In Bangladesh, at least 29 people died […]
(Eagle News)–Classes in some parts of the country on Tuesday, July 16, were cancelled as rains pounded some areas. Below is a list: Cavite City- all levels in both public and private schools Almeria, Biliran – all levels in both public and private schools Kawayan, Biliran – all levels in both public and private schools Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has said rains are expected in parts of […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least two people have been found dead and thousands were forced from their homes after a major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia, an official said Monday. The shallow quake struck about 165 kilometers (100 miles) south of the town of Ternate in North Maluku province on Sunday evening, according to the US Geological Survey. In the sparsely populated South Halmahera district, the closest area to […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Transportation and the Philippine Ports Authority inaugurated on Monday, July 15, what they said was the country’s biggest port passenger terminal. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade, together with PPA General Manager Jay Santiago and PPA Port Manager for Misamis Oriental/Cagayan de Oro, Isidro Butaslac Jr., led the inauguration of the two-storey terminal in the Port of Cagayan de Oro. The new terminal has a capacity of 3,000 passengers, or triple its previous […]
by Philippe RATER UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — More than 821 million people suffered from hunger worldwide last year, the United Nations reported Monday — the third year in a row that the number has risen. After decades of decline, malnutrition began to increase in 2015, mainly because of climate change and war. Reversing the trend is one of the 2030 targets of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals which aim to improve the planet […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and Australian star Ben Simmons have agreed to a five-year, $170 million maximum contract extension, US media reported Monday. ESPN said Simmons’ agent Rich Paul had confirmed the deal, although the parties had until mid-October to finalize the extension of Simmons’ rookie contract. Simmons, 22, was the number one overall draft pick in 2016 and after injury saw him miss the 2016-17 season he was […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Metro Manila and nearby areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in its advisory issued at 6:10 a.m. that apart from Metro Manila, moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are being experienced in Zambales, Bataan, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, and Quezon. The weather bureau said these may persist within 2 hours. PAGASA advised residents to take precautionary measures against flash floods and […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law institutionalizing the deployment of social welfare attachés to foreign posts. Under Republic Act No. 11299 or the Social Welfare Attaché Act, an SWA has the responsibility of managing the cases of Overseas Filipino Workers who are in distress and of addressing their psycho-social needs. It is the SWA’s task to also put together a social welfare situationer of Filipinos in their areas of assignment, and network with […]
(Eagle News)–Rains are expected in parts of the country on Tuesday, July 16, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, Batanes, Cagayan and Northern Isabela will experience rains and gusts of winds, with a Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 hoisted over those areas due to Tropical Depression Falcon. Falcon, PAGASA said, is located 690 kilometers east of Tuguegarao, Cagayan as of 4 a.m., packing maximum sustained winds of 55 […]
