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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Two-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant announced Sunday that he will depart the Golden State Warriors, his team since 2016, for the Brooklyn Nets. The 30-year-old star forward made his announcement on social media moments after the start of the NBA’s free agency period, saying he will sign a maximum-level deal with the Nets. Durant commands top dollar despite the fact that he suffered a ruptured Achilles […]
(Eagle News) – Tropical cyclone warning signal number 1 has been raised over Batanes as Tropical Depression “Egay” further accelerated while moving northwestward over the Philippine Sea. As of 10 p.m. on Sunday, June 30, Egay’s center was estimated based on all available data at 405 kilometers east Northeast of Casiguran, Aurora or 425 km East of Aparri, Cagayan (17.8 °N, 125.6 °E ). It is moving northwest at 35 kilometers per hour, with […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Democratic White House contenders gave a guarded welcome to Donald Trump’s meeting Sunday with Kim Jong Un, with several warning the US president was granting him “legitimacy” despite the lack of progress on curbing North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. Senator Bernie Sanders, a leading candidate in the race to face off against Trump in 2020, said he had “no problem” with Trump’s decision to meet with Kim, in a moment of high diplomatic […]
(Eagle News) — Newly-elected Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto took his oath on Sunday, June 30, as he officially began his duties as mayor of a city which had previously been under the rule of Eusebio clan for 27 years. The 30-year old neophyte mayor was accompanied by his father, Eat Bulaga host Vic Sotto, and mother, actress Coney Reyes, when he took his oath before Commission on Audit chairperson Michael Aguinaldo at the […]
(Eagle News) – Newly elected Manila mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso took his oath on Sunday, June 30, as the 27th mayor of the city of Manila before Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin. Moreno’s oath taking happened at the Manila City Hall’s Bulwagang Katipunan. He will serve the three-year term as Manila mayor replacing former mayor Joseph Estrada. Moreno’s running mate Vice-Mayor Maria Sheilah “Honey” Lacuna-Pangan who secured her second three-year term as […]
by Alia Dharssi Agence France Pressee VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) — Tons of Canadian garbage left in the Philippines for years arrived back home Saturday, putting an end to a festering diplomatic row that highlighted how Asian nations have grown tired of being the world’s trash dump. A cargo vessel loaded with about 69 containers of rubbish docked in a port on the outskirts of Vancouver, according to an AFP reporter at the scene. The […]
(Eagle News) — It all started with a tweet by US President Donald Trump inviting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to an impromptu meeting at the Demilitarized Zone. Trump’s invitation on Twitter from the G20 summit in Osaka, read: “if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!” He later said he would have “no problem” stepping into the […]
by Patrick BAERT Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing is set to open an eye-catching multi-billion dollar airport resembling a massive shining starfish, to accommodate soaring air traffic in China and celebrate the Communist government’s 70th anniversary in power. Work on the Beijing Daxing International Airport officially ended on schedule Sunday, ready for a September 30 inauguration — on the eve of the anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic on […]
(Eagle News) — Heavy rains on Saturday in Bulacan were finally enough to raise the water level of Angat Dam which was recorded at 158.64 meters as of Sunday (June 30) at 6 a.m. Because of continuous heavy rains, Angat Dam’s water level was up by 68 centimeters, from a low of 157.96 meters 6 a.m. on Saturday, June 29. The increase in Angat Dam’s water level on June 30 broke the continuous decline […]
by Sebastien BERGER / Jerome CARTILLIER Agence France Presse PANMUNJOM, South Korea (AFP) — US President Donald Trump stepped onto North Korean soil Sunday as he met Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un in the Demilitarized Zone dividing the peninsula, in a symbolic diplomatic spectacle and a first for any American president. After shaking hands with Kim over the line that marks where their two countries and their allies fought each other to a standstill […]
(Eagle News) – The low pressure area east of Virac, Catanduanes, which developed into a Tropical Depression early this morning, has maintained its strength while moving generally northwestward, PAGASA’s latest advisory said. The eye of tropical depression named “Egay” was estimated based on all available data at 585 km East Northeast of Virac, Catanduanes (15.7 °N, 129.2 °E ) as of 10 a.m. Sunday, June 30. It is moving west northwest at 20 kilometers […]
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada (Eagle News) — The Philippines returned tons of garbage left in its ports years ago by Canada. The trash which caused tensions between the two countries entered the Deltaport container terminal in Tsawwassen, British Columbia, Canada on the cargo ship Anna Maersk. According to Canadian officials, the trash will be incinerated by a local waste-to-energy facility putting an end to the controversial garbage that even incited Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte […]
