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(Eagle News)–The Cayetanos are poised to win in Taguig anew, with partial results showing they are slated to win local and congressional races. Lino Cayetano, brother of former Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, is ahead of his closest rival, Taguig-Pateros Rep. Arnel Cerafica, by over 60,000 votes, with 94.21 percent of election returns transmitted. Alan is also slated to beat former barangay chair Allan Cerafica by a wide margin in the congressional race in the first […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors superstar guard Stephen Curry and Portland Trail Blazers guard Seth Curry will make a little history when they clash in the NBA’s Western Conference finals starting on Tuesday. According to the Elias Sports Bureau it will be the first time a pair of brothers have played each other in a conference final — and the first time two brothers have clashed in the playoffs since Spain’s […]
Abby Binay gets another term as Makati mayor (Eagle News)—Abby Binay won another term as mayor of Makati, besting four others, including her brother Junjun, who were also vying for the post. Abby garnered 179,522 votes as compared to Junjun’s 98653 votes with 100 percent of election returns transmitted. Ricky Yabut got 23721 votes, Rene Bondal 3565, and Wilfredo Talag 1541. In the race for the post of Makati 1st district representative, former acting Makati […]
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 […]
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Just when you thought spiders couldn’t get any more terrifying. A study published Monday has found that an arachnid species is capable of winding up its web to store up elastic energy, before releasing its grip and catapulting itself at furious speed toward its unsuspecting prey. The development places the triangle-weaver spider, or Hyptiotes cavatus, alongside humans as the other known species to amplify muscular energy with […]
by Mumen Khatib with Dana Moukhallati in Dubai FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Four ships, including two Saudi oil tankers, were damaged in mysterious “sabotage attacks” that further inflamed Gulf tensions on Monday amid a standoff between the United States and Iran. In the face of growing international concern, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scrapped a planned visit to Moscow to head to Brussels instead for talks with European officials on Iran. Tehran […]
(Eagle News)—- Vico Sotto is the new mayor of Pasig. The former councilor and son of actor Vic Sotto ended the decades-long rule of the Eusebio family in Pasig politics after beating his closest rival to the post, reelectionist Mayor Bobby Eusebio. Sotto had 188321 votes, vis à vis Eusebio’s 109245, with a 90 percent transmittal from the vote-counting machines. The remaining 10 percent translates to only 45 precincts. Bobby is the son of Vicente […]
(Eagle News) – The Commission on Elections said that it found around a thousand SD cards submitted to them to be defective, while 450 vote counting machines had malfunctioned. Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon said that the 1,000 defective SD cards were higher in number than the previous 120 SD cards which were found to be defective in the previous 2016 elections. In the monitoring done by the Comelec, Guanzon said that the 1,000 defective […]
(Eagle News)– Menchie Abalos has won another term as Mandaluyong mayor after beating her only rival by a landslide. “Sa lahat ng Mandaleño, maraming maraming salamat sa muli ninyong pagtitiwala sa akin. Hinding hindi ko po bibiguin ang inyong pagtitiwala sa akin,” Abalos said in a video posted on her Facebook account after results showed she was far ahead independent candidate Florencio Solomon. The Abalos family has long dominated Mandaluyong politics, with Menchie’s husband, Benhur […]
(Eagle News)—–Baguio city has a new mayor. Former Criminal Investigation and Detection Group director Benjamin Magalong is now officially back in government service after he won the mayoralty race in the City of Pines. His vice mayor is Faustino Olowan. Magalong had anchored his platform on a “truthful, honest, result-oriented, and integrity-driven leadership.” As then-director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, he headed the Board of Inquiry that looked into the botched Mamasapano operation […]
by Poornima WEERASEKARA BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said Monday it will raise tariffs on $60 billion worth of US goods from June 1, in retaliation for the latest round of US tariff hikes and Washington’s plans to target almost all Chinese imports. The announcement came after the latest round of US-China trade negotiations ended Friday without a deal, and after Washington increased tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese products. US President Donald Trump […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — A Venezuelan air force general has called on his country’s armed forces to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, who remains in power with military support despite a sweeping economic crisis. “It’s time to rise up, it’s time to fight … it’s time that the armed forces became aware,” General Ramon Rangel said in a video appeal issued Sunday on social media. Rangel — who appeared in civilian clothes and whose […]
