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LOS ANGLES, United States (AFP) — Milwaukee became the first team to reach the NBA’s final four as the top-seeded Bucks beat the visiting Boston Celtics with a 116-91 series-clinching victory on Wednesday. The Bucks used balanced scoring and a stingy defense to eliminate the fourth-seeded Celtics in five games, avenging a seven-game first round loss to Boston last season. The Celtics had reached the NBA semi-finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers each of the last […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has declared May 13, Monday, a special nonworking holiday in the country. Duterte made the declaration in Proclamation No. 719. According to Duterte, the declaration was to allow the people to “properly exercise their right to vote.” Candidates are vying for local and national posts in the upcoming elections.
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A Chinese court was expected to hold a hearing Thursday on a Canadian man’s appeal against a death sentence for drug smuggling in a case that has deepened a diplomatic spat between Beijing and Ottawa. Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, 36, was sentenced to death in January after a court deemed his previous 15-year prison sentence too lenient. The appeal hearing comes a day after a top executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, […]
(Eagle News)–A Pasay court has junked Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s bid to quash an inciting to sedition case filed against him. In junking Trillanes’ motion, Pasay City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 45 Judge Remiebel Mondia ruled the veracity of the senator’s argument his statements in a 2017 speech against President Rodrigo Duterte were not seditious “can only be ascertained in a full-blown trial..” “Kung makikita ‘to ng mga sundalo, M60 machine gun ang gagamitin sa’yo. […]
(Eagle News)–The country’s gross domestic product growth slowed to 5.6 percent in the first quarter of 2019, the Philippine Statistics Authority said on Thursday, May 9. The PSA said this was slower than the 6.5 percent growth recorded in the first quarter of 2018. According to the PSA, trade and repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles, personal and household goods; manufacturing; and financial intermediation were the main drivers of growth for the quarter. Services, the PSA […]
(Eagle News)—The inclusion of athletes Gretchen Ho and Hidilyn Diaz in the newly released matrix which allegedly showed the personalities involved in an ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte can be the product of either one of two things: “excellent intelligence work” or Bikoy’s “infiltration” of the National Security Agency. This is according to Senator Panfilo Lacson who issued a Tweet on Thursday, May 9. According to Lacson, Diaz, a weightlifter, has brought honor to […]
(Eagle News)—A frontal system is affecting Central and Southern Luzon on Thursday, May 9. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as a result, cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected over the provinces of Aurora, Cagayan and Isabela. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers caused by localized thunderstorms are expected over Batanes, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Apayao, Abra, Benguet, Mt. Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union […]
by Alia DHARSSI VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) — A top Chinese telecom executive whose arrest in Canada on a US warrant triggered a bitter diplomatic row vowed Wednesday to vigorously fight extradition to the US. Meng Wanzhou, 47, who faces charges related to Iran sanctions violations, was appearing at a Vancouver courthouse to set a timetable for her upcoming extradition hearing. “The criminal case against Miss Meng is based on allegations that are simply untrue,” her […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is “not interested” in pursuing cases against the individuals who figured in matrices released by the Palace, and who were allegedly involved in an ouster plot against him. But in a speech in a campaign rally in Bohol, Duterte said the “truth will eventually come out.” Those who figured in the matrices released by the Palace included the Magdalo group, the Liberal Party, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, Rappler, Vera […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro warned Wednesday of a possible “military escalation” with neighboring Colombia after Bogota accused Caracas of sheltering leftist guerrillas on its territory. “There is an escalation of statements that could end in a military escalation on the border,” involving “the criminal forces of Colombia against Venezuela,” Maduro said in a speech to supporters. “Everything is part of the plan of US imperialism,” he said. The televised speech followed […]
by Shaun Tandon with Amir Havasi in Tehran WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tightened the screws further on Iran with sanctions on its mining industry after a frustrated Tehran said it would suspend some promises it made under a nuclear deal rejected by Washington. On the anniversary of Trump’s withdrawal from the accord he denounced as “horrible,” tensions were soaring after the United States deployed an aircraft carrier strike […]
HIGHLAND RANCH, United States (AFP) — One of the two suspects in a Colorado school shooting that left a student dead and eight wounded is a girl, Denver police said Wednesday. The sheriff of Douglas County, in the Denver suburbs, initially said his men had arrested two boys after Tuesday’s shooting spree, both students at the Highlands Ranch STEM school. One of the suspects was 18 and the other was a minor. But Sheriff Tony […]
