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(Eagle News) — Senator Bam Aquino on Wednesday, Nov. 14, hailed the temporary suspension of excise tax on fuel products next year. “Nagpapasalamat tayo sa Presidente at sa kanyang economic managers sa pag-aksyon sa isyu na matagal nang daing ng mga pamilyang nahihirapan sa taas ng presyo ng bilihin,” Aquino said. Aquino expressed hope the temporary suspension would eventually lead to the junking overall of taxes imposed by the Tax Reform on Acceleration and Inclusion […]
(Eagle News) — The police have launched dragnet operations against those behind the ambush of Balaoan, La Union Mayor Aleli Concepcion and her father, Vice Mayor Alfred Concepcion on Wednesday, Nov. 14. The attack that took place in Barangay Antonino at 8:22 a.m., according to Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, left the vice mayor and his aide, Michael Ulep, dead. The Balaoan mayor, for her part, survived the attack and is being treated in the […]
OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant scored 29 points as the Golden State Warriors set aside their off-court discord to post a 110-103 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday. The NBA champions went into the game at the Oracle Arena against a backdrop of controversy, with power forward Draymond Green suspended following his bust-up with Durant 24 hours earlier. Durant and Green had a heated off-court exchange during Monday’s 121-116 overtime defeat to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A US spaceship loaded with supplies for the International Space Station is poised to launch Thursday, marking the first such trip since a Soyuz rocket carrying three people failed last month. At the last moment, NASA added some extra supplies for the three orbiting scientists, just in case. The next Soyuz launch, with three more astronauts on board — one Russian, one Canadian and one American — is planned for […]
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Rapid population growth and poor infrastructure have put two out of three cities in Africa at “extreme risk” of the threats posed by climate change, according to a new analysis released Wednesday. With UN figures showing 86 of the world’s 100 fastest-growing cities are in Africa, experts warned nearly half of the continent’s GDP was exposed to the perils posed by our warming planet. The findings […]
LABUHANBATU, Indonesia (AFP) — An Indonesian farmer was startled to discover a rare “corpse flower” blooming in his plantation on the island of Sumatra. Rosihan Anwar Hasibuan, a local palm oil farmer, said he came across the mystery flower when he was checking on his crops. “I saw a weird object,” he said. “I thought it was a ghost.” The Amorphophallus titanum flower is hard to glimpse because it can take up to 10 years […]
(Eagle News) — Ang bayan ng Tanay ay matatagpuan sa lalawigan ng Rizal, kung saan ay isa ito sa malaking bayan na malapit sa Metro Manila na mayaman sa magagandang atraksyon para sa mga turista. Kung ikaw ay manggagaling ng Metro Manila ay halos dalawang oras lamang na biyahe hanggang sa mismong centro ng bayan nito. Ang pagdaan naman sa Marcos Highway, Marikina City ang pinakaaccessible na daan dahil pagsapit sa Cogeo, Antipolo ay wala […]
(Eagle News) –Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday, Nov. 14, dismissed the claims of the wife of Vicente Ladlad that his arrest was meant to derail the peace process. In the first place, Lorenzana said that contrary to Fides Lim-Ladlad’s claims, there was no existing peace process to speak of as President Rodrigo Duterte himself had suspended, if not stopped, the same in June. In November 2017, President Duterte issued Proclamation 360 that effectively terminated […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied Ayala Land Inc.’s petition to hold Standard Insurance liable for the explosion in Glorietta 2 in 2007. In denying the petition for review on certiorari filed by Ayala Land, the first division chaired by Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin noted that Branch 65 of the Makati Regional Trial Court had already ruled the loss or damage of the property insured was caused by an excluded peril not covered by […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert will not require surgery after suffering a dislocated right foot in an NBA game, the club announced Tuesday. The 24-year-old American, who has played all three of his NBA seasons with the Nets, was wheeled off the court in pain after a gruesome injury in Monday’s 120-112 Brooklyn loss at Minnesota. In the final seconds of the first half, LeVert was contesting a drive […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — An exceptionally rare pink diamond of nearly 19 carats fetched 50.3 million Swiss francs ($50 million, 44 million euros) at auction in Geneva Tuesday, Christie’s said, setting a new per-carat record for a stone of its kind. The Pink Legacy, which once belonged to the Oppenheimer family who for decades ran the De Beers diamond-mining company, was snapped up by American luxury brand Harry Winston, part of the Swiss Swatch group. […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday said it shut down more accounts aimed at influencing the US midterm election and that it is exploring a possible link to Russia. “As we’ve continued to investigate, we detected and removed some additional Facebook and Instagram accounts,” head of cybersecurity policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in an update posted at the social network. While stressing the challenge of identifying the culprits, he noted that a website […]
