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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant scored 26 points as the Golden State Warriors beat San Antonio, 110-97, to take a 3-0 lead over the Spurs who were playing with heavy hearts after the death of Gregg Popovich’s wife. Head coach Popovich did not attend Thursday’s game which took place just a day after the passing of his wife Erin Popovich who died from a long-term illness. The couple had been married for […]
Ni Ferdinand C. Libor, Jr. Eagle News Service DINAS, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Patay ang dalawang miyembro ng Anwar Ansang Group matapos manlaban sa operasyon ng mga otoridad sa Zamboanga del Sur nitong Biyernes, April 20. Ang nasabing grupo ay itinuturing most wanted persons sa Zamboanga del Sur dahil sa patung-patong na kaso, at nasasangkot umano sa pangingikil at gun-for-hire activities. Kinilala ang mga napatay na suspek na si Moamar Ansang Fermin, 36; […]
Ni Freddie Rulloda Eagle News Service BAGUIO CITY, Benguet (Eagle News) – Patay ang apat na katao habang sugatan naman ang walo pang indibidwal matapos mahulog sa malalim na bangin ang isang van sa Sitio Guesset, boundary ng Tinongdan, Itogon at Bokod, Benguet Huwebes ng gabi, Abril 19. Dead on the spot sina Gemalyn Lorenzo, 28; Julie Valencia, 52; at Antonio Bulay, 65. Dead-on-arrival naman sa pagamutan ang isa pang biktima na kilalang si Alfredo […]
“Sisiguraduhin ni Presidente na wala talagang 5-5-5 at cabo,” Presidential Spokesperson Roque says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to submit an inventory of companies involved in “labor-only contracting.” According to the memorandum shown to reporters on Friday, April 20, the “comprehensive report on the implementation of DOLE Department Order Nos 174 and 183 Is 2017, including violations thereof and a list of companies engaged and/or suspected to […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao insisted Friday that his advancing years were no barrier to success as he gears up for a showdown against world champion Lucas Matthysse. Pacquiao, 39, will fight the Argentine — four years his junior — for the World Boxing Association welterweight belt on July 15 in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur. The Filipino has won an unprecedented eight world titles in different weight classes but some have […]
(Eagle News) – El embajador de México en Filipinas, H. E. Gerardo Lozano Arredondo, visitó al Ministro Ejecutivo de la Iglesia de Cristo, el Hermano Eduardo V. Manalo, en la oficina Central de la Iglesia en la ciudad de Quezon el miércoles, 18 de abril. La visita se realizó una semana después de la visita del embajador de Brasil en Filipinas, H.E. Rodrigo do Amaral Souza, el 11 de abril, y nueve meses después […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining President Donald Trump’s personal legal team, Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow announced on Thursday. A week after federal agents raided the offices and residence of longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, Sekulow sought to bolster the force protecting the president from mounting challenges on several sides. “The president said, ‘Rudy is great. He has been my friend for a long time and wants […]
(Eagle News) — Aspiring candidates of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections will only have until 5 p.m. today to file their certificate of candidacies (COCs), as the filing period ends on Friday, April 20. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) spokesperson James Jimenez, said they are expecting busy weeks ahead after the filing week, since the campaign period will be from May 4 to 12. According to Jimenez, after the filing period, the COCs will be […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government will build eight major bridges to link the Visayas islands to Mindanao and Luzon. The proposed bridge projects–with an estimated combined cost of P269.10 billion—-are an 18.2-kilometer bridge to connect Samar provinces to the main island of Luzon, a 20-kilometer bridge connecting Leyte to Mindanao Island through either an Underwater Tunnel Bridge or a Long-Span Overhead Bridge, the 5.7-kilometer Panay-Guimaras bridge, the 12.3-kilometer Guimaras-Negros […]
(Eagle News) – Mexican ambassador to the Philippines, H.E. Gerardo Lozano Arredondo, visited Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, at the INC Central Office in Quezon City on Wednesday, April 18. Ambassador Lozano’s visit comes just a week after the visit of the Ambassador of Brazil to the Philippines, H.E. Rodrigo do Amaral Souza, on April 11, and nine months after the courtesy call of the Ambassador of […]
(Eagle News) — More than half of Filipinos already have 12 preferred candidates for the next senatorial elections, even with the polls still far away. This is according to results of a survey conducted by Pulse Asia, and which were released on Friday, April 20. Results of the survey conducted from March 23 to 28 showed that 57 percent of the 1,200 adult respondents have chosen their candidates for the May 2019 senatorial elections. According to […]
PARACALE, Camarines Norte (Eagle News) – Patay sa pamamaril ang kakandidato sanang barangay chairman sa Paracale, Camarines Norte nitong Huwebers, ika-19 ng Abril. Kinilala ang biktima na si Jezaril Mirandilla, 57, kasalukuyang barangay kagawad ng Barangay Togos. Sa inisyal na imbestigasyon, kararating lang sa bahay ng biktima at nagpapahangin sa terrace dakong alas 8:00 ng gabi nang pagbabarilin ng dalawa katao. Agad na namatay ang biktima dahil sa tama ng bala sa kaniyang ulo at […]
