Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The NBA-leading Houston Rockets capped a perfect February with a 105-92 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday to stretch their winning streak to 14 games. The Rockets, led by 25 points from James Harden, finished February 12-0 and with their second 14-game win streak of the season became just the sixth team in league history to post multiple streaks of at least 14 wins in the same […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno who started her “indefinite leave” today, Thursday, March 1, clarified again that she had not resigned and will not resign. “This indefinite leave is not a resignation. I will devote my time in the preparation of my senate defense and work on the cases in my docket,” she said in a statement read by her spokesperson, Atty. Jojo Lacanilao in a presscon. Lacanilao also […]
(Eagle News) — Customs agents arrested a man who claimed a package containing smuggled marijuana oil or “kush oil” at the Central Mail Exchange Center in Pasay City. In a statement on Thursday, the Bureau of Customs said Beau Aldrich Siquian, 24, was nabbed on Feb. 28, after he presented his passport as proof of his identity to claim the package, which had been opened because of its “pungent odor.” The Customs bureau said Siquian had […]
Isinagawa kamakailan ang New Era University Fair, na taon-taon isinasagawa sa nasabing unibersidad. Sa nasabing fair ay nagpaligsahan ang mga mag-aaral sa larangan ng kantahan at pagsasayaw. Nagpakitang gilas din ang bawat kolehiyo sa paggawa ng mga float. Narito ang report:
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has found probable cause to file graft charges against former Southern Leyte Gov. Rosette Lerias and five others over an allegedly anomalous fertilizer deal. In a statement on Thursday, the Ombudsman said a complaint for falsification of public documents should also be filed against Lerias and Virginia Cruz, Catalino Olayvar, Teopisto Rojas, Jr., Fernando Moralde and Joseph Duarte of the Provincial Government Bids and Awards Committee for their approval […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets saw in March with sharp losses on Thursday, extending a global sell-off on US interest rate hike fears, with energy firms taking another hit from plunging oil prices. After a couple of weeks of calm, the volatility that kicked off February has returned on worries that the strong US economy and Donald Trump’s tax cuts will lead the Federal Reserve to tighten borrowing costs more than previously thought. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday urged the foreign affairs and labor departments to look into what she said was an “auction” of Filipino maids in Saudi Arabia. In a statement from detention, De Lima said she has received complaints of that nature from OFWs in Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah. She said a Filipina, for example, was sold by her Saudi employer to another employer in Dammam for 24,000 riyals. She escaped, De Lima […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Maaaring ipatupad ng pamahalaan ang deployment ban sa iba pang bansa sa Middle East na may mataas na kaso ng pag-abuso at pag-maltrato sa mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW). Sinabi ni Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III na posible nilang palawigin ang deployment ban kung mabibigo ang ibang bansa na palakasin ang proteksyon sa karapatan at kapakanan ng mga Pilipinong manggagawa. Partikular na tinukoy ng kalihim ang Saudi Arabia kung saan […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Kevin Durant put on a show in front of family and friends on Wednesday, scoring 32 points to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 109-101 NBA victory over the Washington Wizards. It was a homecoming for Durant, who hails from nearby Maryland, and he didn’t disappoint, connecting on 12 of 20 shots from the floor while handing out four assists with six rebounds. His performance came almost a year […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Gusto ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque III na magkaroon ng pakikipagpulong ang ilang Department of Health officials kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte para ilahad ang kanilang panig sa isyu ng Dengvaxia. Hanggang ngayon, hindi pa rin magkasundo ang DOH at Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) ukol sa mga magkakaibang resulta ng pagkamatay ng mga nakatanggap ng bakuna. Ayon kay Duque, wala pang schedule na naibibigay sa kanila kung kelan ang pulong […]
(Eagle News) — Stop attacking me. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say to detained Senator Leila de Lima, with whom he has been engaged in a word war since her first anniversary in detention. “I leave her alone as a matter of policy because she’s in jail. But stop attacking me,” he said in a television interview on Thursday. According to Roque, he “only responds” when she says something about him. “Stop expecting […]
(Eagle News) — The woman who was reported to be the recruiter of Joanna Demafelis voluntarily went to the police on Thursday and denied the allegations against her. In a press conference at the Criminal Investigation Detection Group on Thursday, Agnes Tuballes from Iloilo said she merely referred Demafelis to one Mariz who she said helped look for Overseas Filipino Workers to be deployed abroad for Mt. Carmel Global E-Human Resources, Incorporated. She said she received […]
