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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Damian Lillard scored 44 points as the Portland Trail Blazers ended a seven-game losing streak against the overcame the Golden State Warriors with a 123-117 win on Wednesday. Portland overcame a 50-point display from Kevin Durant — his best in a Warriors jersey — to head into the All-Star break with a morale-boosting victory. Lillard was backed by C.J. McCollum (29 points) and Jusuf Nurkic, who finished with 17 […]
PARKLAND, United States (AFP) — Nikolas Cruz, the shooter who opened fire on a Florida school Wednesday killing 17 people, was a teenage gun lover previously expelled from the school for disciplinary reasons. The gunman, 19, showed up at the end of the school day at his former school — Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland — with a semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle and a large amount of ammunition. Local police later arrested him […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — DeAndre Jordan scored a career-high 30 points as the Los Angeles Clippers sent the Boston Celtics spinning to a fourth defeat in five games with a 129-119 victory at the TD Garden on Thursday. Jordan — the Clippers’ de facto team leader — produced an inspirational performance that included 13 rebounds, three assists and four steals to give his side a deserved road victory heading into the All-Star break. […]
BOHOL, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakaligtas ang 15 Chinese nationals na unang naiulat na nawawala sakay ng dalawang motorbanca matapos ma-rescue ng Coastguard sa kasagsagan ng bagyong “Basyang” sa probinsya ng Bohol. Ayon sa Coastguard Substation Talibon, nakatanggap sila ng tawag mula sa isang Ethel Natera ng Chinese Consulate, kung saan nagbigay ito ng impormasyon tungkol sa mga Chinese national na nakasakay sa mga motorbanca. Ang mga sasakyan ay nagka-engine trouble umano malapit sa Cabul-An […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait was “necessary.” The Philippines, however, “must be prepared to handle the consequences” for trade relations. According to Drilon, although he “do(es) not know what the details of the trade relations between the two countries” are, “certainly, from (his) experience before, these accepting countries would resort to all kinds of pressure on the Philippines.” “We […]
BAGUIO CITY, Benguet (Eagle News) — Sa hinaharap, maaari nang mamasyal sa bagong diskubre na kweba sa Baguio City. Kapag ito ay pormal nang binuksan ng City Government of Baguio para gawing isang tourist spot ay papangalanan itong Bilis Cave. Ayon kay Baguio City councilor Leandro Yangot Jr., kailangan munang magawan ng mga guidelines bago pormal na buksan sa publiko ang lugar upang maingatan at mapanatili ang kagandahan at kalinisan nito.
by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse ABOARD THE USS CARL VINSON — With a deafening roar the fighter jets catapulted off the US aircraft carrier and soared above the disputed South China Sea, as its admiral vowed that the mighty ship’s presence was proof America still had regional clout. “US presence matters,” Rear Admiral John Fuller told reporters on board the USS Carl Vinson. “I think it’s very clear that we are in the South […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bagaman nagpatupad na ng total ban sa deployment ng mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFWs) sa Kuwait, nangangamba pa rin ang minority bloc sa Kamara sa posibleng patuloy na pag-abuso sa ating mga kababayan ng mga illegal recruiter. Ito ay matapos na payagan ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang ibang OFWs na bumalik sa kanilang mga kumpanya sa Kuwait partikular na ang mga nagbakasyon lang sa bansa at ang […]
(Eagle News) — The body of the Filipina who was killed in the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan last week is expected to arrive in Tuguegarao, Cagayan today, Thursday. The body of Melody Albano Castro is expected to be brought to her hometown a day after it arrived in the Philippines via a commercial plane from Taiwan. Castro was initially tagged as missing after the earthquake struck the city of Hualien on Tuesday, February 6. A […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A gunman opened fire at a high school in southern Florida on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people. Here are some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the past three decades: Vegas concert: 58 killed A 64-year-old man whose father had been on the FBI’s most wanted list in the late 1960s shoots down from his hotel room at a crowd attending an outdoor country music […]
(Eagle News) — The military on Wednesday discovered food and medical supplies buried by suspected members of the New People’s Army in a forested area in Bukidnon for future use. In a statement, Lieutenant Colonel Randy Remonte, commanding officer of the 88th Infantry Battalion of the Army’s 4th ID, said residents of Barangay Concepcion, Valencia, tipped his men about the presence of the food packs, medical supplies, and sacks of rice the rebels reportedly extorted from […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The Milky Way’s neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, was formed in a colossal crash between two smaller star systems no more than three billion years ago when Earth already existed, researchers said Wednesday. Calculating the birth date of the galaxy has been a major challenge for astrophysicists given the vast age gap between the different stars it is made up of. For the latest study, French and Chinese researchers led by Paris Observatory […]
