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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Lakers will retire both of Kobe Bryant’s jersey numbers in a lavish halftime ceremony Monday when the Lakers host the defending champion Golden State Warriors at Staples Center arena. “As a kid growing up in Italy, I always dreamed of my jersey hanging in the Lakers’ rafters, but I certainly never imagined two of them,” Bryant said. “The Lakers have bestowed a huge honor on me […]
ORMOC CITY, Leyte (Eagle News) – Isinailalim na sa state of calamity ang lungsod ng Ormoc dahil sa paghagupit ng bagyong Urduja. Ayon kay Mayor Richard Gomez, inaprubahan na ng 14th Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Ormoc ang resolution No. 2017-354 na naglalagay sa naturang lungsod sa state of calamity. Ito ay nauna nang inirekomenda ng City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC). Samantala, nauna nang isinailalim sa state of calamity ang Tacloban City dahil din […]
NAVAL, Biliran (Eagle News) – Dalawampu’t anim ang nasawi, habang 23 na mga residente ang nawawala matapos na magkaroon ng landslide sa Naval, Biliran. Ayon kay Biliran Governor Gerry Espina, karamihan sa mga nasawi at maging ang mga nawawala ay mga residenteng nakatira sa mga lugar na may naitalang pagguho ng lupa dahil sa bagyong Urduja. Sa bayan ng Naval, sa Biliran Island, pito ang nasawi sa landslide. Labinlima katao naman ang patuloy na pinaghahanap […]
by Siavosh Ghazi Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran shut schools around Tehran Sunday and cancelled sporting events as thick smog blanketed the capital despite curbs on road traffic and industrial activity. The authorities shuttered primary schools in the province of Tehran, home to 14 million residents, before ordering them to remain closed on Monday. All sports competitions set for Monday were also cancelled, as restrictions on road traffic were stepped up, including […]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — A mudslide that buried much of a village in southern Chile has killed 11 people while another 15 are still missing, authorities said Sunday. The tragedy struck a picturesque village of Villa Santa Lucia in the southern Los Lagos (Lakes) region where heavy rain triggered mudslides that swallowed up most of the homes in the village of 300. Ten families have been evacuated, Onemi added. The town was unable to vote […]
LABO, Camarines Norte (Eagle News) — Sa kasagsagan ng matinding pag-ulan at malakas na hanging sanhi ng bagyong “Urduja,” gumuho ang isang bahagi ng bundok sa Purok 1 Barangay Exciban, Labo, Camarines Norte dahilan upang matabunan ang isang bahay na pag-aari ng residente na nagngangalang Francis Bio. Bandang alas-dos ng madaling araw ng mangyari ang insidente kung saan natabunan ang isang ginang na nakilalang si Conchita Nequia, 58 taong gulang at lima naman sa mga […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James posted his fourth triple-double in five games with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists as the streaking Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Washington Wizards 106-99 on Sunday. Kevin Love scored a team-high 25 points, while Jeff Green had 15 points for the Cavaliers who have won 18 of 19, including the past five NBA games. The Eastern Conference giants engaged in a hard-fought battle as the teams […]
STA. LOURDES, Puerto Princesa (Eagle News) — Nakararanas ngayon ng mga pagbaha ang mga residente ng Barangay Sta. Lourdes, Puerto Princesa dahil sa tuluy-tuloy na malakas na pag-ulan dulot ng bagyong Urduja na tuluyan na ngang nakapasok sa bansa. Hirap ngayon ang mga residente na dumaan sa mga bahang lansangan dahil sa pagbabara ng mga daanan ng tubig ng mga maliliit na troso at iba pang mga basura. Nagtulung-tulong naman ang mga residente at ilang […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is looking for 2009 CNN Hero of the Year awardee, Efren Peñaflorida, so he could be the new chair of the Presidential Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP). Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque confirmed this, saying special assistant to the President Bong Go had been assigned to find Peñaflorida, known for his “Kariton Klasrum,” through which he helps provide education to street children. Peñaflorida is a teacher from Cavite City […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Koreans enjoyed the fastest improvement in their incomes for five years in 2016, Seoul’s statistics agency has said — but Southerners are still more than 20 times better off. Per capita incomes averaged 1.46 million won ($1,340) in the North last year, Statistics Korea said in statement, up five per cent. It was the fastest expansion since 2011, when incomes rose by more than seven percent, a graph issued […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s trade surplus fell sharply in November, the government said Monday, as the rising cost of oil and smartphone imports outweighed strong exports of cars and steel. The world’s third-largest economy logged a surplus of 113.4 billion yen ($1.0 billion), a 22-percent drop from a 146.5-billion-yen surplus a year earlier, according to finance ministry data. Exports rose for the 12th consecutive month on sound exports of chip-making equipment, cars and steel. […]
by Marc BRAIBANT Agence France Presse MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Toronto’s homicide unit has taken over a probe into the “suspicious” deaths of Canadian pharmaceutical billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife Honey, police said Sunday after finding they had died of strangulation. “The cause of death for both deceased was ligature neck compression,” Toronto police said in a statement following post-mortem investigations of the bodies of the 75-year-old chairman of the board of Apotex and […]
