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Booming ‘super’ league culture makes India’s sports market sizzle

by Faisal Kamal Agence France-Presse New Delhi, India (AFP) – Boxing, badminton, poker, pool — every sport imaginable is re-branding in India as a “super” or “pro” franchise-based competition chasing a slice of an emerging billion-dollar entertainment market dominated by cricket’s Indian Premier League. The star-studded Twenty20 tournament has inspired a raft of glitzy new sports leagues seeking to replicate the winning formula that recently landed India’s most popular sporting event a bumper $2.55 billion broadcast deal. Earlier […]

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‘Car nation’ Germany distrustful of driverless vehicles

by Jean-Philippe Lacour Agence France-Presse FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) – German car makers are showing off their self-driving cars at the IAA international auto show in Frankfurt, but most people in the car-mad country have yet to be convinced by the technology. Curious visitors to the biennial trade fair, which lasts until September 24, can entrust their lives to a computer on a specially created car at a test track overlooked by Daimler and Volkswagen’s giant stands. […]

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Filipinos from Caribbean successfully airlifted to Puerto Rico, await flight to PHL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Philippine Government Response Team reported to Secretary Alan Peter S. Cayetano that the remaining 23 Filipino nationals on the British Virgin Islands together with nine (9) and 17 kababayans from Anguilla and Sint Maarten, respectively, arrived safely in San Juan, Puerto Rico today, 18 September 2017. The repatriates from the three islands are housed in one hotel in San Juan, under the purview of the Government’s Response Team. A total of […]

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Fire erupts in north London warehouse

LONDON, England (Reuters) — London Fire Brigade said on Monday (September 18) it was responding to a large fire at a warehouse and storage units on White Hart Lane in Tottenham district in North London. Social media users shared a video from the scene where 20 fire engines and around 120 firefighters were working, according to the London Fire Brigade. Station manager Sam Kazmanli described said the fire was large and had produced a lot […]

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UAE introduces driverless car in collaboration with VW

DUBAI, UAE (Reuters) — The Dubai Land Department has showed off a driverless car developed with Volkswagen at the much visited Cityscape Global exhibition. Dubai has already stated its intention to become one of the world’s smartest and most sustainable cities and the VW prototype car could help its ambitions. Although still just a concept, the driverless car, named ‘Sedric’ (self-driving car) by VW, will be sustainable and safe, convenient and easy to use, using […]

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Toys ‘R’ Us files for bankruptcy protection

NEW YORK, USA (Reuters) — Toys ‘R’ Us Inc, the largest United States toy store chain, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday (September 19), the latest sign of turmoil in the retail industry caught in a viselike grip of online shopping and discount chains. Toys ‘R’ Us said it received a commitment for over $3 billion (2.22 billion pounds) in debtor-in-possession financing from lenders including a JPMorgan-led bank syndicate and certain of the company’s existing lenders. […]

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Aguirre orders NBI to probe UST law student’s death

  (Eagle News) – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe the death of 22-year old University of the Sto. Tomas (UST) law freshman Horacio Tomas Castillo III during a “welcome rites” of the Aegis Juris fraternity. Aguirre, an alumnus of San Beda’s Lex Talionis Fraternitas, said that “deaths and physical injuries due to hazing have no place in a civilized society.” “The loss of a life […]

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Abella: Discretion to suspend work, classes in private schools, private companies on Sept. 21 left to these institutions

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Tuesday clarified that private companies and schools would be the ones to determine whether there would be classes and work in their respective institutions on Sept. 21. Abella made the clarification as he announced that the Palace would, within the day, release a memorandum circular specifying that there would be no work in government offices–both local and national—nor classes in public schools  and state universities and colleges […]

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Basic Journalism, ipinanukalang maging mandatory subject sa Senior High School

(Eagle News) — Isinusulong ng isang mambabatas na isama ang basic journalism sa mandatory subject ng Senior High School. Paliwanag ni Bulacan Representative Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado, napapanahon nang isama ang panukala sa curriculum upang makatulong aniya ang mga estudyante na maiparating ang tamang impormasyon sa publiko. Ang pagsali aniya sa basic journalism ay makakatulong na makabuo ng tamang pagpapahayag ng saloobin. Sa tala ng Department of Education (DepEd), nasa 1.3 million ang mga estudyanteng nasa  […]

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Manila Water, magtataas ng singil sa tubig

(Eagle News) — Magtataas ng singil sa tubig ang Manila Water dahil sa pagbaba kamakailan ng halaga ng piso. Ayon sa Manila Water, epektibo ang  Foreign Currency Differential Adjustment (FCDA) ng Php 1.21 bawat cubic meter labinlimang (15) araw matapos ang publication ng pagtataas ng singil ng tubig sa pahayagan. Ang nasabing adjustment ay alinsunod sa palitan ng halaga ng dolyar at Chinese Yuan kontra piso. Ang FCDA component ng water bill ay ma-aadjust sa  4.86 […]

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Five transport groups seek P2-fare hike in M. Manila, Region 3, Region 4

(Eagle News) — Five transport groups are seeking a P2 increase in fare in Metro Manila and Regions 3 and 4. The Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines, Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations, Liga ng Transport Operator ng Pilipinas, Alliance Transport Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines, and Pangkalahatang Sanggunian Manila and Suburbs Drivers Association filed their petition for the proposed  P10 fare for the first four kilometers before the […]

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British cyclist smashes world record for circling the world

PARIS, France (Reuters) — The journey ended where it began – at Paris’ Arc de Triomphe. British endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont smashed the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation, finishing a day and a half shy of his goal of 80 days, arriving in Paris on Monday (September 18). Beaumont set himself the challenge of cycling around 18,000 miles (29,000 kilometers) across the planet. His trip saw him heading east across Europe through Poland, […]

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