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(Eagle News) — Gilas continued with their winning streak on Friday after defeating a much-improved Singaporean team. Troy Rosario led the charge as he made markers from the paint despite tough defense from the Singaporeans. With the win, the Philippines now advances to the finals, where they are expected to square off with the winner in the match between Indonesia and Thailand. The final score: 68-60.
(Eagle News) — Business establishments can no longer require their female employees to wear high heels at work. This is after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III signed a department order making the rule, following calls made by a labor union that wearing heels for long periods of time poses health hazards. According to Labor Undersecretary Dominador Say, high heels were defined in the order as shoes with narrow and pointed heels higher than an inch. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is asking the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), to make the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) pay the rental and storage fees of the ballot boxes, as well as the other fees on the preservation and safekeeping of election materials and paraphernalia, in connection with his electoral protest. Marcos, through his counsel George Erwin Garcia, said that it is the duty […]
KUALA, Lumpur (AFP) — A wild elephant in Malaysia has died after being hit by a tourist bus on a busy highway, an official said Friday, the second pachyderm to meet its end in the area in two months. The 10-year-old bull was killed on the road connecting the western state of Perak with Kelantan in the east, which passes through thick jungle. “A bull elephant was knocked down by a bus and died. We […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Thirty sushi chefs from 15 nations battled on Friday (August 25) in Tokyo for the title of the most creative sushi plate of the year. The annual competition, World Sushi Cup Japan, was held on the sidelines of a seafood expo in Tokyo. Judges decided the winner based on the creativity and originality of their sushi plate, which consists of about 20 to 40 pieces of sushi. They also looked at their […]
Typhoon Hato flooded and devastated the bustling city of Macau on Wednesday where at least nine people were killed. They city was largely unprepared for the signal number 10 typhoon. Macau’s government rated Hato only a signal 3 typhoon, although Hong Kong had earlier rated it as signal number 10. Many residents and tourists complained that the government was woefully unprepared for Typhoon Hato and its destructive winds of more than 200 kph (124 mph). […]
KRASNODAR REGION, Russia (Reuters) — At least 17 people were killed in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region when a bus plunged into the Black Sea on Friday (August 25), Russian news agencies reported. Over a dozen people were injured, five of whom were in a serious condition, Interfax news agency reported, citing the emergency ministry which carried out rescue works. There were 45 people on the bus, which fell from a several-meter-high pier, a part of […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensure that private companies can do business with ease in the country. Duterte did this as he led the launch of Azuela Cove–a 25-hectare property which Ayala Land Inc. and the Alcantara Group of Companies plan to develop into Davao’s prime waterside business and residential district. “I assure you, the government has taken measures to ensure you can do business with ease […]
by Aaron Tam / Anthony Wallace Agence France Presse Macau, Macau (AFP) — The Chinese army on Friday joined relief efforts in Macau where at least nine people are now known to have died when a huge typhoon swept through the gambling hub. Around 48 hours after Severe Typhoon Hato smashed into southern China, worst-hit Macau was still picking up the pieces, with the enclave’s government facing recriminations over its lack of preparation. The government […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Storm “Jolina” is expected to make landfall in Aurora on Friday night as it makes its way to southern China, In its 5 p.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the landfall is expected between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Moderate to heavy rains are expected within the 300-kilometer diameter of the tropical storm, while monsoon rains are expected in Metro Manila, southern Luzon and Western Visayas, […]
by Talek Harris Agence France Presse Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (AFP) — Southeast Asian Games organizers have given their strong backing to keeping home-grown sports like sepak takraw — as well as the policy of tailoring the program to suit the host country. The biennial Games, whose 29th edition is underway in Malaysia, are known for their distinctive regional sports and home-nation bias. The hosts have topped the medals table at six of the last […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Filipino-British boxer John Marvin took just 21 seconds to clinch the Southeast Asian Games light heavyweight title on Thursday, and then said he wanted a quick win as he didn’t trust the judges. The 24-year-old, a lance corporal in the British Army, unleashed a barrage of punches from the bell to stop Malaysia’s Adli Hafidz Mohamad Pauzi — who later claimed he wasn’t ready. Marvin said he didn’t want […]
