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EBC Sports International Renee Suarez, Florida Bureau Tennie Sumague, New York Bureau MIAMI,FLORIDA – The American League prevailed over the National League at the 88th annual All-Star Game for the fifth straight meeting, winning 2-1 in 10 innings at Marlins Park last Tuesday night. Tied at 1-1 at the top of the 10th inning, Robinson Cano, the Seattle Mariners second baseman blasted a solo home run off Chicago Cubs closer Wade Davis. Cano circled around […]
“There may have been a misappreciation of some facts..leading to erroneous conclusions,” his spokesperson says (Eagle News) — President Benigno Aquino III is set to file a motion for reconsideration on the decision of the Ombudsman to file criminal charges against him, with his spokesperson saying there “may have been a misappreciation of some facts..” that led to “some erroneous conclusions.” “(Aquino) received the order of the Ombudsman this afternoon and is currently studying it […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the filing of criminal charges against former President Benigno Aquino III for his alleged liability in the botched 2015 Mamasapano operation that saw more than 40 people, most of them members of the police’s elite Special Action Force, killed. In a statement, the Ombudsman said Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales approved on Friday a resolution ordering the filing of charges against Aquino for violation of Article […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A business-as-usual approach to climate change will be “disastrous” for Asia, undoing much of the phenomenal economic growth that has helped it make vast inroads against poverty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report released Friday. A continued reliance on fossil fuels will see the world’s most populous region face prolonged heat waves, rising sea levels, and changing rainfall patterns that will disrupt the ecosystem, damage livelihoods and possibly even […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Nasa 6,000 ang mga pulis na ipapakalat sa paligid ng Batasan sa araw ng State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ayon pa kay Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar, hepe ng Quezon City Police District, kasado na ang dayalogo ng pulis sa mga grupo na magsasagawa ng rally kasabay ng SONA sa ika-24 ng Hulyo. Sinabi ni Eleazar na bagamat pinayagan nila ang mga raliyista na makalapit sa […]
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) — After a long and fierce battle that finally led to the liberation of Mosul, Iraqi forces have started clearing up the war-torn city which has been reduced into a wasteland of rubble after months of brutal fighting. The Old City, Mosul’s historical heart, has been among the hardest hit areas by the house-to-house fighting backed by airstrikes, artillery and heavy machine guns used to uproot the Islamic State (IS) militants, who […]
LONDON, England (AFP) — Five acid attacks took place in London late on Thursday night (July 13), local media reported. According to reports, the attacks began at 22.25 local time (21.25 GMT) when two men riding a moped threw a corrosive substance at another man riding another in Hackney before stealing his vehicle. Similar attacks were then reported in other areas of north-east London. Local media reported that detectives were treating the incidents as linked, […]
(Eagle News) — At 4 p.m. today, a Metro Manila wide shake drill will be conducted to signal the start of a four-day more comprehensive simulation quake drill that will instill the importance of the “duck, cover and hold” position to the public during earthquakes. Spearheaded by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), the four-day quake drill will see a simulation of the actions to be taken should there be collapsed buildings, for instance, burning […]
(Eagle News) – Itinigil na muna ng Armed Forces of the Philippines ang paggamit ng FA–50 fighter jets matapos muling magmintis ang airstrike ng militar na ikinasawi ng dalawang sundalo at ikinasugat ng 11 iba pa. Ayon kay AFP Spokesman Brigadier General Restituto Padilla, hindi na muna paliliparin sa Marawi ang 12 na ganitong fighter jets ng Philippine Air Force habang gumugulong ang imbestigasyon sa sanhi ng pumalpak na airstrike. Aminado si Padilla na ngayon lang […]
Palace says police official had served his suspension, is eligible to return to police force (Eagle News) — The Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs will open an inquiry into Marvin Marcos’ reinstatement into the police force, even as the Palace explained that the police official who led a raiding team against drug suspects in 2016, but who were killed during the operation, was already eligible to be reinstated. According to Senator Panfilo […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian traders headed into the weekend cautiously on Friday following a broadly positive week across global equity markets after Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen indicated a softer approach to raising United States interest rates. The Dow on Wall Street posted a second-successive record as investors cheered the more dovish tone from the central bank, which has been moving to tighten monetary policy as the world’s top economy continues to pick […]
by Becky Davis Agence France Presse SHENYANG, China (AFP) — China faced international calls Friday to free the widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo after global condemnation over the Communist regime’s refusal to grant the democracy champion’s dying wish to leave the country. The United States and the European Union urged President Xi Jinping’s government to let Liu’s widow, the poet Liu Xia, who has been under house arrest since 2010, leave the country. Chinese […]
