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SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — American MMA fighter Holly Holm backed Conor McGregor to cause Floyd Mayweather problems on Thursday after their cross-over boxing showdown was confirmed. Ireland’s McGregor will be the heavy underdog against 49-0 Mayweather but Holm knows a few things about upsets, after she ended Ronda Rousey’s unbeaten run with a brutal knockout in 2015. “I’m one of those who believes in being able to cross over,” said Holm, a former boxing world […]
(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT 3) is expected to return to its regular operations on Friday morning after a technical malfunction occurred in one of its trains on Tuesday night. According to Transportation Undersecretary for Railway Cesar Chavez, the safety check on the MRT3 trains is expected to be completed by Thursday evening. Chavez said that the management has decided to decrease the number of trains of the MRT3 and […]
(Eagle News) — The top officials of the Department of National and Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines are ready to participate in the ongoing oral arguments on President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao. AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla on Wednesday, June 14, said that Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año are willing to cooperate as the High Court begins the oral arguments. “We […]
Says President Duterte only needs to “rejuvenate” after punishing schedule President Rodrigo Duterte has withdrawn from public duties this week because he needs to rejuvenate, his spokesperson said Thursday. “He’s just taking some time off to rejuvenate,” presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella told reporters. Abella said there was no date for when Duterte would resume his official duties, although he emphasized that the president was healthy. “I’m saying that there’s nothing to worry about in terms of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Thursday, June 15, said that he would send a letter to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, seeking the urgent cancellation of the passport of Arturo Lascañas due to his alleged lack of intention to return to the country to face the charges against him. ”Since he is abroad and since there is no indication that he will return, we are constrained to request the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang and the Armed Forces of the Philippines expressed their gratitude to the media and to the public for remembering and honoring the members of the AFP and the Philippine National Police who gave their lives defending the people and the government in Marawi City. AFP spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said that the heroism of the government troops should not be forgotten, and asked the public to continue giving support […]
Reuters — North Korea said on Thursday (June 15) it had released American citizen Otto Warmbier “on humanitarian grounds” after he had been held prisoner for 17 months. Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, was medically evacuated to the United States on Wednesday (June 14). His family said he arrived in a state of coma. The North’s KCNA news agency said in a one-sentence dispatch that Warmbier’s release followed a court […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — British singer Adele visited Grenfell Tower in London on Thursday (June 15) during the early hours. The Grammy winner musician was at the place of the disaster around midnight (local time) according to an eyewitness. The 29-year-old singer was near the cordoned-off area, the eyewitness said. The death toll in a fire disaster that destroyed a 24-storey block of flats in London was expected to rise on Thursday (June 15), […]
The San Miguel Beermen now lead the semifinals series after defeating the Star Hotshots by only one point in a game 3 thriller on Thursday. Marcio Lassiter was recognized as the hero of that night after he hit a clutch three-pointer in the last 13 seconds. The Hotshots had by then held a two-point lead until SMB’s Chris Ross stole the ball from Ricardo Ratliffe, paving the way for Lassiter’s winning three-point shot. Charles Rhodes […]
MARAWI, Philippines — An Australian television journalist was shot in the neck on Thursday as he reported from Marawi where Islamist militants are battling government troops, but he did not suffer major injuries. Adam Harvey, a reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, wrote on Twitter: “Lucky,” alongside an image of an X-ray showing the bullet lodged in his neck, close to his spine. “Thanks everyone – I’m okay. Bullet is still in my neck, but it […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson on Thursday won a lengthy defamation case against an Australian publisher that portrayed her as a serial liar, which she said cost her lucrative movie roles. The 37-year-old “Pitch Perfect” star sued Bauer Media over eight articles in Woman’s Day, Australian Women’s Weekly and OK Magazine in 2015, which her defense said “tore down an Australian star to sell magazines.” The stories claimed the Sydney-born actor lied […]
CCTV — China launched its first X-ray space telescope to observe black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts, via a Long March-4B rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Thursday. The 2.5-ton Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), dubbed Insight, was sent into an orbit of 550 kilometers above the earth at 11:00 to help scientists better understand the evolution of black holes, the strong magnetic fields and the interiors of pulsars. Through the […]
