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OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 29 points as the Golden State Warriors beat the San Antonio Spurs 136-100 to take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference finals series on Tuesday. Curry’s points haul included six three-pointers as the Warriors all-round offensive power crushed a San Antonio Spurs line-up missing the injured Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker. Curry also contributed seven assists and seven rebounds to put the Warriors just two wins away […]
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Hinikayat ng Department of Agriculture ang mga magsasaka sa rehiyon na magtanim ng cacao o kape. Ayon kay Regional Director Constancio Alama ng DA Region 9, ito ay dahil mataas ngayon ang pangangailangan nito sa global market. Ayon pa kay Alama, mayroon silang 1.3 milyon na mga seedling ng cacao na inuukol sa buong Zamboanga Peninsula. Una umano na makikinabang dito ang people organizations, lokal na pamahalaan at mga state […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The world may be close to a “serious act of digital sabotage” which could trigger unrest, “chaos and disorder,” Dutch spy chief Rob Bertholee warned Tuesday. Sabotage of critical infrastructure “is the kind of thing that might keep you awake at night,” Bertholee told a timely cyber security conference in The Hague, as global experts grapple with the fallout of a massive cyberattack over the past days. Digital threats “are […]
(Eagle News) — Veronica “Kitty” Duterte, the youngest daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte showed her fun side when she took this cute selfie of her “holding” her father in the palm of her hand. In the photo, a pensive looking President Duterte can be seen sitting on a sofa, with “Kitty’ making it appear he was tiny with the use of her fingers. The 72-year old Duterte obviously didn’t know that his 13-year old daughter was taking […]
by Céline Le Prioux Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Freshly elected French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are the new power couple leading the charge against anti-European populists and trying to put the struggling European Union back on track, analysts say. French legislative elections in June could endorse Macron’s message of change, giving him a real power base, while the long-serving Merkel faces polls in September that she is expected to […]
MARONGONG, Lanao del Sur (Eagle News) – Labing-isang hinihinalang miyembro naman ng Maute Group ang naaresto ng militar sa isang raid sa Lanao del Sur kamakailan. Tatlong bahay ang pinasok ng mga tauhan ng 1st Infantry Division ng Army sa Brgy. Romagondong, Marongong, kung saan hinihinalang may nagtatagong mga miyembro ng bandidong grupo. Dahil sa biglaan ang raid, hindi na nagawa pang pumalag ng mga suspek. Nakumpiska sa mga ito ang walong high-powered rifle, mga bala at mga […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Australian police were Wednesday deciding whether to charge Vatican finance chief George Pell over historic sex abuse allegations after receiving final advice from prosecutors. Cardinal Pell, Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric, was interviewed in Rome by Australian detectives last October over the assault claims, which he has strenuously denied. The allegations came from two men, now in their 40s, who said he groped them in summer 1978-79 at the Eureka pool […]
CANNES, France (Reuters) — T.J. Miller, star of ‘The Emoji Movie,’ inadvertently made a splash on the eve of the 70th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday (May 16). He parasailed onto a boat in a promotional stunt, but a few seconds after, lost his footing and fell into the water. ‘The Emoji Movie,’ set in the world of ‘Textopolis,’ follows the story of an emoji voiced by Miller, who stars in the hit HBO TV series ‘Silicon […]
(Eagle News) — A Commission on Appointments panel has approved the appointment of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano as Foreign Affairs Secretary. The approval of the committee on foreign relations came only minutes after its deliberations began, upon a discussion of the rules that need to be complied with. Isabela Rep. Rodito Albano immediately filed a motion for Cayetano’s appointment to be approved. Not one member from the panel objected to Albano’s motion. According to Senator Panfilo […]
by Sylvain Estibal Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) – Media and rights groups protested Tuesday to demand the Mexican government catch the killers of the fifth and most high-profile journalist murdered this year in the country’s drug-trafficking ganglands. The front pages of major newspapers and journalists demonstrating in the center of the capital carried pictures of Javier Valdez, 50, who was shot dead in broad daylight on Monday in northwestern Sinaloa state. The award-winning Valdez […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) –Houston Rockets star James Harden has been accused of arranging a robbery and beating in a civil lawsuit filed by the son of NBA Hall of Famer Moses Malone, reports said Tuesday. Moses Malone Jr. claims Harden bore responsibility after he was beaten up and robbed by a group of men outside a Houston strip club in June last year. Harden, who is not facing criminal charges, denies the allegations. […]
TARLAC CITY, Tarlac (Eagle News) – Pinaigting pa ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) ang kanilang kampanya laban sa mga kolorum na UV Express sa Tarlac. Sa pinagsanib na pwersa ng LTFRB, City Transport and Traffic Management Group at Public Operation Service Office (POSO) ng lokal na pamahalaan, ay nag-sagawa ang anti-colorum operation sa mga lansangan kamakailan. Layunin nito na maresolba ang problema sa mga nagkalat na kolorum na UV Express, na nakapagsisikip sa […]
