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(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima refused to enter a plea when arraigned at the Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court on Monday. As a result, Branch 34 entered a not guilty plea over the disobedience to summons case filed against her by the Department of Justice last year, on December 21. The case stems from a complaint filed by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Rep. Rey Umali, who discovered that De Lima had told her former bodyguard-driver […]
(ATLANTA) – With the second half of the season already underway, the 4th and 5th seeded teams in the Eastern Conference, both have the first round of playoffs in their sights. It was an intense match-up as the Atlanta Hawks defeated the Toronto Raptors in front of their home crowd . Point Guard Dennis Schroder led the charge for Atlanta with 26 points and 5 assists along with Paul Millsap, with his 21 points and […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — James Harden exploded for 38 points as the Houston Rockets jolted LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 117-112 victory on Sunday. Harden led the scoring and completed his 16th triple-double of the season with 10 rebounds and 11 assists as the Rockets improved to 46-21 to strengthen their grip on third spot in the Western Conference standings. Harden was one of six Houston players to make double […]
(Reuters) — A new trailer for upcoming Warner Bros. film ‘Wonder Woman’ was released on Sunday (March 12). It shows Israeli actress, Gal Gadot, as the Amazon princess who is also the daughter of Greek god Zeus. In the trailer she meets an American soldier (Chris Pine) who is washed ashore on her island during the First World War. Gadot returns to the role after appearing as Wonder Woman in ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Paul George scored 28 points as the Indiana Pacers held off a late Miami Heat rally to maintain their playoff push on Sunday. George rallied the Pacers superbly after the Heat recovered from 93-85 down to take the lead with nine unanswered points with 4:10 to go in the fourth quarter. George hit a three-pointer to put the Pacers back in front before the hosts held on to clinch […]
(Eagle News) — Softrinks and energy drinks could soon be removed from the canteens of the country’s 46,000 public schools. This is if House Bill No. 4039 recently filed by 1-Ang Edukasyon party-list Rep. Salvador Belaro Jr. becomes a law, or the Healthy Drinks in Public Schools Act. In a statement, Belaro said the measure was filed as he was “worried that students (were) taking in too much sugar in their body” with the “unhealthy […]
by Marie JULIEN Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — With urbanization gaining pace and air pollution clouding the view in major cities, contemplating the stars in a pitch-black sky is fast becoming a rarity that tour operators are banking on as a new selling-point. From a total solar eclipse to the Milky Way to the Northern Lights, many experts at Berlin’s ITB, marketed as the world’s leading travel trade show, were making the case for […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has announced the rescue of Francis Maulion who had been kidnapped in November last year. In a press conference on Monday, PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said the businessman had been abducted by several armed men from his poultry farm in Barangay Manguring, in Calabanga, Camarines Sur. Dela Rosa also presented to the media five men who he said were Maulion’s abductors. The police chief returned […]
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (Reuters) — Prehistoric meteorite fragments found in Namibia could be the ideal natural catalyst to store energy from renewable sources, according to a team of Swiss scientists. Pieces of the Gibeon meteorite are found over 20,000 square kilometres (7722 square miles) in the southern African nation and have a total mass of more than 21 tonnes. Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) found that it is the composition […]
by Raziye Akkoc and Luana Sarmini-Buonaccorsi Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey will vote against expanding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers in an April referendum, the leader of the country’s main opposition party has predicted, warning the opposite outcome would cripple democracy by concentrating power in one man’s hands. In an interview with Agence France-Presse, Republican People’s Party (CHP) chief Kemal Kilicdaroglu said even some ruling party voters were against a plan that […]
PARAÑAQUE CITY, March 11 (PIA) — The Philippines successfully advocated its trade priorities in ASEAN as the country’s hosting of the ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) Retreat and Related Meetings ended on March 10. The Department of Trade and Industry led by Secretary Ramon Lopez secured endorsements from ASEAN Economic Ministers on the timely realization of Philippine priority deliverables for 2017. “Aside from championing our trade agenda as a country, we are also able to advance […]
MANILA, March 13 – Malacanang official said the Palace welcomes the announcement on the resumption of formal peace talks between the Philippine Government and the Communist Party of the Philippines/New People’s Army/National Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF). In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said “The Palace welcomes the announcement of Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on the resumption of formal peace talks between the Philippine government and the […]
