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(Eagle News) — Barangay Ginebra brought home the bacon on Sunday, after they beat sister team San Miguel Beer in a nerve-wracking Game 2 at the Quezon Convention Center in Lucena. The never-say-die team averted disaster when their very own Joe Devance made a bucket right before the final buzzer, taking the game to overtime. SMB had to rely on one talent less, as Marcio Lassiter was ejected from the game for his two technical […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The camp of Senator Leila De Lima on Monday asked the Supreme Court to set aside the warrant of arrest issued by the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court last week. De Lima’s lawyer Alex Padilla and chief of staff Philip Sawali filed before the High Court the 82-page petition for certiorari and prohibition, which also sought to question the “legality and propriety” of the arrest order and commitment order issued by Branch 204 Judge Juanita Guerrero […]
(Eagle News) — He made the Senate his own boxing ring, so to speak. Senator Manny Pacquiao on Monday knocked Liberal Party senators and their ally out of their committee chairmanships and the Senate Pro-Tempore post, paving the way for a new minority bloc in the Upper House. During the session, the senator who rose to international fame because of his strong punches and agility in the boxing ring, stood up and moved to first have the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte defended on Monday the Office of the Solicitor General’s move to recommend the dismissal of the serious illegal detention case filed against Janet Lim Napoles, but stopped short of naming her a state witness to prosecute others allegedly involved in the P10-billion pork barrel scam. “Totoo naman. The circumstances would show. (Benhur Luy) was not restrained at all. If you ever followed the story, the solicitor general is right. […]
DETROIT, United States (AFP) — Richard Hamilton promised himself that he wasn’t going to cry, but when the time came to raise his Detroit Pistons’ No. 32 jersey to the rafters he was overcome with emotion. The retired former NBA scoring star returned to The Palace arena on Sunday, as the Pistons retired his number at halftime of a 104-98 loss to the Boston Celtics. Speaking to reporters before the game, Hamilton said it had […]
by Frankie Taggart Agence France Presse HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) — Barry Jenkins’s coming of age drama “Moonlight” won the coveted best picture statuette at Sunday’s Oscars — but the evening ended in chaos as “La La Land” was mistakenly handed the award. Hollywood legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, stars of 1967 crime classic “Bonnie and Clyde,” were meant to give the evening’s top prize to Jenkins’s film, but she mistakenly called it […]
(Eagle News) — She can always pray. This was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte to Senator Leila de Lima, who is facing a string of drug cases and has been arrested and detained in connection with one filed against her in a Muntinlupa court. “She can always pray that the truth will come out eventually, if there is another truth. Di naman mahilig mag-ano ng kapwa tao,” Duterte told reporters. He added that he stood […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 27) – Batch 2017, are ready to turn your tassels? College graduation – it is one of the most memorable and most emotional situations that one can experience. After four years toiling to get your degree, this is it! It does not matter if you graduate with flying colors or not, what is more important is that you are now graduating. From this point, you have the freedom to do what’s next – whether […]
HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) — Emma Stone won the Oscar for best actress on Sunday for the whimsical musical “La La Land,” the most honored film of the night. The 28-year-old won her first Oscar in a field that included former winners Meryl Streep and Natalie Portman, as well as Ruth Negga for interracial historical drama “Loving” and French actress Isabelle Huppert for rape-revenge thriller “Elle.” © Agence France-Presse
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks fell Monday morning as a stronger yen discouraged investors already cautious ahead of United States President Donald Trump’s policy speech to Congress. Markets are keen to see details of Trump’s spending plans as well as proposals for tax reform, with uncertainty over their timing and size of his plans weighing on the greenback in recent weeks. Trump will address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. “We are not […]
by Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) — Buddy cop comedy “Zootopia” bagged the Oscar for best animated feature film on Sunday, crowning what turned into a record 2016 for Disney. The movie centers on the intrepid rabbit police officer Judy Hopps who, along with a fox, solves a crime in a metropolis inhabited by a diverse population of animals. “Zootopia,” the clear frontrunner going into the Academy Awards, bested another Disney film, […]
(Eagle News) –It was almost business as usual in the country despite the transport strike staged by several transport groups on Monday. Elvira Medina, National Council for Commuter Protection, said in an interview with CNN Philippines that while two places–Pedro Gil St. in Manila and Samson Road in Caloocan—were “affected” by the strike in Metro Manila, operations were “not paralyzed. She said the same was true in the provinces. “There are some (affected areas) in […]
