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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kyle Korver is finding his feet with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The reigning NBA champion Cavs beat the Indiana Pacers 132-117 in Indianapolis on Wednesday with a key contribution from Korver, who arrived in Cleveland last month from the Atlanta Hawks, where he had played since 2012. Korver scored 29 points — his most in a game since February 21, 2007 — connecting on eight of his nine three-pont attempts […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines is seeking US and Chinese help to guard a major sea lane as Islamic militants shift attacks to international shipping, officials said Wednesday. Manila does not want the Sibutu Passage between Malaysia’s Sabah state and the southern Philippines to turn into a Somalia-style pirate haven, coast guard officials said. The deep-water channel, used by 13,000 vessels each year, offers the fastest route between Australia and the manufacturing powerhouses China, […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday updated its Safety Check feature with a way for people to lend, or get, helping hands after disasters. A new “Community Help” feature provides a forum at the leading social network where assistance can be offered to victims of floods, earthquakes, fires or other kinds of natural or accidental tragedy, according to Facebook vice president of social good Naomi Gleit. “In times of crisis, connecting is […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –The US Senate confirmed Jeff Sessions as attorney general Wednesday, despite fierce debate about his civil rights record and Democratic concern over whether he serves as the nation’s top law enforcement officer independent from President Donald Trump. Lawmakers greenlighted the senator as the 84th US attorney general on a mostly party line vote of 52 to 47, with one Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, voting with the Republican majority. When […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Amal Clooney, the prominent Lebanese-British human rights lawyer and wife of American actor George, is pregnant with twins, a family friend said on Wednesday. “She’s pregnant with twins,” the friend said, asking to remain anonymous and without providing any further details about the sexes of the babies or due date. The 39-year-old rights lawyer and 55-year-old Hollywood star tied the knot in Venice in 2014. Amal’s clients include former […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Pop superstar Katy Perry on Wednesday unleashed a worldwide scavenger hunt among her millions of online followers as she previewed a new song. In teasingly cryptic social media postings, the singer showed a video of a disco ball being dragged by a chain from her stiletto — recognizable from her foot tattoo of a grinning peppermint. Perry — the most popular person on Twitter with more than 95 million […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US military said Wednesday that it had killed eleven Al-Qaeda operatives, including a veteran leader and suicide bombing pioneer, in a bombing raid in Syria. The Pentagon said Abu Hani al-Masri, the Qaeda veteran, was one of those killed in the precision airstrikes near Idlib carried out on February 3-4. Al-Masri was an early official in al-Qaeda, overseeing the group’s training camps in Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s […]
By Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — On December 14, 2016, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) revealed the list of passers for the November 2016 Nursing Licensure Examination (NLE). Among the 14,322 examinees, only 6,836 have passed. To be included in the list of passers is already a great honor and blessing, what more if you received more than that? Such was the case of Aldrin Erwin Salvador Bagang, a […]
By Paulo Macahilas Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Isanglibong kabahayan ang tinupok ng apoy sa Gate 10 Parola Compound, Tondo, Maynila. Nagsimula ang sunog dakong 9:38 ng Martes ng gabi (Pebrero 7) na unang inakyat sa ikalimang alarma Dakong alas dose ng hatinggabi ay itinaas na ito sa Task Force Delta. Ibig sabihin, kailangan na ang tulong ng lahat ng mga firetruck sa buong kamaynilaan at kalapit Lungsod nito Aabot sa higit 3,000 […]
(Eagle News) — Kaagad nagpa-abot ng tulong ang Iglesia Ni Cristo sa mga biktima ng malaking sunog sa Parola Compound sa Tondo, Maynila kagabi. Binuksan ang compound ng gusaling sambahan ng Binondo para ma-accommodate ang maraming kababayan at ilang miyembro ng INC na naapektuhan ng sunog sa Gate 10 ng Parola Compound. Dumating kaagad sa Lokal ng Binondo ang District Staff ng Metro Manila West at inalam ang kailangang tulong ng mga biktima lalo na […]
Lightweight champion Eduard Folayang has two fighters to choose from for his upcoming fight, Kamal Shalorus of Iran and Ev Ting of Malaysia. However, “The Landslide” says he will not be the one to pick his opponent, but his promoter. He added that before he fights Shalorus, Shalorus should first beat Ting for the title eliminator. The clash between Ting and Shalorus will be on Friday in Kuala Lumpur.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Commission on Election Chairman Andres Bautista said that 800 units of Precinct Count Optical Scan or PCOS machines used in the 2010 and 2013 elections were found defective out of 8000 machines tested. “I heard that about 8 to 10 percent have defects. Of the more than 80,000 machines, 10 percent have already been diagnosed. That is about 8,000 units,” he said. However, Bautista said that they already asked […]
