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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — John Wall and Otto Porter scored 25 points apiece on Wednesday as the Washington Wizards notched their 13th straight home NBA win, 104-101 over the Memphis Grizzlies. Wall’s night included six points in the final 2:11. He also handed out 13 assists for the Wizards, who were able to celebrate yet another home win when Memphis reserve James Ennis missed a potential game-tying three pointer as time expired. The Grizzlies beat […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence Presse France PARIS, France (AFP) — Of the many things that keep climate scientists awake at night, tipping points may be the scariest. To start with, these thresholds for deep, sometimes catastrophic change in the complex web of Earth’s natural forces, caused by man-made global warming, are largely invisible. You can’t see them on the horizon, and could easily cross one without noticing. Also, there is no turning back — at […]
(Eagle News) — Inanunsyo ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) na sa Biyernes ay magpapatupad sila ng bagong “ipper lane” papuntang Southbound ng Edsa. Magsisimula ang “zipper lane” sa Edsa-Main Avenue junction sa Cubao,Quezon City at ang dulo ay sa Edsa-Guadix-MRT Ortigas Station. Isasagawa ito mula alas nueve y medya ng umaga hanggang ika-labing isa ng umaga. Paliwanag ni MMDA General Manager Tim Orbos, lumabas sa kanilang pag-aaral na sa gayong mga oras ay maluwag […]
(Eagle News) — Personal na nakipagpulong si Pangulong Duterte sa mga malalaking negosyante sa bansa sa pamamagitan ng isang dinner sa malakanyang. Sinabi ni presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella na naging makabuluhan ang resulta ng pakikipagdayalogo ng pangulo sa mga negosyante. Ayon kay Abella pangunahing tinalakay ang mga pangunahing economic agenda ng administrasyon na magpapaangat ng kabuhayan ng bansa at ng mga mamamayan. Inihayag ni Abella pinag-usapan din sa dinner meeting ng pangulo sa mga negosyante […]
(Eagle News) — Dalawampu’t walong kandidata ng miss universe 2016 ang namasyal sa Baguio City para sa ilang activity ng Miss Universe Pageant. Napuno ng makukulay na mga bulaklak ang float na sinakyan ng mga kandidata kasama si outgoing Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach. Ang nasabing parade ay nilahukan ng nasa dalawang libo at limang daang estudyante mula sa ibat- ibang paaralan sa lungsod suot ang kani- kanilang folk costumes. Nag enjoy rin ang mga kandidata […]
(Eagle News) — Nasa restrictive custody na sa Kampo Crame ang tatlo pang pulis na kasamahan ni SPO3 Ricky Sta.Isabel na umanoy sangkot sa pagkidnap sa isang Korean businessman noong nakaraang taon. Kasama na rito ang dalawa pang Police Non Commissioned Officer at ang Team leader ni Sta.Isabel na si Police Supt.Rafael Dumlao na sya rin umanong nagrekomenda dito para makapasok sa pnp anti illegal drugs group.
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — A top US military commander warned Wednesday that the Asia-Pacific region is at risk of attacks by Islamic State group fighters returning to their home countries. As the group loses territory in the Middle East, radicalised fighters from Bangladesh, Indonesia and elsewhere are likely to target their native countries, Commander of the US Pacific Command Admiral Harry Harris said. “It’s not a theory. It’s real. In the past year […]
by Yemeli ORTEGA Agence France Presse SASABE, Mexico (AFP) — Migrants trying to sneak into the United States from the parched Mexican desert have to contend with border guards’ drones overhead, poisonous snakes underfoot and human trafficking gangs at their backs. But these challenges are nothing compared to their bigger fear: that someday soon, US President-elect Donald Trump will build a wall to keep them out altogether. So before Trump takes office on Friday, they […]
https://youtu.be/5az27vleKmQ by Agence France Presse Hundreds of thousands of American forced out of their homes, the Stock Market tanking and the economy losing 700 thousand jobs a month. That was the bleak economy Barack Obama inherited as he took office in 2009. Jared Bernstein, Economist and Advisor to Obama administration from 2009 to 2011, said: “Our GDP was declining at a rate of 8 percent, which is huge. Technically you call that a nightmare, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The manager of rocker Alanis Morissette admitted on Wednesday to fleecing the singer of nearly $5 million and falsely claiming the money was used to grow marijuana. Jonathan Todd Schwartz agreed to plead guilty to embezzling the money in court papers filed in Los Angeles federal court. Schwartz admitted that between May 2010 and January 2014 he withdrew about $4.8 million from Morissette’s account without her knowledge and labeled […]
DAKAR, Senegal (Reuters) — Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow will be sworn into office on Gambian territory on Thursday (January 19), Senegal’s Foreign Minister Mankeur Ndiaye said on Wednesday (January 18), despite the incumbent, Yahya Jammeh, refusing to step down. “President-elect Barrow will be sworn in tomorrow on Gambian territory, he will form his government, he will name his vice-president, and the international community will join him,” he said on Senegal state television. It was not […]
