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“Change your passwords” – PNP

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group advised the public to change their passwords, especially those used in financial institutions, after the PNP-ACG arrested Joseph Nico Tan Ong, an identity theft suspect. The PNP-ACG added that the suspect may have used the publicized information from the hacking attack on the Commission on Elections website. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)  

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American prisoner relates experiences as prisoner of North Korea

QUEZON City, Philippines – Freed American prisoner, Kenneth Bae, related his experiences as a prisoner of North Korea for two years. Bae was sentenced with fifteen years of hard labor last 2013. He said that he was forced to work in a mine from eight in the morning to 6 in the evening and was also subjected to verbal abuse by North Korean officials. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by […]

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Philips says to spin off lighting branch in ‘historic’ IPO

HAGUE , Netherlands (AFP) — Electronics giant Philips announced Tuesday it was floating its lighting arm on the stock market in a “historic” initial public offering, aiming to spin off at least a quarter of the division’s shares. “The offering would consist of a sale of existing shares only held by Royal Philips, the current sole shareholder of Philips Lighting. The offering and listing, and their timing, are subject to, among other factors, market conditions,” […]

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Britain’s Harry and Canada’s Trudeau drop puck at Invictus Games launch

TORONTO, Canada (Reuters) — Britain’s Prince Harry and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped the puck for sledge hockey athletes during the 2017 Invictus Games media launch in Toronto, Ontario, on Monday (May 2). Prince Harry began the countdown to the 2017 Invictus games, meeting athletes and trying out some of the events himself during his visit to Toronto. The Invictus Games are the only international adaptive sporting event for injured active and veteran service […]

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Lufthansa flies into red in first quarter

FRANKFURT , Germany (AFP) — German airline Lufthansa said Tuesday that one-off effects and price pressures pushed it into a loss in the first three months of the year, but it was nevertheless sticking to its full-year targets. Lufthansa said in a statement that it booked a net loss of 8.0 million euros ($9.2 million) in the period from January to March, compared with a profit of 425 million euros a year earlier. But the […]

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San Francisco’s revamped modern art museum eyes global splash

by Sophie ESTIENNE SAN FRANCISCO ,United States (AFP) — The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art reopens in mid-May after an ambitious $305 million expansion and facelift that aims to rival the world-class art spaces of New York, Paris or London. The revamped museum will be unveiled May 14 following a three-year upgrade entrusted to the Norwegian architecture firm Snohetta — best known for the dramatic new Alexandria Library in Egypt — that included more […]

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Olympics: S. Korean head of 2018 Winter Games resigns

SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — The chief organiser of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea resigned Tuesday less than two years before the Games begin, citing urgent problems with his troubled shipping business. Cho Yang-Ho, the chairman of Hanjin Group and Korean Air, resigned with immediate effect due to the “critical financial issues” facing Hanjin Shipping, the Pyeongchang 2018 organising committee said in a statement. The statement made no mention of a possible replacement. […]

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‘Impossibly rare’ violet diamond found in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A rare violet diamond, the largest of its kind ever found at Australia’s remote Argyle mine, will be the centerpiece of Rio Tinto’s annual pink diamonds showcase, the company said Tuesday. The rough gem, discovered in August 2015 at a mine where more than 90 percent of the world’s pink and red jewels are produced, originally weighed 9.17 carats and had etchings, pits and crevices. After weeks of assessment, the Argyle […]

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Emotional return as first U.S. cruise in decades reaches Cuba

  (Reuters)    Hundreds of tourists and a handful of emotional Cuban-Americans arrived on the first U.S. cruise ship to sail to Havana in more than 50 years on Monday (April 4), spilling onto the cobbled streets of the old city where they were warmly greeted by residents. It was another first for the two countries since U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced a historic rapprochement in December 2014, and comes weeks […]

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NBA: Oklahoma roar back to level in Spurs thriller

LOS ANGELES , United States (AFP) — Russell Westbrook scored 29 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder roared back into contention on Monday to level their Western Conference playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs with a 98-97 victory. Just two days after suffering a 32-point blowout defeat on Saturday, Westbrook and Kevin Durant both produced big games to propel the Thunder to a crucial victory. Westbrook’s haul was matched by another masterful performance from […]

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HSBC Q1 net profit down 18 percent at $4.3 bn

HONG KONG , China (AFP) — HSBC’s net profit was down 18 percent at $4.3 billion in the first quarter, the bank said Tuesday, affected by “extreme levels” of market volatility early in the year. “Our first quarter performance was resilient in tough market conditions that affected the entire banking sector,” said group chief executive Stuart Gulliver. Falling oil prices and fears over China’s economic slowdown contributed to a stocks rout in Asia early 2016 […]

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University of the Philippines tops the 2015 Bar Examinations

QUEZON City, Philippines (May 3) – The Supreme Court released the list of examinees who obtained the ten highest rating in the 2015 Bar Examinations. Rachel Angeli B. Miranda from UP earned the top place with a score of 87.4000%. The bar examination for 2015 was moved from October to November and 7, 146 law graduates were admitted to take the bar exam, which was chaired by Supreme Court Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo – De […]

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