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NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — Prince fans gathered outside Harlem’s historic Apollo Theater shortly after the news broke on Thursday (April 21) that the innovative music superstar died in Minnesota at the age of 57. With a loudspeaker playing Prince songs, fans danced and sang Prince’s legendary hits like “Purple Rain” and “When the Doves Cry.” “I’m still a bit shocked, hurt, but I’m having some wonderful, wonderful fond memories of […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO,United States (AFP) — A Google empire built on search shifted attention on Thursday to high-speed Internet networks, 360-degree video broadcasting and “other bets” as parent company Alphabet logged disappointing earnings. Alphabet said net income hit $4.2 billion in the first three months of this year, but shares sank more than five percent to $714 in after-market trades that followed release of the report. The earnings per share fell 46 cents short […]
by Andrew BEATTY LONDON,United Kingdom (AFP) — US President Barack Obama wasted no time in plunging into Britain’s poisonous EU membership debate Friday, arguing strongly against a “Brexit” as he kicked off a visit to the UK. Obama went to a traditional bastion of euroscepticism, The Daily Telegraph newspaper, to make the case that Britons should vote to remain in the European Union in the June 23 referendum. Writing in the broadsheet, Obama argued that […]
by Frankie TAGGART LOS Angeles, United States (AF) — It was a cliffhanger unparalleled since “who shot JR?” but 10 months of agony are finally over Sunday as “Game of Thrones” returns to reveal the fate of Jon Snow. The record-breaking fantasy serial ended its fifth season in June last year with the character stabbed and left for dead by mutinous followers, sparking intense debate about whether he really had met his end. With more […]
After nine months of serving as the highest ranking officer of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, General Hernando Iriberri retires today on his 56th birthday. President Aquino himself will lead the testimonial review and change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo this morning. Irreberi assumed the office of Chief of Staff last July 2015 replacing Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang. Meanwhile, AFP Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Glorioso Miranda will replace Iriberri as acting […]
TOKYO, Japan |(AFP) Friday 4/22/2016 – Tokyo stocks opened lower on Friday as traders banked profits, snapping a three-day rally following a retreat in oil prices. US equity markets pulled back on Thursday from their 2016 peaks in the previous session following renewed weakness in crude prices and a deluge of earnings reports. “After a strong run, US stocks… retreated, which is weighing on Japanese stocks,” Juichi Wako, a senior strategist at Nomura Holdings, told […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) Friday 4/22/2016 – Mitsubishi Motors’ shares nosedived for a third day on Friday, falling more than 15 percent in early trading in response to its shock admission that it cheated on fuel-efficiency tests. At 09:41 am (0041 GMT), the stock was down 14.57 percent at 498 yen, after dipping as low as 489 yen, or 16.12 percent off. Panic selling in the past two days had already sent the share price tumbling by a third, […]
MANILA, April 22 — A wide range of livelihood assistance is being provided by Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to workers in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) who are affected by El Niño, while initial interventions through needs assessment and profiling were conducted to some 818 workers in the Kidapawan rally for their inclusion in the DOLE’s TUPAD, or Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers Program. Three hundred eighty-two informal workers in Soccsksargen were given a total […]
MANILA, Philippines — Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has affirmed the filing of graft and malversation charges against ex-Representative Alvin Sandoval of the lone district of Malabon and Navotas Cities, for misappropriating his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) allocation from 2007 to 2009 totaling to P30M for non-existent livelihood projects. In a 12-page Order, Ombudsman Morales directed the immediate filing of 3 counts of violation of Section 3(e) of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and […]
by Frankie Taggart with Shaun Tandon in New York AFP — Prince, whose pioneering brand of danceable funk and virtuoso talents made him one of the most influential figures in music, died Thursday at his secluded compound in Minnesota. He was 57. The announcement came just a week after the enigmatic Grammy and Oscar winner — acclaimed for his guitar skills and soaring falsetto — was taken to hospital with a bad bout of influenza, […]
(Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ng road reblocking ang Department Of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) sa ilang bahagi ng Quezon City simula 10:00 ng gabi. Ayon kay Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Emerson Carlo, inirekomenda ni DPWH-National Capital Region (NCR) Director Melvin Navarro ang nasabing reblocking at repair para sa maintenance purposes. Kabilang sa mga maapektuhan ng road-reblocking ay ang mga sumusunod: Southbound Commonwealth Avenue (mula Riverside hanggang Sandigan, 2nd […]
(Eagle News) — Sinampahan ng Bureau of Internal Rrevenue (BIR) ng kasong tax evasion ang kumpanyang Philrem Service Corporation. Ang Philrem ay ang kumpanyang nadawit sa $81-million money laundering scheme sa perang ninakaw mula sa Bangladesh Bank Isinampa ng BIR ang kaso sa Department of Justice laban sa Philrem at sa mag-asawang may-ari nito dahil sa hindi pagbabayad ng buwis na aabot sa P35. 61 million. Partikular na kinasuhan sina Philrem president Salud Bautista at […]
