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(Reuters) – Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah was named the National Basketball Association’s defensive player of the year on Monday, the first player from the franchise to earn the award since Michael Jordan in 1988. Noah, whose father Yannick won the 1983 French Open tennis championship, was the centerpiece of a Chicago defense which held opponents to a league-low 91.8 points per game during the 2013-14 regular season. The 29-year-old received 555 out of a […]
According to the PAGASA, a low-pressure area is being monitored off the coast of Samar. The country will experience fair weather throughout the day with isolated rain showers.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook Vigan, Ilocos Sur at 4 in the morning, with the earthquake being felt in other parts of Luzon, including Pasay City.
Manila Mayor Jospeh “Erap” Estrada visits Hong Kong bearing the official apology of the city government to the victims of the 2010 Manila hostage crisis.
A fire razed a two-story house on Betty Go Street, Barangay Immaculate, Quezon City. The fire started in the second floor, around 9 in the evening, spreading quickly. The damage caused by the fire is estimated at 500, 000 pesos.
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:34pm EDT (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices grilled a lawyer for Coca-Cola Co on Monday, asking why a juice label touting the presence of pomegranates and blueberries should not be considered misleading if the drink contained just a trace of the fruits. Coca-Cola argued that it could not be sued over the labeling of one of its Minute Maid juice products because the label complies with […]
By Byron Kaye PERTH, Australia Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:48pm EDT (Reuters) – A tropical cyclone was threatening to hamper the search for a missing Malaysian jetliner in a remote stretch of the Indian Ocean on Monday, as a submarine drone neared the end of its mission scouring the sea bed with still no sign of wreckage. The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished on March 8 with 239 people on board, has […]
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK Mon Apr 21, 2014 5:14pm EDT (Reuters) – U.S. stocks advanced modestly on Monday in subdued trading as investors showed hesitation in the wake of a strong rally last week and before a slew of key earnings releases this week. Monday’s gain marked the S&P 500’s fifth straight climb, its longest winning streak since October. The S&P 500 wrapped up its best week since July last week, boosted by results […]
Iglesia Ni Cristo District of Laguna held a successful INConcert in preparation for the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Centennial Anniversary this July 27, 2014.
President Aquino will intesnify efforts to locate all passengers on board of Etihad Airlines flight carrying a Filipino nurse whom by the way positive for the deadly MERS virus. Philippine health officials immediately quarantined the nurse as well as the several family members who had a close contact with him following his arrival.
Department of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima said she is more interested in having Napoles as a state witness than the former chief of staff Senator Juan Ponce Enrile. De Lima stated that it was important to know first the intention of Reyes in returning back to the Philippines after being away for more than half a year.
The Lyrid meteor shower will be reaching its peak for the year tonight in the late night hours of April 21, 2014 or the early morning hours of April 22, 2014. The Lyrid meteor shower show tonight this year should be pretty good as the conditions are quite good because the Moon won’t appear in the night’s sky until around 2am.
