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(Eagle News) — The Philippine economy posted a 6.2 percent growth in 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority announced on Thursday, Jan. 24. This was after the economy posted a 6.1 percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2018. According to the PSA, this was higher than the 6.0 percent recorded in the third quarter of 2018. It said it was, however, lower than the 6.5 percent recorded in the same quarter in 2017. https://youtu.be/r2eDNstOiM8
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a joint resolution extending the validity of key components of the 2018 national budget until Dec. 31, 2019. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea made the announcement in a message to reporters on Thursday, Jan. 3. According to Medialdea, in particular, the President signed Joint Resolution No. 3 that extends the validity of the “MOOE and CO components of the 2018 GAA (General Appropriations Act) Joint Resolution Extending the Availability of the […]
(Eagle News)—Senate President Tito Sotto said the Senate has had a “prolific year,” crediting the senators for the body’s “highly efficient performance.” In a statement, Sotto said that as of Dec. 13, 2018, 95 bills were passed into law since the start of 2018. He said these include the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), the Philippine Identification System Act, the Filipino Sign Language Act, the National Payment Systems Act, the Personal Property Security Act, and the ‘Kalusugan […]
by Alastair Himmer Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A joint Korean women’s basketball team slammed Taiwan 89-66 to reach the Asian Games final on Thursday, helped by Las Vegas razzmatazz and some good, old, northern grit. Roared on by around 100 fans waving Korean unification flags, North Korean Ro Suk Yong joint top-scored with 17 points in a blow-out victory for the defending champions in Jakarta. The Koreans advance to face China […]
(Eagle News) — Singapore’s Olympic swim champion Joseph Schooling, who had paid tribute to his Filipina nanny in a 2015 Singtel ad video, successfully defended his 100 meter butterfly title and won Singapore’s first gold medal at the Asian Games on Wednesday. Schooling swam a Games-record 51.04sec to beat China’s Li Zhuhao into second place. He was a rising star when he won at Incheon in 2014. The 23-year-old had also stunned Michael Phelps […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines saluted Asian Games gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz on Wednesday as the soldier-weightlifter gave the basketball-mad nation a lift after a heartbreaking hoops loss to China. Footage of the tearful Diaz, the silver medallist from the Rio Olympics, saluting the flag after Tuesday’s victory brought goosebumps to Filipinos following the Indonesia event. President Rodrigo Duterte excitedly announced in a speech late Tuesday that the country had broken its gold […]
by Alastair Himmer © Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Kazakhstan’s Dmitriy Balandin, who two years ago won his country’s first-ever Olympic swimming gold medal, said Wednesday he will consider retiring after the Asian Games. The 23-year-old became a national hero in the former Soviet state after a stunning victory in the 200 metres breaststroke in Rio. But he suffered an almighty Olympic hangover and admits he is struggling to motivate himself after a […]
by Daniel Hicks Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz won the Philippines’ first gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games and “proud Indonesian” Eko Yuli Irawan triumphed for the hosts on a pulsating day of action Tuesday. Diaz, the silver medallist from the Rio Olympics, pipped Turkmenistan’s Kristina Shermetova by just one kilogram to win the women’s 53kg class. Earlier Irawan, also a silver medallist in Rio, dominated the men’s […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Four Japanese basketball players on Monday apologised for bringing “disgrace” to their nation after they were kicked out of the Asian Games for paying prostitutes for sex. The regional Olympics was hit by scandal after the players were spotted in a notorious red light district of the Indonesian capital Jakarta wearing their national jerseys last week. The expulsion of Yuya Nagayoshi, Takuya Hashimoto, Takuma Sato and Keita Imamura will come […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Jordan Clarkson has called on the NBA to let players compete in more global tournaments to boost the sport’s popularity worldwide, ahead of his first appearance for the Philippines at the Asian Games. Clarkson, who dashed to Jakarta last week after the US league released him in a last-minute U-turn, said Sunday he had wanted to play for the Philippines for years but had been repeatedly blocked. […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — North and South Korea marched together behind the Korean Unification flag at the Asian Games opening ceremony on Saturday, in the latest demonstration of their rapprochement. South Korean women’s basketball player Lim Yung-hui and North Korean footballer Ju Kyong-chol carried the blue and white flag as the Korean athletes paraded into Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno stadium. It is the second such symbolic gesture this year by the two Koreas, who […]
by Talek Harris © Agence France-Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Thousands of athletes are flying in as Indonesia makes final preparations to host the Asian Games — the world’s second biggest multi-sports event, taking place against a backdrop of terrorism fears, environmental concerns and logistical headaches. Organisers are making reassuring noises about their arrangements but Indonesia has never hosted a sports event on this scale, with 16,000 competitors and officials descending on Jakarta and Palembang, […]
