By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao scored the 60th win of his 23-year career with a sensational 7th round TKO victory over Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse to capture the WBA regular welterweight belt at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is Pacquiao’s first stoppage win since his now famous 2009 12th round TKO victory over Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto. The Filipino slugger dominated Matthysse from the opening bell, […]
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Mga panauhin at mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo, patuloy ang pagdagsa para sa #lingaplabansakahirapan
(Eagle News) — Patuloy ang pagdagsa hindi lamang ng mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo maging ang kasama nilang mga panauhin sa Quirino Grandstand para sa #lingaplabansakahirapan . Kasabay ng dental at medical mission na isinasagawa sa lugar, may mga entertainment din kung saan iba’t-ibang mga artista at singer ang nagpeperform. (Photos by Eagle News Service Ian Jasper, Tantan Alcantara)
Filipino Tepora stops Ortega to win featherweight world crown
by Daniel HICKS Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Jhack Tepora gave fellow Filipino Manny Pacquiao a boost before his showdown with Lucas Matthysse on Sunday by stopping Mexico’s Edivaldo Ortega to win the interim World Boxing Association featherweight title. Cebu’s Tepora, fighting on the undercard of the Pacquiao-Lucas Matthysse world title bill in Kuala Lumpur, unleashed a wicked short right hand in the ninth round to knock down Ortega for the first […]
Bong Go denies soliciting funds for supposed Senate run
(Eagle News)–Special Assistant to the President Bong Go denied he had tried to solicit funds from Coconut Industry Investment Fund-Oil Mills Group’s President Benedicto Lor for his Senate run. In a radio interview on Sunday, July 15, Go said that while several groups were asking him to run, “wala po kaming ino-authorize na kahit sino to raise funds, kahit piso.” He said in the first place, he should not be considered a candidate. Lor had said […]
Trump says Queen thinks Brexit is ‘very complex problem’: report
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — US President Donald Trump has seemingly breached royal protocol by discussing his private conversation with Queen Elizabeth II who he says thinks Brexit is a “very complex problem”, according to an interview with British media. The convention-shredding president, who had already attracted ire ahead of his four-day visit to Britain by rebuking Prime Minister Theresa May as she struggles over Brexit, met the Queen on Friday at Windsor Castle. He […]
Iglesia Ni Cristo conducts Aid to Humanity in Malawi and Kenya after May 6 Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty
The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) conducted a massive Aid to Fight Poverty where it gave 50,000 parcels of free food to families and residents of Malawi and Kenya during visits of the Felix Y. Manalo (FYM) Foundation, the charitable institution of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC or Church Of Christ), last June. The recent activities were held in fulfillment of the Church’s commitment to help those in need and to help alleviate poverty, […]
LOOK: Guests and Iglesia Ni Cristo members continue to flock at Quirino Grandstand for #lingaplabansakahirapan
(Eagle News) — Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo together with their guests continue to flock at the Quirino Grandstand for the “Lingap Laban sa Kahirapan.” (Photos courtesy of Eagle News Service Liza Dhee Ancheta, Tantan Alcantara)
US lifts export ban on suppliers to China’s ZTE
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Friday formally lifted a crippling ban on exports to China’s ZTE, rescuing the smartphone maker from the brink of collapse after it was denied key components. The US Commerce Department said it would continue to monitor the company to prevent further violations of US sanctions on Iran and North Korea. “While we lifted the ban on ZTE, the Department will remain vigilant as we closely monitor […]
US indicts Russian intel officers ahead of Trump-Putin summit
by Chris Lefkow Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twelve Russian intelligence officers have been charged with hacking Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic Party in a stunning indictment just days before President Donald Trump meets with Vladimir Putin. The charges were drawn up by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who is looking into Russian interference in the November 2016 vote and whether any members of Trump’s campaign […]
Haiti prime minister resigns after deadly unrest
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Embattled Haiti Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned on Saturday following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices. “I submitted my resignation to the president of the republic,” who has “accepted my resignation,” Lafontant said in the lower house of Haiti’s legislature. Lafontant had faced a potential vote of no confidence had he not resigned — something he had previously insisted he would not […]
Iglesia Ni Cristo conducts Lingap-Pamamahayag in Binondo
(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo continues its endeavor in helping those in need through anti-poverty programs after the series of Aid to Humanity projects in the African continent. Recently, the Iglesia Ni Cristo also conducted a Lingap-Pamamahayag in Binondo, Manila. Aside from food packs, the guests also heard the teachings from the Bible that the Iglesia Ni Cristo faithfully upholds.
ICYMI: Mga kaganapan sa Quirino Grandstand para sa #LingapLabanSaKahirapan
Umarangkada na ang Lingap Laban sa Kahirapan ng Iglesia ni Cristo sa Quirino Grandstand: