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Knicks victorious over Lakers
With Carmelo Anthony on the lead, the New York Knicks won over the Los Angeles Lakers, with the Knicks rising in rankings.
Shell to lower diesel price by 30 centavos
Shell will implement a rollback on the price of diesel this midnight. Said rollback is pegged at 30 centavos per liter. Other oil companies are expected to follow.
Proposal for truth commission to probe Mamasapano clash
The proposal for the truth commission that will investigate the Mamasapano clash will be submitted to the Senate today.
Benguet records lower temperatures
As February enters, Benguet recorded the lowest temperature reached this year at 10 degrees Celsius.
Unemployed Filipinos reach 12.4 million in fourth quarter of 2014
The number of unemployed Filipinos reached 12.4 million or 27% of the population in the final quarter of 2014.
Brillantes to resign as COMELEC Chairman
Chairman of the Commission on Elections, Sixto Brillantes is scheduled to retire this week but he assured the public that the COMELEC’s plan for the 2016 elections will go smoothly. Other than Brillantes, two other Commissioners will also resign, leaving the COMELEC only four commissioners to handle the preparations for the 2016 elections.
Expect diesel rollback this week
Consumers should expect a roll back on diesel prices this week. Said rollback is expected to be around 20 – 30 centavos.
Islamic State says beheads Japanese hostage Goto, Japan vows justice
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned on Sunday (February 1) the apparent killing of journalist Kenji Goto by Islamic State, after the militant group released a video purporting to show the beheading of the veteran war correspondent. Islamic State insurgents said on Saturday (January 31) they had killed Goto, after the apparent failure of sustained international efforts to secure his release through a prisoner swap. The video showed a hooded man standing over Goto with […]
Mexico tests DNA of babies who survived blast in search for parents
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Plunged into chaos just hours after entering this world, nine babies found alive after a gas blast in a Mexican maternity hospital underwent DNA tests on Friday in a bid to reunite them with their parents. Thursday’s blast devastated the hospital on the western edge of Mexico City, sending a fireball into the air and killing a nurse and two infants. But dozens of people, including mothers and newborns, who were […]
Islamic State attacks Kurdish outposts in Kirkuk
Islamic State militants struck at Kurdish forces in the northern province of Kirkuk on Friday (January 30). Police said Islamic State launched mortars and attacked positions of Kurdish fighters in four districts southwest of Kirkuk city. Militants later detonated a car bomb at a disused hotel in Kirkuk city centre and clashed with peshmerga forces. Kurdish forces later found the body of a militant in the hotel and threw the body over a balcony down […]
Republican Romney says will not run for U.S. presidency
Republican Mitt Romney said on Friday (January 30) he will not seek to run for president in 2016. In a statement, Romney told supporters he had opted against a run. Romney for the past three weeks has been seeking traction for another presidential run after he was defeated by Democratic President Barack Obama in 2012. On Wednesday, he visited Mississippi State University in Starkville, Mississippi, and in a closely watched speech, he emphasized a commitment […]
