Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III promised support for the confirmation of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, citing her fast response to the allegations of special treatment of high-profile inmates as the reason.
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SC should allow live coverage of Senators’ plunder trials – Cayetano, Poe
Two administration senators were urging the Supreme Court to allow live coverage of the hearing of the three senators accused in the pork barrel scam.
Philippine, Vietnamese troops play sports on disputed spratlys island
Philippine and Vietnamese troops played soccer and volleyball in a heavily-disputed island in the South China Sea.
Pakistan officials say airport seige has ended; death toll rises to 26
Pakistani authorities said that the situation in the airport in Karachi is secured after a night-long battle with heavily-armed suicide bombers. Pakistani Taliban promptly claimed responsibility for the attack.
Five dead in Las Vegas shootings
Two police officers in Las Vegas were shot dead in a rampage that left 1 civilian death as well as 2 of the suspects.
Asia stocks rise on brightening U.S. economic prospects
(Reuters) – Asian stocks basked in the glow of a record close on Wall Street after bright U.S. jobs data pointed to improving economic momentum, while the dollar gained on Monday on rising U.S. Treasury yields. U.S. jobs data on Friday showed that nonfarm payrolls increased by 217,000 last month, bringing employment back to its pre-recession level and validating the view that labor conditions are improving. The unemployment rate held steady at a 5-1/2 year […]
Nadal on cloud nine after soaring to new heights
(Reuters) – One man’s despair was another man’s ecstasy as the most inopportune of double faults propelled a world-beating Rafa Nadal into a nine-times on Sunday. Waiting to launch into a second serve on match point down, a yell from the stands, followed by another, left a distracted Novak Djokovic to fire down the most costly of double faults and see his hopes of completing a career grand slam pounded into the red dust. While […]
Teen tearjerker ‘Fault in Our Stars’ trounces Tom Cruise flick
(Reuters) – “The Fault in Our Stars,” a heart-wrenching love story about teens who meet in a cancer support group, won over moviegoers with a stellar $48.2 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, handily beating the new Tom Cruise sci-fi action film, “Edge of Tomorrow.” “Edge of Tomorrow,” which cost about $175 million, had to settle for third place with $29.1 million from Friday through Sunday, according to estimates from tracking firm […]
Update on start of classes for private colleges
Here is an update on the start of classes for private colleges with Eagle News reporter Jerold Tagbo.
Stakeholder meeting regarding coconut pest
Presidential Assistant on Food Security and Agricultural Modernization Secretary Francisco Pangilinan is going to hold a meeting of stakeholders regarding the coconut pest or “cocolisap”
LPA enters Philippine area of repsonsibility
A low pressure area enters the Philippine area of responsibility, with a possibility of becoming a storm in 1-2 days.
More than 60 people killed in wave of car bombs across Baghdad
By Kareem Raheem and Kamal Naama (Reuters) — A wave of car bombs exploded across Baghdad on Saturday, killing more than 60 people, and militants stormed a university campus in western Iraq, security and medical sources said. In total, there were a dozen blasts in mainly Shi’ite districts of the capital, the deadliest of which occurred in Bayaa, where a car bomb left 23 people dead, many of them young men playing billiards. “I was about […]
