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(Reuters) – “He’s reaching. He’s trying to find something that he can grab on to help him save his team, and it’s not going to happen,” Johnson told CNN on Tuesday, a day after Sterling accused him of being a poor role model for children and of doing little to help the black community. Sterling’s comments about Johnson, one of the most revered figures in U.S. sports, left many scratching their heads. NBA Commissioner Adam […]
(Reuters) – With huge yachts bobbing in the Mediterranean and luxury boutiques along the famous La Croisette boulevard making finishing touches to their displays, the 12-day pageant that is the international film world’s answer to Hollywood’s Oscars kicks off with the world premiere of “Grace of Monaco”. “I think the selection has so many talents now that it’s like (being) a kid in a candy store,” Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn said as he arrived […]
The rate of water level reduction in the Angat Dam was noticeably slower in the last twenty-four hours according to PAGASA.
According to Quezon City Police District Director Chief Superintendent Richard Albano, the QCPD is taking steps to make sure that the shooting incident that resulted in 5 deaths will not be repeated, uriging barangay captains to be vigilant and active.
The International Organization for Migration shouldered the air fare, land transportation fee and the food of 41 overseas Filipino workers from Syria as they return to the Philippines.
The chief of the National Irrigation Authority and the chief of the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority despite the appointment of former Senator Kiko Pangilinan as Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization.
According to the CIDG, the agency is ready to arrest the three senators accused of plunder, namely, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, Senator Jinggoy Estrada and Senator Bong Revila Jr., anytime the Ombudsman issues the warrant of arrest.
A man was gunned down in the 11th Street in the Manila Port Area by unidentified suspects. The authorities are still trying to find out the motives for the killing.
By Ferdinand G. Patino MANILA, May 13 (PNA) — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes on Tuesday said that the “Hello Garci” case is now closed. Brillantes said this is because the possible election offense cases against former Commissioner Virgilio Garciallano and other poll body personnel suspected involved in the “Hello Garci” scandal have already been prescribed. With this, he said that they could no longer file any case against the former Comelec official […]
By Catherine J. Teves MANILA, May 13 (PNA) — State weathermen expect the water level in Metro Manila’s main water source Angat Dam in Bulacan to possibly continue lowering until August, dipping past this facility’s record-low water elevation if conditions there persist. “Under our second forecast scenario, which assumes waterreserve-affecting conditions in Angat will continue, we estimate water level there will further dip to 176.30 meters this May, 169 m. in June, 161.60 m. in […]
MANILA (PNA) — The Department of Education (DepEd) has assured that classes in the areas affected by typhoon “Yolanda” will resume on June 2, 2014 as it remains committed to the rehabilitation and restoration of damaged school buildings and classrooms. In an interview with the Philippines News Agency, DepEd Assistant Secretary Tonisito Umali said that the department has prepared temporary learning centers for the affected students pending the construction of new school buildings. “We have […]
BY HUMEYRA PAMUK AND ORHAN COSKUN (Reuters) – An explosion and fire in a coal mine in western Turkey killed at least 151 miners and trapped hundreds more on Tuesday, with the death toll expected to rise in the country’s worst mining accident for more than two decades. Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said 787 workers had been in the mine in Soma, around 120 km (75 miles) northeast of the Aegean coastal city of Izmir, when the blast occurred. […]
