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(Reuters) – A three-point shot from the corner by Chris Bosh, set up by a pass from James to Mario Chalmers, snapped a 94-94 tie with 57 seconds to go in a see-saw struggle of a fourth quarter and Ray Allen made four critical free throws to ice the win. The tense fourth quarter featured six lead changes and four ties before the visiting Heat pulled away in the final minute. The victory gave Miami […]
(Reuters) – Born without fingers on either hand, Stevenson Joseph had little hope of treatment in a country where programs for the disabled are rare apart from a handful of charities. Now the 3-D prosthesis fitted to his left hand has given him a whole new range of dexterity, including being able to play catch with his friends for the first time and maybe even enabling him to write one day, according to staff at […]
The Commission on Elections is confident that they will have 13 million voters to register or have their records corrected before the 2016 elections due to the huge turnout on the first day of registration.
A health worker from Saudi Arabia visited his relatives in the United States, giving rise to the second recorded case of the Middle East Respirators Syndrome coronavirus in the United States.
Senator Coco Pimentel will file charges against some officials of the Department of Agriculture. Here is Eagle News reporter Eden Suarez with the update.
New National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Executive Director Alexander Palma is set to review the law that gives the duties and responsibilities that gave life to the said agency.
Quezon City Police District Director-Chief Superintendent Richard Albano declared the establishment of 24-hour secuirty checkpoints in various parts of Quezon City in response to the shooting spree that killed five people.
The Senate will now start its hearing on the newly-signed Enhanced Defense Comprehensive Agreement or EDCA with Senate Defense Committee Chairman Senator Antonio Trillanes IV at its lead. Many protests were made regarding the EDCA with Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago as one of those who were questioning the legality of the agreement.
(Reuters) – “We are seeing a mismatch of skills in the workforce and the jobs that are being created,” Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser said of the so-called STEM-trained workers who are in high demand. “Sadly, we are not doing an adequate job of preparing our workforce for these jobs,” he said in remarks prepared for delivery to a conference on reinventing older communities, hosted by his branch of the U.S. central bank. Plosser did […]
MANILA, May 12 (PNA) -– The Philippine government on Monday said it will release from its custody two of the 11 Chinese poachers who were found to be minors. A Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) statement said the two were among the crew of Chinese fishermen arrested last week in Hasa-Hasa Shoal — the Philippines’ name for the rocky outcrop within its territorial waters also known by its international name, “Half Moon Shoal”. Under Philippine […]
MANILA, May 12 (PNA) — The Metro Manila Council’s special traffic committee on Monday ordered the lifting of the truck ban in major thoroughfares in the metropolis from May 13 to 20, 2014. The MMC, composed of the 17 mayors of the National Capital Region (NCR), is the policy-making body of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It formulated the new truck ban regulations to respond to the pressing needs to alleviate traffic congestion in […]
MANILA, Philippines — Various oil firms are set to roll back fuel prices effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday (May 13, 2014). The oil firms said they would cut gasoline prices by P0.85 centavos per liter. Prices of diesel and kerosene will also be cut by P0.55 centavos per liter. The oil firms that will implement the price rollback are the following: Shell Philippines, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Seaoil Philippines, Chevron, Petron Corporation and Total Corporation.
