LUCENA CITY ---- A motorcyclist running against a one-way street died after he collided with another motorcycle in Lucena City early Friday. A police report said the victim James Victor Mikesh, 23, who was counter-flowing, collided with another motorcycle being ridden by Melijone Jaca, 23, along Enverga Street in Barangay 4 at 2:25 a.m. Mikesh, who was reportedly not wearing the mandatory crash helmet and had no driver's license, sustained grave injuries and died while being taken to the Quezon Medical Center. Jaca surrendered to the police and reported the incident. Police said both motorcyclists were under the influence of liquor when the accident happened./lzb...
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‘Millions of sparks’: Weather raises Australia’s fire danger
SYDNEY --- Navy ships plucked hundreds of people from beaches and tens of thousands were urged to flee Friday before hot weather and strong winds in the forecast worsen Australia's already-devastating wildfires. More than 200 fires were burning, and warnings of extreme danger to come Saturday set in motion one of the largest evacuations in Australian history. Thousands have already fled at-risk coastal areas, creating traffic gridlock in places, and firefighters escorted convoys of evacuees as fires threatened to close roads. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrew declared a disaster across much of the eastern part of the state, allowing the government to order evacuations in an area w...
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Bello says detained Kuwaiti employers of slain OFW to be charged soon
MANILA, Philippines --- The Kuwaiti employers of Filipina domestic worker Jeanalyn Villavende who was allegedly beaten "black and blue" have been detained and will be facing charges soon, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Friday. "The Kuwaiti ambassador...informed me that the couple, referring to the employers of Jeanalyn (Villavende), are now under detention and he said they will be charged soon," Bello said in an interview with CNN Philippines' "The Source." "I told the ambassador the moment that charge is filed then I can lift the partial deployment ban. Without that charge, I cannot. He looked very apologetic. I t...
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Pentagon says US airstrike killed powerful Iranian general
BAGHDAD --- The Pentagon said Thursday that the U.S. military has killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at the direction of President Donald Trump. An airstrike killed Soleimani, architect of Iran's regional security apparatus, at Baghdad's international airport Friday, Iranian state television and three Iraqi officials said, an attack that's expected to draw severe Iranian retaliation against Israel and American interests. The Defense Department said Soleimani "was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region." It also accused Soleimani of approv...
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Will changing the five-day Test format pay off?
The end of the last day. It has a nice apocalyptic ring to it. The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) new proposal to consider curtailing the length of Test matches by one day, from five to four — with an aim to free up space and streamline the calendar from 2023 onwards — has been perceived as a disruptive move in a cricketing world which cleaves all too easily.
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Ishant bowling fuller now, hence reaping rewards: Gillespie
Recently, Indian pacer Ishant Sharma acknowledged the Aussie’s crucial contribution to help him evolve as a bowler when he played for Sussex, where Gillespie is the head coach, in 2018. At Sussex, he’s also credited for having honed the skills of England’s latest pace sensation Jofra Archer.
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Premier League: Liverpool sink Blades to make it a year unbeaten
Liverpool made it an entire calendar year without a Premier League defeat as the runaway leaders beat Sheffield United 2-0 on Thursday. Jurgen Klopp's side moved 13 points clear of second placed Leicester thanks to goals from Egypt forward Mohamed Salah and Senegal winger Sadio Mane at Anfield.
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2 nabbed with P420k worth of ‘shabu’
SAN PEDRO CITY --- Two suspected illegal drug dealers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Gen. Trias City in Cavite province on Thursday evening, the police said Friday. Authorities also recovered 62 grams or P420,000 worth of suspected "shabu" (crystal meth). In a text message, Cavite police chief Col. Marlon Santos identified the suspects as Ronnie Mendoza, 42, and Carlito Paz II, 46, residents of Manila and Pasig City, respectively. Santos said the suspects agreed to meet with undercover policemen in a sting operation in Barangay Manggahan around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday. After the transaction, the police found on them 18 plastic more packs of the alleged drugs. Santo...
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Attack on US Embassy exposes widening US-Iraq divide on Iran
WASHINGTON --- The New Year's Eve attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad has exposed a deepening divide between the United States and Iraq over Iran's role there, even as the Pentagon embarks on a more aggressive mission to counter Iranian influence across the Mideast. "The game has changed," Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday, telling reporters that violent acts by Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq will be met with U.S. military force. Esper spoke before Iraqi TV and three Iraqi officials said Friday that Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, had been killed in an airstrike at Baghdad's international airport.  ...
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21 hurt as bus falls into canal in Kidapawan
Kidapawan City ---- At least 21 people were injured when the passenger bus they were riding plunged into an eight-foot deep canal in Barangay Amas here Friday morning, a police official said. Lt. Colonel Bernard Tayong, the spokesperson of the Cotabato provincial police, said the Mindanao Star bus was traversing the national highway to Cotabato City when the driver lost control of the wheel. Tayong said the driver told him that he lost control of the bus as the road was slippery due to torrential rains. The bus, which had 26 passengers, fell on its side. Tayong said there were no fatalities but at least two of the passengers sustained serious injuries. All injured pass...
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LOOK: Cristine Reyes shows off post-holiday abs
Even during the holiday season, actress Cristine Reyes has managed to maintain her fit figure. Reyes proudly bared her toned abs in a bikini last Sunday, Dec. 29, in an Instagram post. https://ift.tt/2ue1ijQ Reyes also has a new look for the year: layered hair above the shoulders, which gives her a more carefree look. The "Maria" star impressed fellow celebrities. "Hotttt!!" Ruffa Gutierrez commented on the post, while Nathalie Hart quipped, "Hello how to be you po?" Reyes is in Siargao with daughter Amarah, her constant travel companion. The actress flaunted rock-hard abs in a striped bikini as she and her daughter relaxed on the pristine white sand. htt...
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Restaurant offers free food to victims of Australia bushfires
A restaurant in Victoria, Australia, has stepped in to give free food to people who have been affected by the bushfires. The summer-season bushfires of Australia have been regarded by authorities as the worst on record, as they burned about 5 million hectares of land and left at least 17 people dead and over 1,300 homes razed. A Sikh couple operating a restaurant called Desi Grill Bairnsdale have extended their help by preparing meals to those in need of food, as per SBS Punjabi on Dec. 31. "It's terrible out there. People are severely affected and they need food and shelter," Kanwaljit Singh was quoted as saying. "It's our duty to serve them when they need us the most." Singh i...
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Deployment ban in Kuwait also covers returning domestic workers – Bello
MANILA, Philippines --- The Philippines will also ban the deployment of vacationing household service workers to Kuwait and not only new ones as initially announced, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said. "Initially, I was inclined to exempt yung mga (the) balik-manggagawa dahil ito yung mga nagbakasyon e. But in consultation with the DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs) they suggested that we include even the balik-manggagawa," Bello said in an interview with CNN Philippines' "The Source" on Friday. "Ito yung mga nagbakasyon during the holidays (These are workers who went on vacation during the holidays). So if they go back now they will be affect by this partial ban," he added....
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LOOK: Google honors Filipino author Genoveva Matute on 105th birthday
MANILA, Philippines --- Google on Friday celebrated the 105th birthday of Filipino author Genoveva Matute with a tribute doodle. In the Google doodle, Matute could be seen writing on a desk in front of bookshelves. Matute was a writer and academic who became widely known for her short stories, many of which fictionalized scenes from Filipino history. Considered as Matute's most famous work is "Ang Kuwento Ni Mabuti" ("The Story of Mabuti") which was published in 1948. Matute won four Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards between 1951 and 1961 for her short stories. Her "Ang Kuwento ni Mabuti...
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Remains of other Filipina killed in SG road mishap arrives in Manila
MANILA, Philippines --- The remains of the other Filipina worker who died in a car crash in Singapore over the weekend arrived in Manila early Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. In a statement, the DFA said the remains of Abigail Danao Leste were received by her mother and children at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Leste's remains will be immediately brought to Tuguegarao, Cagayan where her wake will be held. The DFA said it will provide financial assistance to Leste's children. Leste was among the two who were killed when a car lost control and crashed into a group of Filipinos in Singapore's Lucky Plaza mall, which is a popular shopping sp...
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Trump’s plan to curb teen vaping exempts some flavors
WASHINGTON --- U.S. health officials will begin cracking down on most flavored e-cigarettes that are popular with underage teenagers, but their plan includes major exceptions that benefit vaping manufacturers, retailers, and adults who use the nicotine-delivery devices. The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will prohibit fruit, candy, mint and dessert flavors from small, cartridge-based e-cigarettes favored by high school and middle school students. But menthol and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes will be allowed to remain on the market. The targeted flavor ban will also entirely exempt large, tank-based vaping devices, which a...
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LOOK: Kyla Alvarez, family tick off Switzerland, Austria from bucket list
Singer Kyla Alvarez, along with husband Rich and son Toby, spent Christmas and New Year reveling in the winter wonderland of Switzerland and Austria. Kyla admitted she isn't the adventurous type at all, but still, that didn't stop her from sledging from the top of Manlichen in the Swiss Alps with Rich and Toby. "I'm too scared to get hurt to do anything like that. But I am soooo glad that I did this with Rich and Toby," she said via Instagram on Dec. 28. "Sledging from the top of Mnnlichen and gliding downhill for like an hour and half was the most thrilling and exciting thing I've done in my life." She added she fell multiple times and feared she might fall off the mountain edge, b...
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Village councilor dead, 4 hurt in Quezon motorcycle collision
LUCENA CITY, Philippines -- A village councilor was killed and four others were hurt after two motorcycles collided in General Nakar town in Quezon province on Thursday, police said Friday. A report from the General Nakar police said victim Eliseo Astejada, 50 and Barangay (village) Poblacion kagawad (councilor), was aboard his motorcycle when he was hit by an oncoming motorcycle in Barangay Anoling around 6:30 p.m. Astejada and the other motorcycle driver, Randy Fugoso sustained injuries and were both taken to the Claro M. Recto Hospital in nearby Infanta town but the village councilor died along the way. Fugoso was confined at the said hosp...
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Banned US senator: ‘Duterte sorely mistaken if he thinks he can silence me’
MANILA, Philippines --- Despite the barring of his entry to the Philippines, U.S. Senator Edward Markey remains unfazed and said that President Rodrigo Duterte would not be able to silence his voice. "President Duterte is sorely mistaken if he thinks he can silence my voice and that of my colleagues,"Markey said in a statement on Friday (Manila time). "He has already failed to silence Senator De Lima, Maria Ressa, and others in his country who have spoken truth to power," he added. https://twitter.com/senmarkey/status/1212761950033207298?s=21 Pre...
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Duterte to sign P4.1 trillion 2020 budget on January 6
MANILA, Philippines --- President Rodrigo Duterte would sign the P4.1 trillion national budget for 2020 on January 6, Malacaang confirmed Friday. "Yes," Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) Secretary Adelino Sitoy said in a text message, adding that the signing would be in Malacaang. Sitoy, however, did not confirm if the President had vetoed any provision in the national budget. In a separate text message, acting Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado also confirmed the signing of the budget on Monday. "January 6 is what I know," Avisado said. But he added:"I do not know if the President is going...
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EcoWaste to devotees: Don’t ‘disrespect’ the Black Nazarene with trash
MANILA, Philippines --- Ahead of the annual Traslacion, environmental watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition on Friday called on devotees to cut down on trash that "disrespects" the venerated image of the Black Nazarene."We are here to elevate the issue of waste prevention and reduction as a priority concern in the conduct of the Traslacion. Sadly, we quite often overlook our moral responsibility to be good stewards of our shared environment as the Traslacion is re-enacted," EcoWaste Coalition Zero Waste Campaigner Jove Benosa said in a statement. "It's high time for the devotees to take notice of the Cross of Throw-Away Culture that is harming God's creation, and give up the wastefulness ...
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Pagasa: Amihan to bring cloudy skies, rains over Luzon
MANILA, Philippines --- The northeast monsoon or "Amihan" will bring cloudy skies with a chance of rains over Metro Manila and other Luzon provinces, the state weather bureau said Friday. In its 4 a.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said that the Amihan will bring cloudy skies with light scattered rains over Cagayan Valley, Apayao, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Ifugao, and Aurora. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains was forecast over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon also due to the northeast monsoon. The tail end...
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Taiwan’s military chief of staff missing after helicopter crash
TAIPEI -- Taiwanese rescuers were searching for the chief of military staff and two others who went missing after a helicopter crashed landed on a mountain Thursday, the defense ministry said. The UH-60M helicopter carrying 13 people including chief of general staff for the military Shen Yi-ming made the crash landing in the mountains near Taipei for unknown reasons after taking off for a routine mission to visit soldiers in the northeast Yilan county ahead of the lunar new year, it said in a statement. The ministry said ten people have been located alive while rescuers were searching for Shen, 62, and two others that were still missing....
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Batangas jail escapee slain in shootout with police
SAN PEDRO CITY ---- A man, who escaped from prison in Balayan town in Batangas province was shot and killed in a shootout with pursuing policemen, authorities said on Thursday. Balayan police chief Captain Jeffrey Dallo, in a phone interview, said detainee Salvador de Ocampo figured in a shootout around noon Wednesday after authorities found him hiding in a fishing boat off Balayan bay. Police were still investigating how de Ocampo got his gun, a .38 caliber pistol. Police records show that de Ocampo was arrested in October for murder. Dallo said de Ocampo and fellow detainee Roderico Legaspi, who faced drug charges, escaped around 3:30 a.m. on Dec 31, by starting a fire insi...
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PV Sindhu's Mission 2020: The Olympic gold
After a year in which she became the world champion but had an up-and-down ride in most other tournaments, ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu wants to improve the colour of her Rio 2016 silver medal by scripting history in Tokyo eight months from now.
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Gabriel Jesus extends mastery of Everton in Man City win
Pep Guardiola saluted Manchester City's fighting spirit as Gabriel Jesus extended his remarkable record against Everton with a second-half brace in Wednesday's 2-1 win.
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Arsenal blow away Man United to hand Mikel Arteta first win
Mikel Arteta got everything he asked for in his first win as Arsenal manager with a rampant first 45 minutes from the Gunners earning a 2-0 victory over Manchester United at the Emirates.
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Jose Mourinho concerned over Harry Kane injury, annoyed at Tanguy Ndombele
Tottenham is waiting to find out the extent of Harry Kane's hamstring injury after the striker left Southampton's stadium on crutches after a 0-1 loss at Southampton on Wednesday. Kane picked up the problem in the process of scoring an offside goal, sparking fears he could be set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines.
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Village councilor gunned down in Laguna
SAN PEDRO CITY ---- A village councilor was shot and killed in Bian City in Laguna province on Thursday morning. Laguna police chief Col. Eleazar Matta, in a text message, identified the victim as Lorna Marfil, a councilor in Barangay San Vicente. The police said Marfil was seen standing next to her motorcycle parked in front of a grocery store in the village when a lone gunman approached and shot her multiple times around 6:45 a.m. Marfil died while being taken to the Ospital ng Bian. The police were still conducting investigations. Edited by Lzb...
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LOOK: Anne Curtis, Erwan Heussaff go topless in maternity shoot
Anne Curtis has not been one to shy away from a bold look, whether it is a bright red lip or her on-point fashion ensembles. Her maternity shoot was no different: the mom-to-be posed topless in jeans with husband Erwan Heussaff to celebrate her pregnancy. Curtis enlisted top fashion photographer Mark Nicdao for their black-and-white photoshoot reminiscent of a Calvin Klein ad. In the pictures, Heussaff sits on the floor, while Curtis is on top of him baring her pregnant belly. https://ift.tt/36hu5lE The couple shared the pictures on Instagram yesterday, Jan. 1, with some sentimental notes about becoming parents. "2020 is going to be the best chapter of our l...
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Guards foil visitor’s attempt to sneak tobacco in Surigao Jail
MANILA, Philippines --- Guards of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) stopped a female visitor from smuggling tobacco at Surigao District Jail Annex-Lianga on Wednesday night. In a statement BJMP spokesman Maj. Xavier Solda said Jail Officer 1 Rebecca Guillen II and Jail Officer 1 Peter Gastardo at around 11 p.m. caught the suspect, whose name was not disclosed, hiding four bars of SSS trisbee. Solda said the tobacco was wrapped around the right ankle of the jail visitor. In the same statement, Surigao District Jail warden Jail Insp. Samuel Nasiad said the jail visitor was denied entry for violating the anti-smoking policy inside the jail. Asked if the visit...
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7 killed in Pampanga multiple vehicle collision
MANILA, Philippines --- It was a tragic New Year's Day in Pampanga after seven out of 22 passengers of a passenger jeepney were killed in a multiple-vehicle collision. A report from Pampanga police chief Col. Jean Fajardo said the passenger jeepney driven by Hernando Dela Rosa Jr. was traversing the JASA road in Barangay San Agustin in Lubao when a Nissan Navarra pick-up truck hit the jeepney's left portion at 6 p.m, Wednesday. After being hit, police said the jeepney lost control and swerved to the road's opposite lane and was hit by an incoming Isuzu dropside truck. Police said 22 passengers of the jeepney were rushed to the ho...
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Super Junior’s Heechul, TWICE’s Momo in romantic relationship
Kim Heechul of boy band Super Junior and girl group TWICE's Japanese member Momo are in a romantic relationship, the artists' management agencies confirmed Thursday. "After getting along as close colleagues of show business, the two have recently started liking and dating each other," Kim's agency, Label SJ, said. The relationship was also confirmed by JYP Entertainment, the talent agency of TWICE. The artists from some of South Korea's most loved idol bands make them one of the highest-profile couple at the K-pop scene. Born in 1983, Kim debuted as a member of Super Junior in 2005 and has expanded his career to reality shows. Born in 1996, Momo is from Japan's Kyoto Pref...
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Eastmincom head Felimon Santos is new AFP chief
MANILA, Philippines --- President Rodrigo Duterte has picked Eastern Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Felimon Santos as the next chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go confirmed Thursday. Santos, a member of the Philippine Military Academy "Sinagtala" Class of 1986, will replace Gen. Noel Clement. Go said Duterte would lead the turnover on Saturday, January 4, at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, day before Clement is set to retire after he reached the mandatory retirement age of 56. Santos is a former commander of the 7th Infantry Division before becoming the 11th commander of the Eastmincom on January 21, 2019. Santos once served as the hea...
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Indonesia lodges strong protest vs China for trespassing, poaching
JAKARTA --The Foreign Ministry has summoned Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Xiao Qian to lodge a diplomatic protest over China's violation of Indonesia's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) near the Natuna Islands, which are located adjacent to the southernmost tip of the highly disputed South China Sea. "On Monday, the results of an interagency meeting at the Foreign Ministry confirmed that there were violations in the Indonesian EEZ, including IUU [illegal, unreported and unregulated] fishing activities and violations of sovereignty by China's Coast Guard in Natuna waters," the ministry said in a statement late on Monday. Previously, the Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) had alert...
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Magic, Jordan among NBA stars ‘devastated’ by Stern’s death
WASHINGTON -- Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan were among the NBA legends stunned by Wednesday's death of former league commissioner David Stern following a brain hemorrhage he suffered last month. Stern, who was 77,spent 30 years as commissioner before retiring in 2014 and oversaw the NBA's growth from a league whose finals weren't televised live to a global sport empire with a worldwide following and talent. "The world lost a legend today," said retired NBA star Charles Barkley. "He is the greatest commissioner in sports history, plain and simple." Johnson, a five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers who revealed in 1991 he had contracted the HIV virus, tweeted he...
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Multiple deaths reported as floods, landslide strike Jakarta
JAKARTA --Severe flooding in Jakarta has claimed at least three lives and forced hundreds of residents to flee their homes after heavy rains from Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning inundated both residential and commercial areas across the capital. Sixteen-year-old Alvico Arif Ardana died from an apparent electric shock after floodwaters inundated his residential complex in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday, said Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Com. Yusri Yunus. "The witness, a neighborhood unit [RT] head, received information from residents that someone had been electrocuted," he told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday. He added that the victim had been found close to a...
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Magic, Jordan among NBA stars ‘devastated’ by Stern’s death
WASHINGTON -- Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan were among the NBA legends stunned by Wednesday's death of former league commissioner David Stern following a brain hemorrhage he suffered last month. Stern, who was 77,spent 30 years as commissioner before retiring in 2014 and oversaw the NBA's growth from a league whose finals weren't televised live to a global sport empire with a worldwide following and talent. "The world lost a legend today," said retired NBA star Charles Barkley. "He is the greatest commissioner in sports history, plain and simple." Johnson, a five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers who revealed in 1991 he had contracted the HIV virus, tweeted he...
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4 dead, 3 hurt as tricycle collides with bus in Quezon
LUCENA CITY, Philippines -- Four passengers of a tricycle were killed while three others were hurt when their vehicle was hit by an incoming bus along the Maharlika Highway in Candelaria town in Quezon province on Wednesday, police said. Candelaria police identified those killed as tricycle driver Wilson Garma, 29; Cristito Garma, 60; Althea Garma, 5; and Florylane Garma, 31. All the victims were rushed to the Peter Paul Medical Center in Candelaria but Wilson, Cristito and Althea died along the way. Florylane meanwhile died while undergoing treatment. The three other passengers of the tricycle who were identified as Corazon Garma, 53; Ash...
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Former NBA commissioner David Stern dies at 77
NEW YORK --- David Stern, the basketball-loving lawyer who took the NBA around the world for 30 years as its longest-serving commissioner and oversaw its growth into a global powerhouse, died Wednesday. He was 77. Stern suffered a brain hemorrhage on Dec. 12 and underwent emergency surgery. The league said he died with his wife, Dianne, and their family at his bedside. "The entire basketball community is heartbroken," the National Basketball Players Association said. "David Stern earned and deserved inclusion in our land of giants." Stern had been involved with the NBA for nearly two decades before he became its fourth commissioner on Feb. 1, 1984. By the time he l...
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Remains of Filipina killed in Singapore road mishap back in PH
MANILA, Philippines --- The remains of one of the Filipino workers who were killed in a car accident last Sunday in Singapore has arrived in the Philippines. In a statement on Thursday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the remains of Arlyn Nucos were brought home by her sister-in-law and were received by her siblings at the Clark International Airport in Pampanga Nucos' sister-in-law is also an overseas Filipino worker in Singapore. According to the DFA, a simple ceremony and a mass were held in Singapore before Nucos' remains were flown to the Philippines. Her wake will be held in her hometown in La Union. The DFA, meanwhile, said it is in close coordinati...
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Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy but Iraq tensions linger
BAGHDAD --- Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forces, but U.S.-Iran tensions remain high and could spill over into further violence. The withdrawal followed calls from the government and senior militia leaders. It ended a two-day crisis marked by the breach of the largest and one of the most heavily fortified U.S. diplomatic missions in the world. The attack and its volatile aftermath prompted the Pentagon to send hundreds of additional troops to the Middle East and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to delay a European and Central Asian...
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Bogota’s first woman mayor pledges to fight racism, xenophobia
BOGOTA -- Bogota's first woman mayor Claudia Lopez took office Wednesday promising leadership in the troubled Colombian capital and pledging to fight "racism, class distinctions and xenophobia." The center-left mayor, who married her same-sex partner last month, takes over a city that has become a focal point of countrywide protests against the rule of right-wing President Ivan Duque. Lopez, 49, broke with tradition and held her inauguration event in the city's Simon Bolivar park attended by hundreds of people. "Thank you to all for accompanying me in this special moment of my life by taking me as the first woman -- diverse woman -- elected as mayor in the history of Bogota,...
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Australia orders mass evacuation of fire-ravaged towns before heatwave
SYDNEY -- Thousands of tourists have been given less than 48 hours to evacuate fire-ravaged coastal communities as Australia braces for a heatwave Saturday expected to fan deadly bushfires. Catastrophic blazes ripped through swathes of the continent's south-east on New Year's Eve, killing at least eight people andstranding holidaymakers as seaside towns were ringed by flames. The New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service on Thursday morning declared a "tourist leave zone" stretching about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the popular holiday spot of Bateman's Bay along the usually picturesque south-east coast to neighboring Victoria state, where people are also being urg...
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Amihan to bring light rains over Luzon, Eastern Visayas – Pagasa
MANILA, Philippines --- The northeast monsoon or "amihan" is expected to bring light rains over parts of Luzon and Eastern Visayas, the state weather bureau said. In its weather bulletin early Thursday, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said cloudy skies with scattered rains will prevail over the Cagayan Valley, the Cordillera Administrative Region, Aurora and Quezon due to the northeast monsoon. The northeast monsoon will also bring partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains over Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon and Eastern Visayas. ...
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Motorcyclist dead in Lucena collision
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