Person comes forward to claim $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A person with a ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday’s $1.3 billion jackpot came forward Monday to claim the prize, Oregon officials said.
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PANOORIN: Pagbasa ni Patricia Evangelista mula sa ‘Some People Need Killing’
MANILA, Philippines – Isinulat ni Patricia Evangelista ang librong Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country makaraan ang maraming taong pag-iimbestiga sa malawakang patayan sa ilalim ng war on drugs ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
Be The Good: Commuters, cyclists watch and weigh in on Marcos’ traffic town hall
MANILA, Philippines – For the first time, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will join a “town hall” focused on the Metro Manila traffic situation on Wednesday, April 10.
Sandiganbayan suspends ex-Quezon City administrator over graft case
MANILA, Philippines – The anti-graft court Sandiganbayan has ordered the 90-day suspension of National Defense College Executive Vice President Aldrin Cuña over a graft case involving an alleged anomalous Quezon City project when he was the city’s administrator.
'Spectacular' total eclipse leaves North Americans spellbound
NIAGARA FALLS, United States — Eclipse mania gripped North America on Monday as a breathtaking celestial spectacle captivated tens of millions of people, offering a rare blend of scientific interest, commercial opportunity and daytime partying.
No nationwide state of calamity over El Niño – Marcos
MANILA, Philippines — While all regions in the country have been hit by the dry spell due to El Niño, the government is not looking at placing the entire country under a state of calamity yet, President Marcos said yesterday.
Killer earthquakes: How to be saved
Almost miraculously, a strong earthquake that hit Taiwan a few days ago has minimal number of casualties. Official reports claim that at least nine people were killed, though hundreds were injured as an aftermath of the 7.4 magnitude tremor.
Saving Kabugao the Philippine Eagle
A composite team from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), local governments of Apayao and Kabugao, the non-profit Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) and concerned citizens nursed a critically endangered Philippine Eagle back to health after the eagle was rescued from a farmer in Barangay Bulu of Kabugao town in Apayao province last March 19.According to Ariel Puglay Silaw, a 38-year-old resident of Brgy. Bulu, he accidentally caught Philippine Eagle“Kabugao” on March 16 in a nylon noose trap or silo he installed to capture wild pigs in the forests of Mt. Mabagyaw.