Nuggets' Jokic scoops 3rd NBA MVP award
LOS ANGELES – Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was named NBA Most valuable Player for the third time in four seasons on Wednesday (Thursday Manila time).
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April temperatures in Indonesia hottest for more than four decades
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia experienced its hottest April in more than four decades, two senior weather agency officials said Wednesday, as the region endures a suffocating heatwave and global temperatures break records.
Steve Albini, legendary producer and alternative rock pioneer, dies at 61
Steve Albini, an alternative rock pioneer and legendary producer who shaped the musical landscape through his work with Nirvana, the Pixies, PJ Harvey and more, has died. He was 61.
Customs agents seize meth from Thailand
THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) on Wednesday said it confiscated P56.399 million worth of methamphetamine at the Manila International Container Port from Thailand.
Blockbuster showdown
MANILA, Philippines — Creamline aims to save an old dynasty while Choco Mucho seeks to build a new one as they face off today in a dream Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference title showdown that is expected to break attendance records at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Expel Chinese embassy execs over phone wiretap – Gibo
MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. called on the Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday to investigate how unnamed people in the Chinese embassy in Manila allegedly recorded a supposed phone conversation between a Chinese diplomat and a top Armed Forces official discussing a so-called new model agreement on rotation and resupply missions to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea last January.
DA slashes palay output target to 20.4 million tons
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) slashed its palay production target for the year to 20.4 million metric tons (MT) after taking into consideration the impact of El Niño on domestic farms.
Press Release - Sen. Grace Poe's privilege speech on the 20th anniversary of the Hello Garci scandal
Mr. President, dear colleagues, twenty years ago this month, a phone call changed the course of our country's history. To jog our collective memories, recorded phone calls between a presidential candidate who was then trailing behind the votes, and then-Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, resulted in the biggest electoral crisis that this country has seen.