Senate, Palace seek 1st QF wins

Games Sunday (Pasig City Sports Center) 3 p.m. – Malacañang-PSC vs NHA 4:30 p.m. – Senate vs PITC The defending champions Senate Defender look to sustain their impressive showing in…

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Bucks foil Rockets; Antetokounmpo tallies 27 points, 21 boards

HOUSTON (AP) – Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points and a season-high 21 rebounds to help the Milwaukee Bucks withstand a 42-point performance from James Harden and beat the Houston Rockets…

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Cop shot dead in QC eatery

    A POLICE officer was shot dead Wednesday night by a motorcycle-riding gunman while having dinner at his favorite eatery in Quezon City. Investigators of the Quezon City Police…

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Pacquiao plays down presidency talk, eyes on beating Broner

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Manny Pacquiao played down reports linking him to a bid for the presidency of the Philippines on Wednesday, insisting he remained solely focused on the twilight…

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NFL: Payton use Lombardi Trophy, cash as motivation

METAIRIE, La. (AP) — The Lombardi Trophy, stacks of cash totaling more than $200,000 and a Super Bowl ring — flanked by armed guards — were among the sights Saints…

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Duterte’s advice: Stop smoking, live longer

Stop smoking and live longer. President Duterte gave this advice to smokers especially the young ones after noticing the high tobacco consumption despite higher sin taxes. The President, a former smoker, has…

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Christ was the first ‘devotee’ – Tagle

Before the millions of devotees of the revered Poong Hesus Nazareno came about, “Jesus Christ was the first devotee,” Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal G. Tagle yesterday told thousands of devotees…

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Man proposes during Black Nazarene mass

While millions joined the Black Nazarene procession around Manila yesterday, thousands trooped to the Quiapo Church also in Manila for the hourly masses. Christian Genese, 23, caught everyone’s attention when…

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2 hitmen neutralized in Ilocos Sur

SITIO Balaywak, Barangay Pug-os, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Two alleged members of a gun-for-hire-group were killed during an encounter with the police here Tuesday. The Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation Detection…

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Masbate politician tied to killing of Batocabe?

The Philippine National Police is now investigating the involvement of a politician in Masbate who is believed to have provided shelter to at least two of the six suspects who carried out…

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Grace Poe tops Pulse Senate poll

Fifteen out of 70 senatorial candidates have a statistical chance of winning should the May 2019 elections are held today, results of the Pulse Asia survey released Wednesday showed. The nationwide survey conducted last…

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Mammoth crowd joins ‘Traslacion’

A mammoth crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics joined a raucous procession  Wednesday of a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ despite terrorism fears and amid the president's attacks on…

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Duterte no longer sees himself as a politician

President Duterte no longer considers himself a politician after hitting pay dirt in his political career. The President, musing about his long stint in government, admitted he has reached the…

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Baguio City next Boracay

    THE timely intervention of Presi­dent Rodrigo Duterte in closing Boracay for rehabilitation is to be applauded given the political, and the moral will, to save the pristine beaches…

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Second chances

    LAST Dec. 13, 2018, Presi­dent Rodrigo Duterte joined our family as we unveiled the markers of the new Las Piñas’ Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Cen­ter (DATRC) as…

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