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LOS ANGELES, United States — The Oklahoma City Thunder secured the Western Conference top seed and best record in the NBA with a 128-110 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. Center Chet Holmgren poured in 30 points and pulled down 14 rebounds, and NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 20 points and

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Semiofficial news agencies in Iran published a chart Thursday suggesting the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard put sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz during the war, in a message that may be intended to pressure the U.S. as uncertainty hangs over a days-old two-week ceasefire and further negotiations are set

MANILA, Philippines — Savings totaling up to P25.6 billion from non-essential government programs could be rechanneled to fund key responses to the fuel crisis, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Budget Secretary Rolando Toledo recommended that government agencies cut “non-essential” spending by at least 20%. He added that it could potentially freeing

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 382 individuals in Cebu City were apprehended, fined, or warned during a two-hour citywide enforcement operation carried out by the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) under the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) “Safer Cities Initiative” on Wednesday evening, April 8. The simultaneous operation was conducted from

MANILA, Philippines — As of March 30, the Philippines was no longer Southeast Asia’s most extreme case of fuel price increases, but domestic economic pressures tied to the crisis remain significant, according to an INQUIRER data scientist. Dr. Alicor Panao, an associate professor at the University of the Philippines, said diesel prices in the Philippines

TAGBILARAN CITY — As the city and towns across Bohol province prepare for a month-long stretch of fiestas in May, Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado has ordered all local governments to observe austerity measures in the conduct of celebrations. The directive comes as the entire province traditionally marks fiestas throughout May, one of the busiest and

LUCENA CITY, Quezon — Taal Volcano in Batangas had a minor phreatomagmatic eruption on Thursday morning, April 9, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In a bulletin, Phivolcs said the activity at the main crater occurred at 10:20 a.m. and lasted for about two minutes. Phivolcs explained that a phreatomagmatic eruption occurs

MANILA, Philippines — Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island emitted ash on Thursday, producing a grayish plume above its summit crater, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. “The event generated a grayish plume that rose 1,200 meters above the summit crater,” Phivolcs said in a post. The event was captured in time-lapse footage

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Sara Duterte’s petition seeking to halt the impeachment proceedings against her appears to be a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” scenario, Mamamayang Liberal Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said on Thursday. In an online interview, de Lima explained that Duterte opted to file a petition for certiorari and

Grab PH released a statement regarding the recent incident involving Xyriel Manabat Grab Philippines has suspended a TNVS (Transport Network Vehicle Service) driver who made lewd comments about Kapamilya actress Xyriel Manabat. To recall, Xyriel decided to take a stand after learning of the inappropriate remarks about her, which garnered widespread online support and condemnation ... Read more

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