Murray cruises, Wawrinka struggles into second round
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands: Andy Murray rebounded nicely from his Australian Open disappointment as the Scot defeated Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the second round of the ATP Rotterdam...
View ArticleMiriam: Napenas not to blame for Mamasapano massacre
SENATOR Miriam Santiago is convinced that it was not relieved Special Action Force (SAF) chief Getulio Napenas who was in command when the bungled Oplan Exodus was carried out that led to the killing...
View ArticleUkraine military ‘unsuited’ to current conflict: study
LONDON: Ukraine’s military is “unsuited” to the current conflict against pro-Russian separatists and needs more armored vehicles and artillery rockets, a British defense think tank said on Wednesday...
View ArticleEbola cases on the rise for second week: WHO
GENEVA: The number of new Ebola cases in west Africa rose for the second week running after a previous falls, including a “sharp increase” in Guinea, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on...
View ArticleDon’t blame MILF – Iqbal
THE Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) should not getl all the blame for the killing of 44 police commandos in Mamasapano, Maguindanao because there were other groups present in the area when the...
View ArticleUN warns Yemen ‘collapsing’ as Qaeda seizes army camp
SANAA: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that Yemen was falling apart and called for action to avert chaos, as Al-Qaeda fighters overran an army camp and seized heavy weaponry. The UN...
View ArticleSex and power, an age-old heady combination
PARIS: From Caesar to Napoleon, John F. Kennedy to Silvio Berlusconi, Cleopatra to Catherine the Great, history is full of anecdotes about the sexual antics of politicians and world leaders. Power and...
View ArticleWorld Bank to provide up to $2B in aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON: The World Bank said Thursday it is prepared to provide up to $2 billion in financial assistance to conflict-torn Ukraine this year, part of an international package of support. “Today I am...
View ArticleTomic ousts Dolgopolov to reach Memphis quarters
MEMPHIS: Australian Bernard Tomic fired nine aces past Alexandr Dolgopolov in ousting the fourth-seeded Ukranian 6-1, 7-5 to reach the ATP Memphis Open quarter-finals. The German-born 22-year-old...
View ArticleWawrinka recovers to join Murray in Rotterdam quarters
ROTTERDAM: Stan Wawrinka joined Andy Murray as the pair of seeds each posted difficult wins on Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals of the ATP Rotterdam World Tennis event. Wawrinka, last year’s...
View ArticleWorkers to get higher take home pay
GOVERNMENT and private employees are expected to get a bigger take home pay this year following President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s signing into law of the measure increasing the tax exemption cap for 13th...
View ArticleAustralians could boycott Indonesia over executions
SYDNEY: Australian travellers could boycott Indonesia if Jakarta executes two drug smugglers on death row, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Friday as she refused to rule out withdrawing diplomats....
View ArticleJackie Chan’s son freed after 6 months in Chinese jail
BEIJING: The son of kung fu star Jackie Chan was released from a Chinese jail on Friday after serving a six-month term for drugs offences, his agency said. Jaycee Chan, who like his father has worked...
View ArticleCar rams into US consulate in Shanghai
SHANGHAI: A car driven by a man possibly suffering from mental illness rammed into a guardrail outside the US consulate in Shanghai, injuring a Chinese sentry, police said. The driver, 35-year-old Liu...
View ArticlePNP probes uploading of Mamasapano video
THE Anti-Cyber Crime Group (ACG) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has started investigating the uploading of a video showing how Muslim rebels finished off wounded police commandos in...
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‘Coup plot for real’
JOEL M. SY EGCO SENIOR REPORTER AND ANTHONY VARGAS CORRESPONDENTFROM HEROES TO LEGENDSStudents of Commonwealth High School in Quezon City on Friday light 44 candles in honor of the 44 police commandos...
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Ukraine fighting kills 28 as clock ticks to ceasefire
DONETSK: Fighting raged in Ukraine on Friday, throwing doubts on a ceasefire deal due to take effect over the weekend, as the US said Russia was still deploying heavy arms and Kiev warned that shelling...
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