Новости за 02.10.2015

UFC trashes its planned welterweight co-headliner between former champion Johny Hendricks and Tyron Woodley. The two contenders were set to meet at UFC 192 but was cancelled after weight-cutting issues forced Hendricks to withdraw from the fight. UFC President Dana White confirmed via Twitter about the said cancellation of the bout. There will be no replacement due to such short notice. […]

Catholic bishops are congregating in Rome for three weeks of debate on the family that could radically reshape the Church’s approach to the divisive issues of divorce and homosexuality. A second and final round of a review of Church teaching on a broad spectrum of questions related to family life opens on Sunday — […]

President Barack Obama will take questions from reporters Friday, the White House said, as US policy on Syria faces new challenges from an assertive Russia. Obama will make a cabinet nomination announcement at 1930 GMT, and will then take questions from the press, the White House said. The cabinet change involves the appointment of a […]

French authorities on Friday found 31 migrants crammed into a refrigerated truck, alive but freezing, police said. “At around 7:30am (0530 GMT), 31 people were found inside a refrigerated heavy goods vehicle in a layby on the A16,” police said. The discovery was made near Dunkirk on France’s northern coast. A three-year-old child was among […]

Former Rivermaya vocalist Bamboo Mañalac said a gentleman is respectful to everyone “in reference not only to women but to your common man, to every human being.” Frank Magalona, son of the late iconic rapper Francis Magalona, pointed out that it’s also about having self-respect. “So whatever God had given you, accept that,” he said. […]

Bianca Gonzalez is not a girly girl but she’d probably live and breathe “pink” in the next couple of years—that is until Lucia, the baby in her tummy, decides that she, too, is not a girly girl or is. The TV personality is now on her 35th week of pregnancy and the nearer her due […]

Opposition congressmen yesterday questioned a special provision in the proposed 2016 General Appropriations Act (national budget) that authorizes state universities and colleges (SUCs) to assign students to construction work. Likewise, they continue to decry the P477.8-million reduction in the budget allocations for some 59 SUCs. Kabataan Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon said the proposed budget law […]

Schedule Today (Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City) 2 p.m. – UAAP Cheerdance Competition The basketball hostilities in the UAAP will take a backseat today as the best and the brightest cheer dancers strut their stuff in the highly-anticipated annual UAAP Cheerdance Competition at the Mall of Asia Arena. National University attempts to become only […]

Roseburg, United States – A gunman went on a shooting rampage at a college in the US state of Oregon on Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding seven before he died in a shootout with the police. A visibly angry President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea for gun control in the wake of the […]

Games Tuesday (The Arena, San Juan) 12 noon – Mapua vs St. Benilde 2 p.m.- AU vs EAC 4 p.m.- Letran vs San Beda Confusing and unpredictable – that’s the current state of the NCAA Final Four scenario with still two playing dates left in the double elimination round. But league fans looking for clearer […]

Tropical Storm (TS) “Kabayan” made a landfall in Aurora Province early Friday morning while its residents were fast asleep, pummeling the area with strong winds and heavy rain that uprooted trees and toppled electric posts cutting off power supply in the entire province. “The province-wide power outage was caused by the toppling of electric posts […]

Film and Broadway actress Julie Andrews celebrates her 80th birthday on Thursday. Andrews won a best actress Academy Award for her role as nanny Mary Poppins in the 1964 film, in which she starred alongside Dick Van Dyke. She also won a best actress Golden Globe for playing aspiring nun Maria in musical film classic […]

Action star Arnold Schwarzenegger has been honoured with the Zurich Film Festival’s top “Golden Icon” award for his four decades of work both in film and politics. The award celebrates an actor’s or actress’ lifetime achievements. Previous recipients include Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman. Schwarzenegger, who first came to fame as a bodybuilder who won […]

A 65-year-old retiree in Pangasinan has joined the Lotto millionaires’ club, claiming a P30.3-million jackpot. The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO)  said the lucky punter came on September 25 and claimed his winnings from Grand Lotto 6/55 drawn on September 21. With a bet of P140 for System 7, one of the seven combinations matched […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Guillermin, a veteran British director best known for bringing to life big budget adventure films like “The Towering Inferno” and the 1976 “King Kong” has died. He was 89. Guillermin died Sunday at his Topanga Canyon home. Producer and friend Nick Redman confirmed Guillermin’s death. Guillermin had been ill for […]

The Sandiganbayan has ordered the preventive suspension of Zamboanga del Sur Congresswoman Aurora Enerio-Cerilles, Mayor Monico Puentevella of Bacolod City, Mayor Pepito Reyes of Perez, Quezon and Vice-Mayor Dante Garcia of Tubao, La Union for graft and corruption in connection with the alleged purchased of overpriced medical supplies, computers and fogging chemical, the Office of […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles prosecutors are reviewing an investigation into a model’s accusations that Bill Cosby sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion, an official said Thursday. District attorney’s spokeswoman Jane Robison said Thursday that police detectives presented evidence Wednesday afternoon for a possible criminal case. There’s no timetable for when a decision […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Janet Jackson is canceling her Oct. 9 and Oct. 10 shows at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino to rest her vocal chords, and the Las Vegas stop on her “Unbreakable” tour will move to a new 20,000-seat arena in May. Live Nation Entertainment said Thursday that ticketholders will be refunded and […]

Tropical storm “Kabayan” has passed through the Philippine lands and is now heading to the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said, October 2, 2015. It is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility later midnight, around 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. As of 10 a.m., “Kabayan” was located […]

BUSAN, South Korea(AFP) – There was wind, there was rain but all anyone really cared about was looking at the stars as filmmakers from Asia and beyond gathered in South Korea Thursday night for a Bollywood-flavoured launch of the 20th Busan International Film Festival. Fans donned plastic jackets and braved the final remnants of Typhoon […]

President Benigno Aquino III led the ceremonial signing of contract and groundbreaking of the new Supreme Court Complex in Bonifacio Global City of Taguig, October 2, 2015. Here is the full transcript of the speech he delivered, courtesy of the Official Gazette: Umpisahan ko ho itong talumpati sa isang pagbati para sa naging pasya ng […]