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By Mike Householder and David Eggert, Associated Press FLINT, Michigan – Michigan’s attorney general filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against two water engineering companies, saying they caused and exacerbated Flint’s lead-tainted water crisis and demanding hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. Attorney General Bill Schuette sued Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, known as LAN. Schuette said in a news release that the firms’ “fraudulent and dangerous recommendations made... Читать дальше...

The director of the island’s Medical Services Administration says at least 26 cases have been reported among employees at the Centro Medico in Rio Piedras. Photo courtesy of Persagrado Irving Jimenez said Wednesday that it appears the employees all had bought food from an unlicensed street vendor. Officials say that no patients so far have been infected. Hepatitis A is a highly contagious virus that affects the liver and can be contracted through contaminated food or water. It can cause fatigue, vomiting, and jaundice.

BOSTON – A letter written by President John F. Kennedy to a purported lover in an attempt to set up a liaison has sold at auction for almost $89,000, about triple what it was expected to fetch. Come and See Me: JFK letter (inset, top left) to supposed mistress Mary Pinchot Meyer  (inset, bottom left) Photo collage courtesy of scoopnest.com Boston-based RR Auction says the four-page letter thought to have been written in October 1963 was sold Thursday to a buyer who wished to remain anonymous. The... Читать дальше...

HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina – “Top Gun” actress Kelly McGillis says she was attacked by a stranger in her North Carolina home. McGillis writes on Facebook that she returned to her Hendersonville home June 17 to find a light on and her front door unlocked. She says she was soon confronted by a woman who attacked her when she ran outside to call 911 and took her cellphone. Actress Kelly McGillis poses for a portrait during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the Getty Images Portrait Studio at Village at the Lift on January 18... Читать дальше...

Zamboanga City – A Filipina held hostage by a notorious kidnapping-for-ransom gang was released from captivity Thursday night, a week after her Canadian boyfriend was beheaded by the gunmen. Marites Flor was released at about 8 p.m. Thursday outside the house of Sulu Vice Governor Abdusakur Tan in Jolo, local police chief Wilfredo Cayat said. Incoming presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza told Agence France-Presse that he negotiated with the kidnappers on behalf of incoming President Rodrigo R. Читать дальше...

“I love what they did to Barbie! And I think it’s great they changed not just the doll’s size, hair, and skin tones but also the facial

A low-pressure area (LPA) over the West Philippine Sea was spotted some 435 kilometers west of Iba, Zambales, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) yesterday reported. PAGASA logo Weather forecaster Jun Galang said that another LPA outside of Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) was spotted at 1,620 kilometers east of Mindanao. It is expected to develop into a tropical depression and will enter PAR within the next 24 hours. Once it intensifies into tropical cyclone... Читать дальше...

Illegal recruiters have joined drug traffickers on top of the priority list in the campaign to eliminate criminality that will be pursued by the incoming administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. There will also be a bounty on the heads of the illegal recruiters, incoming Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III said in a radio interview yesterday. Bello said this will motivate citizens to report their illegal activities to authorities. “One of the first things I will do once I assume... Читать дальше...

London – Britain has voted to leave the European Union (EU), forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two. Global financial markets plunged as results from Thursday’s referendum showed a near 52-48 percent split for leaving. The pound fell more than 10 percent against the dollar to levels last seen in 1985, its biggest one-day fall in history, on fears the decision could hit investment in the world’s fifth-largest economy... Читать дальше...

Games Today (The Arena, San Juan) 2 p.m. – Petron vs Generika 4 p.m. – RC Cola-Army vs Cignal Petron and RC Cola-Army gun for a piece of the early lead when they collide with separate foes today in the Philippine Superliga (PSL) All-Filipino Conference at The Arena in San Juan. The Tri-Activ Spikers square off with the Generika Lifesavers at 2 p.m., while the Lady Troopers battle the Cignal HD Spikers in the 4 p.m. main game. Both Petron and RC Cola are bidding to follow up their impressive debuts to tie idle and solo leader F2 Logistics. Читать дальше...

Join us on June 26, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Palm Grove, Rockwell Club, for a day of glam indulgence with ten (10) pamper stations of your favorite beauty and skin care brands. Pre-register for free and get access to all 10 pamper stations at the Beauty Fair.

International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General Kitack Lim will be the guest of honor and keynote speaker at today’s celebration of the “2016 International Day of the Seafarer” in the Philippines at the SMX Convention Center, Pasay City.

Panama City – With its capacity boosted by nearly three times, Panama's enlarged canal – set to be inaugurated on Sunday – is expected to stimulate trade between the United States and Asia, and steal business from the rival Suez canal.

Tokyo/Singapore – Oil prices slumped by more than 6 percent on Friday after Britain voted to leave the European Union in a landmark

Malolos City, Bulacan — Chief Superintendent Aaron N. Aquino, Police Regional Office 3 (PRO-3) director, ordered yesterday a special

Butuan City – Bishop Juan de Dios Pueblos of the Diocese of Butuan urged incoming President Rodrigo Duterte to “stop all mining companies from operating in Mindanao to avert any catastrophic incident in the future.”

Incoming Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez plans to keep Roberto B. Tan as the country’s national treasurer.

Catbalogan City, Samar — The city government and the Department of Labor and Employment regional office 8 (DOLE-8) based in Tacloban City, 110 kilometers south from here, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the setting up of a job search kiosk that will be stationed at City’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO).

The facade of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s (PCSO) newest branch in Baler, Aurora, the 53rd in the agency’s nationwide network of branches, from an initial 25 in 2010 when the Aquino administration took office. PCSO has added 28 branches to its network since 2012. The new branch was inaugurated by PCSO Vice Chairman and General Manager lawyer Jose Ferdinand M. Rojas II (right) last May 16. While there, he also turned over nine brand-new ambulances from the PCSO Ambulance Donation Program to Aurora province.

Iloilo City — A four-hour hostage drama in the northern Iloilo town of Estancia ended when an ex-drug convict was shot dead by the police Thursday evening.

BIBICLAT — Hundreds of Filipino villagers donning capes of banana leaves have covered themselves in mud in a ritual to thank their patron saint, John the Baptist, who they believe saved some residents from killings by Japanese invaders in World War II.

Britain's EU referendum has prompted a global outpouring of warnings in recent months about the potential consequences of a Brexit, ranging from the gloomy to the downright apocalyptic.

People scrabbled through the rubble of their homes Friday after hurricane-force winds and a tornado left at least 98 dead in China, with hundreds more injured.

A Cadbury filled chocolate brand has launched in the Philippines, the Cadbury 5Star, targeting the young millennial consumers.

House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Friday said next Congress should ensure appropriate funding for each of the 10-point economic agenda of the incoming administration of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.