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  • Ai Ai all-smiles at 'PGT' despite 'break-up'
    MANILA -- Ai Ai delas Alas was all smiles during the live telecast of "Pilipinas Got Talent" on Saturday, despite her reported separation from her husband.
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  • Coach K in talks to stay as US Olympic coach: report
    NEW YORK - Mike Krzyzewski, who coached US NBA stars to Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012 but said he was stepping down, is in talks to return through the 2016 Olympics, Sports Illustrated reported on Saturday.
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  • Arnel Pineda lost voice to drug addiction, alcoholism
    Before he found success as the lead vocalist of the American rock band Journey, Arnel Pineda struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol.
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  • Proclamations put period to Luzon election contests
    BAGUIO CITY—The ballots have been counted in many provinces, giving fresh mandate to new leaders by July.   But malfunctioning precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines and defective compact flash (CF) cards in some provinces, like Pampanga and Nueva Ecija, had delayed the canvass, with winning candidates proclaimed only on Wednesday and Thursday.   Pampanga   In Pampanga, reelectionist Gov. Lilia Pineda, despite leading by wide margin over former priest and Gov. Eddie Panlilio late Monday night, was proclaimed winner only on Thursday afternoon.   Pineda’s proclamation came after the provincial board of canvassers (PBOC) approved the ...

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  • Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus - WHO
    LONDON - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.
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  • Reyeses proclaimed anew in Marinduque
    BOAC, CATANDUANES – Mother and daughter Carmencita and Regina Reyes were proclaimed anew as winners in the gubernatorial and congressional races in Marinduque on Friday, this time by a reconstituted provincial board of canvassers (PBOC) headed by the regional election supervisor of Mimaropa. The proclamation of the Reyeses as winners came after the provincial board of canvassers, headed by Commission on Elections regional director Emmanuel E. Ignacio, completed the canvass of election returns (ER) from all the six towns of Marinduque. The proclamation Wednesday of Carmencita as the reelected governor, Regina as first district congressional race winner and Romulo A. Bacorro as vic...

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  • Monsalve, Saso, Magcalayo shine in US Kids elims
    MANILA, Philippines - While routs were the order of the day, Ryan Monsalve, Yuka Saso and Jolo Magcalayo took the other route by fashioning out come-from-behind victories in the Philippine qualifier of the US Kids World Championships at the Player course of the Orchard Golf and Country Club in Dasmariñas, Cavite.
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