Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 04:51:38 +0000
An inmate serving life for murder in the US state of Iowa offered a novel legal appeal, saying he should be released because he “died” four years ago. The Iowa Court of Appeals was unmoved, however, by Benjamin Schreiber’s bid for freedom ruling that the argument — however original — was “unpersuasive.” Schreiber, who was […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 05:42:34 +0000
SYDNEY (AFP) – A McDonald’s burger allegedly bought in 1995 and kept in an Australian shed for years has never decomposed, according to two men who now refer to the quarter-century Quarter Pounder as their “mate”. Casey Dean, 39, and Eduards Nits, 38, claim they ordered the Quarter Pounder with cheese from a McDonald’s outlet […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 05:17:07 +0000
A 33-year-old orangutan granted legal personhood by a judge in Argentina is settling into her new surroundings at the Center for Great Apes in central Florida. Patti Ragan, director of the center in Wauchula, Florida, says Sandra is “very sweet and inquisitive” and adjusting to her new home. She was born in Germany and spent […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 10:17:30 +0000
The Manila Police District (MPD) is now looking for four “persons of interest” in the Nov. 4 killing of a Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) officer in Malate, Manila. In a press conference yesterday, MPD showed the screenshots of the two alleged gunmen and two other accomplices who were tracked through a closed […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 04:36:12 +0000
A Croatian animal rights group said Wednesday it would file charges against a local footballer who kicked a chicken to death during a semi-professional match over the weekend. The incident took place on Sunday when a brood of chickens ran onto a pitch in eastern Croatia. One of the players, Ivan Gazdek from the home […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 02:25:52 +0000
A moderately strong earthquake measuring 5.5-magnitude on the Richter scale rocked Quezon province early Thursday. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the earthquake was felt around 4:52 a.m. and traced 42 kilometers northeast of Jomalig town in Quezon province. It was felt as a “moderately strong” tremor at Intensity IV […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:18:55 +0000
Veteran opposition Rep. Edcel Lagman warned yesterday Vice President Leni Robredo against accepting a key position in the government’s war against illegal drugs, saying that she is being “set up to fail.” However, Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, chairman of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs, said Robredo should accept position of co-chairperson of […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 10:51:48 +0000
Police said they are looking into the nature of work as possible motive behind the ambush-slaying of a senior labor officer in Paco, Manila, on Monday afternoon. “As of now, ang nakikita pa lang namin na motibo is due to the nature of her work. We are still looking kung may mabigat ba siyang […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 08:59:10 +0000
Eight policemen in Metro Manila were ordered investigated after they were caught sleeping while on duty. Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas, acting director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), said the eight sleepyhead cops were caught by the Red Team he deployed in various parts of Metro to spy on erring cops. Sinas, […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 08:10:27 +0000
Malacañang has lauded the latest drop in the country’s inflation rate and vowed to continue to monitor the prices of basic commodities, especially with the approaching Christmas season. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo has attributed the downtrend in inflation to President Duterte’s strong political will and the government’s sound economic policies. “The Office of the President […]
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