Early on in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, LeBron James got loose for a breakway dunk that doesn’t look all that spectacular at full speed. You might see it and think “eh, still just two points.”
This is basically an oil painting. And I defy you to watch it less than 30 times in a row.
Roxas will be LP’s bet—Drilon
“Si Secretary Mar Roxas mas malinaw sa akin ngayon ang kanyang pakay. Paminsan-minsan, pag nagkikita kami nababanggit nya mas magandang magkasama kami,” Poe told reporters on Wednesday when asked if Roxas has offered her to be his vice president in 2016.
(Secretary Mar Roxas’ intention became more clear to me now. Sometimes, when we see each other, he mentioned that it would be better if we will join forces.)
“Pero ang sinabi ko nga, hindi naman sa pagkakaibigan lamang kelangan meron din kayong parehong pananaw sa mga bagay-bagay at kompyansa sa isa’t isa bago magkaroon ng desisyon sa mga ganyan,” she said.
(But as I said, it’s not only the friendship. You should also share the same views and you should also have confidence in each other before you make a decision.)
But while they shared the same views on certain issues such as to continue the fight against corruption, Poe pointed out that she also has other opinion on other matters.
The senator said the last time she and Roxas talked about the 2016 polls was when they accidentally met in a restaurant last week.
In that meeting, she said, Roxas intimated that he wanted her to be his running mate.
She said Roxas made no formal offer but expressed his desire to join forces with her.
“Sa tingin ko higit naman sa paramdam yun,” Poe said. “I think malinaw naman. Handa na nga sya . Handa na sya.”
Asked to clarify if what she meant was that Roxas was ready to run for president, the senator said, “Sa tingin ko handa na naman syang tumakbo, di ba sinabi na naman nya yun?”
But when told that Roxas simply stated that he was ready to continue the administration’s right path, Poe said, “Ah ganun ba? Baka na-misinterpret ko lang. Sorry, sorry.”
Despite his high ranking in the surveys, Poe remained undecided whether or not to run for a higher post next year.
“Unang-una pinagdadasal pa kung talagang kailangang tumakbo sa mas mataas na position. Pangalawa hindi naman ako plastic na magsasabi kung sinong gustong sumama sa layuning makatulong sa mas nakakarami nating mga kababayan,” she said.
The senator said that while she continued to have high regards for President Benigno Aquino III, she would remain independent.
Poe first ran and won as senator in 2013 under Aquino’s senatorial ticket.
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An extreme heat wave with temperatures reaching 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit) has killed at least 1,118 people over the past week in India, where hot air, molten asphalt, dust storms are making life almost unbearable.
The homeless, construction workers, newborns, young children and elderly people are most at risk in this weather. In the state of Andhra Pradesh alone, where temperatures climbed to 47 degrees Celsius or 116 Fahrenheit on Monday, 852 people have died. In the neighboring Telangana state, 266 people have died in the last week as temperatures hit 48 degrees Celsius or 118 Fahrenheit, the BBC reports.
Hospitals are struggling to treat victims of dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, and tens of thousands are suffering through power cuts from the overloaded electrical grid. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) advises people to stay indoors, wear loose clothing, and drink water—even if they’re not thirsty.
Heat waves are not unusual in between March and June in South Asia, but experts point to climate change to explain more and more extreme weather conditions in this part of the year, predicting longer and more intense heat waves in the region. Lack of rain combined with dry, hot winds from the desert state of Rajasthan are responsible for the recent heatwave say meteorologists, who don’t expect conditions to get better until the arrival of monsoon in June.
Until then, top temperatures in New Delhi, home to 23 million people, could remain around 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit), according to Brahma Prakash Yadav, director of the Indian Meteorological Department. The following images depict these shocking conditions.
Grace Poe Cool to P-Noy and Roxas Offer for a Vice Presidential Slot, Eyes the Presidency with Chiz Escudero as her VP candidate
Poe-Roxas or Poe-Escudero would either downgrade or dump Mar Roxas
President Aquino stated that DILG Secretary Mar Roxas is number one in his list for LP Presidential candidate for 2016. The highly unpopular Roxas has very small chances of victory but Liberal Party loyalists stil insist on riding a sinking ship. Long-time Liberal Party stalwarts reject the concept of drafting an outsider in the name of Senator Grace Poe who has credible numbers in popularity and acceptance surveys. This situation could force the daughter of Da King Fernando Poe Jr. to strike out on her own with Senator Chiz Escudero as her preferred Vice Presidential candidate. A split among the Administration coalition members, Roxas and Poe, would result in a WEAKER force that would challenge front-runner Vice President Jojomar Binay in a hotly-contested May 2016 Presidential derby.
Mar Roxas nanganganib ibaba ang ambisyon, o hindi tumakbo, o lumaban sa dalawang malalakas na kalaban, ang nagungunang Jojo Binay at ang kaalyadong si Grace Poe
Cavaliers survive Hawks in overtime thriller behind LeBron James’ triple double
Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY SportsUSA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Zillgitt breaks down the Cavaliers’ thrilling overtime victory against the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
What happened: LeBron James’ three-pointer with 36.4 seconds left in overtime put the Cavs ahead 112-111, and James altered Jeff Teague’s driving layup with 30.9 seconds left. Then, James’ driving shot with 12.8 seconds put the Cavs up 114-111.Shelvin Mack missed two-three-pointers in the final 4.9 seconds as Cleveland outscored Atlanta 10-7 in overtime, taking a 3-0 series lead.
Atlanta had a chance to win: With the score tied 104-104 and 17.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Hawks had the ball. Jeff Teague dribbled at the top of the key with James defending. DeMarre Carroll set a screen that gave Teague a bit of room, but Teague missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer.
James’ triple-double: It was James 12th career playoff triple-double, and the first since the 2013 NBA Finals. He had been close several times in the 2015 playoffs, either coming an assist or rebound shy in three previous playoff games. James is second on the all-time playoff triple-double list, breaking a three-way tie with Larry Bird and Jason Kidd. Magic Johnson leads with 30 career playoff triple-doubles. It was also James’ 54th career playoff game with at least 30 points, five rebounds and five assists, and his sixth of these playoffs.
Dellavedova-Horford incident: With 34.3 seconds with in the second quarter, Al Horford and Matthew Dellavedova went for a loose ball. Dellavedova fell into Horford and Horford reacted, throwing an elbow at Dellavedova. Referees called a flagrant two on Horford, who has a sterling reputation, resulting in an automatic ejection. Dellavedova was called for a technical foul. It was an unfortunate circumstance for the shorthanded Hawks because Horford was their best player in the first half, scoring 14 points on 7-for-10 shooting.
Dellavedova, a central character: Dellavedova has been a vital player for Cleveland, especially with Kyrie Irving limited because of injuries. He was involved in an incident that resulted in Taj Gibson’s ejection in the Chicago series and was the player who fell on Kyle Korver’s ankle in Game 2, resulting in a severe high ankle sprain and the end of Korver’s season. Dellavedova, certainly a guy who irritates opponents, also scored a playoff-career high 19 points against the Bulls in series-clinching Game 6 and had 17 points Sunday in Game 3 against the Hawks.
What worked for the Cavaliers: Cleveland had another strong game from three-point range, making 14-for-36, and Cleveland guards J.R. Smith, Iman Shumpert and Dellavedova all scored in double figures with 17, 15 and 17 points.
What worked for the Hawks: Paul Millsap had his best of the series: 22 points and nine rebounds after scoring 15 points total on 5-for-19 shooting in the previous two games. The Hawks also had their best three-point shooting game, making 11-for-30 (36.7%). Jeff Teague had 30 points, seven assists and six rebounds. The Hawks used more of Mike Scott and Shelvin Mack and less of Dennis Schroder and Mike Muscalain Game 3.
Cavs injury report: Kyrie Irving (tendinitis left knee, strained right foot) missed his second consecutive game, and with the Cavaliers up 3-0 in the series, the Cavs are in position to let him heal until it’s necessary he play – later in this series if Atlanta wins or game or two or the start of the NBA Finals.
Hawks injury report: Kyle Korver missed the game with a severe high right ankle sprain, and DeMarre Carroll, who sprained his left knee in Game 1, had 10 points.
Up next: Game 4 is Tuesday in Cleveland, and the Cavaliers can sweep the series. No team has come back from a 3-0 deficit in NBA playoff history.
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The National Bureau of Investigation is tracking down a man who was seen withdrawing money and draining the bank account of one of the two business partners who went missing in January.
The NBI has released a photo taken of the still-unidentified man inside an automated teller machine (ATM) booth, tagging him as a suspect in the disappearance of Evan Labonete, 52, and Nicomedes Sierra Eguna, 55, building contractors both based in Quezon City.
According to Eguna’s wife, Nicomedes last sent her a text message around 3 p.m. on Jan. 19, telling her that he and Labonete were on their way to inspect a project in Antipolo City.
The two men were taking public transportation at the time and could no longer be reached when she tried to contact Nicomedes two hours later.
In a press conference on Friday, agent Aldrin Mercader of the NBI’s Anti-Organized and Transnational Crime Division said an ATM withdrawal for P10,000 was made from Labonete’s account on Jan. 21.
Two more withdrawals, for P7,000 and P700, were made from the same account on Jan. 22. All three transactions were done at ATMs in Binangonan town, Rizal province.
The NBI produced a photo of the suspect from the security camera footage of the third transaction.
“Except for the photo, we are facing a blank wall in the investigation,” Mercader said. “The families of the missing men have decided to involve the public in the search, in the hope that anyone who has information on the two men or the suspect will come forward. The last four months of anxiety have taken their toll on the families.”
Quoting the wives, Mercader said the missing business partners “are not big time contractors” and that their families had not been contacted by anyone demanding ransom.
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1) 2014 blog post on Conrado De Quiroz stroke and coma goes viral.http://wp.me/p3QDQJ-KH Readers express support.
2) Samar group could split between Binay and Poe. President Aquino’s powerful 2010 elections support force, called Samar Group because of the meeting place in the street with that name, strongly campaigned for a NoyBi tandem in spite of the fact that both candidates belonged to different political parties. The rest, of course, is history when both Noynoy Aquino and Jojo Binay won the Presidency and Vice-Presidency, respectively. For 2016, members of that group could part ways as the Binay loyalists (Directress Maria Montelibano, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa and Communications Secretary Herminio) and supporters of Senator Grace Poe, for President or Vice President (Senator Chiz Escudero, a possible Poe running mate and Speaker of the House Sonny Belmonte) take opposing sides, effectively splitting the Samar Group.
3) Liberal Party headed for a split – Diehard Mar Roxas followers are not giving up his Presidential bid in spite of very poor popularity and satisfaction ratings. Efforts to invite the more popular Senator Grace Poe to be the Liberal Party standard beared do not sit well with the Roxas faction. This early, the citizenship issue that once bugged the Presidential candidacy of Senator Poe’s father (FPJ) in 2004, is being revived, this time targetting the daughter. Don’t look now but it is not the Binay camp floating the “natural born Filipino” question on the neck of Senator Grace Poe, it is the Mar Roxas people doing all the talking.
Poe-Roxas or Poe-Escudero would either downgrade or dump Mar Roxas
Tying up Grace Poe in court could stop the growing momentum for her to run for President and allow Mar Roxas to challenge the front-running Vice President Binay. An Aquino administration disaster would be a situation wherein both Roxas and Poe would run against Binay.
Warriors edge Rockets to double series lead
Cleveland Cavaliers top Atlanta Hawks to open Eastern Conference finals
NBA MVP Curry disagrees with flopping fine
NBA: Rockets complete stunning series comeback
OAKLAND, United States–NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors edged the Houston Rockets 99-98 on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) to strengthen their advantage in the Western Conference finals.
Curry again came out on top in a duel with James Harden, the Warriors stifling the Rockets star in the moments before the final buzzer to preserve the win.
READ: Warriors rally past Rockets 110-106 in Game 1 of West finals
They took a two-games-to-none lead over the Rockets in the best-of-seven series, with the winners to take on the Eastern Conference champions in the NBA finals.
Golden State had to battle to the bitter end. Their eight-point lead was trimmed to one after Harden’s alley-oop pass to Dwight Howard with 33 seconds remaining.
After Harrison Barnes missed a reverse layup at the other end, the Rockets raced the ball up the court.
But Harden was double-teamed by Curry and Klay Thompson as the clock ticked down, passing to Howard on the perimeter.
Howard tossed the ball right back, Curry poked the ball away, and the Rockets were unable to get a potential game-winning shot off.
Curry led the Warriors with 33 points, including five three-pointers.
The hosts, who let slip an early 16-point lead to head into halftime tied 55-55, regrouped to take a 77-75 lead into the final period.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he expected every game in the series to be a similar back-and-forth battle.
“We’re right where we need to be,” said Kerr, whose team led the league with 67 regular-season victories.
“We won the two at home. Now we head to Houston. Every game is probably going to be like this.”
Harden finished with a game-high 38 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Rockets, who host game three on Saturday.
Houston center Howard had 19 points and 17 rebounds, playing 40 minutes despite suffering a strained left knee in game one.
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