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DENVER: Bradley Beal scored 33 points and the Washington Wizards escaped Denver with a 112-110 victory on Thursday (Friday in Manila) when Facundo Campazzo missed a hurried 3-pointer at the buzzer. Rui Hachimura added 20 points for the Wizards, who swept the season series with the Nuggets and completed a 3-1 trip out West. Denver got 34 points from Jamal Murray, 24 points from Nikola Jokic and 18 from Michael Porter Jr. Murray missed a 26-foot step-back jumper with 31 seconds remaining and Beal got the rebound. Raul Neto’s floater with 5.6 seconds was off the mark and Jokic got the rebound. But Murray passed up a 3-point attempt and instead threw a long pass to Campazzo, who missed from 25 feet, and the Wizards ran off the court in jubilation at another close win. The Nuggets committed 18 turnovers two days after turning the ball over just once in a victory over Portland. Russell Westbrook had 16 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for Washington, his ninth triple-double of ... » Learn More about Wizards surprise Nuggets

FILIPINO seafarers have been included in the vaccine priority list to ensure their employment and safety of global supply chains. Lawyer Iris Baguilat, president of the Döhle Seafront Crewing (Manila), welcomed the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force to give priority to seafarers (IATF) as vaccination against Covid-19 becomes mandatory for global travel. As part of an international labor force, Filipino seafarers compete with other nationalities who were already vaccinated by their respective countries to be fit to work onboard. “After a long wait, Filipino seafarers finally have the protection they deserve. Finally, all our efforts have come to fruition. Filipino seafarers are now next in line for a vaccination. Currently, the government is vaccinating citizens with comorbidities. If a Filipino seafarer has a chronic respiratory disease, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, malignancy, diabetes mellitus, and obesity, he should sign up for the ... » Learn More about Seafarers on deck for Covid-19 jab

THE local bourse dropped to the 6,400 territory on Tuesday amid lingering worries over the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) situation in the country. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) dipped 0.93 percent, or 60.85 points to 6,457.79, while the wider All Shares declined by 0.86 percent, or 34.44 points to end at 3,953.81. Japhet Tantiangco, Philstocks Financial Inc. senior research analyst, said the country’s pandemic situation continued to weigh on investor confidence. “This comes as our daily additional coronavirus cases remain elevated, in turn, clouding our economic outlook,” Tantiangco said. The Philippines logged 11,378 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, raising the total to 876,225. The number of fatalities also breached the 15,000-mark after recording 204 new deaths the same day. The continued exit of foreign funds also hurt the market as net foreign selling amounted to P1.42 billion on Tuesday. He noted that net foreign selling is already on an eight-day ... » Learn More about Stock down to 6,400

Florian Seiche, chief executive of HMD Global at the launch of Nokia X20. Budget and entry-level smartphones are seeing high demand from Thai users wanting to upgrade their phones to smart devices that support the Pao Tang mobile app to receive financial assistance from the government, according to mobile vendors. Ravi Kunwar, general manager for Pan-Asia of HMD Global, a Finnish manufacturer of Nokia phones, said the company rolled out smartphones costing less than 3,000 baht last year and found buyers liked the product's quality and software. Last month the brand launched Nokia 1.4 -- which can support the Pao Tang app -- for 2,690 baht. The smartphone is designed to tap into the family market so that each member can use it to have virtual meetings and study remotely. One advantage of the device is the Pao Tang app can be used on it, as well as other banking apps for money transfers, online top-ups, and virtual payments, he said. Recently the brand unveiled Nokia Mobile ... » Learn More about Cheap smartphones new rage

JOLLIBEE Foods Corp. (JFC) sold 70,000 common shares on Feb. 1, 2021, to its affiliate Hyper Dynamic Corp. (HDC). The sale to HDC at different prices increased JFC’s ownership to 278,035,910 common shares, divided into 263,218,750 common shares (direct) and 14,817,160 common shares, or 25.1 percent. Before the deal, the buyer used to own 277,965,910 JFC common shares, divided into 263,218,750 common shares (direct) and 14,747,160 common shares. HDC’s acquisitions were as follows: 4,000 at P177 per share; 4,000 at P177.10 per share; 4,000 at P177.20 per share; 4,000 at P177.30 per share; 4,000 at P177.40; 4,000 at P177.50; 4,000 at P177.60 per share; 4,000 at P177.70 per share; 4,000 at P177.80 per share; 4,000 at P177.90 per share; 4,000 at P178 per share; 5,460 at P178.10 per share; 4,120 at P178.20 per share; 4,340 at P178.30 per share; 4,020 at P178.40 per share; 2,430 at P178.50 per share; 2,010 at P178.60 per share; and 3,620 at P178.70 per share. * * * Herbert M. Consunji ... » Learn More about The Gokongweis own Cebu Air

Hideki Matsuyama (right) hugs his caddie, Shota Hayafuji after winning the Masters HONG KONG - The first men's major of 2021 dominates AFP Sport's golf talking points this week: - Take a bow - Hideki Matsuyama had tears in his eyes after his final putt Sunday as he became the first Japanese man to win a major, but his caddie also made headlines. While cameras were trained on Matsuyama, caddie Shota Hayafuji carefully replaced the pin, doffed his cap and bowed solemnly to the Augusta National course. Images of the gracious gesture have gone viral and Matsuyama admitted after that his immediate thoughts upon winning had been for his caddie. "When I saw my caddie, Shota, and hugged him, I was happy for him because this is his first victory on the bag," Matsuyama told reporters through a translator. "And then it started sinking in -— the joy of being a Masters champion." - Big moment for Mac - Left-handers have a great record in the Masters, despite only about five ... » Learn More about Japanese bow, Scots Bob and Welshman on one leg: golf talking points

South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered officials on Wednesday to explore petitioning an international court over Japan's decision to release water from its Fukushima nuclear plant, his spokesman said, amid protests by fisheries and environmental groups. Japan unveiled plans on Tuesday to release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water into the sea from the plant crippled by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami, starting in about two years after filtering it to remove harmful isotopes. South Korea strongly protested against the decision, summoning Koichi Aiboshi, Tokyo's ambassador in Seoul, and convening an intra-agency emergency meeting to craft its response. Moon, at a separate meeting on Wednesday, called for looking into ways to refer Japan's move to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, including filing for an injunction, his spokesman Kang Min-seok told a briefing. Moon also expressed concerns about the decision as Aiboshi presented his credentials, ... » Learn More about South Korea to fight Japan’s Fukushima decision in world tribunal