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NBA: Cavaliers sign center Thomas Bryant

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Cavaliers signed center Thomas Bryant on Thursday, giving them some much-needed depth in the middle ahead of the new NBA season. The 6-foot-10 Bryant started last season with Miami before being traded to Indiana. He averaged 6.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in 14.6 minutes per game during the regular season and

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North Korea may hold uranium for dozens of nuclear bombs

North Korea is believed to have amassed a large stockpile of weapons-grade uranium, with assessments suggesting Pyongyang could possess enough material for dozens of nuclear bombs. South Koreas Unification Minister Chung Dong-young on Thursday said an assessment indicated that North Korea holds 2000kg of highly enriched uranium at a purity of 90 per cent or higher.

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Diesel prices poised for 6th week of hikes on Sept. 30

MANILA, Philippines — Mixed fuel price movements may greet motorists at the end of September. An industry player is seeing a rollback for gasoline but a slight increase for diesel.   In an advisory on Friday, Jetti Petroleum Leo Bellas said diesel prices may go up by 30 centavos to 50 centavos per liter. If

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Late Aguilar winner lifts Green Booters past Warriors

Lucas Aguilar drilled in the winning strike late and gave La Salle a first win in Season 88 of the UAAP men’s football tournament, a 1-0 nipping of the University of the East, on Thursday at Ayala Vermosa Sports Hub in Imus, Cavite. Just as the match seemed headed for a scoreless tie, the second-generation

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Gov’t slows down local borrowing in fourth quarter

MANILA, Philippines — The Marcos administration plans to scale back local borrowing in the fourth quarter as its annual fundraising efforts wind down, the Bureau of the Treasury said. The government will raise P437 billion through weekly debt offerings from October to December, according to a Sept. 22 memo. The quarter’s program is 36.7-percent smaller

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Converge prepaid service books 500,000 users

MANILA, Philippines — Converge ICT Solutions Inc. said on Thursday its prepaid internet service continues to gain ground, with about 500,000 active users logged in two years after its launch. Dennis Anthony Uy, CEO and cofounder of Converge, said the increasing popularity of the group’s prepaid brand Surf2Sawa (S2S) shows “the strong adoption” of Filipinos

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PBA says Northport sale to Pureblends ‘almost a done deal’

MANILA, Philippines–The PBA expects the sale of the NorthPort franchise to Pureblends Corporation to be approved in due time, commissioner Willie Marcial said on Thursday. Marcial disclosed that only a few minor details are being sorted out before the league gives its go-signal for the food manufacturing company to take over the Batang Pier’s lock,