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NBA: Anthony Davis, Lakers top Warriors in Game 1
Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket against Kevon Looney #5 of the Golden State Warriors during the first quarter in game one of the Western Conference Semifinal Playoffs at Chase Center on May 02, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/AFP
The Los Angeles Lakers leaned on the late-game heroics of D’Angelo Russell and the all-around brilliance of Anthony Davis in beating the Golden State Warriors, 117-112, and grabbing a 1-0 lead in their best-of-7 Western Conference Semifinals on Wednesday. Russell stalled a Golden State rally by sinking a tiebreaking hoop with 1:24 remaining while Davis scored 30 points and grabbed 23 rebounds as the Lakers took Game 1 from the defending champions.
Schools urged: Go back to blended learning as El Niño looms
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday urged schools to shift to blended learning anew as the El Niño phenomenon looms and will make the hot weather conditions “unbearable for learners.” Gatchalian, head of the Senate committee on basic education, made the call after the state weather bureau raised an El Niño alert on Tuesday amid worsening heat in several areas across the country.
DOH-7 urges parents: Protect your children against measles, rubella, polio
An official of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has appealed to parents to have their children vaccinated against vaccine-preventable diseases such as poliomyelitis, measles, and rubella. DOH-7 Director Jaime Bernadas issued this appeal, in a press conference on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, as he admitted that the measles-rubella and oral poliomyelitis vaccination in the region and in the national level took a setback in the past few years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Another jailbreak in Cebu City’s Operation Second Chance: 27 kids caught, 3 still at large
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has ordered executives from the City Hall and the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) to take over Operation Second Chance following another jailbreak there. Officials confirmed that at least 30 Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) bolted the facility in Brgy. Kalunasan around 6 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3. Twenty-seven of the escapees were caught while three others remain at large.
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