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CAVALIERS CRY FOUL OVER LOSS TO WARRIORS, 124-114 OAKLAND—A controversial video review foul reversal left Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue feeling “robbed” after the Golden State Warriors ripped the Cavaliers 124-114 in overtime in Thursday’s NBA Finals opener. Stephen Curry scored 29 points, Kevin Durant added 26 and Klay Thompson had 24 to spark the defending champions to victory despite LeBron James scoring a playoff career-high 51 points in defeat. “To do what he did tonight and come out robbed, it’s just not right,” Lue said. A physical, heated and emotional game marked the start of the fourth finals in a row between the teams and the eighth in a row involving James, who echoed Lue’s Next page theft theme.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers’ felt “robbed” after this play when Kevin Durant was whistled for a charging foul that was overturned on video review into a blocking foul on LeBron James. The overturned call gave Durant two free throws he made to tie the game at 104-104 as the Warriors went on to win in overtime, 124-114, to take a 1-0 lead in Thursday’s NBA Finals opener. AFP
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Oil price rollback on, gas down by P1.40/l By Alena Mae S. Flores, Macon Ramos-Araneta and Maricel V. Cruz
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HOENIX Petroleum Philippines on Friday announced a rollback of P1.40 per liter for gasoline and P1 per liter for diesel, advancing the price adjustments carried out every Tuesday by the oil companies.
‘Black Friday’ protests stress TRAIN repeal INTEREST groups led by the Stop TRAIN Network pushed through with their plans for “Black Friday” protests at key locations in Metro Manila, as they highlighted the need to keep prices down with most Filipinos facing more expenses with the opening of the new school year next week. The main group, which opposes the extra taxes under the Duterte administration’s key Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion Act or TRAIN, simultaneously picketed at the Light Rail Transit station in Carriedo and public markets in Manila, Marikina and Quezon City starting 5 pm yesterday. Stop TRAIN urged the people at those areas to join their one-million signature campaign to repeal the Next page
In trouble? Call 911 charge-free PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order institutionalizing the Emergency 911 Hotline as the nationwide emergency answering point, replacing Patrol 117 to conform to international standards. Next page
DERAIL TRAIN. Members of the STOP TRAIN Network (Stakeholders Oppose the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law Network) hold different rallies in the capital as part of their Black Friday protest due to rising prices of goods in the country. This photo, one of several in the metropolis, was taken along Carriedo Street in Manila. Norman Cruz
Enrollment in public schools extended till June 30 THE enrollment in public elementary and high schools will continue until the end of June to allow the late enrollees to catch up, the Education department said Friday. Classes in the public elementary and high schools will reopen on June 4. Education Secretary Leonor Briones
reminded parents and their children that enrollment had been ongoing since January and would continue until the end of this month. “The enrollment will continue to allow those who have yet to enroll to catch up,” Briones said. The Metro Manila Development Au-
thority said it had been preparing measures to ease the flow of traffic during the reopening of classes on Monday. MMDA general manager Jose Arturo Garcia Jr. said they will deploy 1,444 personnel to various parts of the metropolis with high a concentration of students. Next page
Other oil companies are expected to follow suit in line with a request from Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi to implement a rollback early due to the softening of world oil prices to help consumers reeling from rising prices. The rollback, which took effect at 6 pm yesterday, ended three weeks of consecutive oil price hikes due to volatilities in the world market. The oil firms, however, raised the price of cooking gas or liquefied petroleum gas by P3.36 to P3.40 per kilo to reflect the higher contract price of LPG in the world market. Petron also increased its LPG prices by P3.40 (VAT inclusive) and auto LPG by P1.90 per liter effective 12:01 am June 1. “These reflect international contract prices of LPG for the month of June,” Petron said. Cusi, meanwhile, said state-owned PNOC Exploration Corp. has started negotiations to import diesel from Russia and other oil companies. “We are vulnerable in terms of security of supply considering it’s all in the hands of the private sector so when President [Duterte] made a state visit in the Middle East and other countries one of the things we did is to have an MOU [memorandum of understanding],” Cusi said, noting this would assure the country of a supply of oil in case of disruptions. He said PNOC EC will conduct the fuel importation starting this month on a government-to-government basis. The energy chief said PNOC EC has also started looking for storage areas, possibly in Subic, Quezon or the Phividec Industrial Authority in Misamis Oriental. “Our concern is security of supply and price,” Cusi said. He said the first shipment importation would be about 50,000 metric tons with four shipments targeted. “We have to balance the receiving facility with our ability to bring in and to be able to sell it,” Cusi said. The initial 50,000 metric tons is only a target, he added, and price would be a product of negotiation between the parties. “We are doing everything to alleviate the problem,” Cusi said. Next page
‘High-paying jobs key to cut poverty’ By Macon Ramos-Araneta
911 Superman still in prime at 80 IN AN era when superheroes seem to be everyNext page where — there were literally dozens in the most re cent “Avengers” film—the Man of Steel stands apart. Eighty years after his debut in Action Comics #1, dated Next page
SENATOR Juan Edgardo Angara on Friday echoed the World Bank’s call to the Philippine government to provide more high-paying jobs to reduce poverty quickly. He cited the latest data from the bank that showed some 22 million Filipinos, or more than a fifth of the population, still lived below the poverty line. The bank said the Philippine econ-
omy continued to grow, but poverty remained high and the pace of poverty reduction had been slow. “Making the country’s economic growth inclusive―which means ensuring that it improves the lives of poor Filipinos―has been quite a challenge,” Angara said. He said the country’s economic gains must lead to the creation of more high-paying jobs. “Jobs remain the key to poverty. If Next page
UN exec weighs in on Sereno ouster By Sara Susanne D. Fabunan A UN human rights official has expressed grave concerns about public threats issued by President Rodrigo Duterte against ousted chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno just before her dismissal, saying it was a chilling message to judges and a serious threat to judicial independence. In a statement, the UN Human Rights Office of the High Next page GARCIA-SAYAN
DRY RUN. Grade 7 pupils from the Araullo High School along United Nations Avenue in Manila meet their school advisers on Friday during a dry run for the June 4 school opening. Norman Cruz