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No other country could tell the Philippines what it can and cannot do within its territory.

Its message getting sharper, the Philippines told China, on Thursday, to keep its hands off the country’s sovereign affairs in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) after Chinese Ambassador Ma Keqing expressed concerns that the country might be building more structures in the Ayungin Shoal.

Television host Willie Revillame was charged with violating the anti-child abuse law, Republic Act 7610, before a Quezon City court this week over a six-year-old boy’s sexually suggestive dance on his defunct show, Willing-Willie, two years ago.

The case was raffled off Monday to the Regional Trial Court Branch 86, a family court under the sala of Judge Roberto Buenaventura.

Center Roy Hibbert scored 23 points as the Indiana Pacers went on a 13-3 run to close the game and beat the Miami Heat 99-92 in game four of their NBA semifinal round series on Tuesday.

The Pacers were blown out of game three by the Heat but they rebounded mightily at home on Tuesday against the defending NBA champion Heat to level the series at 2-2. After scoring a franchise record 70 points in the first half of game three, Miami struggled on offense in game four and had just 72 points midway through the final quarter.

Epic (stylized as epic) is a 2013 American 3D computer animated fantasy-adventure comedy-drama film loosely based on William Joyce's children's book The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. It was produced by Blue Sky Studios, and directed by Chris Wedge, the director of Ice Age (2002) and Robots (2005).

SYNOPSIS: A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world -- and ours.

The NBA champions Miami Heat bounced back with a vengeance Sunday, racing to an early lead and rolling to a 114-96 victory over Indiana in game three of the Eastern Conference finals.

Miami, stung by a game-two defeat on their home floor on Friday, struck back to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James led the Heat with 22 points. He scored 18 in the first half as Miami, connecting on 63 percent of their shots from the floor, jumped into a 70-56 lead at the break.

The Philippines will still roll out the red carpet for the Taiwan basketball team which will compete in the FIBA Asia championship in August despite a decision made by Jones Cup organizers not to invite the Gilas Pilipinas to defend its title.

This was assured by Philippine sports officials even as the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) announced yesterday that it has no plans of quitting the FIBA tournament which serves as the qualifier for the World Championship in Spain next year.

Amid tensions between the Philippines and Taiwan, the organizers of the Taipei-based William Jones Cup have withdrawn their invitation to the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team, the defending champions of the competition.

Philippine national men’s basketball coach Chot Reyes made the announcement on his Twitter account.

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