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(Eagle News) — The Philippines Airlines (PAL) has announced that it will temporarily suspend its flights to Abu Dhabi starting July 8, 2017. PAL said that suspension was due to route assessment initiatives and as part of their operational adjustments. “PAL is seeking the kind understanding of affected passengers as the airline implements these operational adjustments,” it said in a press statement. The airline said that flights to and from Abu Dhabi (PR 656/657 Tuesdays/Thursdays/Saturdays) […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese university is planning what it says will be the world’s first research center devoted to ninja — the black clad assassins known for secrecy and stealth. While mostly confined to history books and fiction, ninja have been enjoying something of a resurgence as Japanese authorities increasingly deploy them to promote tourism ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Now, Mie University in central Japan — the region considered the […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The sweet history of chocolate is assembled in New York’s first chocolate museum founded by famed pastry chef and chocolatier, Jacques Torres. For Torres, the museum is an opportunity to share his passion with others. “I love to transfer the love that I have for chocolate and the knowledge that I have for chocolates to whoever wants to learn about it. So museum makes the perfect sense to bring […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — East Japan Railway Co. launched its new luxury sleeper train on Monday (May 1) that comes with a $10,000 price tag for the top-class suite for a four-day trip from Tokyo to Hokkaido. The slick gold-colored “Train Suite Shiki-shima” features Japan’s traditional tatami (pronounce tah-tah-mi) rice straw mats and Hinoki (pronounce hee-noh-ki) wooden bath tubs, sky-view glass ceilings and live piano music in the dining car. Despite the hefty price tags […]
DIGITAL NEST|Newark, New Jersey By: Tennie Sumague, New York Bureau April is known as cherry blossom season and the best place to see a plethora of trees in its splendor? Not in Washington D.C. but in Newark, New Jersey. Only 40 minutes away by train from New York Penn Station, one can travel to Newark Penn Station and take the New Jersey Light Rail to Branch Brook Park, the first county park and home to […]
by Camille Bas-Wohlert Agence France Presse AARHUS, Denmark (AFP) — Talk about fluid tunes: A group of innovative Danish musicians submerged like fish in an aquarium have created an underwater concerto with instruments specially adapted to resonate in a silent world. In the central Danish town of Aarhus, a Godsbanen center concert hall looks more like a fish farm than a music set, with its jumble of water tanks, canisters, tubes, pipes and retrofuturistic objects. […]
(Reuters) — Wind turbines are drawing in tourists, revenue and jobs to a small farming town in Rizal. Every year, on top of the windswept hills of the province, more than 340,000 tourists mill the view deck of Pililla town’s 4,500-hectare wind farm to marvel and take pictures of its 125-meter-tall white wind turbines. Construction of the wind farm, which consists of 27 turbines, finished in June 2015. The farm was inaugurated and opened to the […]
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (Reuters) — Renata Rojas has longed to visit the wreck of the Titanic since she was a girl, decades before the ill-fated passenger liner was discovered on the seabed three decades ago. Next year, the 49-year-old New York banker and diving enthusiast should finally realize her dream, and she is shelling out more than $105,000 (USD) for the privilege. “I don’t own an apartment. I don’t own a car. I haven’t gone […]
(Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan na ang posibleng pagbubukas sa publiko sa umaabot na apat na pung kuwebang nadiskubre ng mga dayuhang mananaliksik sa Region 2. Ito ay matapos isumite ng Bristol Exploration Club na nakabase sa United Kingdom ang kanilang natuklasan na karagdagang apat na pung kweba sa rehiyon na karamihan ay matatagpuan sa Cagayan. Kaugnay nito, dadaan sa klasipikasyon ang mga naturang kuweba batay sa nakapaloob sa Cave Conservation Act bago ito buksan sa […]
It is a wonderful experience to paddle a boat along the moat in Chidorigafuchi Park in Tokyo, Japan where about 300 cherry trees are planted. The trees are now in full bloom this sakura or Cherry blossom season. Located in the northwest of the Imperial Palace, it is a historic moat which was constructed during the early Edo Period. From late March to early April, the 700m-long pedestrian path will be covered with […]
Reuters — The 2017 edition of Fjallraven Polar was completed by 28 people on Sunday (April 9) as the dogsledders crossed 300 kilometers of Arctic wilderness from Norway to Sweden. The participants from 12 countries and more than 200 sled dogs set off from Singnaldalen, Norway on April 3 and camped at various sites along the route to Jukkasjarvi, Sweden. Fjallraven Polar was founded by Ake Nordin when he met Kenth Fjellborg, one of Sweden’s […]
ENGLAND, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A fleet of colorful hot air balloons crossed English Channel on Friday (April 7), attempting to break the record for the largest group of hot air balloons to cross the English Channel. The total number of 85 balloons took part in the attempt, the BBC reported. Organizers said 82 balloons that took off from Dover in Kent on Friday morning made it to Calais in France in less than three […]
