Opinion & Analysis

A look back at Madison Square Garden best games during Knicks’ 2017-18 season

By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau Madison Square Garden captivates multiple show-stopping NBA games by the league’s best players. Many may remember Michael Jordan’s 55-point game during his first comeback from retirement in 1995. Or Kobe Bryant 61-point performance, including 20-for-20 from the free throw line in 2009. Let’s not forget Stephen Curry’s first 50-point performance of his career when he ignited the Garden for 54 points in 2013. A year later, Carmelo Anthony […]

Recommendation of Federal Commission to arm teachers with guns spurs reactions across the US

UNITED STATES (Eagle News) — The Federal Commission on School Safety recently released its report to the President of the United States with recommended solutions to advance safety in U.S. schools. The commision was established by President Donald Trump following the February 14, 2018, school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The panel, led by Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education Betsy DeVos, was tasked to produce policy recommendations with […]

Historic summit between Trump and Kim good for the PHL, says political analyst

(Eagle News) — The historical meeting and summit between United States President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will be good also for the Philippines, said a political analyst. University of the Philippines political science professor Clarita Carlos said the historical meeting was a beautiful and historical event which would bring in peace between Seoul and Pyongyang. Carlos said this was favorable to the country as North Korea would be able to open […]

Put on your dancing shoes; NCAA Tournament is on

(Eagle News) — March is a time where the last remnants of winter gasp for its last breath and spring starts to claw its way in. In sports, the NFL free agency continues to make waves, the MLB spring training has started, and the NBA and NHL regular season is winding down preparing us for high stakes playoff series in April and May. While the summer and winter Olympics gives us national pride for a […]

“Health Tips” From Facebook M.D.

By: Mark Christofer Manalo   I do not spend much time on social media. The utility of sharing personal information and pictures of one’s lunch escape me. But in the few times I checked out Facebook, I was greeted with two blatantly false stories that were passed around as “health news.” And by blatantly false, I mean that in an easily-disproven, just-a-Google-search-away, top-search-results kind of way.   The first one had a ring of truth […]

No one should be blamed for West Philippine Sea dispute, says UP Professor

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — No one should be blamed for the problems faced by the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea. This is according to University of the Philippines professor, Dr. Jay Batongbacal, who is also the director of the Institute of Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea of UP College of Law. “Walang mangyayari kung magsisihan lang tayo dito habang yung kabilang panig ay patuloy pa rin yung pagmamatigas sa pagco-consolidate ng kanilang […]

Majority of online poll respondents ‘happy’ De Lima was arrested

(Eagle News) — So how do netizens generally feel about Senator Leila de Lima being arrested? Apparently, ecstatic. An overwhelming majority of those who answered a Feb. 24 Eagle News online survey said they were happy the senator had been apprehended, with some of them saying this was long overdue. As of March 2, of the  2488 who answered the survey since Feb. 25,   2,339 answered this way. “MASAYA….MASAYANG MASAYA,” Roger Espiritu wrote. Sherrie […]

Pagtindi sa problema ng trapiko sa susunod na dalawang taon, pinangangambahan

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Lalo pa umanong titindi ang problema sa trapiko sa bansa sa susunod na dalawa o tatlong taon. Ito ang pangamba ni Senator JV Ejercito kung hindi maisasakatuparan ng Duterte administration ang modernong railways system sa bansa. Ayon sa Senador, interesado ang Japan International Cooperation Agency o JICA at iba pang mga negosyante sa Japan na tumulong at isagawa ang railways system.

When vehicles become weapons

PARIS, France (AFP)–Transforming a vehicle into a simple but deadly weapon of terror — as happened to such bloody effect in Nice on Thursday — is a tactic well known to intelligence agencies. A truck smashed into revellers celebrating France’s Bastille Day, killing at least 80 and injuring scores as its ploughed two kilometres through the crowd. In Israel and the Palestinian territories, car-ramming attacks have featured heavily in a wave of violence that has killed […]

Pastor Boy Saycon, nakapanayam ng programang SGM ukol sa whistleblowers sa umano’y election fraud

Dahil sa naganap na pagharap sa senado ng mga whistleblower ukol sa umano’y election fraud nitong nakaraang Lunes, May 30, kinapanayam thru phone patch sa programang SA GANANG MAMAMAYAN nina Cong. Dante Marcoleta at Gen Subardiaga si Pastor Boy Saycon, ang Secretary General ng Council of Philippine Affairs o COPA. Ayon sa kanyang pagsasalayasay hindi matatawag na massive cheating ang naganap. May posibilidad raw na maaaring may nangyari lang iregularidad sa automation system  sa ibang […]

Pangulong Aquino, dapat sanang mas nagpakita ng pag-aalala sa SAF 44

(Eagle News) – Sa episode na ito ng Saganang Mamamayan (January 28), tinalakay ang naging pagbubukas muli ng Senado sa imbestigasyon ng Mamasapano operations. Hinimay nina dating Congressman Rodante Marcoleta at ng kanyang co-anchor na si Gen Subardiaga ang mga napag-usapan sa Mamasapano hearing. Ayon pa kay Marcoleta, maaaring mas inalam pa sana ng Pangulong Aquino ang kalagayan ng mga miyembro ng Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF), na nakikipagbakbakan sa Mamasapano, Maguindanao. Maaari […]