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In photos: What remained of a passenger bus after it burst into flames along EDSA Shaw

March 22, 2019
Sandiganbayan convicts ex-Maguindanao Gov. Ampatuan for graft, malversation of public funds, falsification of documents

March 22, 2019
DA to suspend importation of onions pending probe of reported cartel operations

March 22, 2019
PAGASA announces start of dry season

March 22, 2019
New Zealand falls silent, a week after mosque massacres

March 22, 2019

National

Trillanes pleads not guilty to grave threats charges

March 22, 2019

(Eagle News)—Senator Sonny Trillanes IV on Friday, March 22, pleaded not guilty to the grave threats charges filed against him by Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras. Trillanes entered the plea during his arraignment at the Pasay Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 47. Paras had filed the charges after Trillanes allegedly threatened to “finish (him) off” in their brief encounter in the Senate premises in 2018. Paras alleged Trillanes’ comments stemmed from the inciting to sedition charges he […]

Sandiganbayan convicts ex-Maguindanao Gov. Ampatuan for graft, malversation of public funds, falsification of documents

March 22, 2019

(Eagle News) – Former Maguindanao Governor Sajid Islam Ampatuan is sentenced to reclusion perpetua by the Sandiganbayan after finding him guilty of graft and malversation of public funds, and of 63 counts of falsification of public documents. The cases arose over his alleged misuse of millions of pesos in public funds in 2009 when he allegedly made anomalous purchases of construction materials allegedly for the repair of various school buildings, when he was […]

DA to suspend importation of onions pending probe of reported cartel operations

March 22, 2019

(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture will be suspending the importation of bulb onions, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said on Friday, March 22. According to Piñol, this was pending the results of the investigation of the Philippine Competition Commission and the National Bureau of Investigation into the reported operations of a cartel manipulating the buying price of onions produced locally. It was the DA that asked for the probe following reports trading firms closed […]

PAGASA announces start of dry season

March 22, 2019

(Eagle News)—The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration on Friday, March 22, announced the start of the dry season. PAGASA said “the day-to-day weather across the country will gradually become warmer, though isolated thunderstorms are also likely to occur” as a result. On Friday though, PAGASA said cloudy skies were expected in parts of the country as the ridge of a high pressure area (HPA) affects Northern Luzon. The weather bureau said partly cloudy […]

Duterte to PNPA’s Sansiklab Class of 2019: Stand by your principles at all costs

March 22, 2019

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, March 22, called on this year’s graduates of the Philippine National Police Academy to stand by their principles “at all costs.” “Never be deceived by power nor by fame. What is important is your honor, for it is your badge towards genuine success,” Duterte told the 201 cadets belonging to the Sansiklab Class 2019. He also urged them to “excel in your chosen pursuits, lend your abilities to […]

Metro

In photos: What remained of a passenger bus after it burst into flames along EDSA Shaw

March 22, 2019

(Eagle News) — A passenger bus burst into flames early evening of Friday, March 22, 2019, along the northbound side of EDSA, particularly near the EDSA Shaw tunnel, allegedly after it overheated. No one was reported hurt after the VTSC bus with plate number TXX 274 caught flame, according to authorities. Firemen immediately arrived at the scene and put out the fire. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) also posted a tweet about the vehicular […]

Partly cloudy skies expected in Metro Manila

March 22, 2019
7-year-old boy injured in Valenzuela fire

March 22, 2019

Agila Pilipinas

2.7-magnitude quake hits Davao Oriental

March 22, 2019

(Eagle News)—-A 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Friday, March 22. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 95 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso at 1:34 p.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic in origin, was 63 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were affected.

Six private emission testing centers suspended for alleged falsification of test results

March 22, 2019
DENR sinugod ng mga tumututol sa land conversion sa Sicogon Island, Iloilo

March 22, 2019

International

French sex abuse victims seek answers from top Vatican official

March 22, 2019

LYON, France (AFP) — A pedophilia victims’ group is calling for a Vatican cardinal to be stripped of his immunity so he can face prosecution over the cover-up of alleged sex abuse by a French priest, one of the victims said Wednesday The announcement comes a day after Catholic Church’s Pope Francis rejected the resignation of a French cardinal Philippe Barbarin, who was given a six-month suspended jail sentence for failing to report the […]

New Zealand falls silent, a week after mosque massacres

March 22, 2019

by Jerome TAYLOR The Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand on Friday followed by two minutes of nationwide silence to mark a week since a white supremacist gunned down 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. As the call was broadcast around the country, thousands — including Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and wounded survivors — stood in a park opposite the mosque where the killing began, as the nation […]

Six dead as car hits crowd in China, police kill driver

March 22, 2019

BEIJING, China (AFP) — A car rammed into a crowd in central China Friday, killing six people and injuring seven others, and the driver was fatally shot by police, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The injured were taken to hospital following the early morning incident in Zaoyang City in Hubei Province, CCTV said. A video, published by Shanghai-based news outlet The Paper, shows a body covered in a blanket left on the roadside and a group […]

Idai disaster: Stranded victims still need rescue from heavy rains as UN scales up response

March 22, 2019

Dire conditions persist in vast areas of southern Africa affected by Cyclone Idai as heavy rain continues to cause “massive destruction”, the UN said on Thursday, while aid teams scale up efforts to reach those most in need. Warning that the situation is likely to deteriorate, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that people are still stranded on rooftops after the storm began its sweep through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe six days ago. In Mozambique […]

Technology

Facebook admits storing passwords in plain text

March 22, 2019

By Glenn Chapman Agence France-Presse (AFP) — Facebook on Thursday admitted that millions of passwords were stored in plain text on its internal servers, a security slip that left them readable by the social networking platform’s employees. “To be clear, these passwords were never visible to anyone outside of Facebook and we have found no evidence to date that anyone internally abused or improperly accessed them,” Pedro Canahuati, the company’s vice president of engineering, security, […]

NASA says taking sample from asteroid harder than expected

March 20, 2019
Forget flying carpets, flying taxis are coming your way

March 15, 2019

Sports

NBA Timberwolves lose Rose, Covington, Teague for season

March 22, 2019

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Minnesota Timberwolves’s slim NBA playoffs hopes suffered a major setback Thursday with the announcement that guards Derrick Rose and Jeff Teague and forward Robert Covington were ruled out for the rest of the season. The T-Wolves are 32-39 after dropping seven of their past 10 games and would need to win at least 10 of their final 11 to reach the post-season. Rose, the 2011 NBA Most Valuable Player, […]

NBA fines Boston guard Smart $50K for shoving Embiid

March 22, 2019
New York Red Bulls four-goal second half shakes San Jose Earthquakes to defeat

March 22, 2019

Business

‘Breakthroughs: Tourism’ charts future of travel

March 22, 2019

By Caesar Vallejos OPEN FOR BUSINESS, Eagle News In spite of the country’s rich natural resources and great customer service, the Philippine tourism industry is faced with roadblocks that include the lack of facilities and infrastructures. The need to maximize digital technologies will help realize the industry’s full development, spurring the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in the country. “If we can just develop this particular aspect of our economy, I think this has […]

Facebook admits storing passwords in plain text

March 22, 2019

EU fines Google 1.49 billion Euros for anti-trust breach

March 20, 2019

by Alex PIGMAN The EU’s powerful anti-trust regulator slapped tech giant Google with a new fine on Wednesday over unfair competition, in Europe’s latest salvo against Silicon Valley. In its third major decision against the search engine behemoth, Brussels sanctioned Google’s once popular AdSense advertising service, saying it illegally restricted client websites from displaying ads from ad service rivals. Google and the EU have been at loggerheads about the monopoly of Google over internet search […]

Entertainment

‘Game of Thrones’ star Emilia Clarke reveals near-fatal brain aneurysms

March 22, 2019

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Game of Thrones” star Emilia Clarke suffered two nearly fatal brain aneurysms in the early years of filming the hit series, she said in an essay published Thursday. The British actress — who plays Daenerys Targaryen on the blockbuster show about to enter its final season — wrote that the first aneurysm rupture struck while she was at the gym in February 2011, just after filming the first season. […]

‘Captain Marvel’ clobbers the competition to stay atop box office

March 18, 2019

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Female-led superhero movie “Captain Marvel” took in an estimated $69.3 million over the weekend, outearning the combined North American totals of the next nine films, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. The Disney/Marvel blockbuster had a huge opening last weekend — the biggest ever for a female-fronted superhero flick — and, with the foreign total of $494 million added in, “is now assured of ultimately earning $1 billion,” according […]

Taguig court orders Nicko Falcis arrested for access device fraud

March 15, 2019

(Eagle News) — A Taguig court has ordered the arrest of Nicko Falcis, a former business partner of actress Kris Aquino. The warrant issued by Judge Felix Reyes of Branch 70 of the Taguig Regional Trial Court was for violation of Section 9 of Republic Act No. 8484 or the Access Device Regulation Act of 1998. Section 9 bans obtaining money through an access device. Bail was set at P60,000. Aquino has accused Falcis of […]