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JOHNSONVILLE, Connecticut (Eagle News) – The clicking of cameras and the flipping of papers were the only things heard inside the small Centerbrook Meeting House located next to the General Store in the rundown town of Johnsonville, Connecticut. Fifty to sixty people crammed into the building while more than 100 stood outside braving the rain, at times a heavy downpour, other times a light drizzle. As Brother Glicerio B. Santos, Jr., the General Auditor of […]
(Agence France Presse) — Snipers in high-rise buildings are the main problem facing forces battling to crush pro-Islamic State fighters who have occupied Marawi for more than a month, a military spokesman said Saturday. Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera said this was the reason the government was using air strikes against the militants. “If we do not use air strikes, we will incur more casualties of our troops,” he told reporters in Marawi, which was overrun […]
(Eagle News) — Another person of interest in the killing of five members of a family in Bulacan has been found dead. A radio report said alias Tony’s body was found in San Miguel, Bulacan. Alias Tony’s death comes days after other persons of interest, Roosevelt Sorima alias Ponga, and Ronaldo Pacinos alias Inggo, were killed. Pacinos’ body was found last Tuesday at Phase 7, North Ridge Subdivision in Barangay Santo Cristo, with a cardboard that read, […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly headed into the weekend on a negative note Friday following a sell-off on Wall Street, United States jobs data coming in below par and a dive in oil prices fueling losses across the energy sector. Increasing expectations that central banks are about to start winding down their easy money policies are also weighing on buying sentiment and dragging on the dollar. With traders already nervous over North […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Cebu-Pacific cancelled flights going to Cebu and Ormoc due to the damage sustained by local airports after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit Leyte Island. In its advisory on its website, Cebu Pacific said that it was cancelling its daily flight between Cebu and Ormoc until Sunday, July 9. “In light of the reported damage of the airport caused by the magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Leyte on July 6, 2017, Cebu […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has said it will review the scoring of the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn welterweight title bout after the Philippine world champion’s shock loss, but the verdict will stand. The WBO announced the move on its website after Pacquiao, backed by the Philippine government’s sports regulatory body, criticised the referee and the judges and demanded a review. The Filipino regulator, the Games and Amusements Board, has also called […]
(Eagle News) — Kananga town in Leyte has been placed under state of calamity following the 6.5 magnitude earthquake. The quake Thursday, July 6 destroyed a building in Kananga town, which is located next to Jaro, the epicenter of the quake. Kananga vice Mayor Elmer Codilla said 10 people were injured when the building collapsed, and several others were trapped. Leyte Fourth District Representative Lucy Torres- Gomez said, one person was killed when an apartment […]
ORMOC CITY, Leyte (Eagle News) – Walang pasok sa lahat ng antas ng paaralan sa Ormoc City at Tacloban City dahil sa lindol. Ayon kay Tacloban City Mayor Cristina Gonzales, magsasagawa muna ng inspeksyon ang mga engineer sa mga school buildings upang matiyak ang kaligtasan ng mga estudyante. Bukod sa mga eskwelahan, iinspeksyunin din ang lahat ng gusali sa lungsod. Samantala sinabi naman ni Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez na magsasagawa rin sila ng pag-iinspeksyon sa mga […]
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At least two were reported killed and several others injured after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Leyte and was felt in nearby provinces on Thursday. The first fatality was a man who died following the collapse of a 10-year-old commercial building when the quake struck at 4:03 p.m., Kananga Mayor Rowena Codilla said in a radio interview. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake–with its epicenter in Jaro–was felt at varying intensities in nearby provinces […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — UNA ANG EDUKASYON party-list representative Salvador Belaro Jr. has recommended that instead of reconstructing Marawi City’s old city center, the government look for a new location to build a new center. Rep. Belaro said that reconstruction of the old town center of Marawi City will be more costly as demolishing and reconstructing the old buildings will take a long time. Last month, Belaro filed House Bill No. 5883, which […]
