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Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Pansamantala munang ipinatigil ang diving at snorkelling acitivities sa mga coastal barangay sa bayan ng Mabini. Ayon kay Mabini Mayor Noli Luistro, ito’y dahil sa mga pinangangambahang paggalaw ng lupa at dahil sa mga nararanasang mahihinang lindol sa ilalim ng dagat. Wala pang ibinibigay na inpormasyon ang alkalde kung kailan magreresume ang diving at iba pang sports activity. Bukod sa ilamg resorts, sarado rin ang operasyon ng ilang ospital […]
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel remained committed to treating war wounded from Syria and reaffirmed his support for last week’s United States air strike in the neighboring country. In comments at the start of a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu did not specify whether those injured in last week’s suspected chemical attack in Syria would be among those treated in Israel. Israeli media reported that a proposal to do so had […]
by Camille Bas-Wohlert STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Thousands of people were to gather in central Stockholm on Sunday for a “Lovefest” gathering against terrorism, as police pursue their investigation into this week’s deadly truck attack. Shocked by Friday’s attack that left four dead and 15 injured — for which a 39-year-old Uzbek man is in custody — Stockholmers mobilized on Facebook, organizing the gathering for 2:00 pm (1200 GMT) at the Sergels Torg plaza near […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service MABINI, Batangas (Eagle News) — Epektibo ngayong araw (Abril 9) idineklara na ang state of calamity sa bayan ng Mabini sa Batangas kung saan ang karamihan ng mga residente ay nagulat at labis na nag-aalala dahil sa malalakas na lindol na tumama sa kanilang lugar. Hanggang ngayon ay nasa “state of shock” pa rin ang mayorya sa mga residente, ayon kay Mabini Mayor Noel Luistro. Ngayon lang daw kasi nila […]
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s Alma Angeles, together with Robert Capistrano and Caesar Vallejos interviewed officials of UNESCO in its headquarters in Paris, France where Alexander Leicht, chief of the Section of Education for Sustainable Development of UNESCO, explained how UNESCO changed its approach to education, incorporating even technical and vocational component, to achieve sustainable development goals. “The first thing that’s important to note is that we’re working now on a more holistic approach to education,” Leicht […]
(Eagle News) – What happened in Batangas was an “earthquake swarm” — a series of quakes without a distinct very large earthquake – and there is no sign it has stopped, according to the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Renato Solidum Jr. For Phivolcs, what was the main “shock” before of April 4 recorded at 5.5 magnitude had been replaced by this 6.0 magnitude of last Saturday, April 8, […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — One woman was killed in an air strike Saturday on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhun, site of a suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this week, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it was unclear if the strike on the rebel-held town in northwest Syria’s Idlib province was carried out by Syrian planes or those of government ally Russia. The death was the first in the town […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has cancelled a scheduled visit to Moscow next week, his office announced Saturday, saying “developments in Syria have changed the situation fundamentally.” “My priority is now to continue contact with the (United States) and others in the run up to the G7 meeting on 10-11 April,” said Johnson, who was due to travel to Moscow on Monday. “We deplore Russia’s continued defence of the Assad […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — At least 15 civilians, including four children, were killed in a suspected US-led coalition airstrike on Saturday near the Islamic State group’s Syrian bastion Raqa, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 17 people were injured in the strike on Heneyda, and that the death toll could rise further because several of the wounded were in serious conditions. The Britain-based group said the strike was […]
(Eagle News) – A series of quakes – the strongest of which were magnitude 5.6 and 6.0 — shook the province of Batangas at past 3 p.m. Saturday, April 8, and were felt in other Southern Tagalog provinces and parts of Metro Manila, according to the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). The quakes were tectonic in origin, with its epicenter near Mabini town in Batangas, where they were felt at intensity 7. […]
by Carole LANDRY / with Omar Haj Kadour in Khan Sheikhun Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The United States warned Friday it is ready to hit Syria again after a missile strike that infuriated Moscow and fueled calls for a push to end the six-year war. US Ambassador Nikki Haley delivered the warning at an emergency session of the UN Security Council called after the US strikes, which were launched to punish […]
