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(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (October 31) flew to Jolo, Sulu to visit eight soldiers wounded in action. The soldiers were hurt in recent firefights against Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and were brought to a hospital in Camp Teodulfo Bautista. Duterte gave each of them P100,000 in cash and a Glock pistol. The eight soldiers were also awarded with Wounded Personnel Medal each.
(Eagle News) — The three locales in Edmonton, Canada gathered on October 30, Sunday to celebrate the theme “I am proud to be a member of the Church of Christ” held at the Southpointe Community Centre where Iglesia Ni Cristo members invited guests for them to know more about the Church. Representative Thomas Dang, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, one of the invited guests recognized how the INC helped a lot […]
CINCINNATI, United States (AFP) – by Jennie MATTHEW Initially caught off guard, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has swung between defiance, counter-attack and painting Donald Trump as a mortal danger since the FBI director revived her email scandal. The decision, announced by James Comey in a letter to lawmakers last Friday, initially dumbfounded Clinton and her allies, throwing what was already America’s ugliest presidential election into spasms of shock. Clinton was at the time on a plane with […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Chinese coastguard ships are still patrolling the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea but are not stopping Filipinos from fishing there, a Philippine defence spokesman said Sunday. The information — from fishermen who have just returned from the shoal — came despite earlier Philippine government statements that the Chinese had left the outcrop they seized in 2012. A spokesman for President Rodrigo Duterte had said Saturday there were no […]
by Jean-Louis SANTINI WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations said in a study released Monday. Nearly one child in seven around the globe breathes outdoor air that is at least six times dirtier than international guidelines, according to the study by the UN Children’s Fund, which called air pollution a leading factor […]
Caesar Vallejos Eagle News Service correspondent Persecution to pride. That summed up the journey of some Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) members who experienced from being laughed at, discriminated and sometimes barred from their exercise of their religious freedom to receiving accolades for the parade of victories that the Church of Christ has manifested being God’s chosen nation. Now a global church, INC has spread to 130 countries and territories around the world, and the […]
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | — Five Filipino fishermen released after being held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years broke down as they were reunited with their families Friday, recounting beatings and abuse. The seafarers, among 26 hostages freed from the crew of Naham 3 seized south of the Seychelles in March 2012, alternated between tears and laughter as they embraced their loved ones on arrival back in Manila. “I am so […]
by Jennie Matthew FORT LAUDERDALE, United States | AFP | — The race for the White House narrowed noticeably on Sunday as Hillary Clinton sought to shake off a renewed FBI probe of her emails and Donald Trump blitzed western states nine days ahead of the vote. An ABC News/Washington Post poll put the Democratic presidential candidate just one point ahead of her Republican challenger Donald Trump at 46-45 percent in a four-way race. […]
Italy’s most powerful earthquake in 36 years struck a new blow to the country’s heart, with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi reiterating a government pledge to rebuild every damaged house and ensuring that remote, quake-hit communities are not abandoned. (video courtesy AFPTV)
by Franck Ioevene and Angus MacKinnon in Rome NORCIA, Italy | AFP | — Italy’s most powerful earthquake in 36 years stuck the country’s mountainous centre Sunday, panicking shell-shocked residents for the third time in two months and flattening a world famous 600-year-old basilica. Remarkably, there were no reports of anyone dying as a result of the 6.6 magnitude quake but more than 3,000 people were left temporarily homeless, the national civil protection agency […]
(Reuters) — Twenty-six people were killed and dozens more injured after two days of heavy flooding hit several Egyptian cities on Friday and Saturday (October 28-29), Egypt’s health ministry said. The rain hit in the early hours of Friday (October 28) morning sweeping away cars and destroying houses. Seven people were killed in the Red Sea city of Ras Ghareb, health officials added. Authorities said two main roads in the city were closed due […]
