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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — To discourage people from buying more private cars which worsen traffic congestion, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said that it will consider lifting the number coding scheme. LTFRB Chairman Atty. Martin Delgra III told reporters in a press conference that quote: “There should be more people on the road than cars. Once we remove colorum vehicles, we will consider lifting number coding in public […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court (SC) justices are set to discuss the election protest filed by former Senator “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., against Vice President Leonor “Leny” Robredo. The election protest of Marcos will be included in the agenda of the Supreme Court (SC) en banc on Tuesday. The SC justices are expected to discuss and deliberate the case of Marcos as to its initial action to the said case. The SC will […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A 19-year-old man was seriously injured, and may have lost a foot, after landing on what appeared to be an amateur explosive or firework in New York’s Central Park on Sunday, officials said. The incident comes as authorities step up security over the US Independence Day weekend, especially at airports and other transport hubs. “We have no evidence that this is related to terrorism,” NYPD deputy chief John O’Connell […]
by Ammar Karim BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — A weeping Zainab Mustafa brought a photo of her husband to the still-smoldering site of a bloody bombing in Baghdad Sunday, seeking word of him and their two missing children. The three had gone out the night before to buy clothes for the upcoming holiday marking the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, and Mustafa has not heard from them since. The suicide car bombing […]
by Ammar Karim and Safa Majeed BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — A suicide car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group ripped through a busy Baghdad shopping district Sunday, killing at least 119 people in the deadliest attack this year in Iraq’s capital. The blast hit the Karrada district early in the day as the area was packed with shoppers ahead of this week’s holiday marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. It […]
Matagumpay na naisagawa ang Lingap-pamamahayag ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Tondo, Manila. Bukod sa libreng medical, dental at laboratory services, nakabahagi din ang mga dumalo sa evangelical mission ng Iglesia Ni Cristo. Layunin ng pamamahayag na marami pang tao ang mapasama sa tunay na relihiyon.
Sa patuloy ng paglalayag ng National Aeronautics and Space Administration o NASA gamit ang Juno spacecraft, uumpisahan na bukas, July 4 ng NASA ang pakikipagtulungan sa mga nangungunang amateurs at mga professional astronomers sa buong mundo. Kabilang dito ang Pinoy amateur astronomer mula sa Cebu na si Christopher Go, isang leading planetary imager na mahigit labindalawang taon nang nagsasagawa ng obserbasyon sa planetang Jupiter.
by Martin Parry SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia was in political limbo Sunday after voters failed to hand Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the stability he craved in calling an election, with the nation instead facing the prospect of a hung parliament. The former banker went to the polls early looking to shore up support and deliver a strong government based on a “jobs and growth” agenda after ousting fellow Liberal Tony Abbott in a party […]
By Jerold Tagbo (EAGLE NEWS) — Desidido si bagong Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III na wakasan ang “endo” o contractualization na una nang ipinangako ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ayon kay Bello, dapat ipatupad ang batas para masugpo ang endo. Pero sa tanong kung dapat bigyan ng dagdag na ngipin ang batas laban sa “endo” (end of contract), nakasalalay na aniya sa Kongreso ang pagpapatibay ukol rito. Sa kanyang talumpati matapos ang pormal na turnover ceremony […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Bangladesh began observing two days of national mourning Sunday after 20 hostages were slaughtered at a restaurant packed with foreigners in a terrifying escalation of a campaign of attacks by Islamist extremists. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina decreed the mourning period as she vowed to drag Bangladesh back from the brink, warning of a concerted bid to turn one of the world’s most populous nations into a failed state. Amid mass condemnation of […]
By Eden Suarez Santos (EAGLE NEWS) — Pormal nang naupo sa kani-kanilang puwesto sina Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol at Environment Secretary Gina Lopez. Ito ay matapos ang isinagawang turn-over ceremony sa kani-kanilang tanggapan kasama sina outgoing Secretary Proceso Alcala at Ramon Paje. Ipinaabot ng dalawang kalihim sa kani-kanilang mga nasasakupan ang naging marching order sa kanila ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kauna-unahang cabinet meeting noong Huebes pagkatapos ang oathtaking ceremony sa Malacanang. Pangunahin anila […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said she was determined to eradicate terrorism in Bangladesh Saturday after security forces stormed a cafe where Islamist extremists had taken dozens of diners hostage. “It was an extremely heinous act. What kind of Muslims are these people? They don’t have any religion,” she said in a televised speech. “People must resist these terrorists. My government is determined to root out terrorism and militancy from Bangladesh.” © […]
