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QUEZON City, Philippines – Between 10, 000 – 20, 000 passengers are expected at the Araneta Bus Terminal in Cubao, Quezon City. Most of the air-conditioned buses were already fully-booked since last week. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/z3NHyt2DpBo
CEBU City, Philippines – All four of the presidential candidates who attended the Cebu City leg of the Presidential Debate did not favor the divorce bill, in response to the moderator’s question. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that there were no Filipinos involved in the plane crash in Russia. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/5vqMu5RHwzU
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Metro Manila recorded a temperature of 35 degrees Celsius yesterday – the highest temperature recorded for the metro as of now. The PAGASA added that the easterlies will cause higher temperatures in the coming days. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines – Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma clarified the statement made by the Department of Health that it is expecting that the Philippines will be included in the Level 2 travel alert of the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention. According to Coloma, if ever the Philippines is included in the said travel alert, said inclusion is based only on the case of an American woman who contracted Zika virus in the […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh – The Federal Bureau of Investigation will send an investigation team to Bangladesh after said country asked the help of the United States of America in identifying the hackers that stole $81 million from the Central Bank of Bangladesh. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections implemented its plan to conduct elections in shopping malls, with 86 malls chosen to be voting precincts. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/kvejK84rux4
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs is still in the process of confirming new reports of harassment done by the Chinese Coast Guard against Filipino fishermen in the disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea. According to the reports, Chinese rubber boats rammed the boats of the Filipino fishermen. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Donetsk, Russia (AFP)—Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko is set Monday to hear the verdict in her high-profile murder trial in southern Russia, which Kiev and the West have slammed as a political sham. Prosecutors are demanding 23 years in jail for Savchenko’s alleged involvement in killing two Russian state TV journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine, with few doubting that the 34-year-old combat helicopter navigator will be found guilty, and Kiev already pushing for a prisoner […]
OFUNATO CITY, Iwate Prefecture, Japan (Reuters) — When an earthquake strikes literally every second counts. That was the case 5 years ago when a magnitude 9 quake unleashed a massive tsunami that devastated Japan. A seismological network kicked into action issuing early warnings, but the massive waves still killed nearly 16,000 people and caused an estimated $300 billion (USD) in damage. Since then scientists have been working to improve detection systems in the hopes of […]
BEKASI, West Java Province, Indonesia (Reuters) — Some residents of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, frustrated by the mounting trash problem across the sprawling metropolis, have started taking matters into their own hands. Hamidi, a young “green entrepreneur” became so concerned by the overflowing Jakarta city dump that he began turning discarded plastic into fuel. “At the very beginning I just wanted to start a business,” said Hamidi, who started his waste-to-energy initiative a year ago in […]
Brussels, Belgium (AFP)—Key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam was formally charged Saturday with “terrorist murder” and being part of a terrorist group, the Belgian federal prosecutors office said. “(He…has) been charged by the investigating judge with participation in terrorist murder and participation in the activities of a terrorist organization,” a prosecutors statement said. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
