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MANILA, Philippines – In honor of the International Women’s Day, the MRT and LRT will give free transportation to women at scheduled times. On the other hand, the Office of the Ombudsman will give a 50% discount to its women clients. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/Nqo6_dqmiSw
MANILA, Philippines – According to Atty. George Garcia, counsel of Senator Grace Poe, his client is ready to accept whatever the decision of the Supreme Court regarding the disqualification case against the senator. He added that the senator’s camp is confident of the credibility of the Supreme Court justices. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
By Caesar Vallejos Eagle News online correspondent BARCELONA, Spain (Eagle News) — The way the world communicates right now is through mobile. “If my wife is sending me pictures of my children and my dog as as I speak right now, I am doing selfies with my panel which is a way for me to say, ‘this is not a good time to call.’ I do this because this is the way the world lives right […]
by Dhaou Maatoug BEN Guerdane, Tunisia (AFP) — Tunisian forces repelled a jihadist assault Monday on a town near the Libyan border, killing 36 assailants in what authorities said was a thwarted effort to establish an Islamic emirate. Eleven members of the security forces and seven civilians were also killed in Ben Guerdane in what President Beji Caid Essebsi condemned as an “unprecedented” jihadist attack. It prompted authorities to close the frontier and order a nighttime […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Lakers posted one of the biggest upsets of the NBA season Sunday with an unlikely 112-95 victory over the reigning league champion Golden State Warriors. Pre-game hype Sunday was all about Kobe Bryant’s final contest against the Warriors, but the crowd of 19,000 at Staples Center arena got more than they wished for with a rare win by the cellar-dwelling Lakers. “This helps out our team’s […]
BEIJING, China (CCTV) — There are other countries than China to be accused of militarizing the South China Sea, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing on Tuesday, during a press conference held on the sidelines of the national legislature annual session. Wang made the remarks in response to a reporter’s question about China’s building of defense facilities on islands and reefs in the South China Sea. He first reiterated China’s sovereignty over the […]
Beijing, China (AFP)—Distrust, disbelief, despair: two years after their loved ones vanished, many Chinese relatives of those on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 still refuse to believe they are somewhere at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. The unique circumstances of the disaster — including conflicting initial accounts, an inconclusive search and a backdrop of skepticism all contribute to their insistence, specialists say. For many Chinese families, the impact of the disaster was magnified […]
MANILA, March 8 – The Department of Health is closely coordinating with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US-CDC) for the profile of the patient confirmed to have Zika virus, and the places she visited in the Philippines. “We were informed that shortly after returning home to the US, an evidence of Zika virus infection was detected from the patient,” Health Secretary Janette P. Loreto-Garin said. The Department of Health disclosed a report […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will host the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards in September, the ABC television network announced on Monday. Television’s version of the Oscars rotates among the four major broadcasters — ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox — and Kimmel presented once before, when it was last aired on ABC in 2012. “I am excited to be hosting the Emmys again. I have a feeling I’m […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Bangladesh’s central bank said Monday that part of almost $100 million allegedly stolen from a reserve account in the United States last month has been recovered. Suspected Chinese hackers stole the money from the foreign exchange account in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on February 5, according to a central bank official and media reports. Some of the money was then illegally transferred online to the Philippines and Sri […]
(Eagle News) – Expelled Iglesia Ni Cristo member Lowell Menorca II and his family have been spotted in Ho Chi Minh Airport in Vietnam, contrary to reports being disseminated now by his lawyer, Atty. Trixie Angeles, that Menorca was nowhere to be found. Menorca and his wife, Jinky Seiko Otsuka Menorca, and daughter, were seen Sunday night at the airport boarding a flight for Vietnam. They left Manila around 10:45 Sunday night, and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines — Posibleng ideklara na ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) ang onset ng dry o summer season sa bansa. Ayon kay Anthony Lucero, chief ng Climate Monitoring and Prediction Section ng Pagasa, ramdam na ang mainit na panahon at lalo pa itong titindi sa mga susunod na araw dahil ang peak ng dry season sa bansa ay tuwing buwan ng Abril. Nagpapalala rin aniya sa dry season ang epekto ng […]
