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Twitter suspends over 125,000 accounts for ‘promoting terrorist acts’

  TWITTER Inc said on Friday (February 5) it had suspended over 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 for “threatening or promoting terrorist acts, primarily related to ISIS.” Reuters said the microblogging service provider said in a blog on Friday that it had increased the size of the teams that review reports of such activity, reducing the response time significantly. The company said it was seeing results, including an increase in account suspensions and “this type of […]

Hotel fire in Iraqi Kurdistan kills 21, including 15 Filipinos

  FIFTEEN Filipinos were killed in a fire at a hotel in the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region that killed 21 people and injured dozens of others on Friday (February 5), the governor of Erbil told a local media network. While Reuters reported the initial death toll at 17,  an Al Jazeera report said those killed were at least 21 people, and that 15 of them were Filipinos. The Al Jazeera report said that the […]

Colombia confirms first three Zika deaths

(Reuters) — Colombia’s Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed the first three deaths from the Zika virus at a press conference. “We have studied six suspected cases, and have confirmed three of them to be caused by the Zika virus. These three deaths are the first ones confirmed by us; other cases are still under review,” said Martha Lucia, director of National Health Institute. The three cases include one man and one woman who died […]

Freddie Roach to come to the Philippines on February 14

QUEZON City, Philippines – Coach Freddie Roach will arrive in the Philippines on February 14 to start the intensive training of Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao for his last match against Timothy Bradley. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)

Inflation rate drops to 1.3%

MANILA, Philippines – According to the National Economic and Development Authority, the country’s inflation rate dropped to 1.3% this January due to the low food prices as well as the drop of oil prices in the world market. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)

CSC extends deadline of CSE application to February 26

MANILA, Philippines – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) extended the deadline of application for the Civil Service Examination (CSE) to February 26 from the first deadine of February 25, which was declared as a non-working holiday. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)

PSA: Number coding scheme suspended on February 8

METRO Manila, Philippines – In our public service announcement, the number coding scheme will be suspended on Monday, February 8 due to the Chinese New Year, which was declared by the Malacañang as a special non-working holiday. The Department of Labor and Employment reminded employers in the private sector to follow the pay rules during the said holiday. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by […]

Caloocan City Northern Medical Center opens to public

CALOOCAN City, Philippines – Thousands benefited from free medicine, free medical services as well as free medical consultation when the newly-built Caloocan City North Medical Center opened, boasting 50 semi-private and private rooms. According to Caloocan City Mayor Oscar Malapitan, all of those that will avail of the hospital’s service but lacks Philhealth card will be automatically given free Philhealth cards and all hospital charges will be entered in said card. (Eagle News Service Described […]

Brain scan detects depression during childhood

MASSACHUSSETS, United States of America – The Massachussets Institute of Technology is using a new type of brain scan imaging to find out if children are predisposed to depression. Said scan discovered that there are differences in neural pathways that will help in the early detection of what could later be a serious psychological disorder. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)

Florida declares public health emergency due to Zika virus

FLORIDA, United States of America – Florida added another county under public health emergency due to the Zika virus, bringing up the number of counties affected in Florida to five. In Brazil, two cases of Zika virus were recorded due to blood transfusion. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/tfQYjDcxLMU

DOST employees protest removal of benefits

QUEZON City, Philippines – The employees of the Department of Science of Technology (DOST) conducted a silent protest due to the proposed removal of their benefits under the Magna Carta law.Said DOST employees also did not deny that the services of the PAGASA weather bureau may also be negatively affected.   https://youtu.be/VTEfD9ZuNsE

Government employees to conduct national action

MANILA, Philippines – Due to the alleged failure of the Aquino administration in giving government employees higher compensation, several thousands of government employees will participate in a nationwide action which will be held on February 16. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/6AbnxqAC2fE