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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is currently monitoring the progress of a tropical depression outside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), with the weather bureau saying that there is a little chance said tropical depression of entering the PAR. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/l240jBiQWEQ
(Eagle News) – The Department of Education (DepEd) ordered the school division superintendents in Metro Manila to conduct make-up classes to cover for the two school holidays in November 17 and 20 because of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting which will be held in the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON CITY, Sep. 17 — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has a new 24/7 hotline number, 1342, which the commuting public can call to report delinquent public utility vehicles (PUVs). All complaints pertaining to PUVs (e.g., arrogant drivers, defective taxi meters, hit and run incidents, reckless driving, etc.) will be entertained. The hotline is currently operational nationwide. The LTFRB also has SMS and Viber hotlines, where you can send pictures and videos: […]
Forgetting to charge your phone before heading to the beach need not mean social isolation anymore. This is Beachill – a beach mat that uses solar power to revive dead batteries. It also has a small in-built fridge to keep drinks cool. Beachill was originally a university project by Lebanese student Antoine Sayah. But after his tutors advised him to go into business he sold 60 Beachills in just two weeks. Inventor of Beachill, Antoine […]
(Reuters) — Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet said three people were killed when a strong earthquake shook the country on Wednesday and said she would travel to the worst-affected areas. The magnitude 8.3 quake was the most powerful to hit Chile in five years and triggered flooding in some coastal towns and sent terrified resident pouring into streets. “Once again we’re having to deal with another harsh blow from nature…. Unfortunately we’ve received information that as […]
Waves of up to 4.5 meters (15 feet) pounded Chile’s coastal areas on Wednesday (September 16), the navy said, after a powerful 8.3 earthquake struck off the coast, flooding some coastal areas. At least three people were killed by the quake about 280 km (175 miles) north of Santiago, the biggest earthquake since 2010 to hit the world’s top copper producer. In the coastal city of Estero, in Vina del Mar, images showed high tide […]
(Eagle News) — It’s a Grace Poe-Chiz Escudero tandem for the 2016 presidential and vice-presidential race. Poe and Escudero formally announced their team-up on Thursday, Sept. 17 in a gathering held at the Kalayaan Hall of Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan. Poe made the announcement a day after she declared that she was running for president in 2016. Poe said Escudero, who had served as her father’s spokesperson during the 2004 presidential elections, was […]
(Reuters) A magnitude 8.3 earthquake hit off the coast of Chile on Wednesday (September 16), shaking buildings in the capital city of Santiago and flooding some coastal areas under a tsunami warning. At least three people were killed by the quake about 280 km (175 miles) north of Santiago, the biggest earthquake since 2010 to hit the world’s top copper producer. Speaking to reporters in southern California, Caltech seismologist Mark Simons said that those affected […]
(Reuters) — A Texas teenager was taken away from school in handcuffs after he brought a homemade clock to his Dallas-area school this week and the staff mistook it for a bomb, police said on Wednesday (September 16). Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was accused of making a hoax bomb. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said he is Muslim and the case serves as an example of religious bigotry. “I took it to school just to show […]
(Eagle News) — A very strong 8.3 magnitude quake hit Chile’s coast on Wednesday night, Sept. 16 (Thursday morning, Sept. 17, Manila time), according to the U.S. Geological Survey which measured the quake’s depth at 25 kilometers. The quake’s epicenter was about 46 kilometers west of Illapel, Chile, USGS said. Evacuations were immediately ordered after the quake struck at 10:54 p.m Wednesday in Chile (6:54 a.m. Thursday Manila time) as Chile’s national emergency agency issued […]
(Reuters) — The Syrian refugee, tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman as he tried to flee from police on the Hungarian-Serbian border, arrived in Barcelona on Wednesday (September 16) before jumping on yet another train to Madrid, where he has been hired by Spain’s Official School for Football and Indoor Football Coaches (CENAFE). Video footage of Osama Abdul Mohsen being tripped by cameraman Petra Laszlo as he ran through the fields with his son Zaid, aged […]
(Reuters) — Coast Guard officials allied to Libya’s self-declared government in Tripoli said on Wednesday (September 16) they captured a Russian-flagged oil tanker and their Russian crew trying to smuggle oil from the port of Zawara. Coast guard official Tawfiq Mohammed said that the tanker was captured when it tried to smuggle oil out of the country “We identified the location of the tanker which was about 15 miles outside of Zawara. It’s a Russian […]
