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QUEZON City, Philippines, August 12 (Eagle News) — The legal counsel of former President and now Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will ask the Sandiganbayan for permission to allow CGMA to attend her late brother’s wake regularly. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/0aZ_AkG9CJc
PASAY City, Philippines, August 11 (Eagle News) — As the scheduled water interruption continues, Pasay City and other parts of Manila extended the suspension of classes in their respective jurisdictions. For the full list of schools with suspended classes, watch the video. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/ECfEONEsUsE
EDSA, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 12 (Eagle News) — According to one of the spokesperson of Vice-President Jejomar Binay’s camp, the MRT has seven maintenance contractors under the term of Transportation and Communication Secretary Joseph Abaya, which leads to said contractors pointing fingers at each other whenever said transport system encounters technical difficulties. Binay’s camp added that one of the owners of the maintenance contractors is a fundraiser and campaigner of the Liberal Party during the […]
AUGUST 12 (Reuters) — Islamic State has released 22 of the dozens of Assyrian Christians it abducted from villages in north-eastern Syria earlier this year, a monitoring group said on Tuesday (August 11). The elderly people were taken to Khabur where they were looked after in the local church. It was not clear how many Assyrians remain in the hands of the ultra-hardline Islamist militants, but the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said they […]
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (PNA/Xinhua) — An international team of astronomers have confirmed that the energy in the universe today is only about half of what it was two billion years ago and they’re continuing to fade. The universe is slowly dying, their study showed. The findings, presented at the ongoing International Astronomical Union’s 29th General Assembly in Honolulu, Hawaii, reveal the extent to which the cosmos are apparently losing steam, which could help astronomers […]
By Weng dela Fuente (Eagle News) — Nangatwiran ang Malacanang sa P5 bilyong ayuda ng gobyerno bilang pambayad-utang ng Maynilad Water Services Incorporated. Sinabi ni Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma na isina-alang-alang ng pamahalaan ang interes ng mga consumer ukol sa makatarungan at tamang singil sa tubig. Kinukwestyon ng grupong “Water for All Movement” at ni Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares ang paglalaan ng palasyo ng P5-bilyon na pambayad sa obligasyon sa Maynilad . Sinabi ni […]
(Eagle News) — Makakaranas rin ng water interruption ang mga customer ng Manila Water Company mula sa ilang lugar sa Metro Manila at Rizal, simula Martes (Agosto 11) hanggang Biyernes upang bigyang daan ang maintenance procedure. Ang water service interruption ay magsisimula gabi ng Agosto 11 at matatapos ng alas sais ng umaga Agosto 12, para sa mga residente ng Banaba at Ampid 1 sa Rizal . Habang ang mga residente naman ng Burgos sa […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi na makatarungan ang nais mangyari ng Manila Water Corporation at Maynilad na ipasa sa publiko ang buwis na dapat ay sila ang nagbabayad. Ito ang sinabi ni Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Neri Colmenares kaugnay sa sinasabi ng Department of Finance (DOF) na kailangang aksyunan ng Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) ang hiling ng dalawang water concessionaire gaya ng isinasaad sa kontrata. Nangangahulugan aniya na hindi bababa sa P300 ang magiging […]
(Eagle News) — Kanya-kanyang paraan na ang pagtitipid sa tubig ng mga residente at establisymentong apektado ng rotating water interruption ng Maynilad. Ilan pa sa mga negosyo ang hindi na nagbukas dahil na rin sa kawalan ng suplay ng tubig. Nailagay naman ng Maynilad ang mga bagong tubo nito na bahagi ng pipe realignment at para na rin bigyang daan ang flood interceptor project ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). May report si […]
Aug.10 (Reuters) Imagine controlling your smart phone with one of these skin-worn silicone patches. The makers of iSkin say its thin, soft and flexible design presents new possibilities for on-body mobilecomputing. Martin Weigel, PHD student in the Embodied Interaction Group at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, saying: “Current electronics are mostly using rigid components which are very uncomfortable to wear on the body and are limiting the locations to, for example, the wrist or […]
(Reuters) — Japan switched on a nuclear reactor for the first time in nearly two years on Tuesday (August 11) despite strong protests nationwide. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that tougher standards mean the sector is now safe after the Fukushima disaster in 2011 but opinion polls show a majority of the public oppose the move after the nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. […]
MAKATI City, Philippines, August 11 (Eagle News) — The spokesperson of Vice President Jejomar Binay challenged Senator Antonio Trillanes IV to face the complaint for damages filed by the Vice President against him. VP Binay’s camp added that Senator Trillanes should face the accusations filed against him and to stop doubting the integrity of the courts. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/2gygQYnuFY8
