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JUNE 25 (Reuters) — The ongoing heat wave in southern Pakistan had claimed more than 800 lives as of Wednesday, with majority of the deaths reported in slum areas due to poor living conditions and frequent power outages. The slums in Karachi have been hit hard by the heat wave with temperatures of up to 45 degrees Celsius. In Korangi, a slum in the city of Karachi, residents share crowded houses. Livestock range freely and […]
JUNE 25 (Reuters) — The Minnesota Timberwolves are expected make versatile big man Karl-Anthony Towns of Kentucky the top pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft where a deep pool of U.S. College and international talent are up for grabs. Towns, who can play power forward or center at 6-foot-11, can shoot from the outside, score inside and is a superior defender — readymade for the NBA wars. One day ahead of the draft, during media availability […]
JUNE 25 (Reuters-CCTV) — Saudi Arabia reported 23 new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus cases in June, less than the same period of last year. There are now 1,038 MERS patients across the country, according to the Ministry of Health. Although it is unlikely that the disease will become a pandemic, the ministry asked all medical institutions to stay alert and be prepared to receive and treat MERS patients. “All medical institutions will conduct […]
JUNE 24 (Eagle News) — Australia warned its citizens traveling to the Philippines due to threats of terrorism. The travel advisory added that Australian citizens should avoid Central and Western Mindanao. (Canberra, Australia) (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, June 24 (Eagle News) – ACT-Teachers party-list representative Antonio Tinio asked for a halt in the ongoing joint military drills between the Philippines and Japan, saying that said drill is unconstitutional because there is no existing treaty ratified by the Senate between the Philippines and Japan. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, June 24 (Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will publish comics as part of its educational campaign regarding the West Philippine issue with China. Said comics will be published in Filipino, English, Cebuano and Ilocano. The DFA believes that with the use of said comics, the public will better comprehend the territorial dispute with China. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, June 24 (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives Committee on Metro Manila Development may summon Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada and former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim regarding its investigation on the construction of the Torre De Manila. The said committee will also summon representatives from the DMCI and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA). (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/76S4TjRvr6I
MANILA, Philippines, June 24 (Eagle News) — The Philippine Postal Corporation or Philpost asked other government agencies to make use of their postal services rather than those of private courier services. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, June 24 (Eagle News) — According to Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma, the Palace is asking the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to rush its master plan against floods with the official start of the rainy season. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/-qIrhlpvuZg
PASAY City, Philippines, June 24 (Eagle News) — A 5-storey building collapsed in Pasay City due to old age, aggravated by a creek that runs under it. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
JUNE 24 (Reuters-CCTV) — Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in Karachi, Pakistan is under great pressure these days to treat patients with heatstroke, as the high temperature had claimed nearly 750 lives as of Tuesday night. Statistics show that most of the killed were people around 50 years old. “Mostly people coming here are facing heatstroke and they are old people. Their ages are around 45 to 50 years old, so the older they are, […]
JUNE 24 (Reuters) — Islamic State militants have blown up two ancient shrines they consider sacrilegious in Palmyra, a 2,000-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site in central Syria, the ultra hardline Sunni Muslim group said on Tuesday (June 23). The report was the first of any damage being done by the militants to buildings in Palmyra since they seized control of the city, also known as Tadmur, in May. Syrian forces have bombed the city, and […]
