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MANILA, 1 May (PIA) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that Ayala Bridge in Manila will fully open on June 11, 2015. Secretary Rogelio L. Singson said that the movement of dates was to ensure the safety of the public and due to the complexity of the rehabilitation activities on the bridge’s superstructure and retrofitting works on its substructure. The DPWH earlier announced that partial re-opening of the bridge to light […]
MAY 1 (Reuters) — The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight has certainly grabbed the attention of sports and non-sports fans alike, turning Saturday’s (May 02) welterweight championship contest into a “must see or be seen at event.” And while the fight has yet to fought and a decision has not yet been rendered, it’s safe to say that the city of Las Vegas and the sport of boxing has already scored a massive knockout. “To be […]
MAY 1 (Reuters) — Five days after Nepal was hit by a massive quake, measuring 7.9 on Richter scale, residents in the Sindhupal district were on Thursday (April 30) still sifting through the rubble as the death toll continues to rise. Sindhupal, home to more than 300,000 people, is the worst affected in the Himalayan nation with almost 2,000 deaths being reported. The government still has little precise information where the damage is most extensive […]
WHILE trash-talking by the two fighters has been at a bare minimum ahead of Saturday’s (May 02) welterweight showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, their trainers engaged in a war of words on Thursday (April 30). Pacquiao’s corner man, Freddie Roach, complained that the Mayweather camp had not yet submitted their gloves for testing before his opposite number, Floyd Mayweather Sr., countered by saying that the Pacquiao camp was simply running scared. Roach […]
RESCUERS on Thursday (April 30), pulled free a woman who had been trapped under a collapsed building for five days following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake which devastated the tiny Himalayan nation of Nepal. Krishna Devi Kadkha, who is in her late twenties, was working as a maid in a Kathmandu hostel when the quake struck. She spent five days trapped under the rubble with three bodies, including that of her uncle. The alarm was raised by 14 […]
APRIL 30 (Reuters) — Fifteen-year old earthquake survivor, Pema Lama, was rescued in Kathmandu on Thursday (April 30), six days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. He was found amongst the rubble of the collapsed Hilton Hotel, and quickly extricated by Nepal’s Armed Police Force. As the death toll on Thursday neared 5,500, rescue teams toiled in pouring rain in the debris left by Saturday’s (April 25) deadly quake, as officials said the chance of […]
APRIL 30 (Reuters) — Manny Pacquiao expressed his confidence and excitement for his upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. According to a statistics firm, Pacquiao has an advantage against Mayweather when it comes to volume punching, with Pacquiao able to release more punches per round compared to Mayweather. (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
MANILA, Philippines, April 30 (Eagle News) – Despite being under protective custody of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will still investigate the alleged illegal recruiters of Mary Jane Veloso. According to Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas, the protective custody order is only for the security and safety of the alleged illegal recruiters so that they can secure information regarding the illegal drug trade as […]
EDSA, Philippines, April 30 (Eagle News) — The Metro Railway Transit (MRT) limited its travel route today from Shaw Boulevard to Taft Avenue as said transit system once again suffered technical difficulties when one of its trains got magnetically stuck on the rails. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, April 30 (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Railways (PNR) is still investigating the cause of the latest derailment of its locomotive which left more than 50 people injured. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, April 30 (Eagle News) — According to the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID), Mary Jane Veloso was able to leave the country as a tourist even before she went to Indonesia. The Bureau is currently tracing Veloso’s travel history to help other agencies of the government on their investigations so as to help Mary Jane Veloso to overturn her death sentence before the temporary reprieve given by Indonesia runs out. (Eagle News […]
MANILA, Philippines, April 30 (Eagle News) – The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) issued an apology to passengers due to the delayed flights in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) when a heavy equipment crashed into a twelve fiber optic cables of the PLDT, causing the airport complex to lose its telephone and internet capabilities, which resulted in the use of manual processing of passengers. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
