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(Reuters) – A lightning strike in a parking lot outside a stadium in Tampa, Florida, after a National Football League game on Sunday landed about a dozen people in the hospital, an emergency response official said. Seven people were taken by paramedics to a hospital and reported to be in stable condition after being injured in the strike at Raymond James Stadium, where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had played the Green Bay Packers, said Jason […]
U.S. President Barack Obama moved to prevent U.S. anger at North Korea from spiraling out of control on Sunday by saying the massive hacking of Sony Pictures was not an act of war but instead was cyber-vandalism. Washington’s longstanding dispute with North Korea, which for years has centered on its nuclear weapons program, has entered new territory with the accusation that Pyongyang carried out an assault on a major Hollywood entertainment company. Obama and his […]
Oil companies said Saturday there will be another cut in their pump prices – the fourth time in a month – bringing their price reduction to more than P4 per litter for December. The oil firms cut pump prices by P1.10 per liter for gasoline, P1.35 per diesel and P1.40 per liter for kerosene effective 12:01 a.m. of Dec. 21. “Petron is pleased to announce the following price rollbacks effective 12:01 am for Blaze 100 Euro […]
(Eagle News Service) — Malacanang said the Department of Health would continue to be headed by Undersecretary Janette Garin in an acting capacity as President Aquino accepted Health Secretary Enrique Ona’s resignation. Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said the leadership situation at the Department of Health (DOH) has been put in ‘status quo’ as President Aquino looks for someone to succeed Health Secretary Enrique Ona who resigned from his post. Lacierda said Garin would continue to […]
After more than three months, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) lowered the Mayon Volcano’s alert level from three to two due to a general decline in the volcano’s overall activity.
A United States Marine accused of killing a transgender Filipino appeared in a Philippine court for the first time on Friday, as his lawyers sought the suspension of the trial, in a case that could test the strength of security ties between the two allies. The Marine, Joseph Scott Pemberton, who is being held at a U.S. facility at the main Philippine army base, was charged with the murder of Jeffrey Laude, who was found […]
Eight children have been killed and a woman injured, police said on Friday (December 19), during what media outlets reported was a mass stabbing in Australia’s tropical northern city of Cairns. Queensland state police said in a statement they were called to a house in the Cairns suburb of Manoora just before midday after reports of a woman with serious injuries on the premises. Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar of Queensland Police addressed reporters at the […]
Due to a drop on petroleum prices in the world market, another round of rollback on the price of petroleum products will be implemented next week.
Under the leadership of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima, a new operation was launched in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) to put a stop on the trade of contraband.
According to the PAGASA, there is a low chance of another storm entering the country this month, but due to the low pressure area, expect rains all over the country.
The US Marine, Joseph Pemberton, who is accused of murdering Filipino transgender Jeffrey “Jennifer” Laude, will remain in US custody despite the arrest warrant issued against him by an Olongapo City court, an official said Wednesday. US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg said he had already notified the US Embassy in Manila of the US government’s intension to retain custody of the accused throughout the legal process. “The Philippine government has notified us that […]
