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Partly cloudy skies to prevail in parts of Northern Luzon

(Eagle News)–Partly cloudy skies are expected in parts of the country on Friday, March 22, as the ridge of a high pressure area affects northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said these were expected over the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Abra, Benguet, Mt. Province, Ifugao, Kalinga, Apayao, Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya. PAGASA said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers would prevail […]

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Marina: PHL still on International Maritime Organization’s “white list”

(Eagle News) — The Philippines is still on the “white list” of the International Maritime Organization. This was the clarification issued by the Maritime Industry Authority, following a media report the country could be excluded for failure to comply with global reporting standards. Inclusion in the “white list” means that a country complies with the minimum qualification standards for masters, officers and watch personnel on seagoing merchant ships, based on the revised 1978 International Convention […]

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Sison on Duterte following his permanent termination of peace talks: He’s “like an old broken record”

(Eagle News)– He’s like an “old broken record.” This was the reaction of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison to President Rodrigo Duterte’s announcement to permanently end peace talks with Communist rebels on Thursday, March 21. In a statement, Sison said “as far as the (National Democratic Front of the Philippines) is concerned, Duterte formally killed the peace negotiations on November 23, 2017, with his Proclamation 360 terminating them.” The proclamation sought […]

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Former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay secretary shot

(Eagle News)—The executive secretary of former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay was shot on Thursday, March 21. The police said a man on board a motorcycle shot Monaliza Bernardo from behind in Barangay Olympia at 8:50 p.m. “She was shot in [front] of her own house… my old friend and long-serving executive assistant. She is a friend of 30 years since we were still part of Sangguniang Kabataan,” Binay said in a statement released early Friday, […]

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New York Red Bulls four-goal second half shakes San Jose Earthquakes to defeat

By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau HARRISON, NJ (Eagle News) – Defending Supporters Shield winners, the New York Red Bulls shook things up against the San Jose Earthquakes thanks to Alex Muyl’s two-goal performance plus goals from Bradley-Wright Phillips and Daniel Royer en route to a 4-1 come from behind victory in Saturday’s season home opener. San Jose struck first with a goal from Cristian Espinosa in the fifth minute and the Quakes shut […]

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Facebook admits storing passwords in plain text

By Glenn Chapman Agence France-Presse (AFP) — Facebook on Thursday admitted that millions of passwords were stored in plain text on its internal servers, a security slip that left them readable by the social networking platform’s employees. “To be clear, these passwords were never visible to anyone outside of Facebook and we have found no evidence to date that anyone internally abused or improperly accessed them,” Pedro Canahuati, the company’s vice president of engineering, security, […]

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Besieged May pleads with EU to help save her Brexit plan

By Dave Clark Agence France-Presse (AFP) — A dogged but isolated Prime Minister Theresa May headed back to Brussels on Thursday to beg for more time to deliver her Brexit plan, but EU leaders are likely to refuse her request for a three-month postponement. Instead, as the 28 heads of government meet for their spring summit, they will tell her that if she can win over British lawmakers to back her withdrawal agreement next week, […]

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New York philanthropist is accused of sexual harassment

(AFP) — A New York billionaire and philanthropist, Michael Steinhardt, has been accused of sexual harassment by a series of women working for organizations that depended on his generosity, The New York Times and ProPublica reported on Thursday. Steinhardt, 78, who made a fortune through hedge funds created in the 1960s, is a major donor to institutions like New York University and the Metropolitan Museum, which named a gallery after him. Six women who spoke […]

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Aid to Humanity in Hawaii reaches out to Molokai Island

By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawaii Bureau HONOLULU, HI (Eagle News) – The Hawaiian Island of Molokai, located between Oahu to the west and Maui to the east, is sometimes described as the most Hawaiian of all islands because of its predominantly agricultural and natural landscapes. Also known as the “Friendly Isle,” it has a population of just over 7,000. Rosemarie Ewing, a Molokai resident since 2006, indicated that people on the island do live up […]

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Six dead, dozens injured as blast rocks China chemical plant

by Eva Xiao and Elizabeth Law A huge explosion rocked a chemical plant in eastern China on Thursday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens as it knocked down factory buildings, damaged homes and sent a huge plume of smoke skyward. The windows of houses and a school in the surrounding area were shattered by the force of the explosion, and residents were evacuated, according to authorities and images published by local media. The […]

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Wrong victim named in initial NZ gunman charge document: police

New Zealand police on Thursday admitted that the person they originally charged suspected mosques gunman Brenton Tarrant with murdering is actually still alive. “An error was made in the charging document prepared for the first court appearance of the man charged with murder in relation to the Christchurch terror attacks,” a police spokesman told AFP. “The error saw an incorrect victim name included in the charging document.” Tarrant appeared in court Saturday on the first […]

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Duterte: Communication filed by Del Rosario, Morales vs China’s Xi will not affect PHL-China relations

(Eagle News) — The communication filed by two former high-ranking government officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court will not affect Philippine-China relations. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte, who spoke to reporters on Thursday, March 21. “No, I’m sure it won’t,” Duterte said when asked. According to Duterte, while the Philippines was a “democratic country and anybody can bring a suit against anybody,” whether or not it “would prosper […]

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