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by Mathilde Bellenger Agence France Presse ANTARTICA (AFP) — A decade ago, a thick layer of ice covered the Collins Glacier on Antarctica’s King George Island. Now, the rocky landscape is visible to the naked eye, in a region that is both a victim of and a laboratory for climate change. “I had the opportunity to come here over a 15-year period, and even within a human’s lifetime, you can already see the changes brought […]
By Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) — Attendance records were broken earlier this year at the New York Times Travel Show, the largest consumer travel show in America. Held at the Jacob Javits Center, the annual travel show on its 15th year reached a record of 32,398 participants, the highest attendance in its history. Over 600 companies participated, representing 176 countries. “Each year, more and more travel professional and enthusiasts […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Wind and solar power could meet 80 percent of US demand for electricity, as long as improvements are made in transmission and storage, researchers said Tuesday. Until a few years ago, these renewable energy sources were thought to be capable of supplying only about 20-30 percent of US needs, according to the report in the journal Energy and Environmental Science. Currently, the United States gets about two-thirds of its electricity […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday announced a $3 million pilot project aimed at helping US newspapers boost paid digital subscriptions. The move was the latest by the huge social network to respond to concerns that it and other online platforms have hurt news organizations by dominating internet advertising. The “local news subscriptions accelerator,” part of the Facebook Journalism Project, will work with a small group of metro news organizations “to unlock strategies […]
by Erwan Lucas and Daniel Silva Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — The race to bring super-fast 5G wireless services to market is heating up with the first commercial deployments of the much-anticipated technology expected at the end of the year. Talk about 5G’s potential to pave the way to a world of self-driving cars, lightening-fast video downloads and smart cities have dominated the Mobile World Congress for years. But at the event in […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday, February 24 conducted a citronella planting and clean-up drive in Pasong Elementary School in Quezon City, as part of the activities of EBC to mark its 50th anniversary this year. The event was participated in by the employees of the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation together with the teachers, students and department heads of the Pasong Tamo Elementary School. EBC’s clean-up drive and citronella planting […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Weinstein Company will file for bankruptcy, US media reported on Sunday, after prosecutors sought to impose conditions on a sale of the firm co-founded by disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. The company has been in freefall since accusations of sexual harassment, assault and rape began emerging in October against Weinstein, who steered numerous films to Academy Awards glory including “The Artist,” “The King’s Speech” and “The Iron […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — China’s Huawei launched a new laptop and tablet on Sunday as it seeks to cement its place among the world’s three biggest electronic device manufacturers. The laptop, the Matebook X Pro, and the tablet, the MediaPad M5, were presented on the eve of the opening of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — the scene of previous major Huawei launches. But this year the company will instead present its new flagship […]
(Eagle News) — The “Buntis” simulation challenge. This was what these Filipino men tried recently so they could experience what a typical pregnant woman – on her full term — feels. They tried on a 15-kilogram pregnancy belly simulators to know first-hand the challenges faced by pregnant women on her full-term. The men tried on a 15-kilo “pregnancy” suit and did such ordinary tasks such as walking, doing the marketing, climbing and going down […]
Following two rounds of surgery, a strict diet and exercise, Juan Pedro Franco, once certified as the world’s heaviest man, has managed to lose about 250 kilograms (550 pounds) in less than two years after once weighing in at 595 kilos. “Vine con la esperanza de bajar de peso, yo llegué con un peso de 595 kilos, ya me practicaron una banda gástrica, que fue el 9 de mayo, y un bypass gástrico que […]
by Glenn Chapman Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Dropbox filed Friday for an initial public offering, seeking to raise an estimated $500 million for the Silicon Valley cloud computing storage startup. The San Francisco company claimed 500 million users in 180 countries and $1 billion in annual revenues in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Dropbox said its shares will trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol “DBX.” […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Eagle Broadcasting Corporation will once again conduct a public service event in its main building in Quezon City on Saturday, February 24. Those who have problems or concerns with the Social Security System (SSS), PhilHealth, PAG-IBIG, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and even legal problems can just head to the EBC Building where the officers of the concerned government agencies will be available to answer their queries. There will […]
