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(Eagle News) — “You made me a better president and you made me a better man.” This was the statement of outgoing US President Barack Obama as he started his farewell speech in Chicago The outgoing President stressed the power of faith and the power of democracy, no matter how contentious it is in America. In his speech, Obama assured the “peaceful transfer of power” to the new US President elect Donald Trump, as he […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo from the district of Singapore held a Worldwide Evangelical Mission to let people know more about their church and their teachings.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US health authorities recommended Thursday feeding infants foods containing peanuts as a way to prevent an allergy to them. The guidelines were issued by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) on the basis of a clinical study sponsored by the same organization. The study showed that eating peanut-containing foods from the age of four months to five years reduces by 81 percent the risk of peanut allergy […]
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) — Tim Hardaway and C.J. McCollum both enjoyed career nights Sunday as the Atlanta Hawks surprised the first-place San Antonio Spurs while McCollum carried the Portland Trail Blazers to a come-from-behind victory. McCollum scored a career-high 43 points as the Trail Blazers rallied past Minnesota 95-89 and Hardaway tallied 29 points, matching his all-time best total, to push the Hawks over the Spurs 114-112 in overtime. McCollum, who reached his […]
By: Carlo Valdez What an exciting game to watch as the Lakers who are trying to win after a 7-game lose-streak continue their streak to 8 losses in a row to the Brooklyn Nets. The young team of the Lakers, who consist of 2nd year Jordan Clarkson, who is part Filipino, was not able to capitalize on their momentum in the third quarter when they outscored the Nets 33-23. The Nets rallied from behind with […]
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 12 – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has started looking for ways to boost the local production of seaweed, which is an alternative source of income for coastal communities and could help counter the effects of climate change. In a recent roundtable discussion on seaweed potential for biodiversity-friendly enterprises held at the training center of the Biodiversity Management Bureau in Quezon City, Secretary Gina Lopez disclosed that the DENR […]
(Eagle News) — Police presented on Wednesday (December 6) a third suspect in the foiled bombing attempt near the United States Embassy in Manila. The suspect was identied as Muhammad Jumao-as, a resident of Sta. Ana, Bulacan, Bulacan and an x-ray technician at a hospital. Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde, head of the National Capital Region Police Office of the Philippine National Police said Jumao-as was also seen in the CCTV footage in Luneta along […]
(Reuters) — Heavy metal rockers Metallica soared to the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday (November 28), edging out new records from R&B singer Bruno Mars and country singer Miranda Lambert. “Hardwired… to Self-Destruct,” Metallica’s 10th studio album, sold 282,000 albums, 34,000 songs and was streamed 9.3 million times, totaling 291,000 album units according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan for the week ending Nov. 24. Billboard said “Hardwired,” driven by […]
HAARLEM, The Netherlands (Reuters) — A poem that Anne Frank sent to a girlfriend in 1942, shortly before her family went into hiding from the Nazis, was sold for 140,000 euros ($147,700) at an auction in the Netherlands on Wednesday (November 23). Frank was twelve years old when she sent the short poem, at least part of which was copied from a magazine, for her friend’s poetry album. Auction house Bubb Kuyper had initially […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – by Edouard GUIHAIRE James PHEBY A far-right extremist was sentenced on Wednesday to life imprisonment without the possibility of release for murdering British MP Jo Cox a week before Britain’s EU referendum in a “politically motivated” attack. “Because she was a member of parliament your crime has an additional dimension that calls for particular punishment,” judge Alan Wilkie told Thomas Mair, 53, as he issued the rare “whole life term” […]
(Eagle News) — A magnitude 6 quake hit New Zealand, with its epicenter located east northeast of Castlepoint, a small beachside town on the Wairarapa coast of the Wellington Region, according to the US Geological Survey. (USGS) The quake was measured with a depth of 10 kilometers. It occurred at 12:19 p.m. New Zealand time, or 7:19 a.m. Philippine time.
