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by Daniel HICKS Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Triumphant weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz will now forget the years of exile, sacrifice, training and nutrition that took her to the Philippines’ first Olympic gold by tucking into her favourite sweet passions, cheesecake and bubble tea. “Yes I will eat a lot tonight,” she smiled as she told AFP of her plans after her final massive 127kg lift eclipsed China’s world record holder Liao Qiuyun in […]
(Eagle News) — The government of Laguna on Tuesday, July 27, confirmed 18 Delta variant cases had been detected in the province. Governor Ramil Hernandez said it takes two to three weeks to know the type of variant a patient has so it was possible the patients would recover or would be cleared before the results are released. “Subalit hindi pa rin nawawala ang posibilidad na sila ay maaaring nakahawa bago na-test at na-clear, lalo […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — With their eyes glued to a television in the southern Philippines, the family of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz yelled “push, push, push!” as she hoisted the bar to win the country’s first Olympic gold medal. “Then we erupted in joy — we were shouting, some shed tears of joy,” Emelita Diaz told AFP Tuesday, a day after watching her daughter’s historic performance in Tokyo — far from her hometown of Zamboanga. “We […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A wall of sand over 100 metres high swallowed a city on the fringes of the Gobi desert in northwestern China, in scenes reminiscent of a disaster film. Dunhuang, a tourist draw with a colourful history as a Silk Road outpost, momentarily disappeared in the dust clouds as the storm hit on Sunday. A resident surnamed Zhang told local media Jimu News that the sandstorm came abruptly and swept through the […]
(Eagle News) – Vice-President Leni Robredo greeted the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) on its 107th anniversary, and expressed her hope that the Church would continue to be a spring of hope amid the pandemic. In her video greeting, Robredo said that the Church’s celebration in the midst of COVID-19 restrictions do not lessen the joy and importance of the INC’s milestone anniversary. “Isang ligtas, maligaya at mapagpalang 107th anniversary. Pangalawang taon na ito ng […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Evgeny Rylov led a Russian one-two to win the men’s 100m Olympic backstroke gold medal in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 24-year-old hit the wall in 51.98sec to edge team-mate Kliment Kolesnikov, who touched in 52.00, ahead of American defending champion Ryan Murphy in 52.19. Murphy was bidding to make it seven consecutive Olympic gold medals in the event for the United States. It is the first time since the Moscow Games […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Fencing gold medallist Edgar Cheung Ka-long said Hong Kong had gone “insane” after he won the Chinese territory’s first Olympic gold in 25 years and only its second ever. The 24-year-old stunned Italy’s reigning Olympic champion Daniele Garozzo 15-11 in the final of the men’s foil at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games. Hong Kong’s only previous Olympic gold came at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, when Lee Lai-shan won a gold medal in […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown will be lifted late Tuesday, as authorities signalled a Delta variant outbreak in Australia’s second-biggest city had been contained. Neighbouring South Australia state will also ease stay-at-home rules, but the country’s largest city Sydney was facing a likely extension to a lockdown now in its fifth week. After almost two weeks under stay-at-home orders, millions in Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state will exit their fifth lockdown just before […]
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s NET25 presents its special telecast of the 107th anniversary of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) The program can be viewed through the youtube channel of NET25 through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1QCg84PLoc ; and the Eagle News Youtube through this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU3232fQ-EY. It can also be viewed through eaglenewslive.com, and through the Facebook pages of NET25 (https://www.facebook.com/NET25TV/videos/1419809268392716) and Eagle News (https://www.facebook.com/EagleNews/videos/613783752918981) (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News) — The southwest monsoon is still affecting the Philippines. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Ilocos Region, Zambales, and Bataan will still experience monsoon rains. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered to widespread moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Abra, Benguet, and Occidental Mindoro, meanwhile, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The rest of the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North and South Korea said Tuesday they had restored cross-border communications, more than a year after Pyongyang severed all official hotlines between the two rivals, who technically remain at war. The North unilaterally cut off all official military and political communication links with the South in June last year after threats over activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border. The suspension came with inter-Korean ties at a standstill, despite three […]
LOS ALTOS, United States (AFP) — As wildfires ravage the western United States and Canada, some fire departments near San Francisco are teaming up to share staff to bolster their collective defenses during a historically severe season. Authorities said the northern California scheme — which includes the city of Palo Alto, Los Altos County and Santa Clara County — helps first responders adapt to new wildfire patterns, so they can attack blazes in their early […]
