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(Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture urged Filipinos celebrating the New Year to buy local fruits, instead of buying imported apples, oranges, and grapes to decorate their dinner table on New Year’s eve. “There are local fruits that can adorn our tables and they are as nutritious and cheaper than imported ones,” the newly-confirmed Agriculture Secretary William Dar said. Dar explained that there are local varieties of grapes and citrus fruits that can […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) –Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei said Tuesday that “survival” was its first priority after announcing 2019 sales were expected to fall short of projections as a result of US sanctions. Chairman Eric Xu said Huawei — banned from working with American firms over national security fears — estimates sales revenue will reach 850 billion yuan for 2019 (US$121 billion) — up roughly 18 percent from the previous year, but much lower than initially expected. […]
by Robin MILLARD Agence France-Presse British urged France not to conduct controversial nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific while Queen Elizabeth II was in New Zealand, newly released government files showed Tuesday. The then-prime minister, John Major, told president Jacques Chirac nuclear tests would put the monarch in an “invidious position”, as nearby New Zealand’s head of state, according to the declassified documents from the National Archives. The underground tests were conducted on Moruroa atoll […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil on Monday fined Facebook $1.65 million for improperly sharing users’ data in a case linked to the global Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook engaged in an “abusive practice” by allowing data from 443,000 users in Brazil to be unduly available to developers of the application “This is Your Digital Life,” according to the Ministry of Justice. That application — a psychological survey — collected personal data from millions of Facebook users worldwide, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Microsoft said Monday it obtained a court order allowing it to seize web domains used by North Korean hacking groups to launch cyber attacks on human rights activists, researchers and others. The US technology giant said a federal court allowed it to take control of 50 domains operated by a group dubbed Thallium, which tricked online users by fraudulently using Microsoft brands and trademarks. “This network was used to target victims […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British prime minister Margaret Thatcher granted Corazon Aquino’s request for asylum at the height of the uprising that swept her to power in the Philippines, according to newly declassified files released on Tuesday. Aquino headed the four-day 1986 People Power Revolution that ended the 21-year rule of president Ferdinand Marcos. He had declared victory in a snap election tainted by fraud allegations. During the turmoil, Aquino sought sanctuary in the […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Thousands of holidaymakers and locals were trapped on a beach in fire-ravaged southeast Australia Tuesday, as blazes ringed a popular tourist area leaving no escape by land. As many as four thousand people are trapped on the foreshore of the encircled seaside town of Mallacoota, as smoke turned day to night and the authorities said nearby fires were causing extreme thunderstorms and “ember attacks”. […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A winter storm in eastern Canada led to the cancellation of nearly 200 flights on Monday. The mix of snow and freezing rain disrupted both departures and arrivals at airports in Montreal, the capital Ottawa, and the country’s largest city Toronto, an AFP count showed. Worst-affected was Montreal-Trudeau International Airport with more than 100 cancellations, mostly to Ontario and the northeast United States, an airport spokesperson told AFP. Snow accumulations […]
(Eagle News)-The Metro Rail Transit-4 will begin construction soon. This is according to the Department of Transportation, which announced the National Economic Development Authority’s approval of the project, through the Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee, that aims to link parts of Eastern Metro Manila with Rizal. “After passing the ICC-CabCom, we’ll be able to release the projects by early next year, allowing us time within the Duterte administration to significantly complete these game-changing projects. It’s crucial […]
(Eagle News)-The death toll due to “Ursula” has reached 50, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said. According to the NDRRMC, of the 50, seven were from MIMAROPA, 26 from Region VI, one from Region VII and 16 from Region VIII. The NDRRMC said 43 were also hurt. “Ursula” brought strong winds and rains in Luzon and Visayas last week, prompting the cancellation of flights. It exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility last […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck Sarangani on Monday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 11:40 p.m., had its epicenter 7 kilometers northwest of Maasim. Depth of focus was 92 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)-Another Filipina maid has been killed in Kuwait, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The DFA did not identify the Filipina, but said that based on reports, she had been killed by thw wife of her employer. According to the DFA, it has summoned the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Manila “to express the government’s outrage over the seeming lack of protection of our domestic workers at the hands of their employers and to press for […]
