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(Eagle News)–The Senate has approved on third and final reading a resolution that allows the government to distribute rice instead of cash under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps. Twenty-one senators voted in favor of Senate joint resolution no. 8. No one dissented or abstained. According to the resolution, under the 4P’s rice subsidy component, actual rice instead of cash should be distributed to beneficiaries. Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate committee on […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Kevin Porter Jr. was suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Monday for improperly making contact with a game official, the league announced. The incident took place at the end of the third quarter of Sunday’s 131-111 victory by the Dallas Mavericks at Cleveland. Porter will miss the Cavaliers’ Tuesday home game against Boston. The Cavaliers are off to a 2-4 start to the […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has expressed a “high degree of trust” in Hong Kong’s unpopular leader Carrie Lam as the two met in Shanghai, state media said, days after the Communist Party agreed to change the way it picks or removes the city’s top official. Xi also called for “effective efforts” to be made in improving people’s lives and having a dialogue with all sectors of society, according to the official Xinhua […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring two weather disturbances outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said a tropical depression was spotted 610 kilometers west southwest of Iba, Zambales, packing maximum sustained winds of 45 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 55 kph. It is almost stationary. The weather bureau also spotted Severe Tropical Storm “Halong” 3180 kilometers east of extreme Northern Luzon. It is […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Monday, Nov. 4. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 126 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 2:03 a.m. Depth of focus was 11 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) –A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday, but there was no threat of a tsunami, officials said. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the shallow undersea quake hit about 134 kilometers (83 miles) west of Neiafu, the country’s second-largest town. It said the temblor was not expected to have caused significant damage. The quake was not felt in Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa, […]
by with Shaun Tandon in Washington / Dene CHEN BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — The United States on Monday accused China of intimidation in the South China Sea as it put forward its strongest language yet rejecting Beijing’s claims in the strategic, dispute-rife waters. The Pacific powers traded tit-for-tat barbs over the South China Sea at a regional summit in Bangkok, with Beijing accusing the United States of ratcheting up tensions in the waters, a key […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Terminator: Dark Fate” opened atop the North American box office this weekend with a take of $29 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday, but analysts said that figure fell far below expectations. After all, the sixth and latest installment in the franchise — reuniting stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton with series creator James Cameron — cost $185 million to make. “A storied Hollywood film franchise has been […]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook Chile on Monday, rattling buildings in the capital while a big anti-government demonstration was under way. The quake struck at 6:53 pm (2153 GMT) with its epicenter near the northern town of Illapel, the US Geological Survey said. Strong and prolonged shaking was felt in the capital. Chile’s National Seismological Center measured the quake at magnitude 6.1, revising down an earlier estimate of 6.3. There were […]
by Jenny VAUGHAN / Joe Freeman Agence France Presse BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Several Southeast Asian leaders snubbed a meeting with US officials on Monday after President Donald Trump decided not to attend a regional summit in Bangkok. Just three leaders from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) showed up to the session, along with a host of foreign ministers. Trump has been accused of turning his back on Asian allies for […]
By Malou Francisco EBC Central Europe Bureau/ Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Unity through sportsmanship was again exemplified as participants from Belgium – Luxembourg – Netherlands – Germany – came together on a chilly Sunday late October in the historical Dutch city of Utrecht, The Netherlands. Many of them traveled up for more than eight hours in buses, cars, and rented vans. Some had not had enough sleep days before the trip as […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over Pampanga and other areas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected also over Batangas and Bulacan within the next two hours. Heavy to Intense rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are being experienced in Ramos, Pura in Tarlac; Guimba, Nampicuan, Cuyapo, Llanera, Munoz, San Leonardo in Nueva Ecija; Mabitac, Santa Maria in Laguna; Olongapo, […]
