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Paris, France (AFP) — A “flying” electric river taxi hailed by its creators as the future of clean city transport is being put through a battery of tests in Paris this week, with a view to being in service by the spring. Named the “Sea Bubble”, the white aerodynamic craft skimmed over the River Seine at speeds of up to 30 km/hour (17 m/hour), hovering 50 centimetres (1.5 feet) above the water. A journey from […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Thursday, Sept. 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 110 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 7:57 a.m. Depth of focus was one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
La Paz, Bolivia (AFP) — Wildfires in Bolivia have razed more than four million hectares (10 million acres) of forest and grassland since August, an NGO warned Wednesday, as a state of emergency spread to the country’s northeast. The fires have torched some of the country’s most environmentally sensitive areas for weeks, and the government of the northeastern department of Beni declared a red alert on Wednesday. “The area burned in the department of Santa […]
(Eagle News)–Metro Manila, parts of Luzon and Western Visayas will have occasional rains due to the southwest monsoon. In its advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Central Luzon will also experience monsoon rains, with flash floods or landslides possible. Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and the Cordillera Administrative Region will, on the other hand, have cloudy skies with scattered to widespread rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of Tropical Depression “Nimfa,” […]
(Eagle News)–Two other convicts in the Chiong rape-slay and whom the Department of Justice described as having been prematurely released have surrendered to authorities. Justice spokesperson Markk Perete said Josman Aznar and James Anthony Uy turned themselves in at the New Bilibid Prison around 6:30 p.m. Earlier, fellow convicts Ariel Balansag and Alberto Caño also returned to BuCor custody. Their co-accused are Rowen Adlawan, Paco Larrañaga, and James Andrew Uy, but Larrañaga, of Spanish descent, […]
(Eagle News)–Classes on Thursday, Sept. 19, were cancelled in some areas due to the bad weather. Below is a list: Angeles City, Pampanga – preschool to elementary Bacolor, Pampanga – all levels Cavite province – all levels Concepcion, Tarlac – all levels Mabalacat, Pampanga – preschool to elementary Macabebe, Pampanga – all levels Nueva Ecija – pre–school to high school Umingan, Pangasinan – all levels The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration said Tropical Depression “Nimfa” is […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a total revamp at the Bureau of Corrections. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the revelation on Wednesday, Sept. 18, a day after Duterte appointed Gerald Bantag at the helm of the agency hounded by corruption issues. According to Panelo, the revamp involves the transfer of personnel from the provinces to Metro Manila. Panelo said the President made the decision to put a stop to corruption. Announcement of the revamp […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 5.4 quake shook Davao Occidental on Wednesday, September 18, at 3 p.m., with its epicenter located 136 kilometers southeast of Sarangani town. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said the quake was of tectonic origin. It had a depth of focus of 24 kilometers. The United States Geological Survey also monitored the quake which it recorded at magnitude 5.5. The USGS located the quake’s epicenter 112 kilometers […]
by Sam Reeves Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia Wednesday, while air quality worsened in Singapore just days before the city’s Formula One motor race. Illegal fires to clear land for agriculture are blazing out of control on Sumatra and Borneo islands, with Jakarta deploying thousands of security forces and water-bombing aircraft to tackle […]
(Eagle News) – Several overseas Filipino workers pushed the House of Representatives to fast-track the bill creating the Department of Overseas Filipino Workers. Some of them even became emotional during a recent hearing of the House Committee on Government Reorganization and House Committee on Overseas Workers’ Affairs. The OFWs said that the creation of such a department is long overdue. “We owe it to our unsung heroes, our OFWs besides they continue to contribute […]
(Eagle News)–The three resource persons who were cited in contempt by a Senate panel probing the problems in the. Bureau of Corrections have sought the help of the Court of Appeals and filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In filing the petition on Wednesday, Sept. 18, Ramoncito Roque, Fredric Anthony Santos and Ursicio Cenas said the blue ribbon committee violated their right to due process when it supposedly did not give them […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China will auction 10,000 tonnes of reserve pork this week, the commerce ministry said, in a bid to control the fallout from an outbreak of African swine fever that has sent prices soaring and hit supplies of the meat ahead of a key holiday. Beijing has been struggling to control the disease, which has ripped through its massive pig-farming industry, leading to the culling of more than a million of the […]
