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by Douglas Gillison Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The Federal Reserve is poised to hold its fire this week, leaving benchmark US interest rates untouched as central bankers await firm indications of where the world’s largest economy is headed. But as policymakers gather for their third meeting of the year on Tuesday, is still hammering the Fed, demanding they lower interest rates. He also made plans to fill Fed vacancies with political loyalists to […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies continue to affect Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao today, April 28. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region, Visayas, and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms as a result. Flash floods during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. Northern Luzon and […]
by Sandy HUFFAKER Agence France Pressse POWAY, United States (AFP) — A gunman opened fire at a synagogue in California on Saturday, killing one person and injuring three others including the rabbi as worshippers marked the final day of Passover, authorities said. The shooting in the town of Poway, north of San Diego, came exactly six months after a white supremacist killed 11 people at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue — the deadliest […]
By Rosoly Castro EBC Canada Bureau (Eagle News) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited on Thursday, April 25, the Jena-Rene-Morette Center, one of the Disaster Centers in Gatineau, Quebec, to check on flood victims. Afterwhich, he rolled up his sleeves to start sandbagging, helping out Canadian Troops. He thanked the Canadian Army for their hardwork and their continued effort in assisting the community. Canadian Armed Forces continue to assist in sandbagging. Residents […]
Bodies of 3 Filipina domestic workers killed by Greek Cypriot officer already found A general view shows the Red Lake, a suspected dump site for a suspected serial killer, in Mitsero village, southwest of the capital Nicosia on April 26, 2019. – Cypriot authorities were combing lakes for the remains of three women and a girl, all Filipinos, dumped by a suspected serial killer, in a hunt for bodies that has shocked the island. (Photo […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan on Saturday kicked off an unprecedented 10-day holiday, including celebration days for the imperial transition, as airports were packed with record travellers while people queued at teller machines in the cash-dominated nation. Japan is preparing for the abdication of Emperor Akihito on Tuesday the day before Akihito’s eldest son, 59-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito, takes the throne. The long holiday for the famously hard-working Japanese combines two celebration days with […]
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Suicide bombers cornered by security forces in a hideout in eastern Sri Lanka blew themselves up in a raid which left 15 people dead, including six children, police said Saturday. A civilian was also killed in crossfire during the night-time raid near the predominantly Muslim town of Kalmunai, with hundreds of families later fleeing their homes. Kalmmunai is in the home province of the jihadist suspected of organising the […]
(Eagle News)—The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines hoisted a yellow alert over Luzon grid on Saturday, April 27. The NGCP said the alert, which means reserves dropped down to required levels, was effective from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Available capacity was pegged at 10638 megawatts, while peak demand was at 9989 MW. The NGCP said the Department of Energy would explain the cause for the alert […]
(Eagle News)–The number of people who went missing when a Chuzon supermarket in Porac, Pampanga collapsed after an earthquake is now down to five. In an interview over GMA’s dzbb on Saturday, April 27, Edgar Posadas, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management spokesperson, said this was after nine of the 14 initially reported missing were found to be safe and in their homes. Authorities have reported several killed after the supermarket collapsed following the 6.1-magnitude […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Norte on Saturday, April 27. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 65 kilometers southeast of General Luna at 7:10 a.m. The quake, which was of tectonic origin, had a depth of focus of 7 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte skipped the gala dinner for heads of state attending the second Belt and Road forun in Beijing, China due to migraine. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, who issued a statement to reporters. It was unclear if Duterte sent a representative to the gala. Earlier in the day though, Duterte witnessed the signing of agreements between China and the Philippines, and, among others, spoke before a high-level meeting of […]
(Eagle News)—The easterlies continue to affect Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao on Saturday, April 27. Bicol Region, Visayas, and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms as a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, flash floods during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. […]
