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Eagle News – Tiniyak ng Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) na walang mangyayaring taas-presyo at hindi magkukulang ang suplay ng bottled water sa kabila ng nararanasang water shortage. Ayon kay Trade Undersecretary Ruth Castelo, nakipagpulong sila sa Beverage Industry Association of the Philippines (BIAP) upang talakayin ang presyo ng bottled water. Siniguro anya ng BIAP na walang magiging pagtaas sa presyo at sapat ang suplay hanggang sa inaasahang pagtatapos ng water shortage sa May […]
Eagle News – The Department of Education (DepEd) has set the opening of class for school year 2019-2020 on June 3. The said announcement is specified under the Republic Act No. 7797 which sets the start of classes in all public schools in the country. In the meantime, the launch of the National Oplan Balik Eskwela is on May 27 and it will last until June 7. The DepEd said the program is meant to ensure […]
(Eagle News) – An outraged President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to fire officials of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and terminate the contracts of water concessionaires Manila Water Company and Maynilad for their failure to prevent the water crisis now plaguing parts of Metro Manila and Rizal. The President gave the MWSS officials and Manila Water and Maynilad executives a dressing down for about 40 minutes, according to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. He […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Houston Rockets star James Harden carved a piece of NBA history on Tuesday after a 31-point haul against the Atlanta Hawks made him the first player to score at least 30 points against every team in the league in the same season. The 29-year-old reigning NBA MVP’s points milestone came in a dominant 121-105 road win over the Hawks. The win allowed the Rockets to keep up the pressure […]
(Eagle News)–Six people were hurt after a fire hit a residential area in Quezon City on Wednesday, March 20. Around 70 families were also affected by the fire which broke out in Block 5 of Barangay Damayang Lagi at 1:27 p.m. P2 million worth of property was damaged. The blaze reached the general alarm before it was put out past 5 p.m.
by Michel COMTE OTTAWA, United States (AFP) — Canada’s government doled out goodies for almost everyone in an election year budget Tuesday that looks to brace a slowing economy and sagging support for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. The spending binge appeared calculated to appeal to the broadest number of voters. But pundits said it likely won’t be enough to turn the page on a political scandal dogging Trudeau, and lamented a lack of signature initiatives and […]
by Charlotte VAN OUWERKERK with Danny KEMP in The Hague UTRECHT, New Zealand (AFP) — Dutch police said they were investigating a terrorist motive for the Utrecht tram attack, as they arrested a new suspect on Tuesday over the deadly shooting. Authorities said they had found a suspicious letter in a getaway car used by Turkish-born main suspect Gokmen Tanis, 37, which made them “seriously” consider terrorism might have been involved in Monday’s rampage in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — After two years crossing the solar system, the NASA space probe Osiris-Rex arrived last December near the asteroid Bennu to complete its mission of collecting a sample — but touching the rock will prove much harder than scientists had expected. The Osiris-Rex team said Tuesday that the surface of the asteroid, which measures 490 meters (1,600 feet) in diameter, was covered in stones and boulders. They had expected it to […]
BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP) — The death toll in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Idai struck the southern African nation last week has climbed to more than 200, President Filipe Nyusi said Tuesday. “According to the information given to us here… we already have more than 200 dead, and nearly 350,000 people are at risk,” the president said after attending a cabinet meeting in the storm-stricken central city of Beira. The confirmed death toll stood at 202, […]
by Sebastian Smith WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump heaped praise Tuesday on right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro — and received plenty back — in announcing a special relationship that he said could even see the Latin American country join NATO. At a joint news conference on the sun-soaked Rose Garden lawn, Trump and the man dubbed “Trump of the Tropics” let the mutual compliments flow. “I have always admired the United States […]
(Eagle News) — Dutch flags on government buildings were flown at half-mast Tuesday, March 19, following the shooting on a tram in Utrecht on Monday, March 18, that left three people dead in what officials said was a possible terror attack. Prime Minister Rutte announced at a press conference how Monday’s attack in Utrecht was an “attack in the heart of our country.” “This is an attack in the heart of our country. Innocent people […]
(Eagle News) — Manila Water announced on Tuesday, March 19, that its customers will “now have longer hours of water availability daily as compared to last week.” The water concessionaire made the announcement a day after its president and CEO, Ferdinand dela Cruz attended a House panel hearing on the water crisis. During the hearing, he apologized to Manila Water’s 1.6 million customers in Metro Manila and Rizal for the severe water interruptions that had […]
