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(Eagle News) — Hihigpitan na ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) ang pagmomonitor sa social media at online advertisements para sa 2019 midterm elections. Batay sa Comelec Resolution 10488, dapat nang iparehistro ng mga kandidato at political party sa education at information department ng Comelec, ang lahat ng kanilang website at social media page na ginagamit o gagamitin sa kampanya. Ito ang unang beses na i-re-regulate ng Comelec ang mga campaign blog at social media post […]
ATLANTA, United States (AFP) — Tom Brady wrote his name into the NFL record books here Sunday, winning the Super Bowl for a sixth time as the New England Patriots defeated the Los Angeles Rams 13-3 in a defense-dominated finale. Brady, 41, became the first player ever to win six Super Bowls, 17 years after leading the Patriots to his first title in 2002. Rookie running back Sony Michel scored the game’s winning touchdown for […]
(Eagle News) — Patuloy pa ring nararamdaman sa buong bansa ang malamig na panahon dahil sa pag-ihip ng northeast monsoon o hanging amihan. At dahil pa rin sa epekto ng amihan, makararanas ng maulap na kalangitan na may mahihinang pag-ulan ang Cagayan Valley, Bicol Region, mga lalawigan ng Aurora at Quezon, Eastern Visayas at buong Mindanao ngayong araw. Sa nalalabing bahagi naman ng bansa kabilang na ang Metro Manila ay maalinsangang panahon na may posibilidad […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets rose Monday as investors were cheered by a blockbuster US jobs report last week, while trade was thin owing to the three-day Lunar New Year break. Expectations that the Federal Reserve will take its foot off the gas in raising interest rates and optimism that China and the United States will eventually hammer out a deal to resolve their long-running trade war were also providing support. With most […]
(Eagle News)—-Two people were killed after a fire razed a residential area in Cainta, Rizal on Sunday, Feb. 3. The fatalities in the incident on Ortigas Avenue and Felix Avenue in Barangay Santo Domingo were identified as Maria Refol Cabucas, 81, and John Bell Lorenzo, 26. Authorities said the two may have suffocated because of the blaze that hit at 5:06 p.m. and spread to an adjacent subdivision. The fire reached the Task Force Alpha alarm […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — The death toll from a fiery pipeline explosion in central Mexico last month reached 125, the government announced Sunday. Another 22 people remain in hospital, many of them with burns covering at least 80 percent of their bodies, the social security office IMSS reported. On January 18, the fuel-line in Hidalgo state was deliberately punctured, drawing hundreds of people looking to gather gasoline before it ignited. The disaster occurred as […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Feb. 4, slammed a House resolution that requires the approval of the plenary–or over 200 congressmen—before a congressman’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth is released. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that “while the executive does not intrude into the internal rules and procedures adopted” by the legislature, House Resolution No. 2467 “may be perceived as a transgression of Article XI of the Constitution, requiring any public […]
(Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ng malawakang immunization ang Department of Health (DOH) sa gitna ng dumaraming kaso ng tigdas. Layunin ng nasabing hakbang na maprotektahan ang mga komunidad laban sa tigdas. Tatagal ng isang taon ang massive immunization sa buong bansa, sa lahat ng mga bata at sa mga lugar na may naitalang kaso ng tigdas na isang supplementary immunization activity bilang proteksyon laban sa naturang sakit. Paliwanag pa ng opisyal, sa kabila ng pagkabahala […]
Several others also yield (Eagle News)–An Abu Sayyaf commander who was allegedly a suspect in the twin blasts in Jolo, Sulu that killed at least 21 people has surrendered to authorities. Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde said “Kamah” of the Abu Sayyaf’s Ajang Ajang group was accompanied by four other Abu Sayyaf members when they yielded to the police. He said 14 suspects in the blasts remain at large. Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has placed on preventive suspension the bus company that figured in a traffic incident on the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway. The LTFRB suspended the Jumbo Transport Inc. for not more than 30 days, and ordered it to comply with certain requirements within the period of suspension. The LTFRB ordered the company to bring its tourist buses to the agency for “inspection and determination of road worthiness,” to allow its drivers […]
by Stanislaw WASZAK Agence France Presse WROCLAW, Poland (AFP) — What if one day all buildings could be equipped with windows and facades that satisfy the structure’s every energy need, whether rain or shine? That sustainability dream is today one step closer to becoming a reality thanks to Polish physicist and businesswoman Olga Malinkiewicz. The 36-year-old has developed a novel inkjet processing method for perovskites — a new generation of cheaper solar cells — that […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Kyrie Irving scored 30 points and passed out 11 assists on Sunday as the Boston Celtics snapped Oklahoma City’s seven-game NBA win streak with a 134-129 home triumph. Marcus Morris added 19 points and Marcus Smart netted 18 as eight of nine players taking the court for Boston scored in double figures and the Celtics improved to 34-19, matching Philadelphia for third in the Eastern Conference. “We have great […]
