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MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Road workers in Florida sent out to repair a sinkhole got a surprise this week when they discovered it was caused by a tunnel leading to a nearby bank. The FBI posted pictures of the narrow underground tunnel leading to a branch of Chase Bank in Pembroke Pines, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Miami. Police and the FBI were called in Tuesday night after the road workers realized […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Music’s first couple Beyonce and Jay-Z are encouraging fans to go vegan for a month with a contest to give one lucky winner a lifetime of free tickets to their shows. Queen Bey announced the challenge to her 123 million Instagram followers late Wednesday, saying it was in support of the Greenprint Project that promotes adopting even a partial vegan diet to limit environmental footprints. Fans can sign up […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Deprived almost entirely of coverage on mainstream media, Venezuela’s self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido has been deftly using the social networks to woo support, but even that avenue is increasingly being cut off. Mainstream media is off-limits to the opposition leader, says Andres Canizalez, a political scientist at Andres Bello Catholic University. “Today in Venezuela, if a radio or television station wants to stay on air, they cannot talk about Guaido,” he […]
by Douglas Gillison Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday touted the chances of success of US-China trade negotiations as the talks entered a second day, saying Beijing was eager to make a deal. In a morning series of tweets, he also said a final deal would leave “NOTHING” unresolved but a bargain could only be struck after he meets with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping “in the near […]
By Nova SAFO (AFP) — Frozen water mains and strained natural gas supplies left the US Midwest struggling Thursday as a deadly Arctic air mass had tens of millions of Americans shivering for a second day. Ten deaths have been attributed to the extreme weather since the weekend. Schools and businesses remained closed in several midwestern states, people were encouraged to stay home, and travellers were stranded by grounded flights and halted trains. Natural gas […]
(Eagle News) – -The EcoWaste Coalition has reiterated its demand for Canada to take its trash back. In her letter to Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Aileen Lucero, coordinator for the environmental group, noted that the issue of the container vans filled with mixed waste including diapers, electronic equipment, among others, languishing in the Philippines has “dragged on for five years without resolution, despite promises from the Canadian government to address the problem..” According to […]
(Eagle News) — More Filipinos believe their quality of life has improved, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the Fourth Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey conducted from December 16 to 19, 2018, 37% of Filipinos say their lives are better, while 25% said their lives worsened, for a “net gainers” score of +12, classified by the SWS as “very high.” The SWS said this was a “recovery” from the -2 (fair) in September 2018 and +5 […]
(Eagle News) — “Malicious, baseless and a complete lie.” This was how Health Secretary Francisco Duque III described on Thursday, Jan. 31, Public Attorneys Office chief Persida Acosta’s claims the Department of Health paid at least four families P50,000 each for them to drop charges related to the Dengvaxia mess. According to Duque, since he assumed office, he “took immediate action to address” the Dengvaxia mess he “inherited” by “stopping the dengue immunization program implementation.” Duque […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Thursday, Jan. 31, said he does not see anything wrong with China building a maritime rescue center in Fiery Cross Reef, one of the features claimed by the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea, if this was indeed true. Panelo agreed with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana that the center, after all, could provide relief to “everybody” in distress. “Kung alam natin na wala namang makakasira doon sa […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a retired police official to a post at the Office of the President. Documents released by the Palace on Thursday, Jan. 31, showed Gilbert Sosa, former head of the Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group who retired from the police force in August 2018, was appointed as assistant secretary on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Former Manila Rep. Ramon Bagatsing was also appointed as ambassador to India (with concurrent jurisdiction over Nepal) and […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Customs have agreed to create a joint special task force against the entry of illegal drugs. The partnership was formalized in a memorandum of agreement signed between PDEA chief Aaron Aquino and Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero on Thursday, Jan. 31. According to Aquino, under the agreement, PDEA operatives would be allowed to conduct random inspections on the entry of controlled precursors and essential […]
MEXICO CITY (AFP) — The monarch butterfly population in Mexico has grown by 144 percent compared to last year. Despite the increase, activists warn that this migratory phenomenon is still in danger. https://youtu.be/KJ8oPj_JLco
