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by Mike Smith Agence France Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israel struck what it said were Iranian targets in Syria on Monday in response to missile fire it blamed on Iran, sparking concerns of an escalation after a report that 11 fighters were killed. Israel announced the strikes against facilities it said belonged to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force as they were occurring, continuing its recent practice of speaking more openly about such raids. […]
(Eagle News)–Because of overstaying and human trafficking concerns, Filipinos may no longer seek employment in the United States with temporary visas for foreign agricultural and non-agricultural workers between January 19, 2019 to January 18, 2020. This is according to a Department of Homeland Security notice posted in the Federal Register. According to the notice, the Philippines has a “high” overstay rate of holders of the H2-B visa or the visa issued to foreign workers who perform […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Monday after multiple attempts at rushing Atlanta’s DeAndre Bembry after being ejected from a Saturday road victory. Kiki VanDeWeghe, NBA executive vice president of basketball operations, said Smart was punished for aggressively pursuing an opponent in an attempt to escalate a physical altercation and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection. Smart […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Fourteen people were killed and five were missing off Crimea in the Black Sea on Monday after a fire engulfed gas tankers sailing under the flag of Tanzania, authorities said. “There are 11 bodies,” Alexei Kravchenko, spokesman for Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport, told AFP. “Another three people went under water before rescue workers’ eyes.” Those three are most likely dead, he said. The ships, the Kandy and […]
By Chay Masagca EBC Washington DC Bureau WALDORF, Maryland (Eagle News) — Bundled up against the winter breeze, members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) walked through the Gillespies Mobile Court community, gently knocked on each door and handed out bags filled with toiletries and canned goods to the residents of this small Maryland neighborhood. Lydia Vital, a 76 year-old member the church, was among the volunteers who undermined the freezing cold to […]
(Eagle News)–“Amang” has weakened into a low pressure area, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its 8 p.m. advisory, PAGASA said “Amang” weakened into an LPA at 5 p.m. As of 7 p.m., the LPA, PAGASA said, is located 85 kilometers east of Catarman, northern Samar. All tropical cyclone warning signals have been lifted, but light to moderate rains are expected over Catanduanes, Camarines Sur, Albay, Sorsogon and northern Samar, possibly […]
(Eagle News)—Classes were suspended in some areas on Tuesday, Jan. 22, due to the bad weather brought by Tropical Depression “Amang.” Below is a list: Sorsogon-all levels
(Eagle News)–The House of Representatives has a new majority leader. Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. stepped down from the post on Monday, Jan. 21, and nominated Rep. Fredenil Castro instead. With Andaya as House majority leader, the passage of the proposed national budget had been delayed, as he launched inquiries into what he said were anomalies in the same. Andaya will assume the helm of the Committee on Appropriations. Former Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles held […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate approved on third and final reading on Monday, January 21, the proposed P3.757 trillion national budget for 2019 with 14 senators voting in favor of it. There were no abstentions, and no negative votes. Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said that with the passage of the budget, the Senate hopes this will reach President Rodrigo Duterte for his signature by the first week of February. The Senate approved the […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Israeli strikes that hit several targets in Syria overnight to Monday killed at least 11 pro-regime fighters including two Syrians, a war monitor said. Israel’s military said it had targeted a number of Iranian installations in the country early on Monday, hours after intercepting a rocket fired from Syrian territory. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said they were the deadliest Israeli strikes in Syria since May last […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Banned former Australian vice-captain David Warner is expected to undergo minor surgery on his elbow Tuesday after returning home from the Bangladesh Premier League with an injury. Warner, alongside former skipper Steve Smith and batsman Cameron Bancroft, was suspended from international cricket over a ball-tampering scandal during a Test match in South Africa last March. The 32-year-old returned to Australia last week following a stint with the Sylhet Sixers in the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — An unusual set of celestial circumstances came together over Sunday night and the wee hours of Monday for sky watchers in Europe, Africa and the Americas, where the moon was fully obscured before lighting up again with a faint red glow. Footages of the lunar eclipse over Paris. https://youtu.be/jsx9GNNsa1c
