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BEIJING, China (AFP) — A cotton seedling that sprouted on the moon has been left to die as China’s historic lunar lander continues a freezing night-time nap that will last as long as two earth weeks, scientists said. The Chinese space agency announced earlier this week that the seed had germinated inside a special canister aboard the Chang’e-4 probe, after the spacecraft on January 3 made the first-ever landing on the far side of the […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India’s environmental court Thursday threatened Volkswagen executives with arrest and gave the German automaker a day to pay $14 million for violating pollution norms by fudging emission tests. The “Dieselgate” scandal, which saw VW cheat emissions tests on millions of diesel vehicles, has already cost the firm over $30 billion in fines, recalls and compensation worldwide. India’s National Green Tribunal ruled in November VW must deposit a fine of 1.7 […]
(Eagle News) — Naglabas ng babala sa publiko ang Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) kasunod ng rekomendasyon ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque III laban sa “verorab,” isang anti-rabies vaccine na maaari umanong maglagay sa panganib sa buhay ng sinumang matuturukan nito. Ang hindi rehistradong gamot na orihinal na gawa ng Sanofi Pasteur, ay wala umanong label ng FDA-licensed Philippine importer at distributor; FDA registration number ; RX symbol; paalala mula sa FDA at wala ring […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police stood by its gathering of information on members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers, noting that it was Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines himself who admitted the group was “among the front organizations under its wings that work in support of the the forces of the armed revolution.” In a statement, the PNP said that while it used to recognize ACT as […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s historic National Museum on Wednesday displayed fossils discovered in the Antarctic at an off-site venue in its first exhibition since the Rio-based institution was gutted by fire last year. Among the fossils on display at a sister museum — the Palace of the House of Money — was a bone from a pterodactyl, which the National says is the first evidence of a big reptile species from the Jurassic […]
(Eagle News) — Matagal nang ipinatutupad sa bansa ang “stay on your lane policy.” Ayon kay Col. Bong Nebrija, pinuno ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Special Operations Task Force, ang nasabing polisiya ay ang pinaka-simple at pinaka-ligtas na pagbaybay sa kalsada at itinuturo rin ito sa mga kumukuha ng driver’s license. Nabigyang-diin lamang ito dahil sa ginagawang Metro Railway Transit-7 station sa may Elliptical, North Avenue dahil napansin umano nilang nagpapa-ekis-ekis ang mga sasakyan na […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Jan. 17, denied the claim of Movie and Television Review and Classification Board member Avelino Andal that he was asked by President Rodrigo Duterte to conduct backchannel talks with the Communist rebels. In a press conference, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said President Duterte himself had denied ever authorizing Andal for such. “Baka (Andal) misunderstood the conversation. I can’t blame him,” Panelo said. Earlier, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana denied Duterte had made […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Microsoft on Wednesday pledged $500 million for loans and grants aimed at ramping up construction of affordable housing in the Puget Sound area of Washington state where the US technology giant has its home. “In recent years, our region hasn’t built enough housing for the people who live here,” Microsoft executives Amy Hood and Brad Smith said in a blog post. “We are committing $500 million as a company to […]
(Eagle News) — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers and its other affiliate groups has asked the Court of Appeals to stop what it said was the implementation of Philippine National Police memoranda directing the police to “conduct an inventory of all public and private school teachers” who are aligned with their organizations. In seeking for a temporary restraining order and/or writ of preliminary injunction, the ACT, represented by its national chair Joselyn Martinez, the ACT […]
(Eagle News) — Bagamat nahihirapan, tuloy pa rin ang buhay para sa mga mamamayan sa Buhi, Camarines Sur na isa rin sa matinding tinamaan ng Bagyong Usman. Ayon kay Buhi Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) Head Carmelita Marquez, ayaw na nilang maulit pa ang landslide na nangyari sa kanilang bayan. Tuluy-tuloy aniya ang relief operations sa mga naapektuhan ng nagdaang bagyo. Dahil dito, naghahanda na at pinagpapaplanuhan nang mabuti ng municipal government […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV urged Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. to stay away from social media and to focus first on his job as the country’s top diplomat. Trillanes gave the “unsolicited advice” after Locsin said the Department of Foreign Affairs former passport maker, Oberthur Technologies, made away with passport applicants’ data, then later clarified the data was merely “made inaccessible.” The National Privacy Commission has, however, launched a probe into […]
But Palace dismisses senator’s fears for his life as a “figment of his imagination” (Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, January 17, revealed he has asked the Commission on Elections to allow him to be exempted from the gun ban due to alleged threats to his security. According to Trillanes, “hindi nawala ang threat kasi the moment na pinagplanuhan kang patayin, aantayin na lang (ang) opportunity.” But in a press conference, Presidential […]
