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(Eagle News) — Patuloy pang nadaragdagan ang bilang ng mga nabiktima ng paputok, tatlong araw bago ang pagsalubong sa bagong taon. Sa pinakabagong datos ng Department of Health, aabot na sa apatnapu (40) ang naitalang firework-related injuries buhat nang magsimula ang monitoring at surveillance mula sa animnapong ospital sa bansa. Sa nasabing bilang, walo ang nadagdag kung saan karamihan ay nagmula sa calabarzon region. Habang nanatiling dalawa ang kaso ng pagkalunok ng paputok. Ayon sa […]
(Eagle News) — Umabot na sa 15,788 pasahero ang stranded sa iba’t ibang pantalan sa bansa dahil sa Bagyong Usman. Ayon sa Philippine Coast Guard, hindi rin nakabiyahe ang 1,464 rolling cargoes, 114 barko at 24 motorbanca dahil sa masamang panahon. Pinakamarami sa naitalang stranded na pasahero ay mula sa mga pantalan sa Bicol na 5,047, pangalawa ang Eastern Visayas na kabuuang 5,017, sumunod ang Southern Tagalog na 1,733 pasahero, ikaapat ang Central Visayas na […]
(Eagle News) — Apat na volcanic earthquakes ang naitala sa paligid ng Bulkang Mayon sa Albay sa nakalipas na 24-oras. Ayon sa Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), dalawa rito ay may kaugnayan sa minor phreatic eruptions pero wala pang pinalilikas na mga residente. Ayon kay PHIVOLCS Director Renato Solidum ang phreatic eruptions ay “normal” lamang dahil nasa alert level 2 ang bulkan. Gayunpaman, may posiblidad pa rin na magkaroon ng biglaang pagputok, pagdaloy […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s vast continent is sizzling through extreme heatwave conditions this week, with temperatures reaching record highs and emergency services on high alert for bush-fires. The mercury is up to 16 degree Celsius (29 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than usual for this time of the year for southern Australia, with numerous towns setting new December records, the Bureau of Meteorology said Friday. “Heatwave conditions are being experienced across large parts of the country,” […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Moscow will early next year host the leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey to discuss the Syrian conflict, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said Friday, after the United States announced it was withdrawing troops from the country. “It’s our turn to host the summit… around the first week of the year. This will depend on the schedules of the presidents,” Mikhail Bogdanov was cited as saying by Interfax news agency. The meeting […]
(Eagle News) — Isa sa patok na hiking spot na talaga namang dinarayo ng mga mahilig sa hiking adventure beginner man o professional hiker na ay ang Mt. Magarwak na matatagpuan sa Brgy. Bacungan sa lungsod ng Puerto Princesa. Mula sa sentro ng siyudad ay 30 hanggang 40 minuto ang biyahe bago marating ang paanan ng bundok kung saan 15 kilometro mula sa bayan patungong norte ng lungsod ang layo nito. Ang bundok ng Magarwak […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — The number of people evacuated after Indonesia’s deadly tsunami has nearly doubled to some 40,000 while more than 7,000 were injured in the disaster, officials said Friday, as they trimmed the official death toll. Authorities said 426 people had been killed — down from a previous tally of 430 — with double-counting by different districts blamed for the change. Two dozen people remain missing almost a week after the disaster. The […]
(Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) na isailalim sa kanilang kontrol ang bayan ng Daraga sa Albay. Kasunod ito nang pagpatay kay AKO Bicol Party-List Rep. Rodel Batocabe at police escort nito sa Daraga. Ayon kay Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez, dahil hindi parin nahuhuli hanggang ngayon ang nasa likod ng pamamaslang kay Batocabe ay balot ng pangamba ang mga taga-Daraga. Nabatid na mismong ang Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte at opisyal ng Comelec sa […]
(Eagle News) — Panibagong bawas-presyo sa langis ang posibleng ipatupad ilang araw bago salubungin ang bagong taon. Bagaman walang trading sa world market noong Disyembre 24 at 25 dahil sa holiday season, malaki umano ang ibinaba ng presyo ng imported na langis sa kalakalan nitong Miyerkules. Umabot sa Php 2.43 sa kada litro ang nabawas sa presyo ng imported na diesel; Php 1.96 naman sa kada litro ng imported na gasolina; habang Php 2.44 ang […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — James Harden delivered a message to his detractors on Thursday, finishing with 45 points as the Houston Rockets recorded their eighth win in nine games with a 127-113 victory over the Boston Celtics. The reigning NBA MVP Harden played through the pain of a bruised calf and scored 17 of his points in the opening quarter. He shot 11 of 26 overall from the floor, including draining nine of […]
(Eagle News)—The armchair general. This was how Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana described on Friday, Dec. 28, Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison, who he said has been giving out directions to Communist rebels in the country even while in exile in The Netherlands. According to Lorenzana, he had “more respect” for the Communist rebels on the ground “kahit nakakalaban namin sila” because they were the ones at the forefront. “Hindi na siya […]
(Eagle News)—A Korean fugitive who escaped authorities in October has been recaptured. In a statement, BI Commissioner Jaime Morente said Choi Youngseop, 52, was re-arrested on Dec. 19, less than two months after he escaped. Morente said Choi was nabbed–on a tip from informants–outside the emergency room of the Manila Doctor’s Hospital in Ermita, Manila where he had undergone a medical check-up. Morente said Choi will be deported once the BI’s Board of Commissioners issues a deportation […]
