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(Eagle News) — Good news para sa mga mananakay ng Philippine National Railways o (PNR). Inanunsyo ng Department of Transportation (DOTr) na palalawigin ang biyahe ng PNR sa pamamagitan ng paglulunsad ng Malabon at Taguig stations. Ayon kay Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade, bahagi pa rin ito ng dry-run upang mapaganda pa ang serbisyo nito. Magsisimula ang ruta nito mula Gov. Pascual platform sa Malabon hanggang sa FTI station sa Taguig at magkakahalaga ng 25 pesos […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Michelle Obama on Monday returned to a London school she had visited as US first lady encouraging students to “practice sisterhood” as she presented a new memoir of her life. Obama is in the British capital to promote her hotly anticipated book, “Becoming”, which has already sold more copies than any other book published in the United States this year. She told some 300 students — mostly girls aged between […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson combined for 85 points as the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors used a balanced offense to roll over the Atlanta Hawks 128-111 on Monday. Curry was playing just his second game after missing 11 contests with a groin injury. That meant in order to keep all their big guns happy, the Warriors needed to spread the offense around. Curry finished with […]
(Eagle News) — Nakapagtala ang bulkang Mayon ng tatlong beses na pagyanig o earthquake at isang rockfall event sa nakalipas na 24-oras. Ayon sa Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), ang nasabing mulkan ay aktibo pa rin kung kaya nakataas pa rin ang Bulkang Mayon sa Alert Level 2 na nangangahulugang nasa moderate level ng unrest. Pinapayuhan naman ang publiko na mag-ingat sa posibleng pagsabog, pagbubuga ng abo, lava collapses, at pyroclastic density currents […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania paid their respects Monday to late president George H.W. Bush, whose remains lay in state in the US Capitol. The Trumps made a brief visit to the Capitol rotunda, where Bush’s flag-draped coffin was resting as part of tributes to honor the 41st US president and commemorate his extraordinary life. Bush died peacefully Friday at age 94, […]
(Eagle News) — It’s a “blatant lie.” This was how Interior Secretary Eduardo Año described on Tuesday, Dec. 4, former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo’s claim that Communist rebels were not recruiting minors as fighters. According to Año, such a practice “has been going on for decades.” He noted the police, for instance, has filed five cases against Communist rebels for doing the same this year; in 2017, five cases were filed; and in 2016, three cases […]
(Eagle News) — Dalawang respondent ang nais pakasuhan ni Public Attorney Office Chief Persida Acosta kaugnay sa makontrobersiyal na pagbili ng dengue vaccine na Dengvaxia. Sa motion to implead ng PAO laban kina Dr. Raymundo Lo at Dra. Sonia Gonzales, na mga dating opsiyal ng Philippine Children Medical Center, sinabi ng PAO na nais nitong isama sila sa asunto matapos mabunyag na sila ang gumawa ng purchase request upang makabili ng Dengvaxia vaccine. Aminado ang […]
(Eagle News) — Edsa has a new traffic czar. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority General Manager Jojo Garcia named Bong Nebrija to the post to help ease vehicular congestion in one of Metro Manila’s major thoroughfares. Prior to his new assignment, Nebrija was head of the MMDA’s Task Force for Special Operations. As chief of that unit, Nebrija had been actively going around the metropolis to clamp down on vendors illegally selling on sidewalks and on illegally parked […]
HONG KONG, United States (AFP) — Asian markets mostly dropped Tuesday as the previous day’s euphoria over the China-US trade ceasefire gave way to questions about whether the two can ultimately resolve their differences. However, oil prices continued to rise, building on Monday’s surge fuelled by the agreement as well as news of a Russia-Saudi Arabia pact to cap output. Global investors were given some much-needed Christmas cheer at the weekend after Donald Trump and […]
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could still visit Seoul for the first time in the next few weeks, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday, describing the possible trip as a major boost in efforts to make the peninsula nuclear-free. Moon and Kim have met three times in 2018 amid warming ties between the two Koreas, with Seoul hoping to host a first-ever visit by Kim to the South […]
(Eagle News)– The United States Embassy in Manila will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 5. In a post on Facebook, the embassy said its affiliated offices will also be closed on that day in observance of the National Day of Mourning for President George H.W. Bush. Bush, the 41st president of the US, died last week at the age of 94. The embassy said it and its affiliated offices will resume operations on Thursday, Dec. 6. […]
