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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disney’s new “Ralph Breaks the Internet” dominated the North American box office over the holiday weekend, pulling in $56.2 million, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said Monday. The animated sequel to “Wreck It Ralph” enjoyed the second-best debut ever for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, behind Disney’s “Frozen,” according to industry magazine Variety, but will need staying power to make up for its $175 million production budget. The film has title […]
“If they find anything anomalous, I will voluntarily walk into any detention facility,” he says (Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes on Tuesday, Nov. 26, welcomed the government’s probe into his parents’ transactions with the government, saying he would “voluntarily walk into any detention facility kahit sa Davao” if investigators find anything anomalous. “I welcome (President Rodrigo) Duterte’s statement on probing supposed transactions of my deceased father (PMA Class ’59 retired in 1988 and died […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Joel Villanueva has slammed what he said was the inaction of government agencies that enabled the influx of illegal foreign workers in the country. Villanueva noted that Filipinos were “losing opportunities” as the illegal foreign workers, many of them Chinese, “steal their jobs.” The senator noted that based on data provided by the Department of Labor and Employment, 115,652 Alien Employment Permits were issued by the agency to foreign nationals from 2015 […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to lead the inauguration of the country’s very first “eco-airport” on Tuesday, Nov. 27. The Department of Transportation made the announcement about the launch of the Bohol-Panglao International Airport in a statement on Monday, Nov. 26. According to the DOTr, the construction of the airport on a 220-hectare lot in Panglao was in cooperation with the Government of Japan and made possible by funding support from the […]
by Martin Turner Agence France Presse RANIYE, Iraq (AFP) — After rolling pyramid-shaped dice, Iraqi Kurdish artisan Hoshmand Muwafaq shifted his pebble around an ornate board, his handmade recreation of one of the Middle East’s oldest and most popular games. Originating nearly 5,000 years ago in what would become Iraq, the Royal Game of Ur mysteriously died out — until Muwafaq resurrected it by making his own decorated wooden board. “It is a nice feeling […]
(Eagle News) — A former barangay chair is in critical condition after she was shot in the face in Pasay on Monday, Nov. 26. A police report identified the victim as Gina Catalan. Catalan, the wife of a former Pasay police chief, was sweeping the sidewalk in front of her house on David Street, Barangay 23, at 7:15 a.m. when she was approached by two men on board a motorcycle. One of them shot at her, after […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US bombers are no longer conducting flights over South Korea after Seoul asked for such missions to be paused, a US general said Monday. General Charles Brown, who heads US Pacific Air Forces, told Pentagon reporters that the break was to help create space for ongoing diplomatic efforts to address North Korea’s nuclear activities. “As we’re going through the diplomatic aspect, we don’t want to actually do something that’s going […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks rallied Monday, shaking off recent weakness ahead of a meeting between the presidents of the United States and China that investors hope will produce a breakthrough. Markets were also hopeful as oil prices stabilized, Britain sealed a Brexit deal with the EU and Italy signaled a more conciliatory stance in a budget fight with Brussels. “The main driver is that we were oversold for a short period […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said on Monday his potential fight with undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. would be twice as interesting as Conor McGregor’s bout with the American. “Our fight will be twice as interesting. Two unbeaten fighters, it will be interesting to see which one falls or takes a step back,” he said in a press conference in Moscow to launch his autobiography. The Russian widely known as […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace hit back at Vice President Leni Robredo and former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, calling their remarks about the memorandum of agreement on oil development inked between the Philippines and China “premature, baseless and unfair.” According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, Robredo and Morales may not have read the MOU itself, noting that “they anchor their comments merely on media reports, and not on the actual document itself, which the Palace […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Up to 145 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding in a remote part of New Zealand, with authorities saying Monday they made the “heart-breaking” decision to euthanized dozens that lay stricken on the shore. The stranding was discovered by a hiker late Saturday on Stewart Island, 30 kilometers (19 miles) off the southern coast of the South Island. Half of the whales were already dead and due to […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — More than 700 people were injured in a 6.4-magnitude earthquake that shook western Iran, state television reported in an updated toll Monday. The quake struck Kermanshah province late Sunday, with an epicenter 17 kilometers (11 miles) southwest of the city of Sarpol-e Zahab, according to the country’s institute of geophysics. State television, citing the emergency services, said that 716 people had been injured, but there were no reports of deaths or […]
