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(Eagle News) — Pinakawalan na pabalik sa karagatan ang natagpuang giant leatherback sea turtle sa baybaying dagat ng Balatan, Camarines Sur. Ginamot muna ang mga sugat ng nasabing leatherback sea turtle at nilagyan ito ng tag bago pinakawalan. Nahagip umano ng lambat ang nasabing giant leatherback sea turtle na may bigat na apat na raang (400) kilo sa Ragay Gulf nitong Miyerkules, Nobyembre 21. Sinaksihan naman ng mga residente ng Barangay Duran ang send-off sa […]
(Eagle News) — Nagpatupad ng partial reorganization ang Korte Suprema sa tatlong dibisyon nito kasunod ng pagre-retiro ng ilang mahistrado. Batay sa Special Order Number 2609 na pirmado ni Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, itinalaga bilang Acting Chair ng First Division si Justice Lucas Bersamin habang naragdag bilang miyembro si Justice Alexander Gesmundo sa second division na pinamumunuan ni Carpio, isinama si Justice Jose Reyes Jr., bilang miyembro. Habang sa third division na pinamumunuan ni […]
(Eagle News) — Pangungunahan ng Department of Education (DepEd) ang pagdiriwang ng National Reading Month ngayong buwan. Batay sa memorandum na inilabas ng DepEd, sinabi ni Education Secretary Leonor Briones na kailangang sumali ang mga pampubliko at pribadong paaralan sa bansa sa mga nakalinyang aktibidad ngayong taon. Layon ng National Reading Month na mapalawak ang kaalaman ng mga mag-aaral sa pamamagitan ng paghimok sa kanilang magbasa ng mga aklat. Ang tema ng National Reading Month […]
(Eagle News) — Hinimok ng Haribon Foundation ang Duterte administration na huwag ituloy ang paglagda sa loan deal para sa bagong centennial water source, ang Kaliwa Dam project. Ayon kay Haribon Chief Operating Officer Maria Belinda De La Paz, mayroon itong negatibong epekto sa kalikasan. Ang pagtatayo anila sa multi-billion peso Kaliwa Dam Project ay hindi lamang magkakaroon ng mapaminsalang epekto sa buhay ng mga tao kundi maging sa tahanan ng libu-libong threatened wildlife species […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A German former hospital nurse who has admitted to killing more than 100 patients in his care apologized Thursday to victims’ grieving relatives. “If I knew a way that would help you, then I would take it, believe me,” Niels Hoegel, 41, said at his trial, according to national news agency DPA. “I am fully convinced now that I owe every relative an explanation,” said the bearded, heavyset defendant “I am […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace has ordered the deployment of additional security forces in some parts of the country. The issuance of Memorandum Order 32 that ordered the deployment of additional troops in Samar, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental and the Bicol region to “suppress lawless violence and acts of terror” came a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said there had to be some changes in the military because of the number of soldiers’ lives lost in the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Joel Villanueva recently urged the Department of Education to tighten security in schools following the death of a teacher who was shot in front of her class on Wednesday, Nov. 21. “We urge the DepEd and the authorities to (do this) to ensure the safety of our students and teachers so that (a) similar incident that happened to Melody will not be repeated,” Villanueva said. Villanueva was referring to Melody Esber, […]
by Emmeline MOORE Agence France Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) — Cristiano Ronaldo gets back to business for Italian champions Juventus against SPAL on Saturday after missing Portugal’s qualification for the Nations League semi-finals amid reports he has been snubbed for the final three in the Ballon d’Or award. The 33-year-old Ronaldo has won the prestigious Ballon d’Or five times but could be excluded from the top three, with the winner to be revealed in Paris […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Samsung Electronics apologized Friday to workers who developed cancer after working at its semiconductor factories, ending a decade-long dispute at the world’s top chipmaker. “We sincerely apologize to the workers who suffered from illness and their families,” said Samsung co-president Kim Ki-nam. “We have failed to properly manage health risks at our semiconductor and LCD factories.” Campaign groups say that 320 people have suffered from work-related illnesses after being employed by […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) — NASA is counting down to a nail-biting touchdown Monday of the $993 million Mars InSight, the first spacecraft to listen for quakes and study the inner workings of another rocky planet. No one is on board the spacecraft, which launched nearly seven months ago and has traveled some 300 million miles (482 million kilometers). But part of its mission is to inform efforts to […]
by Hiroshi HIYAMA / Anne BEADE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Nissan’s board sacked Carlos Ghosn as chairman on Thursday, a spectacular fall from grace for the once-revered boss whose arrest for financial misconduct has stunned the business world, as France and Japan insisted they want the Nissan-Renault alliance to survive the scandal. Ghosn, in jail since Monday, stands accused of under-reporting his income by millions of dollars and a host of other […]
(Eagle News) — A brother-in-law of Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño has been arrested for a drug-related offense. A radio report said Manuel Bautista was nabbed in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Marikina Police in a house in Barangay Concepcion on Nov. 12. The report, quoting Marikina police chief Senior Supt. Roger Quezada, said arrested with Bautista was one Marife Wisi, the alleged owner of the house. The police said five sachets containing suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride were […]
