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(Eagle News) — Lalo pang umiinit ang labanan sa mayoralty race sa Makati City. Tumawid na rin kasi sa bakod ni dating makati mayor “Junjun” Binay ang grupo ng mga kabataan na dating supporters ni incumbent mayor Abigail Binay. Sa inilabas na statement ng Sangguniang Kabataan ng Makati na pirmado ni Chairman John Guce, sinabi nito na ginawa nila ito para maibalik ang mga programang pangkabataan kasama na ang mga sports activity na nakalimutan raw […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea has sent 200 tonnes of tangerines to the North in return for mushrooms Pyongyang gave earlier, Seoul said Monday, in the latest reconciliatory gesture between the neighbors. Seoul is pushing ahead with a rapprochement with the nuclear-armed North while its security ally the US insists pressure on Pyongyang should be maintained until it denuclearizes. The tangerines — a rarity in the North — were being airlifted to Pyongyang […]
(Eagle News)–Former actress Keanna Reeves was arrested for cyberlibel on Monday, Nov. 12. Reeves, whose real name is Janet Derecho Duterte, was arrested past noon in Quezon City by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by Judge Maria Florencia Formes-Baculo of Laguna Regional Trial Court Branch 34. Earlier, one Nancy Dimaranan filed charges of cyberlibel against the former actress, who reportedly hurled insults online against the owner of a food park in Laguna where Reeves […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is flying to Singapore today, Monday, Nov. 12, to attend the 33rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit which will start on November 13 until Nov. 15, where key issues will be touched including the South China Sea territorial dispute, countering terrorism, and illegal drug trafficking. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary and Director General of ASEAN-Philippine National Secretariat Junever Mahilum-West said the President was invited by Singapore Prime Minister […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed graft raps against former Customs chief Isidro Lapeña. Also charged with violation of Section 3, Paragraph (e) of Republic Act No. 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, over the disappearance of 105 containers of ceramic tiles from the Bureau of Customs this year was another who has not been identified. The containers had been under an “alert order” and had been prevented from being released. Eighty five […]
by Ivan Couronne Agence France-Presse GREENBELT, United States (AFP) — Some 78 million miles (126 million kilometers) from Earth, alone on the immense and frigid Red Planet, a robot the size of a small 4×4 wakes up just after sunrise. And just as it has every day for the past six years, it awaits its instructions. Around 9:30 Mars time, a message arrives from California, where it was sent 15 minutes earlier. “Drive forward 10 […]
(Eagle News) — A United States Navy aircraft crashed into the Philippine Sea on Monday, Nov. 12, after experiencing a “mechanical issue,” a statement from the US Navy Seventh Fleet said. “A Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 F/A-18 experienced a mechanical issue that resulted in the crew ejecting while conducting routine operations in the Philippine Sea, Nov. 12,” it said. “The crew was immediately and safely recovered by USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) search […]
(Eagle News)—-Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on Monday, Nov. 12, said some politicians were seeking the services of gun-for-hire groups to serve as their private armies. Albayalde made the pronouncement after he announced the neutralization of two such groups. Albayalde said authorities had arrested five alleged members of the Peralta Group: Dennis Matias, Mary Ann Mallari, Raymond Dequina, John Laña and Jackie Lou Isidro. Also arrested was Christopher Alain Alvero in his compound in […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore’s prime minister made an impassioned plea Monday for open markets and warned “political pressures” were driving countries apart, in a swipe at rising protectionism at the start of a gathering of world leaders. Leaders including Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and US Vice President Mike Pence are meeting this week in the city-state against the backdrop of a months-long trade dispute between Beijing and Washington. Some of those attending are expected […]
(Eagle News) — Tumataas ang bilang ng mga turistang bumibisita sa pamosong Hundred Islands na matatagpuan sa Alaminos City. Ayon sa City Tourism Office umabot na sa 561,000 ang bilang ng mga dumadayong turista sa Hundred Islands. Labis namang ikinatutuwa ng mga bangkero sa Hundred Islands National Park (HINP) ang pagdami ng turistang bumibisita sa nasabing lugar. Ayon sa mga bangkero, malaking benepisyo ang development ng Alaminos City Government kaya ito dinadagsa ng mga turista. […]
(Eagle News) — Naragdagan pa ang biyahe ng Philippine Airlines (PAL) na kanselado dahil sa isasagawang pagsasaayos ng air navigation system ng Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). Pawang international at domestic flights ang nadagdag sa kanseladong biyahe ng kanilang airlines sa darating na November 20. Ito ay ang sumusunod: PR 313 Hong Kong-Manila PR 538 Denpasar-Manila PR 655 Riyadh-Manila PR 2141/2142 Manila-Iloilo-Manila PR 2521/2522 Manila-Cagayan De Oro-Manila PR 2835 Manila-Cebu PR 2857/2858 Manila-Cebu-Manila […]
(Eagle News) – Itinaas na sa yellow heavy rainfall warning ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and ilang bahagi ng Mindanao dahil sa pag-ulan na dulot ng isang low pressure area (LPA). Itinaas ang babala sa mga lugar na sumusunod: Camiguin, Talisayan, Balingoan, Kinoguitan, Sugbongcogon at Magsaysay sa Misamis Oriental, Kapalong, San Isidro, Asuncion at New Corella sa Davao Del Norte. Nagbabala naman ang PAGASA na ang malakas na pag-ulan na nararanasan […]
