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Isang aso sa Cebu City sumakay ng jeep para hanapin ang kaniyang amo

(Eagle News) — Viral ngayon ang video ng isang aso na sumakay sa jeep para hanapin ang kaniyang amo. Ayon sa netizen, habang isang lalaki ang sumakay sa jeep ay mayroon biglang sumakay na isang aso. Tila hindi mapakali ang aso habang nakadungaw sa labas ng sasakyan. At, nakakabilib ang sumunod na nangyari dahil matapos huminto ang jeep sa stoplight, sakto namang huminto rin ang isa pang sasakyan kung saan nakasakay ang amo ng aso. […]

Mas mataas na buwis sa tabako, isinusulong ng DOH; Universal Health Care, nais mapondohan

(Eagle News) – Isinusulong ng Department of Health (DOH) ang mas mataas na buwis sa tobacco products para makakuha ng mas maraming pondo para sa Universal Health Care Bill. Ang Universal Health Care Bill ay aprubado na sa huling pagbasa sa Kamara at Senado at hinihintay na lamang na masertipikahang urgent ng Malacañang upang ganap nang maipatupad. Ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque, ang plano ng DOH ay hindi lamang para makalikha ng karagdagdang pondo […]

Easterlies patuloy na nakaapekto sa bansa

(Eagle News) — Walang namamataang sama ng panahon na makakaapekto sa bansa sa susunod na dalawa hanggang tatlong araw. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), patuloy na makararanas ng mainit at maalinsangang panahon dahil sa umiiral na easterlies. Maulap na kalangitan na may kalat-kalat na pag-ulan, pagkulog at pagkidlat na minsan ay may kalakasan sa buong Palawan, eastern Visayas, central Visayas at Caraga Region dahil sa epekto ng easterlies. Sa nalalabing […]

1,000 Filipino Nurse kailangan sa Saudi Arabia; 150 Medtech naman sa Abu Dhabi – POEA

(Eagle News) – Nangangailangan ang bansang Saudi Arabia ng 1,000 Filipino Nurses habang 150 Medical Technicians naman ang kailangan sa Abu Dhabi. Ayon sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), ang hiring ng mga manggagawa ay sa ilalim ng government-to-government scheme na nagtitiyak na mapo-protektahan ang karapatan ng mga Manggagawang Pilipino. Ang mga kwalipikadong aplikante sa mga nasabing pwesto ay hindi na kinakilangan pang magbayad ng placement fee. Ayon pa kay POEA Deputy Administrator Ventura Plan, […]

Police shoot knifeman in Hong Kong station

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Police shot a man wielding a knife inside a busy Hong Kong subway station on Wednesday after he tried to attack them, officials said. It is rare for police to shoot suspects in Hong Kong, where it is illegal for the public to carry firearms. Officers tried to question him in Sham Shui Po station during a routine security search but he then pulled a six-inch (15-centimeter) knife from his […]

Recovery of endangered whales hampered by humans long after hunting

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — When an endangered female North Atlantic right whale spends months, even years, disentangling itself from cast-off fishing nets, there’s not much energy left over for mating and nursing calves. Coping with such debris, along with ship collisions and other forms of human encroachment, have severely stymied recovery of the majestic sea mammals long after explosive harpoons and factory ships nearly wiped them out, according to a […]

Global stocks mixed as investors await pivotal US election

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — European stock markets slipped Tuesday on trepidation over US midterm elections seen as a referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency, while US markets rose after a quiet session. Key European markets were down by as much as one percent at the close, while Wall Street reversed early declines to post solid gains. The S&P 500 ended up 0.6 percent. But trading volume was light as investors refrained from placing bets […]

Asian markets mostly up as traders keep tabs on US vote

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly rose early Wednesday as investors tracked early results from the US midterm elections with Democrats looking on course to win back control of the House, which could impact Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. Equities and the dollar were fluctuating through the morning with results in many key constituencies on a knife-edge with turnout expected to be high. But, while the vote is the first major electoral test of […]

Publiko, pinag-iingat ng DOH sa pagbili ng battery operated devices

Ni Belle Surara Eagle News Reporter (Eagle News) – Muling pinayuhan ng Department of Health (DOH) ang publiko na maging maingat sa pagbili ng mga produkto online lalo na ang mga battery operated devices. Ayon kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, ang mga naturang devices ay hindi laruan. Ito aniya ay nagtataglay din ng tinatawag na “concomitant health at safety hazards”. Magugunita na isang binatilyo ang nasabugan ng vape sa bibig matapos umanong makipag-swap ng […]

Unang Dialysis Center ng Philippine Red Cross, pinasinayaan

(Eagle News) – Pormal nang pinasinayaan ang kauna-unahang Hemodialysis Center ng Philippine Red Cross sa bansa. Mismong si PRC Chairman at Senator Richard Gordon at Health Secretary Francisco Duque ang nanguna sa pagbubukas ng bagong pasilidad na dating headquarters ng Red Cross. State of the art ang Red Cross Hemodialysis Center kung saan binubuo ito ng sampung bagong nipro hemodialysis machines at dalawang automated reprocessing machines. May kakayahan umano ang pasilidad na makapag-accommodate ng mahigit […]

Actor Michael Douglas gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

HOLLYWOOD, CA (AFP) — Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday in honor of his 50 years in show business. The megastar was joined at the ceremony by his 101-year-old father and Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas as well as Jane Fonda, who starred with him in the 1979 drama “The China Syndrome,” about an accident in a nuclear power plant. Also attending was Douglas’s wife, the actress […]

US jury convicts New York subway bomber

NEW YORK (AFP) — A US jury on Tuesday convicted a Bangladeshi driver for detonating a bomb in a crowded New York subway passage near Times Square, allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group. Akayed Ullah, 28, who lived in Brooklyn after migrating to the United States in 2011, was found guilty by a unanimous jury as Americans went to the polls in the midterm elections. His trial in Manhattan lasted a week. The December […]