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By Nova Safo with Jocelyne Zablit Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, CA (AFP) — Andrew Menck didn’t bother to vote in the last seven congressional elections but, determined to deliver a rebuke to Donald Trump’s presidency, he joined the lines outside his local polling station that built up before dawn. “I disapprove of the president’s actions,” said the 34-year-old, a Chicago voter who sees his ballot as a chance for real scrutiny of a president who […]
(Eagle News) – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said that the inflation recorded last October, pegged at 6.7 percent, the same as the previous month, meant that “inflation pressures have started to moderate.” The BSP said that the “month-on-month seasonally-adjusted headline inflation” had actually “eased further to 0.3 percent in October from 0.8 percent in September. It said this confirmed the “BSP’s view that inflation momentum has started to slow down.” “Inflation held steady in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Americans head to the polls on Tuesday for midterm elections with President Donald Trump’s Republican party seeking to retain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Midterm elections are often seen as a referendum on the president and there is no shortage of opinions this time around about the current occupant of the White House. Turnout for midterm elections is traditionally lower than in presidential years, but […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP-Services) — Imagine you could quench your thirst with water that doesn’t originate from a river, spring or lake, but comes directly out of the blue sky, from the air that surrounds you. What sounds like a science fiction movie is already a reality, and it is potentially for everyone. The new technology, developed by Watergen, an Israel-based tech company, is currently being showcased in Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi. And this is […]
(Eagle News) – Another regional trial court judge of Muntinlupa inhibited herself from the drug case involving Senator Leila De Lima, becoming the fourth judge to recuse herself from the senator’s controversial drug cases. Judge Lorna Navarro Domingo, acting presiding judge of Muntinlupa RTC branch 206, signed an order on Monday, Nov. 5, saying that she found “no sufficient ground to inhibit herself” from the trial as requested by De Lima, but that she […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is set to visit Boracay island on November 8 where he is expected to distribute the certificates of land ownership award (CLOA) to the indigenous tribes in the resort island. A portion of the 3.1 hectares of land in Barangay Manocmanoc will be distributed to the 48 members of the Ati tribe. The decision came after the six month-rehabilitation period of the island of Boracay. It was also a […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced through its Fisheries Administrative Order 167-3 that starting November 15, a fishing ban will be implemented in the Visayan Sea. The fishing ban will last until February 15, 2019 but may be extended until March depending on the changing spawning pattern of fish. According to BFAR Undersecretary Aduardo Gongona, the move aims to help the fish production of sardines, tawilis, tamban and mackerels. […]
by Shingo ITO Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese car giant Toyota upgraded its full-year forecast Tuesday, as the firm posted a 16-percent gain in net profit for the six months to September thanks to steady global sales and cost-cutting efforts. The maker of the Camry sedan and Prius hybrid revised upward its net profit forecast to 2.3 trillion yen ($20.3 billion) from its earlier estimate of 2.12 trillion yen for the year to […]
by Olivier LUCAZEAU / Julie Pacorel Agence France-Presse MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — As many as eight people might have died in the southern French city of Marseille in two building collapses, officials said Tuesday after the first body was pulled out from the wreckage. Rescuers worked throughout the night to look for victims in the rubble of two dilapidated apartment blocks which collapsed suddenly on Monday morning not far from the center of the Mediterranean […]
by Daniel Silva and Julie Jammot Agence France Presse LISBON, Portugal (AFP) — The inventor of the World Wide Web on Monday (Nov. 5) called for a “contract” to make internet safe and accessible for everyone as Europe’s largest tech event began in Lisbon amid a backlash over its role in spreading “fake news”. Some 70,000 people are expected to take part in the four-day Web Summit, dubbed “the Davos for geeks”, including […]
(Eagle News) –At least 105 fish cages, out of 1,555 operating in the town of Agoncillo in Batangas were affected by the recent fish kill in Taal Lake, killing some P5 million worth of tilapia. Agoncillo Mayor Daniel Reyes said the cage operators who were affected by the fish kill came from Barangay Subic Ilaya in Agoncillo Batangas. The apparent cause of the fish kill is a phenomenon called “sulfur upwelling,” which is attributed to […]
(Eagle News) — Retired General Eduardo Año on Monday, November 5 took his oath as the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) before President Rodrigo Duterte, after serving for 10 months as its officer-in-charge of the department. According to Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo, President Duterte administered the oath taking of Año during a ceremony at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang. Año, a former department undersecretary, was appointed by the President […]
