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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A shallow 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck 11 kilometers (seven miles) east of Mamasa in west Sulawesi at 2:35 am (18:35 GMT), according to USGS. No tsunami warning was issued. It comes after a 7.5-magnitude quake and a subsequent tsunami razed swathes of the city of Palu on Sulawesi island on September 28. The disaster killed more than 2,000 people […]
LISBON, Portugal (AFP) — The inventor of the worldwide web, Tim Berners-Lee, on Monday announced plans for a “contract” to ensure the internet remains “safe and accessible” for all. “All kinds of things have things have gone wrong,” the computer scientist, who in 1989 invented the Web as a platform, said at the opening of the Web Summit, Europe’s largest tech event. “We have fake news, we have problems with privacy, we have people being […]
by Sebastian SMITH and Michael MATHES, with Jim WATSON in Cleveland Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump embarked Monday on a whirlwind final push across three states to stop Democrats from breaking his Republicans’ stranglehold on the US Congress in midterm elections amounting to a battle for the soul of the turbulent country. Cleveland, Ohio; Fort Wayne, Indiana; then Cape Girardeau, Missouri: it will be well after midnight before the real […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Around 4,800 US soldiers were deployed Monday to the border with Mexico, the Pentagon announced, saying it could not give a price tag for the operation Democrats decry as political maneuvering from President Donald Trump. Some 1,100 of the troops are in California, another 1,100 in Arizona and 2,600 in Texas on the eve of crucial midterm elections that will determine whether Trump’s Republicans keep their hold on power in […]
WALDORF, Maryland — Members of Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) conducted an Adopt-A-Road activity in Waldorf, Maryland on November 3, 2018. Armed with litter pickers and enormous colored trash bags, members of the Church’s Waldorf congregation walked about three miles of the parkway stretch, clearing the roadsides of thrash and litters. The clean up was held on the chilly Saturday morning and set against a backdrop of fall colored trees that line the sides […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte led the opening on Monday, Nov. 5, of the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange, (PITX), the country’s first landport that will provide comfort to the riding public coming to and from the southern part of Luzon. The PITX is a project done under his administration’s Build, Build Build program that promises to accommodate a total of 100,000 passengers daily, and decrease traffic in Metro Manila. In his speech during […]
By Alfred Acenas with reports from Margarita Tecson (EBC Micronesia) Eagle News Service HONOLULU, Hawaii (Eagle News Service) – Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) recently conducted an Aid to Humanity outreach event in Pohnpei, Micronesia as part of the Church’s global efforts to help those in need. The event took place at the Kolonia-China Friendship Center in Pohnpei where INC volunteer members distributed goodwill bags to the guests. These […]
(Eagle News) — The newest landport terminal in Parañaque City opened on Monday, Nov. 5 after its inatuguration by President Rodrigo Duterte. Known as the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange (PITX), this is part of the Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Build” program. There is an automated fare collection, scheduled arrival and departure of provincial buses and in-city transport services, organized loading and unloading areas, escalators, elevators, and online ticketing system. Just like in an airport, […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (Eagle News) — Skin cancer deaths among men have soared in wealthy nations since 1985, with mortality rates among women rising more slowly or even declining, researchers told a medical conference in Glasgow Sunday. Reasons for the discrepancy between sexes are unclear but evidence suggests men are “less likely to protect themselves from the sun” or heed public health warnings, lead researcher Dorothy Yang, a doctor at the […]
(Eagle News) — This was the effect of typhoon Yutu in Saipan, the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands. Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s Eagle News Service correspondent in Saipan, Liezel Cristobal, interviews some of the Saipan residents coping in the aftermath of the supertyphoon. Yutu had destroyed houses in the island with its powerful winds. When it hit the Northern Marianas, it had winds of up to 178 miles per hour, making it the […]
(Eagle News) — Ilang jeepney drivers na ang naniningil ng sampung pisong pamasahe sa kabila ng kawalan ng fare matrix, na nakapaskil sa kanilang mga sasakyan. Bagaman may mga pasaherong nag-reklamo, hindi na sila nakipag-argumento sa driver upang hindi na maabala ang kanilang biyahe. Una nang ipinatupad simula noong Biyernes, Nobyembre 2 ang dagdag pisong pamasahe sa jeep o Php 10.00 mula sa dating Php 9.00. Habang Php 11.00 naman sa ordinary bus at P13 […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Each year around November, the Indian capital’s air quality reaches hazardous levels as cooler air traps pollutants close to the ground and farmers burn their fields across large swathes of north India. https://youtu.be/SEbDGZGuynI
