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(Eagle News) — There will be a reshuffle within the ranks of the Philippine National Police prior to the 2019 elections, PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde said. According to Albayalde, to be relieved are police officials who have relatives running for government posts. “Pag-aaralan natin lahat. Magkakaroon kami ng meeting at pag-aaralan namin kung sino yung mga dapat tanggalin,” Albayalde said in a radio interview. He said policemen who would file their certificates of candidacy would […]
by Patrick GALEY Agence France-Presse From family and friends to strangers on the subway and public figures on 24-hour news cycles, humans recognize an astonishing 5,000 faces, scientists said Wednesday in the first study of its kind. Through most of history humans lived in small groups of a hundred or so individuals, a pattern that has changed drastically in recent centuries. A study by scientists at Britain’s University of York found that our facial recognition […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Fifty-one people were killed when the bus they were travelling in overturned and its entire roof was ripped off in an accident in western Kenya early Wednesday, police said. “It is unfortunate that we have lost 51 people,” Kenya’s police chief Joseph Boinnet told Capital FM radio. According to police, the bus was travelling from Nairobi to the western town of Kakamega and carrying 52 passengers. The Kenyan Red Cross […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections hopes for a “dignified” filing of certificates of candidacy starting tomorrow, Oct. 11. According to Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez, “we don’t want to turn it into a circus of supporters.” The filing of COCs will last until Oct. 17. He said only the candidate for a national post and four other persons from his or her camp will be allowed inside Palacio del Gobernador for the filing on […]
(AFP) — Videographic looking at the importance of ice shelves. Earth’s surface has warmed one degree Celsius — enough to lift oceans and unleash storms, floods and droughts — and is on track toward an unlivable 3C or 4C rise, scientists say. https://youtu.be/DnojXKd0wJ0
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea on Wednesday kicked off an international fleet review involving 13 nations after Japan bowed out in protest at Seoul’s demand it remove a controversial ‘Rising Sun’ naval flag from Tokyo’s warship. The five-day event off the southern island of Jeju had initially included the Japanese navy, whose plan to fly the flag caused fury and a series of anti-Tokyo protests in its former colony. The emblem has been […]
(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Wednesday, Oct. 10, took his oath as the newest member of the Nationalist People’s Coalition. “Hindi kasi magandang tingnan na dalawa kaming magkapatid na nasa isang partido,” he said, referring to his half-brother, former Senator Jinggoy Estrada, who is a member of the Puwersa ng Masang Pilipino of which Ejercito was a member. The PMP is headed by Estrada’s and Ejercito’s father, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada. According to […]
(Eagle News) — Self-rated poverty rose to 52 percent, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the SWS, the 52 percent was four points above the 48% registered in June. The SWS said that of the 52% self-rated poor families, 8% used to be non-poor one to four years ago, and 6% used to be non-poor five or more years ago. The remaining 39%, or about three out of four poor families, have […]
(Eagle News) — Former Assistant Communications Mocha Uson will run as independent in the 2019 elections. Uson made the disclosure after Senator Koko Pimentel, PDP-Laban president, said she would not be included in the official list of bets of the political party. Uson said it was still unclear whether she would run for a Senate seat, or for a House of Representatives seat. In a video posted on her Facebook page, President Rodrigo Duterte was […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte clarified he did not fire Mocha Uson as Communications assistant secretary. The President made the announcement in a video posted on Uson’s Facebook page. “Siya yung nagresign,” Duterte said, when asked about reports circulating Uson had been fired. In her resignation letter, Uson said she was quitting her post to pave the way for the passage of the P1.47-billion proposed budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office. The proposed […]
by Cecil MORELLA Agence France Presse SANTO TOMAS, Philippines (AFP) — Deep below the ancient volcanoes scattered around the Philippines sits a simmering stockpile of intense heat that officials hope will help revive the nation’s sputtering green energy machine. The Philippines — thanks to its spot in the Ring of Fire zone of Pacific volcanoes — has long been one of the world’s top producers of geothermal power, but years of neglect have sent the […]
(Eagle New) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) through its charitable arm, the Felix Y. Manalo (FYM) Foundation, recently conducted an Aid For Humanity program in Winnipeg, Canada to help poor communities there. The event was held on September 28, 2018 at the Turtle Island Recreation Center located in the North End of Winnipeg. It was witnessed by two members of Canada’s Legislative Assembly who expressed admiration for the Church’s efforts to […]
