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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — The Australian strawberry scare has spread to New Zealand with a supermarket chain announcing Sunday that needles were found in a box of the fruit sourced from the neighbouring country. The Countdown supermarket chain said it had taken a brand of Australian strawberries off the shelves after a sabotaged punnet — a plastic box — was sold in an Auckland store. The strawberries, from Western Australia state, were sold in […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government offered its deepest condolences to the government of Vietnam on Sunday on the death of its President, Tran Dai Quang, last Friday. Quang, 61, passed away from a “serious illness despite devoted treatment by professors and doctors” both in Vietnam and abroad, the official Vietnam News Agency said. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement: “The Palace offers its deepest condolences to the government and people of Vietnam […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday, Sept. 23, welcomed former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte’s filing of libel cases against him. According to Trillanes, it would be “an opportunity to call Polong as a hostile witness, so he would be compelled to show his tattoo on his back to prove that he is a member of a Chinese triad drug syndicate.” “It would also be an opportunity for me to have his bank accounts […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippines on Saturday, Sept. 23, condoled with Tanzania following the sinking of an overloaded ferry in Lake Victoria that left more than a hundred people dead. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs conveyed the country’s sympathies and expressed hope that more survivors would be found. Ambassador to Kenya Norman Garibay told Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano the Philippine Embassy in Nairobi continues to monitor the search and rescue efforts. Garibay said […]
(Eagle News)–Severe Tropical Storm “Trami” is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday, Sept. 23. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 3 a.m., the eye of “Trami” was located 1580 kilometers east of center Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 to 120 kilometers per hour, and moving west northwestward at 20 kilometers per hour. If it enters the PAR, it will be named “Paeng.” Scattered rains […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara has been named the new president of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino. The announcement was made in a statement issued by Angara’s office on Saturday, Sept. 22. “Sa totoo nga, dapat magsilbing inspirasyon ang aking ama para patuloy nating isulong ang mga mahahalagang reporma,” he said of the late Senate President Edgardo Angara, who founded the political party in 1988. The statemet said these reforms include widening access to education, better […]
by Amir Havasi Agence France Presse Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani vowed a “crushing response” after gunmen shot dead at least 29 people including women and children Saturday in an attack on an Iranian military parade. The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group claimed to have carried out the rare assault in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, while Iranian officials accused “a foreign regime” backed by the United States of being behind it. “The response of the […]
(Eagle News)–Blogger Drew Olivar on Saturday, Sept. 22, apologized for his post on a possible bomb on Edsa during rallies to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the country. He clarified, however, that he had no intention of scaring anyone, and that he only wanted to inform people. He admitted his post though was based only on information that circulated on social media as early as Sept. 8. As to […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe is likely to top the senatorial elections should they be held around this time, a recent Pulse Asia survey showed. According to the survey conducted from Sept. 1 to 7, Poe garnered a voter preference of 70.1 percent, making her the only individual in the top spot. In second to third place was Senator Cynthia Villar, who got a voter preference of 57.7 percent. Rep. Pia Cayetano occupies the second to […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Sept. 22, said President Rodrigo Duterte admitted to undergoing a colonoscopy and endoscopy. In a statement, the Palace said the President made the admission before doctors at the Asia Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) 3rd Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Forum in Lapu-Lapu, Cebu on Friday. He said the colonoscopy, which allows a medical specialist to look inside a person’s colon and rectum, and the endoscopy, which allows the specialist to look […]
By Malou Francisco EBC Europe correspondent, Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Even in the world’s famous art and cultural center in Paris, the University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) has won recognition from music enthusiasts and has captured their hearts fulfilling the group’s motto of “Sing from the heart to bring joy and peace through music.” Winner of numerous grand prizes and top prizes in their European tours, the UPSA held their […]
By Vidamar Agrimano EBC Qatar, Eagle News Service DOHA, Qatar (Eagle News) — Qatar’s Ministry of Energy and Industry recently announced the country’s major economic zone expansion in a meeting held at the Sheraton Hotel in Doha. According to H.E. Dr. Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, the Minister of Energy and Industry, the expansion is to be accomplished in the first quarter of 2019. During the meeting, the ministry also announced the addition of an […]
