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Cloudy skies, rain showers expected: PAGASA

(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with rain showers and thunderstorms are expected in parts of the country on Friday, Sept. 15. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Zambales, Bataan, Palawan, Occidental Mindoro, Western Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao and Caraga, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. According to the weather bureau, these were due to the southwest monsoon affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Flashfloods or landslides due […]

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DBM releases P11.6 billion for performance-based bonuses of DepEd teaching personnel

(Eagle News) — The Department of Budget and Management has released P11.6 billion for the Fiscal Year 2021 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) of teaching personnel in various public elementary and secondary schools under the Department of Education. According to the Presidential Communications Office, records from the DBM showed that, as of  September 1, all 16 Regional Offices (ROs) of the Department have released the corresponding Special Allotment Release Orders (SAROs) and Notice of Cash Allocations (NCAs) […]

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Putin accepts Kim’s invitation to visit North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation to visit North Korea, Pyongyang’s state media said Thursday, as Kim Jong Un wrapped up a rare trip to meet with his ally. The isolated Kim, who seldom leaves his country and has not travelled since before the pandemic, had a “historic meeting and talks” with Putin on Wednesday, the Korean Central News Agency said. Among the results of the leaders’ summit were Russian promises of help […]

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NASA to publish long-awaited UFO report

NASA is set to release on Thursday the findings of a long-awaited study on unexplained flying objects in Earth’s skies. The US space agency announced last year it was reviewing evidence regarding unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs — which has replaced the term “UFO” in official parlance. The subject has long fascinated the public but was shunned by mainstream science. An independent team of 16 researchers shared their preliminary observations in May, finding that existing […]

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Picasso masterpiece to fetch $120 mn in November auction: Sotheby’s

The November auction of a Pablo Picasso masterpiece, the late Spanish painter’s “Femme a la montre” from 1932, is expected to fetch at least $120 million, Sotheby’s announced Wednesday. The painting, which depicts Picasso’s mistress wearing a watch, will be sold as part of a two-day auction of late New Yorker Emily Fisher Landau’s prestigious collection. Other works up for sale include pieces by Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol. Fisher […]

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PAGASA monitoring LPA off Batanes

(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Batanes. PAGASA said the LPA was so far located 395 kilometers east northeast of Itbayat. So far, cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected in Metro Manila, Pangasinan, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, Mimaropa, Bicol Region, Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, SOCCSKSARGEN, and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, this time due to the southwest monsoon affecting […]

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President Bongbong Marcos touts Maharlika Fund in 10th Asia Summit in Singapore

(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos  invited businesses to invest in the Philippines in his speech during the 10th Asia Summit in Singapore, noting the ease of doing business in the country. According  to the Presidential Communications Office, during his speech, the first-ever made in the summit by a sitting Philippine President, the President also touted the Maharlika Investment Fund, which he said was the government’s way of tapping the country’s reserves for investments without increasing borrowings. […]

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Former Starbucks CEO Schultz steps down from board

Starbucks said Wednesday its former chief executive Howard Schultz will step down from the coffee chain’s board of directors “as part of a planned transition.” Schultz, who ended his third stint as CEO in March, helped transform the brand from a small coffee shop into an international chain over the decades. “I look forward to supporting this next generation of leaders to steward Starbucks into the future as a customer, supporter and advocate in my […]

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UK man swims entire New York river in clean-water campaign

British endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh on Wednesday completed a 315-mile (500-kilometer) journey down New York’s Hudson River, highlighting its successful decades-long cleanup as a beacon for other waterways. “Fifty years ago, this was one of the most polluted rivers in the whole world,” said Pugh, 53, who was appointed the first UN patron of the oceans a decade ago. “We need to have clean, healthy rivers,” he told reporters after completing the unassisted trip from […]

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China says media have exposed iPhone security incidents

China said Wednesday it had noted “many media reports exposing security incidents involving iPhones”. “The Chinese government attaches a great importance to information and cybersecurity, and treats both domestic and foreign-funded enterprises in the same way and on an equal footing,” foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a regular press conference. Mao denied there was any ban on officials purchasing or using foreign phones, including iPhones. “China has not issued any laws, regulations, and policy […]

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