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by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Apple on Wednesday was expected to unveil new iPhones, playing up eye-grabbing edge-to-edge screens in a bid to strengthen its position in a largely saturated global smartphone market. Apple has remained mum about revelations planned for the event at its spaceship campus in Silicon Valley, but the timing fits its pattern of annually introducing iPhone updates. In a first for Apple, the event […]
(Eagle News)—The Commission on Elections has rescheduled the filing of certificates of candidacy for the 2019 local and national elections. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said from October 1 to 5, 2018.the new schedule was now from October 11 to 17. The schedule does not include Saturdays and Sundays. “On the last day, there will be no extension of filing hours. Please be advised,” Jimenez said.
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) — The death toll from a suicide attack on Afghan protesters has soared to 68, officials said Wednesday, as violence flares across the country ahead of elections and a key Islamic holy day. Another 165 were wounded in the blast — one of the deadliest attacks this year — on Tuesday in the eastern province of Nangarhar, provincial governor spokesman Ataullah Khogyani said. There has been no claim of responsibility for the […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police will be on full alert status starting tomorrow morning due to typhoon “Mangkhut” which is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Friday. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde said apart from the Luzon-based police, regional and provincial mobile forces will be on full alert status. He said this was to ensure there would be policemen deployed as augmentation force in areas to be affected […]
(AFP) — Videographics on how the weather works. US authorities have ordered one million people to evacuate the path of the extremely dangerous storm approaching the east coast. https://youtu.be/5bKZtLEIdmY
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two apparent key sources for Bob Woodward’s devastating new book on Donald Trump criticized the author’s depiction of the president Tuesday, suggesting he distorted their accounts. Gary Cohn and Rob Porter both issued statements taking some issue with Woodward’s description of Trump’s White House in “Fear,” which was released Tuesday, as a “Crazytown” where aides plot to thwart Trump’s orders and keep him contained. Cohn, the former White House chief […]
(Eagle News) — Ousted Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno visited Senator Anotnio Trillanes IV in his Senate office at noon today, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. Trillanes and Sereno, along with their key staff members, were having lunch inside the senator’s office as of press time. Both are vocal critics of administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. Sereno had been ousted due to a petition for quo warranto filed by Solicitor General Jose […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Mangkhut” is forecast to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility this afternoon, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its 11 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said “Mangkhut,” which will be named “Ompong” once it enters PAR, is forecast to traverse the Cagayan-Batanes area on Saturday, with winds around 205 to 255 kilometers per hour, and a peak intensity of 220/270 kph on Thursday. A tropical cyclone warning signal number 1 may […]
by Anne BEADE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Flooded runways, thousands of passengers stranded and a tanker smashing into an access bridge: last week’s typhoon in Japan highlighted the vulnerability of Kansai Airport which serves a region with an economy bigger than Belgium’s. Because of concerns about engine noise, Kansai — located in the bay of Osaka — is the world’s first airport entirely situated on a huge man-made island, putting it at […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (Eagle News) – Hurricane Florence, the first major hurricane for 2018 in the Atlantic Ocean, is now a category four storm. Over the weekend, the governors of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia declared a state of emergency so that resources needed for preparation could be released. Storm prompts evacuations and school closures In Virginia on Monday, Governor Ralph Northam, declared Zone A under a mandatory evacuation, effective Tuesday, September 11 at 8 […]
(Eagle News) — Umakyat na sa labing limang katao ang nasawi sa nangyaring aksidente sa Barangay Dao-Angan, Balbalan, Kalinga, Apayao. Karamihan sa mga ito ay senior citizens. Batay sa report, nasa apatnapung senior citizens ang sakay ng isang jeep nang mahulog ito sa bangin. Papauwi na sana ang mga ito matapos kunin ang kanilang allowance sa Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. Dinala naman ang mga sugatan sa Kalinga Western District Hospital.
(Eagle News)—-Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, Sept. 12, filed a resolution seeking a Senate probe into the government contracts allegedly obtained by the family of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Trillanes filed Resolution 889 a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said the senator’s mother was a supplier for the Philippine Navy even when the senator and his father were in the naval service. Trillanes said he would not know if his mother did […]
