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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Rising British pop singer Dua Lipa and grime star Stormzy were the early winners at the Brit Awards on Wednesday as folk-pop hit machine Ed Sheeran missed out at a packed O2 Arena in London. US superstar Justin Timberlake kicked off the show with a stirring performance of hit single “Say Something,” backed by scores of singers. London-born Dua Lipa, who is of Kosovan background, beat off Paloma Faith, Laura […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Mark Hamill — Luke Skywalker from the “Star Wars” saga — will present an Oscar at the upcoming Academy Awards before getting his Walk of Fame star. Hamill will attend the Oscars, March 4, four days before he is honored personally with his Hollywood Walk of Fame star. The actor, now 66, joked on Twitter: “Note to self: 1) Talk fast enough so the orchestra doesn’t try to play […]
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AFP) — An unknown person blew themself up after throwing a suspected grenade into the US embassy compound in Podgorica, the Montenegrin government said Thursday. “In front of the @USEmbassyMNE building in #Podgorica, #Montenegro an unknown person committed suicide with an explosive device. Immediately before, that person threw an explosive device,” the official government account tweeted, adding that the device was “most probably” a hand grenade. An AFP correspondent could not see any […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has issued a gag order for Senator Bongbong Marcos, Vice President Leni Robredo and their lawyers to prevent them from discussing the merits of the vice presidential electoral protest. The order dated Feb. 13 was issued after the two camps repeatedly engaged in a word war in the media. Their most recent exchange involved what Marcos said were the “mysterious” squares on ballot […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A top North Korean general will be at the closing ceremony of the South’s Winter Olympics this weekend, Seoul said Thursday — an event that US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka will also attend. Kim Yong Chol, who oversees inter-Korean relations for the ruling Workers’ Party, will lead an eight-member delegation that will visit the South from Friday to Sunday, the unification ministry said in a statement. It will go […]
(Eagle News) –Lawyer Larry Gadon on Thursday threatened to file charges against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno and other Supreme Court officials who played a role in what he said were her questionable acts as top magistrate if she did not resign by March 1. “I’m urging you to resign by March 1, because if you will not resign by March 1, I will file (the) cases,” Gadon, who filed the impeachment complaint against Sereno, […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) or Church of Christ held a large blood donation drive in six areas in Hong Kong where at least 465 bags of blood were collected for the Red Cross on Monday, February 19. At least 163,000 cubic centimeters (cc) of blood were donated by the INC volunteers in the blood donation activity held in Mong Kok, Causeway Bay, Tsuen Wan, Kwun Tong, Yuen Long, […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday called for a review of all labor policies of the government in countries where there are Overseas Filipino Workers. Gatchalian made the call a day after it was revealed in a joint Senate panel hearing that 196 Filipinos had died in Kuwait in the last three years. The hearing was held by the Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development, and Committee […]
A crab fisherman has been killed and half-eaten by a huge saltwater crocodile, the latest in a number of attacks in Palawan, police said Wednesday. The family and neighbors of Rebente Ladja, 37, launched a search after he failed to return home on Monday from setting crab traps at a mangrove forest on the coast of Balabac. “They found his mangled remains at the swamp that night, with a huge crocodile beside it. The crocodile […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nananawagan ang Department of Education (DepEd) sa mga magulang at mag-aaral na lahukan ang early registration para sa school year 2018 to 2019 na magtatapos sa February 28. Gayunman, nilinaw ng ahensya na ang sakop lamang ng maagang pagpaparehistro sa mga pampublikong paaralan sa buong bansa ay ang mga incoming na kindergarten, Grades 1, 7, at 11 dahil ang ibang grade levels ay itinuturing nang pre-registered. Layunin ng maagang […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The annual cost of cybercrime has hit $600 billion worldwide, fueled by growing sophistication of hackers and proliferation of criminal marketplaces and cryptocurrencies, researchers said Wednesday. A report by the security firm McAfee with the Center for Strategic and International Studies found theft of intellectual property represents about one-fourth of the cost of cybercrime in 2017, and that other attacks such as those involving […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagbabala ang National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) sa publiko sa pagpasok ng bagong uri ng iligal na droga sa bansa. Ayon sa NBI, nag-iisip ng iba pang illegal drugs ang mga sindikato na wala o hindi pa kasama sa listahan ng itinuturing na ipinagbabawal na gamot sa bansa gaya ng kush o high grade marijuana na diskubre ng NBI Special Action Unit matapos isagawa ang isang buy-bust operation sa Las […]
