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(Eagle News) –Celebrities Gladys Reyes and Christopher Roxas renewed their wedding vows as they celebrated their 25 years as a couple and their 14th year as husband and wife at the Iglesia Ni Cristo house of worship in Tagaytay City on Tuesday, January 23. Reception followed at Fernwood Garden in Tagaytay which was well-attended by family, relatives and friends, including celebrities who have expressed admiration for the couple’s love and faith in God through the […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service The 20-year-old Spanish national who was arrested in Basilan on Monday on suspicion of being a terrorist has denied the allegations against him, saying he was only on vacation in the country. Abdelhakim Labidi Adib made the statement during inquest proceedings held at the Department of Justice on Wednesday. “I have nothing to do with this,” Adib told reporters in Spanish. He said he arrived in Manila on December […]
(Eagle News) – Tatlong miyembro ng Dawlah Islamiyah Group na sangkot sa kaso ng pagpatay sa tatlong sibilyan noong Diyembre 26, 2017 sa Lanao del Sur ang naaresto ng pinagsamang operasyon ng militar at pulisya. Kinilala ang mga naarestong suspek na sina Apao Dimacalang, Ibrahim Alek Undi alyas Brad Alexander at Jamal Ramal Berongan alyas Ma-yor. Ang tatlo ay nadakip ng pinagsamang puwersa ng 103rd Infantry Brigade ng Philippine Army, Joint Task Force Haribon, 51st […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The nominations for the 90th Oscars were announced Tuesday, with “The Shape of Water,” “Dunkirk” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” leading the pack. But the statistical quirks that the annual event throws up can be as intriguing as tracking which movies get the most nods. Here are some fun facts and figures from this year’s list of nominees: Female filmmakers recognized The 7,000-plus voters of the Academy of […]
by Veronique Dupont Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Fantasy romance “The Shape of Water” topped the Oscars nominations list on Tuesday with 13 nods, one shy of the record, as the Academy also gave a rare nomination to a woman in the directing category. In second place was tense World War II epic “Dunkirk,” with eight nods, while crime drama “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” generally thought to be the favorite […]
Says he will raise the need for an ASEAN “platform for terrorism, problems of law and order” (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would raise the need to come up with a platform to deal with terrorism, and problems of law and order to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations bloc. Duterte made the statement in a speech prior to his departure for a three-day visit to India, where the India-ASEAN […]
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AFP) — Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum unveiled a rare new purchase Tuesday, painted by Vincent’s contemporary Edvard Munch, the only portrait by the Norwegian artist on display in The Netherlands. The “Portrait of Felix Auerbach,” created by Munch in 1906, was bought for an undisclosed amount from a private collection, Van Gogh Museum director Axel Rueger told journalists. “It’s the only portrait by Munch in a Dutch collection,” a beaming Rueger said as […]
(Eagle News) — Communications Secretary Mocha Uson on Wednesday confirmed she has returned the award she received from the University of Sto. Tomas Alumni Association. “Kanina lang po, nasauli na…,” she told reporters. She said the body accepted the award, a picture of which was tweeted by the USTAA. “Isinauli ko naman po iyon dahil hindi naman po tayo nanghingi ng award na iyon eh. Kaya lang po tinanggap dahil binigay,” she said. On […]
(Eagle News) — Department of Finance (DOF) Undersecretary Grace Karen Singson said that the government’s 75 flagship projects under the “Build, Build, Build” program of the Duterte administration are expected to create 1.7 million jobs by 2022. She said the Duterte administration intends to spend around $158 billion over the next five years for the program, so that infrastructure spending would reach 7.3 percent of Gross Domestic Product by the end of the President’s term. […]
(Eagle News) — The president of the University of Sto. Tomas Alumni Association Inc. resigned on Tuesday night, following the brouhaha over the body’s conferment of an award for government service to Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson. “As head of USTAAI, President Henry Tenedero humbly takes full responsibility of (sic) what has happened, thus, tendering his resignation,” the USTAAI said in a statement. Even then, the USTAAI said it would not “rescind the recognition already […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Russia rejected Tuesday fresh US accusations that it bears responsibility for recent chemical attacks by the Syrian government, calling instead for a new “truly impartial” international investigation. During a last-minute United Nations Security Council meeting he called, Russian envoy Vassily Nebenzia lashed out at American Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for having “hastily accused the Syrian — as they call it — ‘regime’” of the reported attack in Eastern […]
Job availability net optimism at record-high “excellent,” pollster says (Eagle News) — The joblessness rate dropped in the fourth quarter of 2017, the lowest recorded since 2004, according to the latest Social Weather Stations survey. The 15.7 percent joblessness rate was 3.2 points below the 18.9 percent recorded in September 2017, and 5.9 points above the lowest rate recorded since March 2004, based on results from the survey done from December 8 to 16, 2017. The SWS […]
