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(Eagle News) — Over 500 passengers were unloaded from the Metro Rail Transit 3 early Wednesday after it experienced another electrical failure. In an advisory, the MRT3 said the 620 passengers got off at the Shaw Boulevard Station in Mandaluyong following the incident at 5:37 a.m. The MRT management said the electrical failure was caused by “worn-out electrical sub-components.” The passengers were able to ride the next train that arrived after three minutes. https://youtu.be/IFIMiktWQTQ
Take a glimpse behind the Rose Parade 2018 held in Pasadena, California. Allen and Eva Basallaje of EBC Los Angeles cover this Southern California New Year’s tradition.
PARIS, France (AFP) — A French court has ordered that Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat be evicted from an apartment in a posh part of Paris for failing to keep up with the rent. In a December 14 ruling seen by AFP on Tuesday, the court told Sherawat and her French husband Cyrille Auxenfans to pay 78,787 euros ($94,000) in rent owed and expenses, giving the green light for their furniture to be seized. The couple […]
PASADENA, United States (AFP) — Hollywood is hardly a big fan of Donald Trump, but on the upcoming reboot of “Roseanne,” the title character will be a supporter of the Republican president. The award-winning 1990s sitcom is returning to the ABC network in March, and actress Roseanne Barr says her choice to depict her working-class character as pro-Trump is “realistic.” “I’ve always tried to have (the show) be a true reflection of the society we […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Fantasy film “The Shape of Water” gained 12 nominations at this year’s Baftas, and is leading the pack as the movie awards season gets underway. Steeped in Cold War secrecy, the tale of a cleaner at a US government lab — and the Russians who are after her discovery — is in the running for awards including best film and special visual effects. Guillermo del Toro is also nominated as […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines will intensify coordination with its Indonesian counterparts to ensure security and prevent the utilization of territorial waters as an “avenue for the proliferation of terrorism and other transnational crimes,” among others. The border committees of both countries said in a statement that they were considering adding more border crossing stations to “closely monitor the entry and exit” of their nationals. In the statement issued days after President Rodrigo Duterte met with […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A SpaceX rocket worked fine in its weekend launch of a secretive government satellite, named Zuma, the company said Tuesday after reports the payload did not make it into orbit. “For clarity: after reviewing of all data to date, Falcon 9 did everything correctly on Sunday night,” said Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of California-based SpaceX. “If we or others find otherwise based on further review, we will […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Working human muscle has been grown from stem cells in the lab in a breakthrough that holds promise for sufferers of degenerative muscular diseases, scientists said on Tuesday. The team from Duke University in North Carolina said they were the first to achieve this feat using adult skin or blood cells which were “reprogrammed” into a juvenile, versatile state. These are called “induced pluripotent stem cells” or iPSCs. Like naturally-occurring stem […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Mudslides unleashed by a ferocious storm demolished homes in southern California and killed at least 13 people, police said Tuesday. Authorities said the bodies were discovered in mud and debris during rescue operations in Montecito, northwest of Los Angeles. “We are saddened to report that this incident so far has resulted in 13 confirmed fatalities, as result of the storm that came through our area last night,” Santa Barbara County […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government said Tuesday it would lower the speed limit on two-lane highways to 80 kilometers per hour from 90 kilometers (55 miles) per hour, hoping to reverse an alarming rise in road deaths in recent years. Several previous governments had toyed with the idea as a means of reducing highway deaths, which reached nearly 3,500 in 2016, but backed off in the face of widespread public opposition. About 55 […]
by Mark Ralston Agence France Presse ZERMATT, Switzerland (AFP) — Heavy snowfall has cut off many villages and resorts across the Alps, trapping some 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland’s most popular ski stations, officials said on Tuesday. Helicopters spent two hours airlifting some of those stranded to nearby villages, while others remained stuck in the resort for a second day running after snow blocked road and rail links. In the Pyrenees, a skier […]
(Eagle News)– Banco de Oro Unibank is investigating reports of unauthorized withdrawals and purchases. In a statement on Tuesday night, the bank said it was “currently running a thorough investigation process” following complaints from an “increased number of clients that have experienced suspicious bank account transactions involving (these) done without their knowledge.” It said the investigation involves “tracing individual transactions, checking any irregularities and identifying signals of fraud from millions of valid transactions everyday.” “This […]
