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(Eagle News) — Around 800 temporary shelters are set to be turned over to displaced residents in Marawi on Wednesday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement in a televised press briefing in Marawi City. “We targeted to transfer 500 units but instead of just 500, we are actually transferring 800,” he said. According to Roque, of the 800, the 500 are in Sagonsongan, and the 300 in Matungao, in Lanao del Norte. The scheduled turnover–which […]
by Jung Ha-Won Agence France-Presse NAMYANGJU, South Korea (AFP) — Barking at their rescuers, labradors, beagles and mongrels desperately scrambled out of rusty cages in South Korea: saved from the dinner plate by a deal with dog-meat farmer Kim Young-Hwan. In the face of falling demand, Kim agreed to close his establishment in exchange for compensation from US-based Humane Society International (HSI). The dogs are bound for a new life in adoptive homes in the […]
Authorities have already identified 36 of the reported 37 bodies recovered from the NCCC mall fire in Davao City. As of 2:40 a.m. Dec. 27, only one of the 37 bodies recovered over the weekend remains to be identified. Another missing person, the 38th, in the local government’s official list has yet to be found. In the official list, they named the 36 positively-identified victims as: 1. Sismar, Jeffrey 2. Bongcayao, Mary Louielyn 3. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea is preparing to launch a satellite, a Seoul newspaper said Tuesday, as outside observers warn that the nuclear-armed regime’s space program is a fig leaf for weapons tests. Pyongyang is under multiple UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile tests and is prohibited from carrying out any launch using ballistic missile technology including satellites. “Through various channels, we’ve recently learned that the North has completed a new […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Shares in Hyundai Heavy Industries plunged by nearly a third on Wednesday after the world’s largest shipbuilder by sales announced a plan to issue new stocks in a bid to shore up its ailing finances. The South Korean firm has struggled amid an industry-wide slump in recent years, as global demand slowed and competition from China intensified while overcapacity slashed prices. Hyundai announced on Tuesday the plan to raise 1.3 […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — The detention of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar was extended for two more weeks, a court said Wednesday, in the pair’s first public appearance since their December 12 arrest under a draconian colonial-era secrecy law. Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27 — Myanmar nationals who had been reporting on a military-led crackdown on Rohingya Muslims — were arrested after being invited to meet police for dinner on the […]
(Eagle News) — The military on Wednesday accused the communist rebels of violating the unilateral ceasefire it earlier declared for the holidays, and in commemoration of the group’s anniversary. In a statement, the 10th Infantry Division said on December 25, for instance, around 30 rebels went after Arbilito Catampao, a member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit Active Auxiliary in Compostela Valley. Catampao only escaped the rebels by running as fast as he could. The Melale Patrol […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — May isa pa umanong bagyo ang papasok sa bansa bago matapos ang taong ito. Batay sa monitoring ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), inaasahang magiging bagyo ang namataan nilang namumuong sama ng panahon. Inaasahan itong papasok sa Philippine area of Responsibility (PAR) sa katapusan ng Disyembre. Ayon kay Ariel Rojas, PAGASA weather forecaster, inaasahan din itong magla-landfall sa mismong bagong taon o Enero 1. Aniya, sa […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Maaaring umasa ang mga customer ng Manila Electric Company (Meralco) ng mababang singil sa kuryente sa Enero ng susunod na taon. Pero ayon kay Meralco Spokesperson Joe Zaldarriaga, bagamat madalas ang pagbaba ng singil tuwing Enero ang pagbabatayan pa rin ay ang final computation mula sa generators at transmission operators. Ngayong Disyembre, bumaba rin ang singil ng Meralco ng 37 centavos (P 0.37) per kilowatt-hour (kwh). https://youtu.be/k7MfbSO2vUQ
LOS ANGELES. United States (AFP) — Chicago forward Nikola Mirotic came off the bench to score 24 points and spark the visiting Bulls over Milwaukee 115-106 in an NBA matchup Tuesday. The 26-year-old Montenegro-born Spaniard made 9-of-18 from the floor, including 4-of-8 from 3-point range, and grabbed eight rebounds to spark the Bulls to their 11th win in 33 games. “Great game by us. We really stepped up,” Mirotic said. “We’re moving in the right […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday said the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas should consider suspending the issuance of new generation coins. Binay, chair of the Senate trade, commerce and entrepreneurship committee, said that while NGCs have a “new and fresh design,” and could address the issue of security, the new P5 coins in particular look a lot like the P1 coins existing in circulation, and could therefore create confusion. The new P5 coins now carry […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan na ng Department of Justice ang petisyon na ihahain sa regional trial court upang gawing legal ang deklarasyon ng Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na teroristang grupo na ang New People’s Army. Naglabas ng Department Order No.779 ang kalihim na nag-aatas sa Office of the Prosecutor General na magsumite ng karampatang petisyon sa korte kaugnay sa nasabing deklarasyon. Ito ay ayon sa isinasaad ng RA No. 9372 o ang Human Security […]
