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(Eagle News) — Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives held a bicameral conference on Thursday to thresh out the differences in their respective versions of the budget bill for 2018. Attending the executive session were members of the finance committees led by Senator Loren Legarda and Rep. Karlo Nograles. The bicameral conference was held a day after the Senate approved, with a 16-0 vote, its version of the 2018 General Appropriations Act. This […]
(Eagle News) — The government plans to turn war-torn Marawi into a commercial and tourism hub in Mindanao, a military official announced on Thursday, as rehabilitation efforts went underway. In an interview over dzbb, Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office chief Edgar Arevalo said the plan was to make Marawi known not only as a city that defeated terrorism, but also as a city that rose from the ashes to become a magnet for […]
JUAREZ, MEXICO (AFP) — A female hippopotamus born two weeks ago, two white tiger puppies and a llama calf are the new inhabitants of the Mexican zoo at Ciudad Juarez (north). https://youtu.be/XzMcZbhcwzo
Ni Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service Nagpang-abot malapit sa Mendiola ang mga anti- at pro-administrasyon na grupo na may kanya kanyang ikinasang kilos protesta kasabay ng paggunita sa Bonifacio Day ngayong araw. Hindi nakaporma sa Mendiola ang mga anti-administrasyon na magsasagawa sana ng protesta laban sa sinasabi nilang isinusulong na revolutionary government ng gobyerno. Karamihan sa mga kaanib sa grupong ito ay mga miyembro ng mga militanteng grupo gaya ng Bukluran ng mga Mangagawang Pilipino, […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japanese car maker Toyota unveiled a new humanoid robot that mirrors the movements of its remote operator in Tokyo on Wednesday (November 29). The company says T-HR3 is designed to explore how a robot can help the elderly in a country whose population is ageing faster than the rest of the world as the birthrate decreases. “Humanoid robots are very popular among Japanese people. That’s why we continued to work on […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Enes Kanter had 22 points and 14 rebounds to help the New York Knicks down the Miami Heat 115-86 on Wednesday despite losing Kristaps Porzingis early to an ankle injury. Courtney Lee added 17 points for the Knicks, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Kanter and Lee stepped up after star forward Porzingis, the fourth-best scorer in the NBA going into the contest, hurt his right ankle less than […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.0-magnitude quake struck Davao Oriental on Thursday. The Philippine Institute Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake hit 46 kilometers southeast of Caraga at at 9:16 a.m. Depth of focus was at 23 kilometers. An intensity III was felt in Bislig City, Surigao. No aftershocks were reported.
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Car manufacturers’ attempts to square what U.S. consumers want against the clean vehicles regulators and investors demand will go on display in Los Angeles this week at an auto show that has moved away from calling itself just an auto show. Automakers on Wednesday previewed new models for the media at an event called AutoMobility LA, reflecting an emphasis on digital technology and new ways to get around, such as […]
by Anuj Chopra Agence France Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May landed in Riyadh Wednesday for talks with the Saudi king and crown prince, with Yemen’s brewing humanitarian crisis and the kingdom’s sweeping reforms topping her agenda. May flew in to the Saudi capital on the second leg of her Middle East tour, following a surprise visit to Baghdad where she met her Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi and hailed recent […]
Reuters — The next crew of the International Space Station conducted final qualification training this week at the Gagarin Training Center in Star City, Russia. Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov, and flight engineers Scott Tingle of NASA and Norishige Kanai of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) posed for photos and took questions from the media ahead of their training. The crew are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 17 for […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A strong US economic growth report lifted the Dow to a fresh record close Wednesday, even as the tech-rich Nasdaq plunged following a sell-off in high-flying technology shares. Meanwhile, bitcoin hogged the headlines after the virtual currency, which is not traded on world markets, smashed its way to historic peaks, racing past $11,000 a day after breaking $10,000 on a wave of feverish speculation as institutional investors looked to […]
by Joseph Sotinel and Simon Sturdee Agence France Presse VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Oil-producing nations inside and outside OPEC are expected later Thursday to extend a deal keeping a lid on output in an attempt to push crude prices higher. But it remained unclear whether they would prolong by six or nine months the accord to reduce production by 1.8 million barrels a day, after its expiry date of March 31, 2018. The unprecedented agreement […]
