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(Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority has lifted the number coding for Tuesday, Oct. 31, and Wednesday, Nov. 1. In an advisory, the MMDA said the suspension of the number scheme on Tuesday will apply to Metro Manila except Las Piñas. On Nov. 1, it said the suspension of the number coding will apply to all cities in Metro Manila.
DUMARAN, Palawan (Eagle News) – Iba’t ibang uri ng mga endangered species o nanganganib ng maubos ang nasamsam ng mga operatiba ng municipal police station at bantay-gubat sa Dumaran kamakailan. Ito ay matapos nilang salakayin ang bahay ng isang nagngangalang Mike Artosilla at mga kasama nito sa Purok Talisay, Brgy. Magsaysay. Sa pagsisiyasat ng mga awtoridad ay nadiskubre nila ang mga hayop na nasa mga kulungan o hawla: 71 Palawan squirrel o bising 6 Palawan […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas on Monday. The Philippine Institute for Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit twelve kilometers northwest of the municipality of Calatagan at 5:01 in the morning. No aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News) — Posible na namang magpatupad ang oil price hike ngayong linggo ang mga kumpaniya ng langis. Ayon sa energy sources, maaaring maglaro sa 25 (P0.25) hanggang 35 centavos (P0.30) kada litro ang pagtaas sa presyo ng diesel, habang 20 (P0.20) hanggang 30 centavos (P0.30) kada litro sa gasolina. Ang kerosene naman ay aabot sa P0.40 hanggang P0.50 kada litro ang taas-presyo. Ang taas-presyo ng petroleum product ay bunsod ng paggalaw ng presyo sa […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian stocks markets were largely flat in early trade on Monday as investors braced for key earnings reports and US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the new Federal Reserve chair. Hong Kong and Tokyo shed early gains after traders — boosted by strong US growth data at the back end of last week — had initially followed Wall Street upward, while the Shanghai exchange was more sharply down. Wall Street […]
(Eagle News) — Nasa limang libong residente ng Barangay Basak Malutlut sa Marawi City ang nakabalik na sa kani-kanilang tahanan. Ang nasabing barangay ang unang inatake ng ISIS-inspired Maute Group noong May 23. Ayon sa ulat, ilan sa mga residente ay naging emosyunal nang makita ang tinamong pinsala ng kanilang bahay. Naging staging point ng naganap na kaguluhan sa Marawi City ang Barangay Basak Malutlut kung saan nagsimula ang palitan ng putok na baril sa […]
by Charlotte Van Ouwerkerk Agence France-Presse LEEUWARDEN, Netherlands (AFP) — She scandalized society by dancing almost naked when women still wore corsets and their dresses long. Yet a century after her death, Mata Hari remains veiled in mystery. Now a Dutch museum in the Friesian town of her birth is seeking to shed new light on the exotic dancer, bringing together for the first time 150 objects, photos and military archives in the largest-ever exhibition […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg called North Korea a “global threat” Monday and said he backed tighter sanctions against it during a visit to Japan, which has been targeted by Pyongyang’s provocations. Stoltenberg is in Tokyo to meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other senior officials including defence minister Itsunori Onodera later in the day. “We are as concerned as you are about the provocative, reckless behavior from North Korea,” he said […]
By Shafiqul Alam Agence France Presse KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AFP) — The Rohingya boys and girls shrieked with delight as the clowns juggled hoops and somersaulted, their red-nosed antics provoking a sound rarely heard in the world’s largest refugee camp — children’s laughter. The clowns have been providing much-needed levity in the crowded Bangladesh camps, where hundreds of thousands of traumatised Rohingya children spend long days in bleak and difficult conditions. Mohammad Noor lives with […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un took his stylish wife and powerful sister to a make-up plant for a “field guidance trip” amid the country’s nuclear standoff with the US. During a visit to the Pyongyang Cosmetics Factory in the capital, Kim hailed its “world-level” products that realized “the dream of the women who want to be more beautiful,” the official KCNA news agency reported. Kim was accompanied by Kim Yo-Jong, […]
by Siavosh Ghazi Agence France Presse GARMSAR, Iran (AFP) — Iranian environmentalists have mobilized to protect the world’s last Asiatic cheetahs, estimated to number just 50 and faced with the threats of becoming roadkill, a shortage of prey and farmers’ dogs. “The last time our photo traps caught a cheetah here, it was two years ago. But we’re sure they are still in the region,” said Rajab Ali Kargar, deputy head of the National Protection […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Tim Hardaway Jr. and Kristaps Porzingis combined for 66 points Sunday as the New York Knicks stunned the struggling Cavaliers 114-95 in Cleveland. The Knicks notched their first win over the Cavs since October 30, 2014, ending a 10-game losing streak against the NBA Eastern Conference powerhouse. Hardaway scored 34 points and Porzingis added 32 with 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who handed LeBron James and the Cavaliers a […]
