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At least three people died and now over 40 were injured after a water tank in Barangay Muzon, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan burst due to pressure on Friday, October 6, 2017. The raging waters that escaped from the tank that was operated by the San Jose del Monte Water District also destroyed property in the barangay.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Thursday a worldwide economic recovery is taking hold, opening a window for countries to enact reforms aimed at attaining broader, lasting prosperity. “The long-awaited global recovery is taking root,” she said in an address Thursday evening at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Countries around the globe are seeing renewed or sustained economic expansion, coinciding with greater stability in banks and market confidence, she […]
(Eagle News) — The death toll in the water tank explosion in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan on Friday rose to three, while the number of those injured reached over 40, as authorities looked for answers to the question who could be held liable. In a radio interview, Supt. Fritz Macariola, San Jose Del Monte police chief, said the recent fatalities in the incident that saw raging waters escape from the steel container in Barangay Muzon […]
NAGCARLAN, Laguna (Eagle News) — Matagumpay na naaresto sa magkakahiwalay na operasyon ng elemento ng Nagcarlan Police ang notoryus na grupo na “Perez Carnapping Group” sa lalawigan ng Cavite at lalawigan ng Laguna kamakailan. Kinilala ni Police Chief Insp. Reynaldo N. Vitto, hepe ng Nagcarlan PNP, ang mga suspek na sina Roldan Perez, tumatayong lider umano ng grupo; at nakababata nitong kapatid na si Raymond Perez, pawang mga residente ng Magallanes, Cavite, kung saan sila […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock had booked a hotel room in Chicago during the hugely-popular Lollapalooza music festival, it emerged Thursday, raising the prospect he had been planning a large-scale attack for months. The Blackstone hotel, with rooms facing a downtown city park where the festival was held, said a man of the same name had a reservation there in August — just as hundreds of thousands were attending the four-day outdoor concert […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — In a designer-obsessed world, counterfeiters run amok. New York startup Entrupy has found a way to fight the fakes with a handheld microscope camera that lets users with their smartphones detect the difference between real Gucci, Chanel, Hermès and Louis Vuitton luxury handbags and frauds. “Nobody’s ever done this before, right?” said Entrupy’s co-founder and CEO, Vidyuth Srinivasan. “So we had to catalog the world in a microscopic way […]
(Eagle News) — At least one person was killed and 21 were reported injured after a water tank burst in Bulacan on Friday. Gina Ayson Su of the San Jose del Monte disaster risk reduction management office said Kimmie Garcia, 60 years old, died after the police aide was hit by debris floating in raging waters that escaped from the steel container being operated by the San Jose del Monte Water District in Barangay Muzon […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin said Thursday he was grateful to former Nets star Kenyon Martin for a stinging racially overtoned rebuke about his new dreadlocks hairstyle. Lin, who outlined the reasons for wearing dreadlocks in a Players Tribune website essay on Tuesday, was called out for his choice in an Instagram posting by Martin, the top pick of the 2000 NBA Draft who helped the Nets twice reach […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will reveal his decision on the future of the Iran nuclear deal in the coming days, the White House said Thursday. “The president is going to make an announcement about the decision that he’s made on a comprehensive strategy that his team supports, and we’ll do that in the coming days,” said Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Flying in the face of advice from some of his closest […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Two NASA astronauts wrapped up a successful spacewalk Thursday to repair the International Space Station’s aging robotic arm, the US space agency said. The outing by Americans Randy Bresnik and Mark Vande Hei ended at 3 pm (1900 GMT), marking a “very successful day,” a NASA spokesman said. The spacewalk lasted six hours and 55 minutes, almost a half hour longer than planned because the pair managed to tack on […]
by Marc Burleigh with Blanca Morel in Managua Agence France-Presse SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP) — A tropical storm sliding north along Central America Thursday has unleashed heavy rains killing at least nine people in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, with forecasters predicting it could strengthen into a hurricane headed for the United States. Costa Rica declared a national emergency as it struggled with mudslides, washed out roads and overflowing rivers. Schools, universities, government offices and banks across the […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Much as automakers are hitting the accelerator on electric cars, an aerospace venture backed by Boeing said Thursday it will introduce a hybrid electric plane for delivery in 2022. Zunum Aero, a Seattle startup that counts both Boeing and air carrier JetBlue as investors, released details about an aircraft that could carry 12 passengers up to 700 miles. The plane aims to address a gap in regional travel of […]
