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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Police and ambulance services said they were responding to an “incident” at an Underground station in west London on Friday, following media reports of an explosion. “We are aware of an incident at Parsons Green tube station. Officers are in attendance,” London’s Metropolitan Police said on Twitter. The station was closed, as well as an entire section of the District Line where it is located. A Metro.co.uk reporter at the scene was quoted […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday said the groups holding alleged witnesses to the killings of Carl Arnaiz, Kian Loyd delos Santos and Reynaldo de Guzman have an ulterior motive: To revive the impeachment complaint filed against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court. “Natanong niyo bakit di nila nirerelease? Tama sinasabi ko noon…Para mabuhay ang patay nila na kaso laban sa pangulo sa ICC,” he said, referring to the complaint […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday decried what he said was the refusal of Risa Hontiveros’ camp and the Rise Up for Life and for Rights to allow investigators to interview alleged witnesses into the killings of Carl Angelo Arnaiz, Kian Loyd delos Santos, and Reynaldo de Guzman, an act an anti-crime group has said was already tantamount to “obstruction of justice.” Aguirre said for instance, the investigators looking into the killing of Delos […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Heavy rain pounds Vietnam’s central coast as Typhoon Doksuri approached, prompting mass evacuations and with officials predicting it could be the most powerful storm in a decade. https://youtu.be/4bUmcQbazQk
QUEZON City, Philippines – Who is your most memorable teacher? Is it the terror who makes the whole class tremble in fear just by entering the classroom? Is it the comedy king or queen who makes students laugh because of their jokes during lectures? Or is it the cool one who treats his or her students as peers? Whatever their teaching styles and techniques, we cannot deny that our teachers play an important role in our […]
SEOUL, South Korea — For the second time in less than a month, North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan, days after the international community further tightened its sanctions over its banned weapons and nuclear program. Here’s how the program got to where it is: Late 1970s: North Korea starts working on a version of the Soviet Scud-B (range 300 kilometers or 186 miles). Test-fired in 1984 1987-92: Begins developing variant of Scud-C (500 km), […]
(Eagle News) — Pinadali na ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang passport application sa pamamagitan ng pagsasaayos ng appointment system matapos magbukas ng libu-libong appointment slots sa publiko. Inayos ng DFA ang disenyo ng Online Appointment System para sa isang tingin lamang ay makikita na ng aplikante ang mga bakanteng petsa kung kailan pwede siyang mag-apply o mag-renew ng pasaporte. Sinabi ni DFA Consular Affairs Executive Director Angelica Escalona, sa ngayon hindi na kailangang […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — McDonalds says it will start globally rolling back use of antibiotics in its chicken products from 2018 as part of efforts to curb microbial resistance to drugs and the rise of superbugs. The decision follows a similar move undertaken in the US market in 2016. It applies to drugs that are also used in human medicine, called Highest Priority Critically Important Antimicrobials (HPCIA) by the World Health Organization (WHO). […]
(Eagle News) — Sinaksihan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pagtuturn-over ng donasyon ng China sa Armed Forces of the Philippines para sa pagpapagamot ng mga sugatang sundalo sa nagpapatuloy na bakbakan sa Marawi City. Si Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua ang nag-abot ng cheke na nagkakahalaga ng P65 milyon kay AFP Chief of Staff General Eduardo Año sa Malacañang. Lubos namang ikinagalak ng AFP ang patuloy na ayudang ibinibigay ng China sa bansa […]
(Eagle News) — Arestado ang apat na katao sa isinagawang buy-bust operation ng Quezon City Police District sa Quezon City nitong Miyerkules ng gabi, Setyembre 13. Kinilala ang apat na suspek na sina Solayman Aliman, Amiden Akon, Datu Aliman at alyas Jeffrey na nacorner ng mga operatiba ng Drug Enforcement Unit sa Barangay Tandang Sora at Old Balara. Pawang mga notorious na tulak ng ilegal na shabu ang apat na suspect na ang kadalasang parokyano ay […]
(Reuters) — The teenager accused of opening fire at his Washington state high school, killing a student, told police he took the firearms from his father’s gun safe and wanted to teach his classmates a lesson about “bullying,” court papers showed on Thursday (September 14). An affidavit filed by a police detective following 15-year-old Caleb Sharpe’s arrest stated that the suspect said he had been picked on by the slain boy, identified only by his […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France — Fewer children are dying before their fifth birthday and although humans are living longer than ever before, one in five deaths last year were linked to poor diet, researchers said Friday. More than 1.6 million people in poor countries died in 2016 from diarrhea caused by contaminated water and food, while another 2.4 million succumbed to lung infections that mostly could have been prevented or treated. Another […]
