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(Eagle News) — Former Rep. Jacinto Paras on Thursday said he would file charges against Senator Risa Hontiveros for making public what he said should have been private text messages between him and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre without their consent. Hontiveros said in a privilege speech on Monday that Paras–now affiliated with the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption–was the recipient of Aguirre’s “Let us expedite your cases against (Hontiveros)” text, which she was able to […]
(Eagle News) — Inaprubahan na ng National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) ang Metro Manila subway project at apat na bagong “flagship” projects. Dahil dito, umabot na sa tatlumpu’t limang proyekto sa ilalim ng kasaluluyang administrasyon ang naaprubahan na nagkakahalaga ng 1.2 trillion pesos pero hindi pa kasama rito ang magagastos sa mga tulay na gagawin naman sa Tawi-tawi. Ang unang phase ng Metro Manila Subway project ay tatakbo mula Mindanao Avenue sa Quezon City […]
(Eagle News) — Balik na sa normal na operasyon ang lahat ng transmission lines at pasilidad na naapektuhan ng tropical depression “Maring,” ito ay ayon sa ulat ng National Grid Corporation (NGCP). Kabilang sa mga transmission line na nakumpuni at dinadaluyan na muli ng kuryente ay ang Batangas-Bolboc line at Gumaca – Lopez -Tagkawayan line sa CALABARZON. Ayon pa sa NGCP, balik normal na rin ang Olongapo-Cawag line ng Zambales Electric Cooperative 2. https://youtu.be/tsQTNbND0nw
(Eagle News) — Tapos na ang clearing operation ng Department of Public Works And Highways (DPWH) sa Maharlika Highway sa southern Luzon matapos maapektuhan ng bagyong “Maring.” Ayon kay Celestial Flancia, hepe ng DPWH-Quezon Fourth Engineering District, naalis na nila ang mga natumbang puno, nahawi na ang landslides at natanggal na ang putik na dala ng baha. Nagtulong-tulong aniya ang kanilang maintenance crew, mga pulis, sundalo at mga sibilyan sa pagsasagawa ng clearing operation sa […]
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) — Paris was awarded the 2024 summer Olympics bid and Los Angeles the 2028 Games bid on Wednesday (September 13), with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) breaking with decades of tradition to vote on a unique double allocation. Paris, which has hosted two previous Olympics, will stage the event 100 years after its last Games in 1924. Los Angeles will also organize its third Games after 1932 and 1984. IOC President Thomas […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A North Korean organization demanded Thursday that the United States be “beaten to death” like a “rabid dog” for spearheading fresh United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang over its latest nuclear test, adding ally Japan should be “sunken into the sea.” The UN Security Council unanimously imposed an eighth set of sanctions on the North Monday, banning it from trading in textiles and restricting its oil imports, a week after Pyongyang […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Twenty-five people, most of them students, were killed when a fire tore through a school in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, an official said. The blaze broke out in the school, Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah, located in a mainly Malay settlement of Datuk Keramat just before dawn. “The number of confirmed dead are 23 students and two wardens,” Khirudin Drahman, director of Kuala Lumpur’s fire and rescue department told AFP. “They could have died […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Embassy in Moscow is urging Filipinos in Russia to take extra precautions following reports of bomb threats in some areas there. In a recent statement, Ambassador Carlo Sorreta said these were necessary even if no explosion took place in any of the places where a bomb threat was reported. These places include Krasnoyark, Vladivostok, Chelyabinsk, Magadan, Yekaterinburg, Stavropol, Ufa, Omsk, Bryansk, Novosibirsk, Ryazan and YuznoSakhalinsk. Sorreta said Filipinos should […]
by Leila Macor Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) – Six residents of a Florida nursing home without power since Hurricane Irma died on Wednesday and the state governor vowed a full investigation into what he called an “unfathomable” event. The nursing home deaths brought the total number of storm-related fatalities in Florida to 18 and illustrated the urgency of restoring electricity to millions of people across the southern state. Around 115 residents of the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday blocked attempts by a Chinese state-owned firm to acquire an American semiconductor manufacturer, saying this posed a threat to US national security. The acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, a publicly-traded Oregon company, by Chinese-owned Canyon Bridge Fund could endanger the US government’s use of sensitive products the company produces, the Treasury Department said in a statement. The Trump administration has adopted an aggressive stance toward […]
by Carole Landry Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday broke its weeks-long silence on the crisis in Myanmar and called for an end to the violence as UN chief Antonio Guterres said the military campaign amounted to the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims. Following a closed-door meeting, the 15-member council including China, a supporter of Myanmar’s former ruling junta, expressed concern about excessive force during security […]
by Jean-Louis Santini Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The National Aeronautics Space Administration’s Cassini probe is counting its final hours before one last plunge into Saturn on Friday that will cap a fruitful 13-year mission that greatly expanded knowledge about the gas giant. While orbiting Saturn nearly 300 times, Cassini made major discoveries, such as the liquid methane seas of the planet’s giant moon Titan and the sprawling subsurface ocean of Enceladus, a […]
