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(Eagle News) — The policemen who took part in an anti-drug operation that saw a minor killed on Wednesday night and their superior have been relieved from their posts. National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Oscar Albayalde said in a radio interview on Friday that the three policemen behind the operation in Barangay 160 that saw Kian Loyd Delos Santos, 17, killed have been ordered to report to the Regional Police Holding Administrative Unit. […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — It’s a pop culture moment for the ages: crooner Bonnie Tyler will sing her mega-hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” — on a cruise ship — before an actual total eclipse of the sun. “It’s perfect,” proclaimed a headline on BuzzFeed. The 66-year-old British singer will perform her iconic 1983 power ballad on the Royal Caribbean ship Oasis of the Seas prior to Monday’s eclipse, which will be visible across […]
Monaco-born freediver Pierre Frolla creates an underwater wingsuit that allows users to glide through the water with minimal movement of the arms and legs. He hopes the discretion provided by his new technology will allow divers to get closer to marine life and increase awareness of the fragility of the world’s oceans. (AFP Video) https://youtu.be/3qwQqjjgaFk
SAKON NAKHON, Thailand (CCTV) — Floodwaters have yet to recede in Thailand’s Sakon Nakhon province which was swept across by the worst floods in the northeastern province for two decades on July 27, with houses, farmlands and roads still being submerged. In the worst-hit districts of Sakon Nakhon, water from a flood-swollen river continue to overflow, and a number of levees on the river have been washed away. Houses in the low-lying areas are largely submerged […]
Statement of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief and Socio Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia: “With our country growing at 6.5 percent in the second quarter of 2017, I am pleased to inform you that we remain as one of the best-performing economies in Asia. We are well on track to meeting our full-year target growth of 6.5 to 7.5 percent. We have overtaken Vietnam’s 6.2 percent growth and Indonesia’s 5.0 percent […]
President Rodrigo Duterte met with Senator Gregorio Honasan in Malacanang, along with other members of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) Members in Malacanang on Wednesday, August 16. The Palace however did not give details of what was discussed during the meeting.
(Eagle News) — Sisimulan na ng Japan at Pilipinas ang pagdidisenyo sa P227-billion na Mega Manila subway sa Nobyembre. Ayon kay Socio Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia, ang Mega Manila subway ang itinuturing na project of the century sa Pilipinas. Sa Nobyembre aniya sisimulan na ang pagdidisensyo kasabay ng pagtungo sa bansa ni Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe para dumalo sa Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit. Dagdag pa ni Pernia, tatalakayin ang detalye ng […]
(Eagle News) — Ipinagbabawal na sa Quezon City ang pagbebenta o pagbibigay ng anumang uri ng paputok sa mga bata. Ayon kay 3rd District Councilor Allan Benedict Reyes na siyang nag-sponsor sa City Ordinance Number 2587 ,layon ng nasabing ordinansa na gawin child friendly ang Quezon City at bilang pagsuporta na rin sa National Law on Firecrackers. Ang sinumang makikitang magbebenta o magbibigay ng anumang uri ng paputok sa mga bata sa Quezon City ay […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that two cases of bird flu in two towns of Nueva Ecija and are set to do culling operations within the one kilometer radius of the farms where the cases had been found. Agricullture Secretary Manny Piñol said that the confirmed cases were in the towns of Jaen and San Isidro. He said that in Jaen, the bird flu case was confirmed in […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stephen Daldry is in early talks to direct a “Star Wars” spin-off about Jedi master Obi Wan Kenobi, United States media reported on Thursday. There is no script yet and no actor lined up to play the bearded warrior and sage made famous by the late Alec Guinness in the original series of films. Ewan McGregor, who played Kenobi in the much-maligned prequel series, will be an early […]
by John Biers Agence France-Presse Walmart updated investors Thursday on its latest new gadgets and time-saving pickup options to lure shoppers to stores and away from arch-rival Amazon. The good news? The company’s array of investments in e-commerce, store beautification, low prices and higher employee pay are indeed driving up store traffic. The bad news? Profits are down. Walmart US, the biggest division at Wal-Mart Stores, scored a 1.8 percent rise in comparable sales in […]
by Thomas Cabral Agence France-Presse MACAO, Portugal (AFP) — Forest fires cut off a village of 2,000 people in Portugal, as firefighters struggled Thursday to control two major blazes in the centre of the country, local officials said. And with another wave of hot weather forecast, the government declared a state of emergency in some central and northern regions. Summer has seen a record number of fires and Portugal’s Interior Minister Constanca Urbano de Sousa […]
