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TESDA, hinikayat ang publiko para sa libreng skills training

(Eagle News) — Hinikayat ni Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Guiling Mamondiong ang publiko sa libreng skills training. Ipinaliwanag niya na sa pamamagitan nito ay magagawa ng TESDA ang bahagi nito sa “social equity” o pagiging patas sa lipunan. Kabilang sa inaalok ng TESDA ang training program, scholarship, competency assessment at certification. Maaaring mag-apply ng scholarship sa internet, mag walk-in application o mag-apply sa pamamagitan ng survey ng barangay.

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Nasa 500 na pamilya, nasunugan malapit sa Malacañang; Pangulong Duterte, personal na nag-abot ng tulong

(Eagle News) — Nasunugan ang tinatayang limandaang pamilya na nakatira sa Sicat Street na nasa humigit kumulang isang daan at limampung metro lamang ang layo sa Palasyo ng Malacañang. Ayon kay Barangay Chairman Jerry Bolante ng Barangay 645 San Miguel, Maynila nagsimula ang sunog sa bahay ng isang nagngangalang Oriel  “Oying” Degala. Napabayaang kandila Napabayaang kandila naman ang itinuturong dahilan ng nangyaring sunog. Mabilis naman ang naging pagkalat ng apoy sa mga katabing bahay dahil […]

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Kasparov notches first win in brief return to chess

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov finally claimed his first victory Wednesday during his much-watched comeback tournament in Missouri following 12 years of retirement — but also conceded two more defeats. After dominating the global chessboard for two decades, the 15-time world champion took a one-week hiatus from his political activism against President Vladimir Putin to face the next generation of chess masters at the Rapid and Blitz tournament in St. Louis. Following two […]

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Old communist rebels confident “revolution” to continue with new gen recruits

  by Cecil Morella Agence France Presse A kerosene lamp flickers beside a Macbook in a jungle camp as ageing Philippine communist leader Jaime Padilla plots the next step in one of Asia’s oldest insurgencies with a new generation of fighters. Fuelled by one of the world’s starkest rich-poor divides, a Maoist rebellion that began months before the first human landed on the moon plods on even though the country now boasts one of the […]

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At least 37 die in jail riot in southern Venezuela

  CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — At least 37 people died in an hours-long jail riot in Venezuela’s southern state of Amazonas, officials said Wednesday. The prosecutors’ office said an investigation had been launched into “the deaths of 37 people” in the facility in the town of Puerto Ayacucho. Governor Liborio Guarulla had earlier tweeted that a “massacre” took place with at least 35 corpses counted. Prosecutors said 14 officials were wounded in the violence which […]

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Boxing: McGregor vows fast finish against Mayweather

  by Rob Woollard Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Conor McGregor believes he will knock out Floyd Mayweather inside two rounds but is ready for all scenarios when the two fighters clash in their eagerly anticipated superfight next week. Irish mixed martial arts star McGregor told reporters on a conference call on Wednesday that a controversial switch to lighter gloves could lead to an explosive outcome in the August 26 showdown in […]

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Iraq seeks UN resolution to investigate IS

UNITED STATES (AFP) – Iraq has asked the United Nations to assist it with gathering evidence of crimes committed by the Islamic State group and said it was working with Britain to draft a Security Council resolution to establish an investigation. In a letter dated August 9 but given to the press Wednesday, Iraqi  Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari, congratulating his country’s army on its “brilliant military victories” against the militant force that once controlled vast […]

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Trump’s justice chief criticizes ‘sanctuary city’ Chicago

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) – The top American law enforcement official Wednesday escalated a war of words with the nation’s third largest city Chicago over its resistance to tougher immigration policies. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s comments were part of efforts to pressure “sanctuary cities” to increase cooperation with immigration enforcement or lose federal funding. Instead, Chicago last week sued the Trump administration over the funding threats. California, the most populous United States state, and the […]

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Saudi king orders reopening of Qatar border to pilgrims

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered the reopening of the border with Qatar to facilitate the annual hajj pilgrimage, state media said Thursday, in the first signs of a thaw after the region’s worst diplomatic crisis in years. The border had been shut after regional kingpin Saudi Arabia as well as Egypt, Bahrain and the United  Arab Emirates severed diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar on June 5, accusing […]

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Emma Stone tops list of best paid actresses

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Oscar-winning Emma Stone capped a perfect 12 months on Wednesday as she knocked Jennifer Lawrence off the top spot on Forbes’ 2017 list of the world’s highest-paid actresses. Stone, 28, who won best actress for her role as a struggling performer in “La La Land,” made $26 million in pre-tax earnings in the year up to June, according to the magazine’s annual chart. “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston, 48, also […]

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‘M:I6’ shoot halted as Cruise breaks ankle in stunt

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – “Mission: Impossible 6” has halted filming after Tom Cruise broke his ankle in a botched stunt, the director confirmed Wednesday, while vowing not to push the release date back. Cruise, known for performing his own death-defying stunts, was injured as he leapt between buildings while attached to cables, slamming into a concrete wall. “M:I6” director Christopher McQuarrie took to social media to assuage fears that the movie’s planned July […]

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Two lung diseases killed 3.6 million in 2015, says study; smoking, pollution, indoor cooking seen as culprits

  Paris, France (AFP) — The two most common chronic lung diseases claimed 3.6 million lives worldwide in 2015, according to a tally published Thursday in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. About 3.2 million people succumbed that year to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), caused mainly by smoking and pollution, while 400,000 people died from asthma. COPD is a group of lung conditions — including emphysema and bronchitis — that make it difficult to breathe. Asthma […]

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