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(Eagle News) — Narekober ng otoridad ang tatlong landmines sa isang bukid sa Banga, South Cotabato kamakailan. Ayon kay Supt. Romeo Galgo Jr. ng soccksargen police, nadiskubre ng mga residente ang mga claymore mines sa isang mababaw na hukay na tinabunan ng lupa at mga tuyong damo. Rumesponde ang mga pulis at bomb experts sa lugar para idispatsa ang mga nasabing bomba na sinasabing itinanim ng mga rebeldeng New People’s Army (NPA). Ayon sa pulisya, […]
(Eagle News) — Sisimulan na bukas, Agosto 15, ang konstruksyon ng guide way ng line-7 ng Metro Rail Transit (MRT) sa kahabaan ng Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. Dahil dito, inaabisuhan ng MRT-7 Project Traffic Management Task Force ang mga motoristang dumadaan sa naturang lansangan na asahan ang lalo pang pagsisikip ng trapiko sa naturang lugar sa kasagsagan ng konstruksyon. Sa kanilang advisory, isinasaad na isasara ang dalawa sa pitong lanes ng Commonwealth Avenue sa pagitan […]
(Eagle News) — Napatay ng tropa ng gobyerno ang isang sub-leader ng Abu Sayyaf Group sa isang engkwentro sa Sulu nitong Sabado. Ayon kay Brig. Gen. Cirlito Sobejana, Commander ng Joint Task Force Sulu, napatay ng Marines si Abu Sayyaf Sub-Leader Bagong Muktadil sa isang engkwentro sa Barangay Silangkan, sa bayan ng Parang. Naka-engkwentro aniya ng puwersa ng Marines ang grupo ni Muktadil na nakasakay sa isang jungkong type na watercraft. Sinabi ni Sobejana na […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture is looking into the possible criminal liability of people who reportedly had the “intent to refuse to share information” about the outbreak of bird flu in San Luis, Pampanga. In a radio interview on Monday, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said he has directed the Bureau of Animal Industry to do this. “Tingin ko, sa ating mga protocol, ay merong mga kaparusahan pag di sila nagreport,” he said. […]
BIRATNAGAR, Nepal (Reuters) — Torrential rain battered Nepal on Sunday (August 13), causing widespread flooding and landslides and raising the death toll from three days of severe weather to at least 49 people, according to officials. The toll could go higher as three dozen people were reported missing and another 17 were injured. Biratnagar airport was flooded on Saturday (August 12) and people were seen evacuating heavily flooded areas of eastern Nepal such as Siraha […]
by Kerry Sheridan Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) – SpaceX is poised to launch an unmanned cargo ship toward the International Space Station Monday, including a super-computer that could direct astronauts on future deep-space missions. The liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon cargo ship, is planned for 12:31 pm (1631 GMT) from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The weather forecast is 70 percent favorable for launch. The mission is the 12th official trip […]
by Jerome Cartillier with Brian Knowlton in Washington Agence France-Presse BEDMINSTER, United States (AFP) – The White House on Sunday struggled to defuse the growing criticism of President Donald Trump’s initial failure to explicitly condemn white supremacists for their role in the violent protest Saturday in Virginia, insisting that his condemnation included all such groups. A woman died and 19 people were injured in the city of Charlottesville when a car plowed into a crowd […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) – The head of Egypt’s railway authority resigned Sunday after 41 people were killed in a train crash, the prime minister’s office said. A statement said that Transportation Minister Hisham Arafat had accepted the resignation of Medhat Shousha. Arafat “affirmed the investigations are ongoing to reveal the causes of the trains’ collision,” according to the statement. Egypt’s latest train disaster saw two trains collide on the Cairo-Alexandria mainline on Friday, leading to […]
CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) – United States Vice President Mike Pence met with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his cabinet at the Presidential House in Cartagena upon his arrival to the South American country on Sunday (August 13). Colombia is the first leg of Pence’s Latin American trip that will also include stops in Argentina, Chile and Panama. Pence’s regional tour comes amid a sudden escalation of tensions between Washington and Caracas after President Donald […]
PLAYA LA ESCOBILLA, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico’s beautiful Playa La Escobilla was crawling with nesting marine turtles this weekend as they emerge from the sea to lay their eggs on the sandy beaches in their annual migration during the months of August and September. Members of the Olive Ridley Turtle Sanctuary Cooperative on La Escobilla beach, in the town of Santa Maria Tonameca, battle for turtle conservation in the Pacific Ocean to protect populations that […]
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) – Contestants in Moscow’s Red Bull Flugtag competition were ready to crash and get wet on Sunday (August 13) with hand-made aircrafts in a variety of shapes from a goblin bolt thrower to human brain plummeting into a river in Moscow. Flugtag means “flight day” in German, but all of these craft ultimately splash into the waters below. Teams built their flying machines with three criteria in mind: how far it will […]
(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas stormed to yet another victory in the Asia Cup on Sunday, beating Qatar who never said die but fell short nonetheless. The Philippine national team–which had secured a slot in the quarterfinals even before Sunday’s match— swept Group B with its six-point win against the Qataris, who did not disappoint with their outside shooting, especially in the later part of the game. The threes were what essentially put the Qataris […]
