(Eagle News) – Pinababalik na ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II sa maximum security compound ng New Bilibid Prison ang tinaguriang Bilibid 19. Ang Bilibid 19 ay ang mga inmate na nagdawit kay Sen. Leila de Lima sa kalakalan ng iligal na droga sa Bilibid. Kasabay nito, sinabihan rin ni Aguirre ang Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR) na hingin muna ang kaniyang pahintulot sa tuwing maglilipat ang mga ito ng mga drug convict at high-profile inmates […]
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TENNIS:Monica Puig, From Unseeded to Olympic Gold
By: Lynn Pence, EBC Sports International, Washington DC Bureau WASHINGTON D.C. (Eagle News) – The Puerto Rican dynamite is not a fresh face in the world of tennis. Monica Puig was born on September 27, 1993 in Puerto Rico and entered the tennis scene in 2007 for her very first match at the Prince Cup. She currently ranks number 69 in the world and has won one singles title during the Women’s Tennis Association […]
WATCH: Spectacular thunderstorm wows locals in east China
LIANCHENG COUNTY, China (CCTV) –A spectacular thunderstorm has wowed Chinese netizens and smart phone users with its vertical column of downpours in east China’s Fujian Province. The thunderstorm occurred Friday last week. Even amateur footage cannot hide the awesomeness of this half-hour awe-struck celestial phenomenon. Most viewers of the footage aspired for an explanation. “This spectacle occurred due to localized strong convection, judging by our radar returns. The wet microburst against sunshine made it all […]
Hundreds battle wild fires across southern France
BASTIA, France (AFP) — Hundreds of firefighters were battling blazes across southern France on Monday, with one inferno spreading across 900 hectares of forest and threatening homes on the island of Corsica, emergency services said. Residents were evacuated from homes at the edge of the town of Biguglia, on the island’s northeastern coast. “The fire is very fierce and heading to urban areas of Biguglia,” lieutenant-colonel Michel Bernier, of France’s civil defense forces, told AFP. The […]
Microsoft Paint brushed aside
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Microsoft on Monday announced the end of days for its pioneering Paint application as it focuses on software for 3-D drawing. Paint drawing and image processing software that made its debut in 1985 with the Windows operating system was among the applications listed as “removed or deprecated” in a Windows 10 Fall Creators Update set for release later this year. Features or functions on the list “are not in […]
John McCain to return to US Senate for health vote
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Veteran United States Senator John McCain will return to the chamber Tuesday after a brain cancer diagnosis for a key vote to launch a process to repeal and replace Obamacare, his office announced. “Senator McCain looks forward to returning to the United States Senate tomorrow to continue working on important legislation, including health care reform, the National Defense Authorization Act and new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea,” a […]
President Duterte tells US gov’t: “Give us back those Balangiga bells, they are ours”
(Eagle News) – “Give us back those Balangiga bells. They are ours. They belong to the Philippines. They are part of our national heritage.” Thus did President Rodrigo Duterte make his demand to the United States government to return the Balangiga church bells taken by the US forces in 1901 as a war booty during the Philippine American war. The President referred to the historical pain attached to the Balangiga Bells which were taken by […]
Researchers program plug-in hybrid cars to learn fuel efficiency
CALIFORNIA, United States (AFP) — Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have created a computer program for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) that learns how to save fuel, improving fuel efficiency by more than 30 percent. PHEVs can use either gasoline or electric power. Lab tests have shown the most efficient way for them to run is to switch between power from the battery and gas throughout the trip, rather than running exclusively on […]
Robot builders working on Swiss digitally fabricated house
ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) — Construction recently began on a three-storey house near Zurich that was designed and planned using digital techniques, and is now being built using mostly robotic systems and 3D printing technologies. The DFAB HOUSE in Dubendorf brings together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from ETH Zurich and the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication who have teamed up with business partners to test new building technologies under real-life […]
Alphabet profit slumps on record $2.7 bln EU fine
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Alphabet Inc reported a 27.7 percent drop in quarterly profit Monday (July 24) as the company recorded a previously announced charge related to a record $2.7 billion fine imposed on its Google unit by the European Union. EU antitrust regulators last month hit Google with a record 2.4-billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine for favoring its own shopping service, taking a tough line in the first of three probes of its dominance […]
Duterte blasts human rights advocates, Ombudsman for “one-sidedly” investigating gov’t security forces performing duties
“Expect a very strong military in two years,” he adds (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would strengthen the military in his term of office, as he blasted human rights advocates and other agencies for “one-sidedly” investigating government security forces who are only performing their duties. “Expect a very strong military in two years,” Duterte, who spoke in a press conference after his second State of the Nation Address at the Batasan […]
Wall Street ends mixed as Nasdaq sets new record
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street finished split on Monday, with the Dow and S&P 500 lower, while the Nasdaq closed at a fresh all-time high. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was drawn higher in anticipation of earnings from Google-parent Alphabet after the close, which handily beat analyst expectations, but saw its share price fall in after-hours trading. The Nasdaq rose 0.4 percent to reach a new record finish at 6,410.81, the fourth record in […]





