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(Eagle News) — Naka-full alert ngayon ang national headquarters ng Philippine National Police (PNP) para sa seguridad sa ikalawang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Paliwanag ni PNP Chief Ronald Dela Rosa, malaki ang kanilang tungkulin na gagampanan sa mga mangyayaring kilos protesta na isasabay sa SONA. Dahil dito, anim na libo at tatlong daang pulis (6,300) ang naka-deploy sa loob at labas ng Batasan Complex. Tiniyak naman ni Dela Rosa […]
HAINAN PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — Hainan Province in south China is bracing for Typhoon Sonca, which is expected to make landfall on the island province between Monday night and Tuesday morning. By Sunday noon 24,456 fishing boats have returned to port with all people working on the vessels also having returned to port. The last three boats are on their way back to port, according to the local marine fisheries department. Sea and air transportation […]
LA VERNE, California (Reuters) — A fast-moving brush fire was threatening hillside homes in Los Angeles County on Sunday (July 23) as numerous fire-fighting aircraft scrambled to drop water and retardant on the blaze. Local media said the fire had grown to 20-acres (8 hectares) on Sunday afternoon, threatening at least a dozen homes in La Verne and prompting fire officials to advise voluntary evacuations. The so-called Rodeo Fire was also impacting local highway traffic […]
(Eagle News) — Heavy traffic is expected in several parts of Metro Manila today as rallyists gear up to take to the streets in time for President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address. As early as 8 a.m., rallyists gathered on Elliptical Road before going to Commonwealth Ave. in Quezon City, where they are expected to call for Duterte to keep his so-called broken promises. Protesters also gathered in the University of the Philippines-Diliman […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) –Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has ordered the police to shoot drug traffickers who resist arrest in the latest effort to eradicate drug use in the country. In a speech to one of Indonesia’s political parties late Friday, Widodo urged law enforcers to crackdown on drug dealers in Indonesia. “Be firm. Especially to foreign drug dealers who enter the country. If they resist even the slightest, just shoot them,” Widodo said. The Indonesian […]
(Eagle News) — A Filipina, Pamela Aguilar, from Fremont, California was one of the 135 passengers who were on board Air Canada flight 759 on July 7, 2017, that fateful Friday night when their plane almost collided with four other large planes on a taxiway at the San Francisco International airport. It was a long day, she recalled. She came from a vacation in Rome, Italy, and her flight out of Rome was […]
(Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office said it has made the necessary preparations for President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address tomorrow, with more than 6000 policemen expected to be deployed in the vicinity of Batasang Pambansa. In a radio interview, NCRPO chief Director Oscar Albayalde said the 6300 policemen were apart from the other security personnel to be deployed by other security units such as the Armed Forces of the […]
(Eagle News) — An overwhelming majority of the joint special session in Congress said “yes” to martial law extension in Mindanao until December 31, 2017, with 16 senators and 245 congressmen voting for it, and only four senators and 14 lawmakers voting against it. This was the result of the joint special session in Congress on Saturday, July 22, in a hearing that lasted for almost seven hours, starting at past nine in the […]
MIAMI, United States (Reuters) — There are 48 orangutans and chimpanzees living in north Florida’s Center for Great Apes and many of them are finding celebrity in the art world after spending their early years as forced performers. The most famous of which is 34-year-old Bubbles who was once owned by pop icon Michael Jackson and featured prominently in photos of the singer in his glitzy trademark red double breasted jacket. Yet many like Bubbles […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) –The crew of a Navy destroyer that collided with a Philippine-flagged cargo ship will “certainly” be held accountable for the crash that killed seven American sailors, a US defense official said Friday. “The way it looks now, it seems that the crew on the (USS) Fitzgerald is going to be at fault,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. “They are certainly going to be held accountable in some way […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Guard John Wall said Friday he has signed a four-year contract extension with the Washington Wizards that multiple media outlets reported was worth $170 million. Wall, 26, was eligible to sign a super-maximum contract after being named to the All-NBA Third Team last season. The extension begins in 2019 and includes a fourth-year player option, ESPN reported. “Signed my extension,” Wall said in a video posted on the Uninterrupted Twitter […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese cities had fewer “good air” days in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year despite government efforts to curb incessant smog, according to official data. China has vowed to target coal-burning and vehicle emissions, increase investment in clean energy and punish polluters in a bid to improve the air quality of the world’s second largest economy. But the measures had yet to bear fruit in […]
