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(Eagle News)– Former senator Jinggoy Estrada has asked the Sandiganbayan for a two-day furlough so he can undergo video colonoscopy after blood tests showed he had high levels of carcinoembryonic antigen or CEA. “The doctor advised me to undergo colonoscopy, up and down, gastroscopy tsaka colonoscopy… Mayroon lang mga elevated blood test na nakita, abnormalities din,” Estrada told reporters in an interview. In his motion filed before the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division, Estrada said he plans […]
(Eagle News)– Superintendent Marvin Marcos, one of the accused in the killing of Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa, officially took over as officer-in-charge of the police Criminal Investigation Group (CID) of SOCCSKSARGEN region on Monday (July 17). Marcos, who was out on bail for his homicide case, paid a courtesy call to Region 12 police chief Supt. Cedrick Gayona Train. Marcos was head of Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) Central Visayas last November […]
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) — Mori combines origami robots and reconfigurable, modular robots, a unique marriage say its creators at Switzerland’s École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Current origami robots consist of thin structures that can be folded into a single robot that changes shape. In modular robotics, by contrast, multiple individual robots are used, but are bulkier and more complex. Origami robots are restricted by both the size and folding pattern of the sheet used […]
(Reuters) — A new wheelchair system that allows paraplegics to manoeuvre by using their upper body movement rather than through breaking and pushing has been designed by a student. Swiss design graduate Reto Togni showed off his Reagiro wheelchair at the Royal College of Art (RCA) graduate exhibition in London in June. Togni told Reuters: “Conventional wheelchairs work the same way as shopping carts, with casters that rotate in every direction. With this wheelchair one […]
Prieto family says move to divest from Inquirer was a “strategic business decision” (Eagle News) — The Inquirer said Monday its owners – the Prietos — are in talks to sell the business to business tycoon Ramon Ang. Marixi Prieto, chairwoman of the Inquirer Group of Companies, said the family had decided to quit the publishing business and was in talks to sell it to the president of top Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp. “The […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes is against the proposed re-opening of the investigation of the Mamasapano massacre after the Office of Ombudsman filed charges against former President Benigno Aquino III for his role in the tragedy that killed 44 Special Action Force (SAF) troopers. Trillanes criticized Senate Committee on Justice Chairman Richard Gordon for allegedly prioritizing fault-finding against the former president while allegedly delaying the thousands of complaints pending in his […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pwersa ng Bayaning Atleta Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles warned that Vice President Leni Robredo may face another impeachment complaint. Nograles also said that he got the information from reliable sources and added that he knows who was behind the move. Earlier, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez revealed that he will file an impeachment complaint against VP Robredo and Supreme Court Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. “Before I file that, I […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate is considering re-opening the investigation regarding the Mamasapano massacre after the Office of the Ombudsman decided to file charges of graft and usurpation of authority against former President Benigno Aquino III for his role in the event. “Why is it when powerful people are involved, they hesitate to let the truth come out?” Gordon asked. Senate Committee on Justice Chairman Richard Gordon said that the truth still […]
(Eagle News) – Pinayuhan ng Malacañang ang mga taga-Marawi City na mas makabubuting hintaying matapos ang krisis bago bumalik sa kanilang lugar. Kasunod ito ng plano umano ng grupong “Occupy Marawi” na bumalik sa Marawi City sa mismong araw ng State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, naiintindihan ng palasyo ang sentimyento ng mga residente ng Marawi, subalit dapat isaalang-alang ang kaligtasan nang mga ito. Wala aniyang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang said President Rodrigo Duterte will submit the proposed 2018 National Budget to Congress on the day of his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24. “The President plans to submit the budget on the day of the SONA itself. Why are we doing this? So we can have an early start for the 2018,” Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno said in a Palace briefing. The proposed […]
(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas took home the win against team B of Chinese Taipei on Monday in a close game that saw the Philippine contingent trailing its opponent at one point. The first quarters saw both teams fighting tooth and nail for the lead, prompting an apparently irritated Chot Reyes to dish out a few words to his men, who had singlehandedly beaten a stronger Chinese Taipei team the day before. The second half […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — The death toll from severe monsoon flooding across India has risen to at least 76, officials said Monday, with eight people killed in the past day in the worst-hit states. Heavy rain in Gujarat has claimed 11 lives since Saturday as the monsoon intensified across the western state. “Seven of these died in the last 24 hours and at least four others are still missing,” Pankaj Kumar, a Gujarat government official, told AFP. Arunachal Pradesh […]
