Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that it would do its best to end the conflict in Marawi in fifteen days, in compliance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s assessment. “The 15 days is a period within which the President hopes the crisis in Marawi to end. The AFP will do its best, as it has been giving its level best, to crush the rebellion of the Maute-Isis group,” Col. […]
(Agence France Presse) — Top Philippine conglomerate San Miguel said on Thursday it had acquired an Australian wine bottling firm as part of its regional expansion. Packaging unit San Miguel Yamamura Packaging International bought Australia’s Barossa Bottling Services for an undisclosed amount, a San Miguel statement said. “We remain bullish on the Australasian market and will continue to look for bigger and better opportunities in that region,” San Miguel president and chief operating officer Ramon […]
SAN PEDRO, Laguna (Eagle News) — Arestado ang dalawang lalaki na umano’y gumagawa ng mga candy na may halong marijuana at ibinebenta sa mga paaralan at unibersidad sa San Pedro City, Laguna, kamakailan. Kinilala ang mga suspek na sina Bobby Albert Bobcock, 32, isang Filipino-American, at Jan Allen Ledesma, 23. Naaresto ang mga suspek sa isang raid na isinagawa ng mga otoridad sa isang maliit na apartment sa Park Spring Village, Brgy. San Antonio. […]
By: Aljamin Santos, EBC Sports International, Las Vegas Bureau Critics and fans wasted no time to speak their mind on the Lakers’ rookie’s performance in his debut of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, NV. The anticipations were high from the Lakers and basketball fans alike to see the young man from Los Angeles get a glimpse of what the future may hold for the young player and the decorated ball club. Cheers […]
(Eagle News) – Muling binuksan ang Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park sa mga trekker. Ito ay matapos magbalik-normal ang estado ng Mt. Kanlaon, na inilagay sa estadong aktibo dalawang buwan ang nakakaraan. Ayon kay Joan Nathaniel Gerangaya, special concerns head ng Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office, bukas na rin ulit ang mga trails paakyat sa bundok. Php1,000 ang itinakdang bayad para sa kada foreign trekker na nais umakyat sa bundok, ayon sa forester na si […]
(Eagle News) — A measure providing what a senator described as “virtually free” education in state universities and colleges, local universities and colleges, and selected vocational schools may soon become law. In a recent statement, Senator Bam Aquino, principal sponsor and co-author of the Senate version of the measure, said this was because the ratified version of the measure was already transmitted to the Office of the President for approval on July 5. This means […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Thursday condoled with the families of the two soldiers who were killed in Wednesday’s friendly fire incident, the second in Marawi after President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao to quell the rebellion there. “On behalf of the President, we wish to express our deepest condolences to the families of the two soldiers who were killed in yesterday’s air strike accident while fighting Maute rebel remnants,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto […]
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) — Designers in Cuba are turning trash to treasure, forced to think outside the box and re-purpose rubbish amidst a shortage of raw materials in the Caribbean nation. Olaff Alejo’s salt lamps are eerily beautiful and designed to purify the air. Yet the Cuban designer must rummage through trash bins and scour the sidewalks of Havana for scraps of wood and obsolete electrical devices to manufacture them. In Cuba, designers of clothes and […]
by Nina Larson Agence France Presse GLION, Switzerland (AFP) — Eight women sit primly around an elaborately set table making pleasant small-talk about the weather, as immaculately starched waiting staff stand at the ready. But as one of the servers steps forward holding a silver soup tureen with white-gloved hands, an instructor helps her adjust the angle of the bowl to make sure the ladle is facing the diner. And a second tutor whispers in […]
(Eagle News) – Posibleng sa katapusan ng buwan o sa Agosto maibabalik ang supply ng kuryente sa Leyte, Samar at Bohol. Ayon sa Department of Energy (DOE), maraming nasirang transformers bunsod ng malakas na lindol na naganap sa Visayas noong nakaraang linggo. Una nang tinarget na maibalik ang power supply sa mga nasabing lalawigan noong Miyerkules, July 13. Pero nasa 160 megawatts lamang ang maibabalik na enerhiya, na 55% lang ng total demand para sa tatlong […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Apple has unveiled plans to build a data center in China to store its local iCloud customers’ personal details, marking the first such move by a foreign technology firm following the imposition of strict new cyber-security laws in the country. The United States titan said it was partnering with an internet service provider in southwestern Guizhou province on the project, which will “improve the speed and reliability of our products and […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities are now investigating the second friendly fire incident that saw two soldiers killed and 11 others injured in Marawi on Wednesday. The investigation will cover how a bomb released fell 200 meters away from a Maute hideout, in “an area proximate to a building where soldiers were hiding.” “The building absorbed the shock of the bomb that exploded, that caused a lot of debris to fall. The debris caused the (deaths […]
