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ORMOC CITY, Leyte (Eagle News) – The entire Ormoc City has been placed under a state of calamity after properties were damaged by a series of earthquakes in the Visayas last week. Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez has also decided to suspend classes in all schools because of aftershocks. The mayor said that there was still no electricity in the area, which could explain why there was a shortage of clean drinking water. https://youtu.be/vDd0DFh_xEQ
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — The cast of “War for the Planet of the Apes” celebrated the final film in the rebooted film series on the red carpet in New York on Monday (July 10). The movie will hit United States cinemas on July 14, promising an action-packed conclusion to a trilogy that has garnered both critical acclaim and box office receipts. “War for the Planet of the Apes” sees motion-capture performance specialist Andy […]
(Eagle News) — The police are now investigating the killings of three persons of interest in the murder of five members of a family in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. “I just would like to remind them that we are a government of laws,” Senior Supt. Romeo Caramat Jr. Bulacan provincial director, said in a radio interview in explaining the need for the probe into the deaths of Anthony Garcia Rose, alias Tony; Roosevelt Merano Sorema, […]
Mississippi, USA (Agence France Presse) — A United States military aircraft has crashed in the US state of Mississippi, killing at least sixteen people, US media reported Monday. The US Marine Corps C-130, a refueling plane, crashed on the Sunflower-Leflore county line, the Clarion-Ledger reported. It cited Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson as the source of the information. The Marine Corps has said there was a “mishap” but did not immediately say where […]
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Naaresto na ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang suspek sa pagpatay sa incoming Provincial Schools Division Superintendent (SDS) ng Department of Education-Zamboanga del Sur na si Dr. Marcom Borongan. Kinilala ang suspek na si Leoncio Toledo, taga-Purok Lower Lumboy, Pagadian City. Naaresto si Toledo sa Barangay Poblacion Dimataling, Zamboanga del Sur, ng Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) Borongan matapos ituro ito ng isang witness. Ngunit giit ng suspek […]
BEIJING, China (CCTV) — China on Monday once again urged India to pull back its border troops to its own side of the border, said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing. Spokesman Geng Shuang reiterated the demand in response to quoted Indian media reports that the Indian border troops would stay on the Chinese side of the border for prolonged standoff. The spokesman said if the media reports were true to facts, they could […]
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump made no promises to each other to form a joint group on cyber security, but they stated their readiness to work in this direction, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday (July 10). The Kremlin also does not know the Russian lawyer who allegedly met Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, last […]
(Eagle News) — Four persons with Maute surnames, who were among the seven persons held up at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on Monday, have been brought to Camp Crame for further investigation. Seven persons, including five persons with Maute surnames, were initially stopped at the NAIA on Monday afternoon for questioning on suspicion that they had links with the Islamist-State inspired Maute Group. They were identified as Mawiyag Cota, Acmali Mawiyag, Abdulcahar Maute, […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Exceptionally warm years in the Arctic have provoked extra-cold winters and springs further to the south, decreasing crop yields across central Canada and the United States, researchers said Monday. “Our study demonstrates for the first time an apparent linkage between Arctic temperature variations and agricultural productivity in mid-latitudes,” they reported in the journal Nature Geoscience. Overall, global warming during the last half-century has boosted plant […]
by Maria Isabel Sanchez Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Pro- and anti-government groups are battling fiercely for public support over a contested plan by President Nicolas Maduro to have a new body elected this month to rewrite the constitution. The opposition, energized by the release from jail of one of its emblematic leaders, Leopoldo Lopez, is leading the charge against the new assembly to be chosen in a July 30 election. On Monday […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened flat on Tuesday as markets waited for fresh clues on the global economy and United States central bank policy, and as the yen’s recent falls came to a halt. Investors were awaiting US Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen’s testimony Wednesday for insight into the powerful institution’s policy direction, analysts said. Yellen will update lawmakers on the outlook for the US economy and her expectations for additional interest rate increases […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Australian Jeff Horn’s shock welterweight title victory over Manny Pacquiao has confirmed Tuesday after a scoring review by the World Boxing Organization declared him the clear winner. The WBO took a close look at the fight after Pacquiao, backed by the Philippine government’s sports regulatory body, criticized the referee and the judges and demanded a review after losing in Brisbane on July 2. Horn stunned the Filipino legend — who has […]
