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(Eagle News) — El embajador de Panamá en Filipinas, H.E. Rolando Guevara, visitó al templo Central de la Iglesia de Cristo en Quezon City el miércoles, y tuvo una audiencia con el Ministro Ejecutivo de la Iglesia, el hermano Eduardo V. Manalo, siendo el primer embajador de Latinoamérica en hacer la visita. El embajador dijo que estaba abrumado por la bienvenida tan cálida que recibió cuando llegó a Central, donde las personas agitaron banderitas de […]
(Eagle News) — Panama’s Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Rolando Guevara Alvarado on Wednesday (July 5) visited Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Office in Quezon City, as he made a courtesy call to INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, becoming the first Latin American ambassador to visit the INC main office. The ambassador said he was “overwhelmed” with the warm welcome he received at the INC Central Office, where people waved flaglets of Panama […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he will ask for the extension of the martial law in Mindanao only if the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) will recommend this. The President said only the AFP and the PNP are capable of determining if there is a need for a martial law extension based on the assessment of their ground commanders. “When is the […]
Ankara, Turkey (AFP) — The United States lifted Wednesday a ban on carrying large electronic devices such as laptops in the cabin of US-bound flights from Turkey’s main international airport, Turkish Airlines and local media reported. “Dear Passengers, #WelcomeOnBoard to our US-bound flight. Please fasten your seatbelts and enjoy your own electronic devices,” Turkish Airlines, the country’s flag carrier, said on Twitter late Tuesday. The ban’s lifting comes after Turkey began using sophisticated tomography imaging devices for X-ray […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine Air Force (PAF) used its air assets as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) resumed its airstrikes against the remaining Islamist militants in Marawi City. It is now the 43rd day after President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao following the Maute Group attack on May 23. At past 6 a.m., fighter jets of the PAF started dropping bombs in Maute-held territories in Marawi City.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (AFP) — Two Malaysian children have died after contracting rabies, the country’s first such deaths in almost two decades, as authorities battle a rare outbreak of the disease, officials said Wednesday. A six-year-old girl and her four-year-old brother died Tuesday after becoming infected with the disease in a rural area on the Malaysian part of Borneo island. They were among three people confirmed to have been infected with rabies, which in most cases is transmitted […]
GUINGOUINE, Ivory Coast (AFP) — Leaving behind chic gowns and catwalks to stomp in the mud in heavy work boots, Guinean former fashion model Tiguidanke Camara has made herself west Africa’s first woman mine owner. In the small forest village of Guingouine, in the west of Ivory Coast, Camara runs a team of 10 geologists and labourers who are probing the soil for gold deposits. She readily wades into a mucky pond to help take laboratory samples. […]
DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte (Eagle News) – Hindi totoo ang nireport na pagdukot sa isang negosyante sa Dipolog kamakailan. Ayon kay Supt. Lito Laurio Andaya, si Deogracias Orguillas Recososa, may-ari ng isang tindahan sa Brgy. Galas, sa halip ay nasasangkot sa tinatawag na “kidnap-me” case. Si Rosa Monera Wong ang nagreport sa pulisya na nadukot si Recososa ng pitong kalalakihan na lulan ang isang itim na van sa Galas, ala-una ng hapon noong ika-2 […]
(Eagle News) — Three suspected supporters of the Maute group were arrested by authorities in a raid in Cagayan de Oro on Wednesday. Members of the Martial Law Special Action Group apprehended Monaliza Solaiman Romato, Gazim Mantawazi Abdullah, and Tahera Romato Taher in a raid in a house in Aluba in Barangay Macasandig. The authorities were armed with a search warrant when they raided the house owned by Irene Romato Idris, believed to be a financier […]
PASUQUIN, Ilocos Norte (Eagle News) – A 3.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the town of Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte on Wednesday. The quake was recorded at 9:43 a.m., 32 kilometers north of Pasuquin. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the earthquake has a depth of 27 kilometers and is of tectonic origin. There were no expected aftershocks. https://youtu.be/RMbilqPFosI
POLANCO, Zamboanga del Norte (Eagle News) – Ipinatupad ang no-meat day sa Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte, kasabay ng pormal na pagbubukas ng isang buwang selebrasyon ng Nutrition Month. Walang halong karne ang niluto lalo na sa mga karenderya sa lugar nang pinangunahan ng Rural Health Unit noong Lunes, July 3, ang pagbubukas ng nasabing selebrasyon. Ang nasabing nutrition month 2017 ay may temang “Healthy diet gawing habit for life,” na naglalarawan sa tama at balanseng pagkain. […]
