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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — A United States warplane shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by pro-regime forces in Syria early Tuesday, officials said, prompting growing international concern over rising tensions between the two sides. Russia, a key ally of the Syrian regime, accused the US-led coalition of “complicity with terrorism” after the drone was downed in southern Syria. It comes days after a US warplane shot down a Syrian government fighter jet in the north […]
By: Alex Tejada, EBC Sports International, Las Vegas Bureau The rise of women’s mixed martial arts (WMMA) can be witnessed by the global fan base and following that increases more and more each day. WMMA is on top of its game and many are tuning in to catch the latest champions and contenders within their weight class. Why is WMMA so successful? One can argue the reasons why they follow a particular fighter, but they […]
by Delil Souleiman Agence France-Presse RAQA, Syria (AFP) – Khalil al-Hussein fled the Islamic State group’s Syrian stronghold Raqa 18 months ago, but now he is back and fighting to help oust the jihadists from his hometown. The 25-year-old is one of several members of a Kurdish-Arab alliance fighting IS who are originally from the northern city. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces began an operation to capture Raqa last year, and finally entered the city […]
Cebu remains to be the largest and most practical choice for knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) firms looking for viable locations outside Manila due to its diverse and skilled labor pool, according to Colliers International. KPO companies offer higher value outsourcing services such as medical transcription (health information management), software engineering, and finance and accounting. In Cebu, “dominant driver is still labor pool,” Joey Bondoc, Research Manager of Colliers International said. The share of KPO […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday (June 20) visited evacuees from Marawi City staying in Iligan City, promising them that his government will rebuild their city and make it beautiful again. This was the first time that the President visited the Marawi evacuees since the fighting erupted almost a month ago in this southern city which is the capital and the largest city of the province of Lanao del Sur on the island […]
(Eagle News) — Medical students currently enrolled in selected eight state universities and colleges (SUC) who are offering courses in Medicine can now study for free, starting this school year. Government will now pay for the tuition fees of these students, provided that they would have to give back to the country, by servingin tertiary government hospitals or in provincial and district hospitals, or by serving in the government’s “doctor to the barrios” program. […]
(Agence France Presse) — Philippine Airlines will buy seven planes from Canada’s Bombardier as part of an effort to regain its dominance of the growing air travel market, the carrier said Tuesday. PAL said it sealed the deal for seven Q400 turboprops, worth $235 million at list prices, at the Paris Air Show. The carrier aims to increase its fleet serving smaller islands in the archipelagic nation. “We used to be the only carrier in […]
by Katy Lee Agence France Presse Questions arose Tuesday over how a known radical Islamist who rammed a car into a police van on Paris’s Champs-Elysees was able to hold a gun license. Adam Djaziri, a 31-year-old who had been on a watchlist for radical Islamists since 2015, was killed on Monday as his car loaded with a gas canister smashed into the van on the French capital’s most famous avenue. Two handguns and a […]
(Eagle News) — This school opening, the Philippine government is now implementing free tuition for “higher education” or college students enrolled in the country’s 113 state universities and colleges (SUCs), with an allocation of P8.3 billion. “I just wanted to announce that the P8.3 billion allocation for free public higher education is now being implemented,” announced Commission on Higher Education (CHED) commissioner Prospero De Vera III earlier today in Malacanang. De Vera said that […]
(Eagle News) — Pinabulaanan ng National Food Authority (NFA) sa Region 8 ang alegasyon na mayroong mga pekeng bigas sa Eastern Samar. Kasunod ito ng reklamo ng isang restaurant owner matapos diumano itong makabili ng saku-sakong pekeng bigas. Ayon kay NFA-Region 8 director Bobby Trabajo, matapos matanggap ang naturang reklamo ay agad nag-imbestiga ang kanilang tanggapan. Batay sa kanilang imbestigasyon, ay negatibo na mayroong pekeng bigas. Posible umano na nag-panic lang ang mga tao lalo […]
(Eagle News) — Three consecutive minor quakes were felt in Ilocos Norte on Tuesday dawn, June 19. The strongest of the three was a magnitude 4.3 quake that was recorded at 2:13 AM and was tectonic in origin, according to data from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The quake’s epicenter, located 10 kilometers east of Burgos, Ilocos Norte, was 26 kilometers deep. It was was felt at intensity 2 in Laog City, and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already sent trucks bearing 8,400 family food packs to Iligan City for the victims of Marawi conflict. The food packs will be distributed to families affected by the fighting between government troops and the Islamist terrorists, including the Maute group. In the latest data of DSWD, there are more than 69,000 families — equivalent to 338,000 individuals — who were […]
