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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) — McDonald’s has ended its longtime Olympic sponsorship dating back to 1976, the International Olympic Committee announced on Friday. The United States fastfood giant has supported the Olympics since the Montreal Games and although the split takes place with immediate effect, they will continue to be a sponsor at the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang. “The IOC and McDonald’s have announced that they have mutually agreed to bring their worldwide partnership to […]
by Dario Thuburn Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — At least 30 people have been confirmed killed and dozens more are feared dead in the London tower block fire, police said on Friday, as firefighters continued searching for bodies amid outrage over the use of cladding blamed for spreading the flames. “We know that at least 30 people have died as a result of this fire… I do believe the number will […]
Manufacturers surveyed by Standard Chartered said much of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations remains to be the preferred destination for China manufacturers looking to relocate their production facilities. Standard Chartered said Cambodia and Vietnam were the most favored destinations, as in prior years, by those opting to move capacity overseas. However, Malaysia was not seen as a popular destination for their relocation by China manufacturers this year. The report also showed that only less […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A man with a knife has been arrested outside the British parliament on Friday, police said, adding that there were no reports of any casualties. “The man — aged in his 30s — was arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife,” London’s Scotland Yard police headquarters said in a statement. © Agence France-Presse
The Supreme Court has ordered the martial law petitioners and the government to submit their final memoranda on June 19. The three-day oral arguments have ended on Thursday, June 15, but both parties still need to submit their final memoranda before the high court justices decide on the petition. After the internal and closed-door oral arguments on the third day, Solicitor General Jose Calida said what happened was a fruitful discussion of issues and facts that would […]
CCTV — A team of Chinese scientists have realized the satellite-based distribution of entangled photon pairs over 1,200 kilometers, with photon pairs demonstrating to be still entangled after traveling long distances. This satellite-based technology has opened bright prospects for both practical quantum communications and fundamental quantum optics experiments at distances previously impossible on the ground, said Pan Jianwei, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Pan, who is also the chief scientist of the quantum […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The leadership of the House of Representatives, through House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, said that they will not release the six employees and officials of the provincial government of Ilocos Norte, known as the “Ilocos 6,” who were earlier detained due to the alleged misuse of tobacco funds in Ilocos Norte. The House of Representatives detained the “Ilocos 6” at the Batasan complex where they were cited for contempt for refusing […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations said Friday that Islamic State group jihadists may be holding more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians as human shields in the Old City of Mosul. Iraqi forces are fighting to retake Mosul from IS, after the jihadist group overran the city in 2014, imposing its brutal rule on its inhabitants. The United Nations refugee agency’s representative in Iraq Bruno Geddo said IS had been capturing civilians in battles outside of […]
PANUKULAN, Quezon (Eagle News) – Matagumpay na naisakatuparan sa taong ito ang skills training on fiber glass fabrication sa Panukulan, Quezon. Ang proyektong ito ng Department of Social Welfare and Development ay para sa mga mangingisda na walang sariling bangka. Priyoridad sa mga benepisyaryo ng proyektong ito ay ang mga kabilang sa 4Ps program na mula sa limang nasasakupang barangay ng Panukulan. Sa ilalim ng training ay gumawa ang 80 participants ng tig-iisang bangka na […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Australian journalist Adam Harvey of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation underwent a one-hour surgery for the extraction of a bullet slug that hit his neck near the capitol building of Lanao del Sur. Harvey, through his twitter account, said that the operation was successful. He said that the bullet that was removed from his neck came from an M-16 rifle. Because of the incident, strict measures were implemented for journalists and […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Different schools in Quezon City will extend their help to those students who are displaced by the Marawi conflict. In an interview with Net 25’s “Liwanagin Natin,” Education Program Supervisor Nimfa Gabertan of the Department of Education – Quezon City, said that schools in the city in the northern part of Metro Manila will continue receiving students from the war-torn area. The local government of Quezon City will also provide the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has begun giving financial assistance to evacuees from Marawi City. The department has started to distribute PHP1,000 cash assistance to each of the affected families that can be used to buy food. Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said that the Php 1,000 cash assistance is part of the initial P5,000 cash aid promised by the agency for each displaced family from Marawi […]
