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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – L.A. Reid, one of the music world’s top executives who helped launch the careers of myriad stars including Rihanna and Justin Bieber, has left Epic Records after reported harassment allegations. The 60-year-old has been chairman and chief executive officer since 2011 of Epic, a unit of Sony Music that has been home to some of the top artists in recent decades from Michael Jackson to Pearl Jam. Sony […]
Members of the 70th Cannes international film festival jury, presided over by Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. The festival starts Wednesday.
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Pop superstar Katy Perry on Monday announced a new album and tour, promising a more mature and reflective side after taking time off. The 32-year-old singer said that “Witness,” her first album since 2013’s mega-hit “Prism,” would come out on June 9. She also announced an extensive tour, for now just of North America, to begin on September 7 in Columbus, Ohio. Perry, who will close the North American tour […]
(Reuters) — Cannes is ramping up security ahead of the city’s world-famous film festival which begins on Wednesday (May 17), with a local police chief saying no expense was being spared. Authorities have installed about 550 security cameras, a row of 400 shoulder-high flowerpots acting as discreet concrete barriers along the promenade, 160 meters (yards) of spiked chains that can stop a truck, deployed extra forces, and called on a battalion of civilian volunteers to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – South Korea’s left-leaning new leader Moon Jae-In will travel to the United States for a summit with President Donald Trump next month, Moon’s spokesperson said Tuesday, amid high tensions over the North’s nuclear ambitions. The summit will be held in Washington in late June, Yoon Young-Chan said, adding that details of the precise date and agenda would be decided later. Moon backs engagement with nuclear-armed North Korea to try to […]
SISON, Pangasinan (Eagle News) — Nagsagawa ng first-aid seminar ang mga miyembro ng Society of Communicators and Networkers International sa silangang bahagi ng Pangasinan. Ang aktibidad ay ginanap sa Barangay Esperanza, Sison, Pangasinan. Ilan sa mga napagsanayan ay ang pagresponde sa mga aksidente, at ang cardiopulmonary resuscitation o CPR. Nagsagawa din ng fire drill ang mga lumahok. Layunin ng aktibidad na pinangunahan ng mga SCAN emergency first responder instructors na maturuan ang mga ibang miyembro ng […]
KALIBO, Aklan (Eagle News) – Tinawag na ‘iligal’ ng isang opisyal ang pinapatupad na Municipal Ordinance No. 2016-003 o Muffler Ordinance ng Kalibo. Sa sulat na nakarating sa Sangguniang Bayan, sinabi ni Poblacion Brgy. Captain Mary Jane Rebaldo na hindi naging malinaw sa nasabing ordinansa kung ang ‘motor vehicle’ ay tumutukoy sa lahat ng uri ng sasakyan. Hindi rin umano nakasaad ang ‘noise limitation’ ng mga motorsiklo o sa sasakyan na gumagamit ng modified engine […]
President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he would push for the inclusion of Turkey and Mongolia in a grouping of Southeast Asian nations, dismissing concerns about their geographic location. Duterte said leaders of Turkey and Mongolia told him about their desire to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) while they were in China over the weekend for a summit on a global trade infrastructure project. Duterte, whose nation holds the rotating ASEAN chairmanship […]
Zamboanga Sibugay (Eagle News) — Tatlong araw matapos na maiulat ang pagkawala ng dalawang mangingisda, natagpuan na ang kanilang mga bangkay sa baybaying bahagi ng Sitio Tando, Brgy. Looc Labuan sa bayan ng Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay. Ayon kay Chief Inspector Chamer Gloria Lacay ng Tungawan PNP, Mayo 7 pa noong napaulat na nawawala sina Jose Dasillo Bucoy, 37, may asawa at si Rodel Abad Alimpong, 13, na kapwa residente sa bayan ng Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. […]
LUCENA CITY, Quezon (Eagle News) — Ipinamahagi na ang libreng hybrid na punla ng palay sa mga magsasaka sa mga taga Brgy. Bato ng Mauban. Bahagi ito ng proyekto ng Municipal Agriculture Office upang lalong maging mataas ang uri ng mga aanihing bigas dito pagdating ng panahon. Ayon sa mga awtoridad, sa ganitong paraan ay lalong tataas ang magiging produksyon ng mga magsasaka , mabilis nila itong maibibenta sa merkado at mabilis ding mapapakinabangan ng kanilang […]
President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday he was open to exploring the South China Sea’s natural resources with rival claimants China and Vietnam. Duterte, who spoke upon his arrival in the country from official visits to China, Cambodia and Hong Kong, also emphasized he had no immediate plans to pressure China over an international tribunal’s ruling last year that its sweeping claims to most of the sea were unlawful. “If we can get something there with […]
(Eagle News) — Nabiktima ng “basag-kotse gang” ang news reporter na si Steve Dailisan sa Quezon City. Binasag ang salamin ng passenger side ng sport utility vehicle ni Dailisan pasado alas nuebe noong Sabado sa tapat ng Dr. Jesus Delgado Memorial Hospital sa Kamuning Road. Ayon kay Dailisan, bumisita lamang siya sa ina ng kanyang kaibigan na nakaconfine sa nasabing ospital nang basagin ng mga suspek ang salamin ng kanyang sasakyan. Ilan sa mga […]
