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INFANTA, Quezon (Eagle News) – Ginawaran ng 1IB Bota ng Kawal Award ng 1st Infantry (Always First) Battalion, 2nd Infantry (Jungle Fighter) Division ng Philippine Army ang Iglesia Ni Cristo sa hilagang bahagi ng Quezon Province. Ibinigay ang nasabing gawad sa ginananap na 69th Founding Anniversary ng 1IB ng Philippine Army sa Brgy. Tongohin, Infanta, Quezon. Tinanggap naman ni Bro. Isaias A. Hipolito, District Minister ng Quezon North ang nasabing gawad mula kay MGen. Rhoderick […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Oklahoma City star Russell Westbrook broke Oscar Robertson’s 55-year-old record with his 42nd triple-double of the NBA season — then broke the Denver Nuggets with a buzzer-beating three-pointer in a 106-105 Thunder triumph. Westbrook finished the day with 50 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. It was yet another remarkable display of the all-around excellence that a triple-double — the achievement of double-digit totals in three of five key […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-kyun said on Monday (April 10) the U.S. Navy’s decision to redirect its Carl Vinson strike group to near the Korean peninsula is an indication of the seriousness of the situation in the area. A U.S. Navy strike group that includes a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is headed to near the Korean peninsula on Monday, diverted from a scheduled destination of Australia, as concerns grew […]
(Eagle News) — Niyanig ng 4.5 magnitude na lindol ang hilagang silangan ng Catarman, Samar. Ayon sa Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) temblor, tectonic ang origin nito na naitala pasado alas-otso kwarenta’y tres (8:43 AM)ng umaga. Intensity 2 ang naramdaman sa Catarman, Northern Samar, at Cabid-An, Sorsogon, Intensity 1 naman sa Sorsogon, Sorsogon, Legaspi City, Masbate City at Borongan sa Eastern Samar. Tiniyak naman ng PHIVOLCS na hindi ito magdudulot ng aftershocks at […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — One Direction heartthrob Harry Styles on Friday released a ballad with touches of 1970s glam rock as he became the latest member of the boy band to go solo. “Sign of the Times” is the first solo single by the 23-year-old English singer who is expected to put out a full album at a later date. The song starts with a dark chord progression on a piano before quickly […]
Thanks to last winter’s heavy rains, California’s flower-covered hills are experiencing their greatest bloom in more than a decade. Hordes of tourists are flocking to the region, which had been marked by an historic drought for the past several years. https://youtu.be/eE8kcecTbHk
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte kept a very good net satisfaction rating in the first quarter of this year, the Social Weather Stations said. The results of the SWS survey that was conducted from March 25-28 showed that Duterte had obtained a +63 rating, the same net satisfaction rating he received in December last year. For the survey, face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) were made nationwide—300 each in Balance […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Poachers have shot dead a one-horned rhinoceros at a national wildlife park in Nepal, officials said Sunday, spotlighting the threat faced by the rare animals. Officials on Saturday found the male rhino with its horn gouged out in Chitwan National Park, the country’s biggest rhino conservation area. “We performed a post-mortem and found that it had been hit by a bullet on its head,” the park’s spokesman Nurendra Aryal told AFP. Aryal said […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has “zero prospect” of recovery, scientists warned Monday, as they confirmed the site has again been hit by warming sea temperatures. Researchers said last month they were detecting another round of mass bleaching this year after a severe event in 2016, and their fears were confirmed after aerial surveys of the entire 2,300-kilometre (1,400-mile) long bio-diverse reef. Last year, the […]
Reuters — Filipino fishermen at a disputed shoal have regained their livelihood by fishing inside a disputed shoal following closer bilateral ties between Manila and Beijing in recent months. Far out in the South China Sea, where dark blue meets bright turquoise, a miles-long row of fishing boats anchor near Scarborough Shoal, backed by a small armada of coastguard projecting China’s power in Asia’s most disputed waters. China still calls the shots at the prime […]
(Eagle News) — The retired policeman who initially denied then-Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte had a hand in the alleged killings of the supposed Davao Death Squad then later said he did has left the country. Media reports said Arthur Lascañas left for Singapore on Saturday. Lascañas had denied before a Senate inquiry last year that Duterte was responsible for alleged extrajudicial killings in Davao when he was mayor there. The testimony had been made by […]
by Ouerdya AIT ABDELMALEK Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Gone are the days of London’s “pea souper” smogs, but like many European cities, the British capital is once again being choked by pollution — and has road traffic firmly in its sights. In 1952, the Great Smog suffocated London for five days, bringing the city to a standstill as soot-filled clouds descended onto the streets and into people’s lungs, leaving more than […]
