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By: Adrian Manguit, Eagle News Service US, Florida Bureau (Miami, FL) – Many say rivalries are what make sports entertaining. In boxing, there was Ali vs Frazier. For football, Manning vs Brady was “must-see TV”. And for basketball, no one will forget the classic games of Magic vs Bird. It is no different in tennis, as Federer vs Nadal, again, took place in Key Biscayne, FL at the Miami Open. Federer defeated Nadal in straight-sets, […]
President Rodrigo Duterte met with the organizing agencies in a briefing on the substantive preparations for the upcoming 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Meetings from April 26-29, 2017 in Manila. The attendees include ASEAN 2017 National Organizing Council (NOC) Director General for Operations Ambassador Marciano Paynor Jr. and the meeting takes place at the President’s Hall of Malacañang Palace on thursday, March 31, 2017. Also present are representatives from the […]
PASAY CITY, Metro Manila (Eagle News) – Masiglang nakiisa ang pami-pamilyang miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa isinagawang Family Fun Day noong Sabado, April 1 Liwasang Ulalim, CCP Complex, Pasay City. Nakiisa at nagkaroon din ng partisipasyon maging ang mga dumalo na hindi INC members. Bandang 4:00 ng madaling araw ay halos mapuno na ng participants ang lugar na pinagdausan kung saan ay makikita ang isang malaking lobo na siyang starting point. Ang Family Fun Day ay kinapalooban […]
MARIVELES, Bataan (Eagle News) – Matagumpay na naisagawa ang coastal clean-up drive ng mga kabataang miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Matel Beach, Mariveles, Bataan noong Linggo, April 2. Isinagawa ang nasabing aktibidad upang makatulong sa Lokal na Pamahalaan ng Mariveles sa pagpapanatili ng kalinisan sa kapaligiran. Makaiiwas din aniya ang publiko na pumupunta sa beach sa anumang uri ng sakit dulot ng maruming basura naitatapon sa dagat. Larry Biscocho – EBC Correspondent, Bataan
DIGITAL NEST | National Crayon Day By: Joy Anne Andres, Eagle News Service US, New York Bureau This year, Crayola celebrated National Crayon Day a little differently. For the first time, the company decided to retire a color from their well known 24-pack and gave the announcement of the crayon name right in the middle of New York City’s Times Square early Friday morning. In case you haven’t heard already, Dandelion is the color we […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A member of the House of Representatives has expressed his support for a change of the name “Benham Rise” to “Philippine Rise.” “But we must also take every peaceful measure possible to assert our rights as a country following international rule of law. The renaming is well within our rights and is non aggressive. Let’s proceed forthwith,” Vice-Chairman of the House Committee on National Defense and Muntinlupa Representative Ruffy Biazon […]
(Eagle News) — Only a court of law can mete out any form of penalty against anyone violating the laws of the country. This was the response of Senator Panfilo Lacson to a statement over the weekend from the National Democratic Front ordering the arrest of President Benigno Aquino III over the violent dispersal of farmers in Kidapawan on April 1, last year. According to the NDF, former President Aquino should be made liable for committing […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Labis-labis ang kagalakang nadarama ng mga kapatid sa Iglesia Ni Cristo mula sa Lokal ng Cabidianan, Distrito Eklesiastiko ng Compostela Valley dahil naging matagumpay ang tambalang aktibidad na ‘This is Kadiwa’ at ‘Binhi Day’ na kanilang isinagawa sa Jacy Inland Resort noong Marso 24, 2017. Ikinasa ang aktibidad na ito sa pangunguna ng mga Ministro, Manggagawa sa INC, kasama ang mga maytungkulin sa lokal upang lalo pang mapasigla ang […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Office (LTO) announced on Monday (April 03), that Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) from Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia can now apply for a driver’s license card via the Internet. Applicants must fill out a form that can be downloaded from the website www.lto.gov.ph. They should then scan their application form and the following requirements: Passport showing identification details and photo, and the passport page showing the arrival stamp at current country; LTO Driver’s […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Manatees are no longer an endangered species, United States officials said Thursday, declaring success after decades of efforts to rebuild the population of the chubby sea cows in Florida and the Caribbean region. The population of West Indian manatees in Florida is now around population of 6,620, “a dramatic turnaround from the 1970s, when just a few hundred individuals remained,” said a statement from the US Fish and Wildlife Service. […]
by Rob Lever / with Glenn Chapman in San Francisco Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A global alliance of tech industry and academic organizations unveiled plans on Monday to work together to combat the spread of “fake news” and improve public understanding of journalism. The News Integrity Initiative will launch with $14 million from Facebook, the Ford Foundation, Mozilla and others, based at the City University of New York’s journalism school, which will […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Ikutaro Kakehashi, founder of Japanese electronic musical instrument maker Roland which defined much of the sound of 1980s pop, has died aged 87. Kakehashi, who won a technical Grammy, passed away on Saturday, according to digital musical instrument manufacturer ATV, which he established in 2013. An ATV official said details were being withheld until after Kakehashi’s funeral at his family’s request. Kakehashi founded Roland in 1972 after running an electronic appliance […]
