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(Eagle News) — Iginiit ng Malacañang na huwag gawing literal ang lahat ng pahayag ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, dapat tingnan at intindihin ang konteksto ng pahayag ng Pangulo at huwag bigyan ng literal na pakahulugan. Ayon kay Abella, kung nagsalita man ang Pangulo na bibitayin niya ang mga European leader ibig lang sabihin huwag makialam ang mga ito sa ginagawang pamamalakad ng Chief Executive lalo na sa giyera laban […]
SAN MARCELINO, Zambales (Eagle News) – Nakiisa ang bayan ng San Marcelino sa pagdiriwang ng National Women’s Day na may temang “We Make Change Work for Women”. Pinangunahan ito ni Miss Sarah Doria, Department Head ng DSWD. Nilahukan din ito ng iba’t-ibang sangay ng gobyerno at ilang pribadong sektor, tulad ng: Water District Rotary Club Barangay Health Worker Retired Teachers Lokal na Pamahalaan Philippines National Police Nagsagawa sila ng motorcade na nagsimula sa harapan ng Munisipyo. Inikot […]
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Australia’s army and emergency workers headed to areas hardest-hit by Cyclone Debbie on Wednesday (March 29), finding roads blocked by fallen trees, sugarcane fields flattened and widespread damage in coastal towns. No deaths were reported. Debbie ripped a trail of destruction through northeast Australia on Tuesday (March 28) as a category four storm, one rung below the most dangerous wind speed level, before being gradually downgraded through the night to a […]
WEITERSTADT, Germany (Reuters) — Asparagus season has started in Germany, kicking off an annual frenzy in which restaurants dedicate entire menus to the vegetable and Germans rush to buy bundles of spears from the temporary stalls which appear each spring. In the state of Hesse, a burst of intense sunshine has led to the harvest beginning several weeks earlier than last year, according to local farmer Peter Lipp. He’s hoping for a bumper crop between […]
BIÑAN CITY, Laguna (Eagle News) – Makakaasa aniya ang Laguna Association of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officers (LADRRMO) sa suporta at kooperasyon ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa mga Emergency Response Disaster Program nito sa buong Laguna. Ito ang ipinahayag ng AFP 525th Engineering Combat Batallion sa isinagawang monthly meeting kamakailan. Ang LADRRMO ay isang association na binubuo ng 24 na munisipalidad at anim na lungsod ng Laguna. Layunin nito na mapalakas at mapagkaisa ang lungsod sa […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pebrero noong nakaraang taon, inilabas ng ImageSat International ang satellite image kung saan makikita ang mga umano’y inilagay na launcher ng China sa Woody Island na bahagi ng paracels sa West Philippine Sea. Ilan pa sa mga satellite image ang ipinakita ang agresibong pagtatayo ng Tsina ng mga istraktura sa iba pang islang may territorial claims ang ibang bansa. At makalipas ang mahigit isang […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Amnesty International said Tuesday the United States-led coalition was not doing enough to protect civilians in the battle to retake Iraq’s Mosul with cases of entire families killed in their homes. Iraqi authorities launched the battle to retake the second city from the Islamic State group in October with support from coalition air strikes, recapturing its eastern side from the jihadists in January. Amnesty’s Donatella Rovera said field research in east […]
China and the Philippines are set to hold their first bilateral talks on the disputed South China Sea in May, a Chinese newspaper reported on Tuesday. “China is willing to strengthen dialogue with the Philippines to properly manage and control differences and advance maritime cooperation, to create a favorable condition for pragmatic cooperation,” foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying was quoted as saying in the South China Morning Post. He added in the report that cooperation between the […]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (Reuters) — North Korea’s national airline, Air Koryo has started flying a new route to Dandong, China. A video given to Reuters by North Korea’s official news agency, KCNA, which Reuters cannot independently verify, showed Air Koryo’s plane landing at Pyongyang’s Sunan Airport on Tuesday (March 28) and flight attendants greeting tourists walking out of the plane. KCNA said flights will operate twice a week – every Tuesday and Friday, between its […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The runway at London’s Stansted airport was temporarily closed on Tuesday after a protest organizers said was aimed at stopping deportations to Nigeria. Eight inbound flights were diverted after the runway was closed at around 10:00 p.m. (2100 GMT) “while police dealt with a number of individuals who had entered a remote area of the airfield,” an airport spokesperson said. “The situation was quickly contained but the police carried out […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Knicks center Joakim Noah apologized on Tuesday for the failed drug test that resulted in a 20-game ban, vowing to bounce back from what he called a “mistake” that “backfired.” Noah, the son of French tennis legend Yannick, was suspended by the NBA on Saturday after testing positive for an illicit substance reputed to have effects similar to anabolic steroids. Noah has said he ingested the drug […]
by Gina DOGGETT / Déborah CLAUDE Agence France Press PARIS, France (AFP) — Penelope Fillon, long a low-profile political wife, has been thrust into the spotlight with a scandal bearing her name — “Penelopegate” — that is dimming her husband Francois Fillon’s hopes of becoming France’s next president. She was charged Tuesday with complicity in the abuse of public funds in a case involving alleged fake jobs as a parliamentary aide to her conservative husband […]
