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Teritoryo sa West PHL Sea, dapat ipaglaban ng Pilipinas – SC Assoc. Justice Carpio

(Eagle News) — Nagbabala si Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na mag-ingat sa pagpapahayag o pagdedeklara ng anumang makaka-apekto sa soberanya ng Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea. Sinabi ni Carpio na bagaman dehado ang Pilipinas sa militar ng China may mga ibang hakbang pa naman na maaaring gawin si Duterte. Aniya maaaring pormal na maghain ng matibay na protesta laban sa pagtatayo ng China ng istruktura sa West Philippine […]

DepEd formalizes moratorium on field trips

(Eagle News) – The Department of Education (DepEd)  has issued a memorandum that formalizes the moratorium on field trips and other similar activities, following the tragic bus accident involving college students in Tanay, Rizal. Memorandum No. 47, series 2017 will be observed by all public elementary and secondary schools until the review and revision of related policies have been finalized. “As the primary institution mandated to ensure access to quality basic education, it is imperative […]

The “Pink Star” diamond returns to auction; is expected to fetch a record $60 mn

LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A 59.60-carat diamond known as “The Pink Star” is returning to auction next month and could fetch a record $60 million, three years since it was sold for even more – only for the buyer to pull out of the deal. The diamond was presented by Sotheby’s in London ahead of the auction in Hong Kong on April 4. In November 2013, a Geneva auction of the stone fetched a […]

News in photo: President Duterte meets with Myanmar State Counsellor Suu Kyi

    President Rodrigo Duterte  met with Myanmar State Counsellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi at the Call Room of the Presidential Palace in Myanmar on March 20. In the said meeting, President Duterte also handed over a pledge worth US $300,000 to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for the Philippines’ humanitarian assistance to Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the biggest donation made so far made by an ASEAN member state to Myanmar’s Rakhine State […]

Summer plea: Don’t blight the beach with plastic trash

(Eagle News) — A waste and pollution watch group exhorted the public to refrain from littering in beaches and other recreational spots this summer. The EcoWaste Coalition asked tourists to aim for “zero marine litter,” especially in coastal areas. “We appeal to all vacationers not to abandon their discards in our beaches and other recreational sites.Leave only your footprints in the sands.  Please don’t leave your cigarette butts, plastics and leftover foods behind, ” said Ochie Tolentino, […]

Water not just a basic necessity

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 21) – Water is a basic necessity of life.  The fact that the human body is 60 to 80 percent water means that we need to drink a certain amount of liquids to sustain and replace the bodily fluids that our body loses when we sweat or urinate. Going beyond the obvious, there are numerous studies supporting that water is more than just a thirst-quencher. Aside from what we learned from our teachers that water […]

President Duterte now in Thailand for 3-day official visit

(Eagle News) – After his two-day visit to Myanmar, President Duterte is now in Thailand for his three-day official visit, thus completing his tour of the nine other member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as the Philippines takes the ASEAN chairmanship this year. The 71-year-old Philippine leader arrived at the Royal Thai Airforce Military Air Terminal 2 on Tuesday dawn, March 21, (11:47 p.m. Monday, March 20 Philippine time), accompanied by members of […]

Anti-rabies vaccination, sinimulan na sa Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte

POLANCO, Zamboanga del Norte (Eagle News) – Sinimulan na ang isang buwang mahigit na anti-rabies vaccination ng Lokal na Pamahalaan sa Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte. Ito ay sa pakikipagtulungan ng Polanco Agriculture Office at mga veterinarian ang nasabing aktibidad. Layunin nitong mabakunahan ang lahat ng aso sa naturang bayan para sa seguridad ng mamamayan. Nagsagawa din ng house to house ang nasabing grupo upang masiguro na mabakunahan ang lahat ng aso. Ikinatuwa naman ng mga residente ang […]

In photo: Young boy waves 2 PHL flags proudly as President Duterte speaks in Myanmar

  A young supporter waves small Philippine flags while President Rodrigo Duterte is talking on stage during a meeting with the Filipino community at the Horizon Lake View Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on March 19, 2017. More than 200 Filipinos traveled five (5) hours from Yangon going to Nay Pyi Taw to personally see President Rody Duterte in the Filipino community meeting on the first day of his official visit to the Republic […]

And the world’s happiest country is… Norway

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A chilly climate isn’t keeping Norway from basking in the glow of being named the world’s happiest country on Monday. The Scandinavian country surged from fourth place in last year’s UN assessment all the way to the top spot, according to the World Happiness Report 2017. Other top countries on the list included Nordic neighbors Denmark and Iceland, as well as Switzerland. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, who is […]

News in photo: President Duterte talks with Myanmar President on strengthening bilateral ties

    President Duterte’s trip to Myanmar was upon the invitation of Myanmar President, U Htin Kyaw. Both assumed office in 2016. The two leaders held a bilateral meeting that saw the signing of an agreement on food security and agricultural cooperation. The diplomatic relations of the two countries turned 60 years last year. Formal ties were established in 1956, while the Philippine embassy in Yangon was opened in 1958. According to the Philippine embassy […]

Penelope Cruz to play Donatella Versace in ‘American Crime Story’

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Penelope Cruz will play her first major television role as Donatella Versace in FX’s “Versace: American Crime Story,” the third season of the hit show, the network said Monday. The Oscar-winning Spanish actress will be joined by Edgar Ramirez (“Point Break,” “The Girl on the Train”) who will play Gianni Versace in the series looking at the fashion designer’s murder in 1997. Filming is scheduled to begin in April […]