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MANILA, March 7 – The Department of Public Works and Highways said the 5.9-magnitude earthquake on March 5 in Surigao did not cause as much damage to the bridges and national roads in Region 13. DPWH said all national roads and bridges under Region 13 were passable except for the two bridges which were damaged by the February 10 earthquake. The Malico Bridge, particularly the Daang Maharlika Road Lipata – Surigao Section K1122+067, suffered a “depression […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 7) – “Commemorate and revive the beauty of old Manila”- that was the very purpose of the recently conducted Escolta Block Party. Spearheaded by the folks of the First United Building, this collaboration is actually the second Escolta Block Party after the success of the first one last November of 2016. February 18 of this year marked the second and equally successful block party on the oft-forgotten street of Escolta. Local business […]
Deprived of an education as children, a handful of Indian women — most of whom are widows and aged between 60 and 90 — are finally fulfilling a life-long dream to become literate through a initiative near Mumbai. https://youtu.be/owI_q4D2f2Y
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) — A new Kickstarter funded jewellery-based device makes it possible to convert your ideas into text. Senstone was devised by a team of programmers in the Ukrainian cities of Lviv and Kiev and transforms the user’s voice into notes stored on their phone or tablet. A small pendant with a diameter of 3 centimetres, the Senstone records the user’s voice and modifies it into printed texts sorted by topics created by the […]
By Aily Millo Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Isa ang Pilipinas sa maituturing na World’s most mega-diverse na bansa. Sapagkat dito matatagpuan sa Pilipinas ang iba’t ibang endemic species. 70 percent (%) ng flora at fauna na matatagpuan sa Pilipinas ay endemic. Pero sa likod nito, ay mayroong banta sa mayamang bio-diversity ng bansa. Kaugnay nito, Inilunsad ng Department Of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ang […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — A London-based designer has developed pollution-busting face masks to protect children from the English capital city’s toxic air. Doodle Masks come in colourful designs, including Disney film themes, designed to attract children, and are sold for £7.50 ($9.41 USD) each online. “The face mask is important because you want to protect your children from taking the pollution into their lungs and affecting them, especially as my son could develop asthma in […]
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Music’s biggest stars attended the iHeartMusic awards show on Sunday (March 5) in Inglewood California. Justin Timberlake won best song of the year for “Can’t Stop The Feeling” and used the awards podium to talk to youths that struggle with being identified as different. “I want to take this opportunity to speak to young people right now ’cause there are a lot of you looking at me. If you […]
(Eagle News) — The owner of the alleged quarry site in Davao City which was referred to by retired police officer Arturo Lascanas as where they buried their alleged victims had long denied the policeman’s claim. This was according to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. Aguirre said the quarry site owner, retired SPO4 Bienvenido Laud, had long denied these allegations of Lascanas. He said he can attest to this as he had served as the lawyer of […]
(Eagle News) — Ikinukonsidera ng Malacañang si retired SPO3 Arthur Lascañas bilang isang polluted source sa gitna ng pagharap nito sa senate investigation. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, minsan nang itinanggi ni Lascañas na may Davao Death Squad (DDS) noong unang humarap sa pagdinig ng senado. Inihayag ni Abella ngayong bumabalik sa senado si Lascañas, hindi na katanggap-tanggap ang mga binitiwang testimonya ni Lascañas at hindi ito maikukonsiderang isang credible witness. Hindi naman nabanggit […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysian citizens are effectively being held hostage in North Korea, the prime minister said Tuesday after Pyongyang banned them from leaving the country in a row over the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam. “This abhorrent act, effectively holding our citizens hostage, is in total disregard of all international law and diplomatic norms,” Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) — Itinakda na ng Department of Education ( DepEd) ang bagong schedule para sa School Year 2016-2017 National Career Assessment Examination ( NCAE) sa mga eskwelahan ng Metro Manila matapos ipagpaliban ng tatlong beses. Sinabi ni Education secretary Leonor Briones, ang bagong petsa para sa School Year 2016-to-2017 NCAE sa lahat ng division ng NCR ay sa Marso 9 at 10 ng taong kasalukuyan. Inanunsyo kamakailan ng DepEd ang pagpapaliban ng NCAE para sa […]
By Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Isinumite na ng kampo ni dating Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos ang kaniyang reply sa motion ni Vice President Leni Robredo na pumipigil sa Korte Suprema na magsagawa ng preliminary conference sa electoral protest na isinampa ng dating senador sa Presidential Electoral Tribunal. Isa sa laman ng kanilang reply ang kaso noon ni dating Interior secretary Mar Roxas laban kay dating VPJejomar Binay. Sa loob anila ng […]
