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DepEd postpones NCAE and NAT in Metro Manila

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Education (DepEd) has temporarily suspended the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) and the National Achievement Test (NAT) in Metro Manila. The exams, which aim to assess and evaluate the aptitude, skill and inclination of a student for a particular occupation or field, were initially scheduled for March 1 and March 2. DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones cited logistical difficulties for the temporary suspension. The NCAE and NAT in […]

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Moon tourists in for a rough ride, experts say

by Laurence COUSTAL / Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Non-stop vomiting, a puffy face and the constant need to pee: Volunteers for a week-long loop around the Moon may be in for a rough ride even if all goes to plan. In the week that SpaceX announced it would launch two tourists to skirt Earth’s satellite in 2018, experts agreed the health effects would chiefly be minor and short-lived. These […]

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Oldest fossils ‘direct evidence’ of life on Earth some 4 billion years ago

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The oldest fossils ever found are “direct evidence” of life on Earth 3.8 to 4.3 billion years ago, when our planet was still in its infancy, researchers reported Wednesday. Even at the lower end of the spectrum, “the microfossils we discovered are about 300 million years older” than any runners-up, said Dominic Papineau, a professor at University College London who made the discovery. The dating […]

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Appeals court overturns $533-mn verdict against Apple

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)  — A United States appellate court Wednesday overturned a $533-million patent verdict against Apple, saying the award was based on “routine computer activities” which cannot be patented. The decision comes two years after a federal court in Texas ordered Apple to pay the award to the little-known firm Smartflash LLC, which sued claiming the technology giant infringed on patents for flash memory technology used in the iTunes music store. Chief Judge Sharon […]

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PNP chief connects failed assassination attempt on him to drug war revival

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said on Tuesday  that there was a failed attempt to assassinate him during his visit in Marawi late January. Dela Rosa said in his speech at the 23rd National Police College anniversary in Silang, Cavite that the Maute Group tried to assassinate him. “Big-time na pala ako kasi i-a-assassinate ako,” Dela Rosa said. “Report sa akin ng PNP at army doon […]

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NBA: Sixers lose Embiid to injury for remainder of season

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Joel Embiid, a 22-year-old Cameroonian center for the National Basketball Association Philadelphia 76ers, will miss the remainder of the season with a left knee injury, the club announced Wednesday. Embiid averaged team highs of 20.2 points and 7.8 rebounds a game for the 76ers, who at 22-37 own the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference. Embiid underwent a magnetic resonance imaging exam on his left knee Monday to allow […]

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West Mosul fighting forces over 28,000 Iraqis to flee

by Sara Hussein with W.G. Dunlop in Baghdad Agence France Presse MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) — Over 28,000 people have fled since the start of a drive to retake west Mosul, as Iraqi forces closed in Wednesday on a road linking the city with a jihadist-held town to the west. West Mosul is the largest population center still controlled by the Islamic State group, and its recapture would mark the effective end of the cross-border “caliphate” leader […]

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Compliment or harassment – what’s the diff?

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — “Hey baby you have a nice body. Are you single?” This may be a usual scenario in our everyday lives. It may sound like an ordinary compliment,  but by definition, it is actually already  a form of harassment. So what is harassment? According to the ever-reliable Merriam-Webster Dictionary, to harass means either one of two things: (1) to annoy or bother (someone) in a constant or repeated way; (2) […]

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Colombia’s FARC rebels begin disarming

by Lissy DE ABREU / with Florence PANOUSSIAN in San Jose de Oriente Agence France-Presse BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombia’s FARC rebels begin disarming Wednesday under a historic peace deal, beginning the delicate transition from guerrilla army to political party after more than half a century at war. After weeks of mustering its troops at designated disarmament zones, the FARC, or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, was set to begin an inventory of its weapons and […]

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Watch: Filipinos in Macau, China stage rally to support President Duterte

(Eagle News) — Overseas Filipino workers held a gathering to rally support for Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte in Macau, China. The rally staged by the United Democracy and Duterte Supporters or United DDS was also held over the weekend, at about the same time that hundreds of thousands of people showed up in Manila to express their support for the President. Eagle News Service correspondent in Macau, China Kit Wong interviewed some of those who came […]

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Legarda: ‘It’s a great day for climate warriors’

(Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda hailed on Wednesday President Rodrigo Duterte’s signing of the Paris Agreement, calling the day of his signing “a great day for..climate warriors.” Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, made the statement a day after Duterte signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change that compels ratifying countries to take steps to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and to limit the temperature increase […]

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Watch: Filipino supporters of Duterte stage rally for President in Switzerland

  Filipinos in Switzerland also staged a mini-rally to express their support for Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte over the weekend, as the nation commemorated the 31st anniversary of the EDSA Revolution. Mary Ablaza, Eagle News correspondent in Geneva, Switzerland gives us this report. A leader of the pro-Duterte gathering interviewed in the report said that they are doing all of these because they love the Philippines, and they want the President to stay in power […]

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