Other News

MASA MASID Program inilunsad ng DILG sa Zamboanga del Norte

DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte (Egle News) – Inilulsad ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ang programang Mamamayang Ayaw sa Anomalya, Mamamayang Ayaw sa Iligal na Droga (MASA MASID). Isinagawa ang MASA MASID launching sa Commercial Complex, Boulevard, Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte kamakailan. Dinaluhan ito ng mga sumusunod: Local at Provincial Government DILG Mga Punong Barangay Dipolog PNP PDEA Multi-sectoral and Religious Groups Iba’t ibang ahensya ng Pamahalaan. Ang naturang programa ay […]

Continue Reading →

Abu Sayyaf kidnappings in the Philippines

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants in the southern Philippines beheaded an elderly German yachtsman on Sunday after their ransom demands were not met, authorities said Monday. The murder of Jurgen Kantner was the latest attributed to the Abu Sayyaf, a kidnap-for-ransom gang that is believed to have earned millions of dollars through its grisly business since the 1990s. Here are five questions and answers about kidnappings in the southern Philippines: – Who is […]

Continue Reading →

‘Apollo 13’ star Bill Paxton dies at 61

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Hollywood actor Bill Paxton, best known for his roles in such blockbusters as “Apollo 13” and “Titanic,” has died at the age of 61, a family representative said Sunday. The versatile Texas-born actor was a familiar face on US movie screens, with a string of memorable credits. “It is with heavy hearts we share the news that Bill Paxton has passed away due to complications from surgery,” a statement […]

Continue Reading →

Livelihood seminar isinagawa ng mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Real, Quezon

REAL, Quezon (Eagle News) — Nagsagawa ang mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ng libreng seminar sa pag-aalaga ng red tilapia na maaaring ilagay sa mga tangke o maliliit na drum. Ito ay tulong na rin sa mga kababayan sa Real, Quezon bilang alternatibong pagkakakitaan ng mga magsasaka at mangingisda. May pagkakataon aniya na kapag masama ang panahon, ang mga magsasaka ay nasa bahay lamang at ang mga mangingisda ay hindi maaring pumalaot upang mangisda. Ang nasabing […]

Continue Reading →

S. Korean retail giant signs deal to host controversial US missile defense system

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean retail giant Lotte on Tuesday signed a deal to provide a golf course that will host a controversial United States missile defense system loathed by Beijing, Seoul’s defense ministry said. Food- and retail-focused Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-biggest company, has come under growing pressure from China, a crucial market, over the proposal. The plan by Washington and Seoul to install the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in […]

Continue Reading →

More than 1000 South African rhinos killed for their horns in 2016

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Poachers killed 1,054 South African rhinos for their horns in 2016, a 10 percent dip from a year earlier, the environment ministry said Monday. Black market rhino horn sells for up to $60,000 (57,000 euros) per kilo — more than gold or cocaine — with most demand from China and Vietnam where it is coveted as a traditional medicine and aphrodisiac. In the last eight years alone, roughly a quarter of […]

Continue Reading →

Five billion mobile phone users in 2017: study

BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) –The number of mobile phone users globally will surpass five billion by the middle of this year, according to a study released Monday by GSMA, the association of mobile operators. With populations in Asia, and notably India, on the rise, the number, which stood at 4.8 billion a year ago, should mushroom to 5.7 billion, or three quarters of the world’s population, by 2020. Asia will account for around half total growth, […]

Continue Reading →

Lowry out of regular season due to wrist injury

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Toronto Raptors star Kyle Lowry will miss the rest of the regular season because of a wrist injury, the NBA team announced on Monday. The Raptors announced on Twitter that Lowry would undergo surgery on Tuesday morning on his right wrist to remove “loose bodies.” “Aim to return for playoffs,” the team added in its Tweet without providing further information. The Toronto Raptors are currently fourth in the Eastern […]

Continue Reading →

YouTube showing a billion hours of online video daily

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — YouTube on Monday said that a billion hours of video is being watched daily at the Google-owned online viewing venue in “big milestone” for the service. “Let’s put that in perspective,” YouTube vice president of engineering Cristos Goodrow said in an online post announcing the achievement. “If you were to sit and watch a billion hours of YouTube, it would take you over 100,000 years,” he said. Online video […]

Continue Reading →

Britain urges Malaysia to share evidence on Kim VX attack

UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — Britain on Monday urged Malaysia to share evidence from the lethal VX nerve gas attack on Kim Jong-Un’s half-brother with the United Nations, which could take action against North Korea. British Ambassador Matthew Rycroft said information on the February 13 attack at Kuala Lumpur airport that killed Kim Jong-Nam should be sent to the Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. “If they have got evidence, they should […]

Continue Reading →

SpaceX to send two tourists around moon in 2018

MIAMI, United States (AFP) — SpaceX said Monday two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the moon late next year, in what would mark the furthest humans have ever traveled to deep space. The United States has not sent astronauts to the moon since the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Apollo missions of the 1960s and ’70s. “We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens […]

Continue Reading →

Philippines, Germany condemn murder after confirmation of hostage beheading by Abu Sayyaf

  Manila, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded a 70-year-old German hostage they were holding for ransom, Manila officials said Monday, as Berlin condemned the murder as “unscrupulous and inhumane.” The Abu Sayyaf group, blamed for the worst terror attacks in Philippine history, had demanded that a ransom of P30 million  ($600,000) be paid by Sunday to spare Jurgen Kantner. After the expiration of the deadline, the jihadists, who were monitored […]

Continue Reading →
1 … 5,282 5,283 5,284 5,285 5,286 … 7,408