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METRO MANILA (Eagle News) – Isang malaking sunog ang nangyari sa Brgy. 20, Zone 2 Parola Compound, Binondo, Maynila, noong Martes, Pebrero 7. Ayon sa mga residente mabilis na kumalat ang apoy sa hindi pa makumpirmang dahilan. Ayon sa ilang nasunugang residente, nag-umpisa ang sunog bandang 9:00 ng gabi sa isang basurahan na pinaglalaruan ng mga bata. Bigla anilang lumakas at kumalat ang apoy hanggang umabot na sa mga kabahayan na gawa lamang sa light materials. […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (PIA)–Quezon City government inaugurated on Monday the opening of the new central library at the QC Hall compound. The library has more than 15,056 books in its main collection. It has computers for public use which are programmed for Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), encoding and web surfing. The library is a realization of a dream project that Mayor Herbert Bautista and Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte planned way back before they took […]
by Roberto CORTIJO Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Amadeo Garcia has no one left to talk to in his mother tongue, Taushiro. Neither does Pablo Andrade, the last living speaker of Resigaro. The two indigenous languages are among 17 that are critically endangered in Peru, where modern life’s advance into the isolated Amazon basin region has wiped out many native peoples’ way of life, and their languages along with it. Garcia, 67, is […]
MANILA – Higher education institution (HEI) personnel who were displaced from their work due to K to12 implementation can look forward to a more simplified process of availing assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment. This after Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III issued a memorandum circular simplifying the documentary requirements for those applying for DOLE assistance for K to 12-affected workers, or the DOLE Adjustments Measures Program (K to 12 DOLE AMP). The K […]
QUEZON CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to push for inclusive development for persons with disabilities (PWDs) through its support for persons with autism (PWAs) during the kick-off celebration of the National Autism Consciousness Week (NACW), led by the Autism Society Philippines (ASP), at the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena on Monday, February 6. For this year, the celebration, slated from February 5 to 11, calls to build an autism-global society that […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins was suspended one game without pay Tuesday for accumulating his 16th technical foul of the season and fined $25,000 for inappropriate conduct in a separate incident. NBA rules provide a one-game ban for any player or coach after a 16th technical foul in a season. For every two additional technical fouls this season, Cousins will be suspended for an additional game. Cousins received his […]
by Félix MPONDA Agence France Presse BLANTYRE, Malawi (AFP) — US superstar Madonna adopted twin girls in Malawi on Tuesday, a court official told AFP, raising to four the total number of children she has adopted from the southern African nation. Just two weeks ago, she denied being involved in a fresh adoption application in Malawi, where she has been caught up in controversy. “I can confirm that Madonna has been granted an adoption order […]
WASHINGTON, United states (AFP) — US authorities said Tuesday they will approve a permit to complete the controversial Dakota Access pipeline to reduce transportation costs and give US producers a boost as they compete against oil from Canada. The decision comes after months of protests by Native Americans and their supporters led the Obama administration to nix plans to build the pipeline close to native grounds. But President Donald Trump supported the 1,172-mile (1,886-kilometer) oil pipeline, which would snake […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — YouTube on Tuesday began letting popular online video personalities broadcast on the go using mobile devices, ramping up a challenge to Facebook and Twitter in the live-streaming arena. Google-owned YouTube has supported live streaming of video through computers for about six years, even broadcasting US presidential debates online. The new mobile live streaming feature allows YouTube content creators whose channels have more than 10,000 subscribers to broadcast through apps […]
NEW YORK – Whether you’re an aspiring or experienced globetrotter, the New York Times Travel Show at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City is the place to be at. The largest travel exhibition in North America invites travel professionals and the public to explore over 500 vendors from 170 different countries around the world. In its 14th year, the Travel Show recorded its highest attendance this year with 30,099 participants during the three […]
by Amelie BARON Agence France Presse PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Jovenel Moise was sworn in Tuesday as Haiti’s 58th president, ending a protracted electoral crisis that created a power vacuum in the impoverished Caribbean nation. Moise, a 48-year-old banana exporter who has never held political office and is not well known to the general public but ran as the candidate of the center-right Tet Kale Party (PHTK), took the oath at a ceremony at the […]
by Marlowe HOOD pARIS, France (AFP) — Drought has sharply boosted the intensity of deadly West Nile virus epidemics, which are set to worsen with global warming, scientists reported Wednesday. Their research, published in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, offers the best explanation of why the disease’s impact has varied so much from year to year since arriving in the United States nearly two decades ago. “We thought epidemics would coincide with the most […]
