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MECHELEN, BELGIUM (Reuters) — Belgium’s Planckendael Zoo welcomed a new arrival on Thursday (January 19), a baby giraffe born from mother Megara, who was also born in the zoo. Video released by the zoo showed the birth, with the mother standing and the baby falling about two meters. Megara gave birth in the morning before dawn when caretakers were not there, but the zoo said the mother and her baby were doing well. It was […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagpasaklolo na sa Court of Appeals (CA) si Senadora Leila De Lima para mahinto ang pagdinig ng Department of Justice (DOJ) sa mga reklamong kriminal laban sa kanya kaugnay sa illegal drug trade sa New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Sa mahigit apatnapu’t-anim (46) pahinang petition for prohibition and certiorari na inihain ng Senadora noong Lunes (Enero 23), sinabi ni De Lima na walang hurisdiksyon ang DOJ sa mga kaso laban sa […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tinanggal na bilang miyembro ng Kabayan Party-list si Rep. Harry Roque, at dahil hindi na miyembro ng kanilang partido, sinabi ni Kabayan Rep. Ron Salo na ang natural na implikasyon nito ay wala na umanong karapatan si Roque na katawanin sa Kongreso ang Kabayan Party-list. Nagsumite na rin aniya ng liham ang Kabayan Party-list sa House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) para ipabatid ang kanilang naging desisyon. Nilinaw naman ni […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ng sariling imbestigasyon ang Kamara sa mga iregularidad na kinasasangkutan ng gambling tycoon na si Jack Lam. Napagdesisyunan na may hurisdiksiyon ang lupon para siyasatin ang mga isyu tungkol kay Jack Lam. Ayon kay House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability Chairman Johnny Pimentel, kabilang sa mga isyung sesentruhan ng kanilang imbestigasyon ang umanoy iligal na operasyon ng online gaming business ni Lam. Gayundin ang pagkuha nito ng […]
by Marlowe HOO Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Coral reefs that survive rapid bleaching fueled by global warming remain deeply damaged, with little prospect of full recovery, researchers said Wednesday. Sixteen years after the 1998 El Nino ravaged coral in the Indian Ocean’s Seychelles archipelago, no reefs had recovered their original growth rates and barely a third were expanding at all, they reported in a study, the first to track coral health over […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ibinunyag ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II na mayroong plano ang ilang Senador na bigyan ng legislative immunity ang dalawang dating Immigration Deputy Commissioners na dawit sa bribery scandal para siya ang idiin sa kontrobersya. Tinukoy ni Aguirre sina Senador Antonio Trillanes IV, Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan at Senadora Leila De Lima na nagbabalak umanong isulong ang immunity sa mga sinibak na Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials na sina Al Argosino […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — After Donald Trump formally withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his Pacific trade focus will turn to Japan and China. “We have long been proponents of trade,” Trudeau told a press conference. “That’s why we are busy on multiple trade fronts at the same time.” He noted last year’s start of talks with Japan on improving trade ties, while next […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malaki ang teyorya ni Justice Secretary Vitallano Aguirre II na ginamit ang kaso ng Korean businessman upang idiskaril ang programa ng Duterte Administration sa “war on drugs.” Isa aniya rito ang pahayag ng pangunahing suspek sa pagdukot at pagpatay kay Jee Ick-joo, ang isyu ng kambal plaka sa pickup truck ni SPO3 Ricky Sta. Isabel, maging ang pagpapatakas sa katulong ng south Korean national na sa halip na patayin binigyan […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday reaffirmed Microsoft’s legal right to refuse a US government order to hand over data stored overseas in a case with important privacy implications. A divided panel of judges in New York denied a petition by the US for a rehearing of a ruling last year in a case pitting Microsoft against the government over data stored in […]
HADERA, Israel (Reuters) — Several dozens of dusky and sandbar sharks were spotted swarming near the coastline in northern Israel, drawing shark enthusiasts, divers and photographers to flock to the shore. The sharks, which could reach up to three meters (10 feet) in length, were apparently drawn by the warm water discharged from the Hadera power station turbines. Using drones in the air and underwater camera equipment deep in the sea water, shark enthusiasts shared […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse MAIMI, United States (AFP) — In the last days of Barack Obama’s administration, US government scientists warned even more sea level rise is expected by century’s end than previously estimated, due to rapid ice sheet melting at the poles. The report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) set the “extreme” scenario of global average sea level rise by 2100 to 8.2 feet (2.5 meters), up half a […]
Reuters — NASA has brought Pluto into focus for earth dwellers with a stop-motion video of over 100 colour images taken by the agency’s New Horizons spacecraft. The photographs showing the approach to the dwarf planet were released on January 19 and were taken over six weeks in the summer of 2015. The New Horizons spacecraft flew for more than nine years and three billion miles to visit the Pluto system. “The challenge […]
