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by Jocelyne ZABLIT LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Next time you order halibut, red snapper or yellowfin tuna at a sushi restaurant in the Los Angeles area, you may want to ask for proof of what’s on your plate. According to a four-year study published on Wednesday by researchers at the University of California Los Angeles and Loyola Marymount University, nearly half of the fish served at more than two dozen highly-rated sushi restaurants […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagsagawa ng maritime exercise sa Manila Bay noong Enero 10 ang Philippine Coast Guard at Indian Coastguard. Sa nasabing pagsasanay, dalawang barko ng PCG at Indian Coast Guard ang nagsanib pwersa para rumesponde sa kunwari’y nasusunog na barko. Water cannon ang ginamit ng dalawang bansa para maapula ang apoy. Gumamit din ang PCG ng oil spill boom sa paligid ng barko upang mapigilan ang oil spill. Bukod dito, nagsagawa rin ng […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Dapat raw maging babala na kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang resulta ng mga survey kung saan mayorya sa mga Pilipino ang tutol sa Martial Law. Ayon kay Senador Bam Aquino, tiyak na maraming Pilipino ang aalma sa Pangulo kapag muling binuhay ang Martial Law. Aniya, sana ay pakinggan ng Malacanang ang publiko at tuluyan nang isara ang usapan sa posibilidad ng batas militar. “It’s a complete rejection for this type of […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News)– Mayorya sa mga Pilipino ang nagsabi na hindi kailangang ipatupad ang Martial Law para maresolba ang mga problema na kinakaharap ngayon ng bansa. Ito ang lumabas sa survey na isinagawa ng Pulse Asia mula noong Disyembre 6 hanggang 11 ng nakaraang taon. Ayon sa survey, 74 % ng 1,200 respondents ang nagsabi na tutol sila sa nasabing usapin. Nakasaad rin na 12 % lamang umano ang sang-ayon na ipatupad ang Martial Law, habang […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (January 12) – For me the most memorable line in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is spoken by the lead character Simon after he and Team Dai-Gurren escaped the multi-dimensional labyrinth: ” We don’t care about time, space and multi-dimensional whatevers…” This set the tone for one really epic anime series. Which kind of makes me sad that it is not as well known here in the Philippines. Created in 2007 by Studio […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — American children’s television network Nickelodeon will not be allowed to build an underwater theme park on one of the nation’s most pristine islands, the Philippine environment secretary said Wednesday. Nickelodeon’s parent firm announced Monday it would build a “themed attraction” inspired by its cartoon characters such as Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob SquarePants as part of a 400-hectare (1,000-acre) development on Palawan , generating alarm from environmentalists. Environment Secretary Gina Lopez […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 12 – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to participate in the launch of convergence programs to combat child labor today, January 12, in Quezon City. The launch is dubbed “Makiisa #1MBatangMalaya: One with Children in ending child labor”. The aim is to raise public awareness on the problem of child labor and to encourage action against. DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo said that to end child labor, comprehensive actions must […]
MANILA. Philippines (AFP) — WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao is still in talks with his American promoter on whether to fight Australian Jeff Horn, a spokesman for the Filipino fighter-turned-senator said Wednesday. Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum has been widely quoted in international media as saying that the Filipino dubbed “Pac-Man” will get into the ring with 28-year-old Horn on April 22. But Pacquiao’s spokesman told AFP the match still has to be confirmed. “We […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather said Wednesday he was “interested” in a fight with Conor McGregor and had already offered the mixed martial arts star $15 million to climb into the ring with him. Mayweather, who retired in 2015 with a perfect 49-0 record, told ESPN’s First Take program that a McGregor bout was the only thing that could tempt him to end his exile from the ring. The […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to forge ahead with plans for a wall on the southern US border after taking office, and said Mexico would reimburse the United States for the cost. “I could wait about a year and a half until we finish our negotiations with Mexico, which we’ll start immediately after we get to office, but I don’t want to wait,” Trump told a news conference. “We’re going […]
QUEZON CITY, Jan. 12 – The Philippines ushers in the New Year with programs to intensify its fight against child labor. “Makiisa para sa 1 milyong batang Malaya” (One with the children to end child labor) today featured the launch of three major initiatives against child labour. These initiatives include a first comprehensive project on child labor with set up of help desks, a new project on child labor in gold mining, and a new […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Baboons make sounds that are similar to the vowels a,e,i,o and u, researchers said Wednesday, suggesting that some monkeys have had the physical capacity for language for millions of years. The findings in the journal PLOS ONE add a new dimension to the long-running debate over how language began and evolved, by showing that baboons possess a tongue and larynx that allow them to make a series of vowel-like sounds. “This […]
