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by Stanislaw WASZAK Agence France-Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) – A cold snap gripping Europe has killed more than 30 people in recent days, left thousands of travellers stranded in snow-covered Turkey and brought fresh misery for migrants and the homeless. The double-digit sub-zero temperatures hit Poland particularly hard, with the mercury plummeting below minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit) in some regions. Sunday was the country’s worst 24 hours so far for cold-related deaths. […]
(Eagle News) — In the latest Pulse Asia Survey released on Monday, January 9, Vice President Leni Robredo’s trust rating went down by 7 percent for the last quarter of 2016, dipping to 58 percent from the previous quarter’s 65 percent. The survey fieldwork was conducted from December 6 to 11, 2016 using face-to-face interviews among the 1,200 randomly picked adult respondents, with a ± 3 margin of error at the 95-percent confidence level. […]
(Eagle News) — Cybersecurity legend, John MacAfee has slammed allegations that Moscow was involved in hacking the US presidential election, insisting it was “not the Russians.”
(Eagle News) — The United States congress certified the Electoral College vote that gave republican Donald Trump his victory in the contentious 2016 Presidential Election after a raucous half-hour joint session punctuated by democratic challenges. Trump, whose presidential campaign was his first bid for public office, garnered 304 electoral votes, compared with 227 won by his democratic challenger, Hillary Clinton, according to the vote tallied read by Vice President Joe Biden. The electoral votes were […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate leadership denied that there were pork barrel insertions in the 2017 budget. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel made the denial after Senator Panfilo Lacson stated that the 2017 budget included hundreds of millions of pesos set aside for projects of senators. Pimentel insisted that senators identifying projects before the approval of the national budget was not against the Constitution. Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations Rep. Karlo […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited the Russian Warship Admiral Tributs, one of two currently docked in Manila. The move is another sign of warming relations between the two countries. He personally welcomed the Russian Naval Officers as friends, saying that Manila is open to them if they need anything such as the replenishment of their supplies.
(Eagle News) — Russian marines showed off their martial arts, shattering glass bottles with their heads and smashing burning wooden planks against each other as part of their goodwill visit to the country.
(Eagle News) — First lady Michelle Obama gave her final White House speech saying “being your first lady has been the greatest honor. During a ceremony honoring the Counselor of the Year, an emotional Obama focused her remarks on empowering young people to reach their potential. https://youtu.be/J6f97y8Mok8
(Eagle News) — The FBI has taken the lead on the investigation into the Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting and is now working to identify the victims. https://youtu.be/4VZ2S5IqjeI
(Eagle News) — Naitala ang 11.5 degree Celsius na antas ng temperatura ngayon sa Baguio City. Ayon sa PAGASA, asahan na mas lalamig pa ang panahon kapag umabot sa peak ang amihan pagsapit ng huling linggo ng Enero at unang linggo ng Pebrero Ramdam rin ang malamig na panahon sa Metro Manila na umabot sa 19 degree Celsius. https://youtu.be/zTSu-hiLAJ4
(Eagle News) — Idineklara na ni Vice Mayor Alfonso Casurra Vice Chairman ng City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council ang Alert Level 3 sa Surigao City. Ito ay dahil sa walang tigil na pag-ulan kung saan naitala ang 34.2 millimeter kada oras na buhos ng ulan. Dahil rito, suspendido na ang klase sa lahat ng antas sa buong lungsod. Nagpapatupad na rin ng force evacuation para sa mga lugar na prone sa pagbaha at […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang is going to investigate online reports regarding the alleged ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte called “LeniLeaks,” according to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. Andanar said that National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., already ordered the investigation of the sources of the information. The “LeniLeaks” is a leaked email between Filipino-American philanthropist Loida Nicolas-Lewis and her sister Imelda Nicolas, former chairperson of the Commission on Filipino Overseas on […]
