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NEW YORK,United States (Reuters) – Three new subway stations along Manhattan’s Second Avenue will finally open on New Year’s Day, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday (December 22), 10 years after construction started and decades after the seemingly interminable project was first proposed. “There’s much talk about the deadline and the deadline is January 1, and we are committed to that deadline and the train is going to run if we have to […]
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 23 (PIA) — The Quezon City government is looking to tap renewable energy sources and green transport initiatives to help mitigate the ill-effects of air pollution to public health and safety. The QC government has partnered with Meralco Energy Inc. (MSERV) for the launch of the city’s e-vehicle program designed to help lessen the city’s transport sector’s dependence on the use of fossil fuel. To highlight the program launch, Mayor Herbert Bautista […]
(REUTERS) – Reigning French soccer champions Paris St Germain have agreed to sign Germany international Julian Draxler, sports newspaper L’Equipe and RMC Sport reported on Thursday (December 22). L’Equipe reported that the deal for the 23-year-old Wolfsburg midfielder was worth 36 million euros and would be PSG’s first major signing in the winter transfer window, which opens on Jan. 1. Officials at Qatari-owned PSG could not be immediately reached for comment. Draxler’s signing will help […]
ILOILO CITY, Philippines Dec.23 (PIA) —There should be a shift in the role of the carabao, from a work type-animal into a dairy enterprise animal, as this potential keeps growing in the Western Visayas. In a press release from the Department of Agriculture-6, Information Officer James Ogatis said the population of Italian Dairy Buffalo from the original 26 heads in 2014, to 45 heads this year reflects a positive growth of opportunities. Arn Granada, officer-in-charge […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte called the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein “stupid and “a little bit crazy” for tagging him as a “murderer” and for dictating on the Philippine government on what it should do on its own affairs. Mr. Duterte said it was not proper for a UN official to dictate on a sovereign country what it should do. He said Al Hussein cannot just […]
Reuters — A teaser trailer for one of the most hotly anticipated British films in recent years, T2 Trainspotting, has been released. The movie will see the original cast including Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle reprise the roles they played in the 1996 darkly comic movie Trainspotting, which was based on Irvine Welsh’s novel. T2 Trainspotting will be released in the UK on January 27 and in the United States in March.
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German authorities have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning an attack on one of the country’s biggest shopping centers, in the western city of Oberhausen, police said Friday. The two men, aged 28 and 31, are originally from Kosovo, police said, four days after a jihadist drove a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin killing 12 people. Investigators were trying to establish what stage of preparation the plot was […]
by Stephanie Griffith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — More than just a trusted adviser, Kellyanne Conway earned the nickname “Trump Whisperer” on the US presidential campaign trail for an uncanny ability to soothe and soften the brash real estate magnate. Conway on Thursday was rewarded for her gifts — and her political acumen as driver of Donald Trump’s successful campaign strategy — with an influential White House post as counselor to the […]
by Alexandre Marchand Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Many precious stones have a blood-soaked history, but a new book reveals the world’s most famous diamond the Koh-i-Noor surpasses them all, with a litany of horrors that rivals “Game of Thrones”. The Koh-i-Noor (“Mountain of Light”), now part of the British Crown Jewels, has witnessed the birth and the fall of empires across the Indian subcontinent, and remains the subject of a bitter ownership […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipinahayag ni Budget Secretary, Benjamin Diokno na nakalaan ang 2017 budget para sa pagkuha ng mga karagdagang guro at sa pagpapatayo ng mga paaralan sa bansa. Anim na raang libong (600,000) guro pa ang kailangan para sa mga pampublikong eskwelahan at halos apat na pu’t walong libong (48,000) paaralan ang nakatakdang ipatayo sa 2017. Nakalaan rin ang bahagi ng pondo para sa iba pang mga pangangailangan sa edukasyon partikular na ang […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) –Mag-aalok ng libreng sakay ang LRT 1 para sa mga Senior Citizens at Persons With Disabilities (PWD) tuwing week-ends at holidays hanggang Enero 8,2017. Ayon sa Customer Relations ng LRT, libre rin ang dalawang (2) kamag-anak na kasama ng senior citizens at PWDs, subalit dapat ay mga beep card holders. Gayunman ay maaari pa ring makasakay ng libre ang mga walang beep cards basta mag-apply lang sa teller’s booth at magpakita […]
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) — One of the survivors of the Chapecoense plane crash returned to the soccer pitch for the first time since the deadly accident to give the ceremonial opening kick at a charity match in Porto Alegre on Wednesday (December 21). Alan Ruschel stepped onto the field to ruckus applause as he waved to the cheering crowds in the stands. Ruschel, 27, was one of only six survivors on the plane, which […]
