A special breeding program at Way Kambas National Park, in the Indonesian jungle, is trying to save the Sumatran rhino from disappearing forever. There are no more than 100 left on the entire planet. https://youtu.be/ynDm_etT6yY
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Russian ambassador visits INC Executive Minister, seeks more “people to people contact”
(Eagle News) — The ambassador of the Russian Federation, His Excellency Igor Anatolyevich Khovaev, visited the Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Office on Tuesday morning (December 20) where he made a courtesy call to INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. The Russian ambassador said that Russia is very much open to Filipinos as he pushed for a more cordial and friendly relations between Russia and the Philippines. “We need to explore all possible opportunities […]
Evacuees from a rebel-held area of Aleppo arrive at insurgent-held al-Rashideen
Liverpool’s Sadio Mane celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates
Britain Football Soccer – Everton v Liverpool – Premier League – Goodison Park – 19/12/16 Liverpool’s Sadio Mane celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates.
Poyang Lake sees peak arrival of migratory birds
(Reuters) — Poyang Lake located in Duchang County in east China’s Jiangxi Province, has seen its peak arrival of about 600,000 migratory birds. Poyang Lake, China’s largest freshwater lake, welcomes nearly 600,000 migratory birds every year. Li Yue, director of the Administration Department of Duchang County Migratory Birds Natural Reserve Area, said among all the birds, cygnets are the main species which contributes to 50,000 of the total number in the past five years. “Duchang […]
Miss Universe tickets now out, prices range from P2,000 to P50,000
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Miss Universe Organization promised that the Php 50, 000 price tag for VIP tickets for the 2017 Miss Universe is worth it, adding that the upcoming Miss Universe coronation night is one-of-a-kind. The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced that the VIP tickets will cost P50, 000. For Lower Box A, tickets will cost P25,800; P23, 800 for Lower Box B tickets; P4, 800 for Upper Box tickets; and […]
Overall crime rate in the Philippines goes down
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported that the overall crime rate in the country went down during the first five months of the Duterte administration while admitting that the murder rate went up in the same period. The PNP also said that compared to the 81, 000 criminal cases recorded last year, this year only recorded 55, 000. But the murder rate went up by 51% compared to the […]
Senator Recto appeals to President Duterte to give clemency to old prisoners
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to give presidential clemency to elderly and sick prisoners this holiday season. According to Senator Recto, the tradition of freeing prisoners during the holiday season should be kept and that if the administration had set political prisoners free, it should also set free ordinary prisoners.
Swedish skier Holmlund in coma after training crash
ARE, Sweden (Reuters) — Olympic ski cross bronze medallist Anna Holmlund of Sweden was put in a medically-induced coma after sustaining a head injury in a training accident in Italy, Scandinavian media reported on Monday (December 19). According to the Expressen newspaper, the 29-year-old crashed while training in Bolzano ahead of Tuesday’s FIS World Cup competition in Innichen in northern Italy. “It has been established she has some small bleeding on the brain and she […]
President Duterte names 3 more officials involved in illegal drug trade
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — In his speech at the recently-held 2016 Presidential Awards for Filipino Individuals and Organizations Overseas, President Rodrigo Duterte named three more officials who are allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade. They are former Congressman Vicente Belmonte, former Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Cruz and another Mayor named Willy Lim.
NBI holds AMLC documents, De Lima bank accounts as probe on illegal drugs intensifies
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is now holding crucial documents from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), including the bank statements of Senator Leila De Lima, as it intensified its investigation of the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. According to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, the NBI now has the statement of accounts of those who are suspected of being involved in the alleged NBP illegal […]
Senator Leila De Lima answers OSG, VACC and called them “crazy”
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Leila De Lima called the coalition formed by the Office of the Solicitor-General, the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and others against illegal drugs as “crazy”. She said that the declaration that she is “public enemy No. 1” as an attempt to clear the name of President Rodrigo Duterte. “I’d rather not dignify such yet another of lunacy on the part of those evil forces. They’re as unhinged […]
