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NORTH CAROLINA, Unite States (Reuters) — Residents in Washington, North Carolina woke up on Wednesday (December 7) to find a black bear cub hanging out in a tree near their apartment building, NBC reported. Local media said it was not unusual to see black bears in trees in the area and that they eventually come down at night time and leave, but animal control officers remained in the neighborhood to ensure the residents and the […]
by Sophie LAUBIE with Jo BIDDLE in The Hague Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The first wave of virtual reality cinemas, heralding what their creators claim will be an entertainment revolution, rolls out across the world this month. The first screening room in France opened Wednesday and several others are promised for Beijing, Shanghai and Los Angeles in the next few weeks. Like the early days of cinema, virtual reality — or VR — […]
(Eagle News) — Three of the familiar faces of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s NET 25 have won media awards recently. The first was Actress Gladys Reyes, host of NET 25’s “Moments.” Reyes won as “Best Female Host” in the recent Aliw Awards held on November 30. The next are two of NET 25’s news and current affairs anchors who bagged two of the prestigious Gawad Pilipino Media People’s Choice Awards. They are Ellaine Fuentes, host of […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Maaari raw maalis sa posisyon si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte dahil sa pagtatanggol niya sa mga pulis na sangkot sa pagpatay kay Mayor Rolando Espinosa at sa kaniyang kapwa inmate. Ayon kay Sen. Leila De Lima, maari aniyang ma- impeach ang pangulo dahil sa “betrayal of public trust.” Responsibilidad aniya ni Duterte bilang Chief Executive na ipatupad ang batas at bahagi aniya nito ang pagpapanagot sa mga mga maysala. Naniniwala rin […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (PIA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its Field Office XII continues to assist families affected by military operations against the Maute group in Butig , Lanao del Sur. Social workers from the Field Office are still detailed in the area for relief distribution. As of Wednesday, some 1,203 family food packs have been distributed to evacuees who sought temporary shelter in neighboring barangays and evacuation centers, broken down as […]
ACEH PROVINCE, Indonesia (Reuters) — Intensive efforts to search for possible survivors continued in Indonesia on Thursday (December 8), after a deadly quake in Aceh the previous day. The magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck on early hours of Wednesday (December 7) and killed at least 102 people, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. Pidie Jaya regency, located on the east coast of Aceh province in northern Indonesia, was the worst hit area. Search teams formed […]
REUTERS – Actor Brad Pitt’s request to seal court documents in his high-profile custody and divorce proceedings involving actress Angelina Jolie was rejected by a Los Angeles judge on Wednesday (December 7). Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Burdge Jr. rejected Pitt’s motion at an emergency hearing, a court spokeswoman said. Pitt and Jolie did not attend. While Burdge ruled against sealing the entire case, he said requests to seal specific documents would be considered, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magtataas ang singil sa kuryente ng Meralco ngayong buwan ng Disyembre. Sa komputasyon ng meralco, aabot sa 10 centavos kada kilowatt hour ang itataas sa bayarin ng kuryente. https://youtu.be/Pu6KYjYbEqU
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isang mamahaling Rolex watch ang isinauli ni Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol. Ayon sa kalihim, natanggap nito ang nasabing regalo mula sa isang mataas na opisyal ng isang malaking Agriculture Company.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinuri ni Senadora Cynthia Villar ang plano ng Commission on Higher Education (CHED) na magkaroon ng tatlong taong (year) degree program para sa agrikultura at hikayatin ang mga anak ng magsasaka sa pagtatanim. Nagsagawa na rin ng kumperensya ang Ched para himukin ang mga paaralan na lumikha ng extension projects para maging malapit ang mga guro at scientists sa mga komunidad. Ayon kay Villar, sa ngayon ang mga magsasaka ay […]
LONG BEACH, California (Reuters) — JetPack Aviation took to the skies above the port of Long Beach, California to demonstrate their latest portable, turbine-powered backpack. According to the Los Angeles area company, the JB-10 is the smallest and lightest jetpack ever created. It can fly for around 10 minutes at altitudes over 6,500 feet (1981 meters) and speeds greater than 65 mph (104 kph). Those figures were unimaginable even ten years ago, the company’s CEO […]
NEWCASTLE, England (Reuters) — What do you get if you put an architect, civil engineer, computer scientist, and microbiologist into a room? A future building that grows its own foundations. This might sound like a less than funny joke. In fact, it’s the result of a unique project launched by researchers at the universities of Newcastle and Northumbria, in England, to create a new generation of building materials that are partly living and able to […]
