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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia on Monday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The undersea quake hit about 190 kilometres (120 miles) northeast of Maumere, a holiday destination in Flores, at 09:13 am (0113 GMT), at a depth of 522 kilometres, said the US Geological Survey. Indonesia’s disaster agency said officials were […]
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Maayos na ang pagbubuntis ni Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, ito mismo ang kaniyang ipinahayag sa isang interview. Ayon sa alkalde, umiinom siya ng mga gamot para sa komplikasyon ng kaniyang pagbubuntis. Matatandaan na matapos ang Roxas night market bombing noong Setyembre sa Davao, ipinahayag ni Mayor Sara na namatay ang dalawa sa tatlong bata na ipinagbubuntis niya. Pinayuhan din siya ng kaniyang mga doktor na magpahinga muna. Ilang araw lamang […]
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Nakipagkita si “Miss Continentes Unidos” – Filipina Winner Jeslyn Santos kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Matina Enclaves, Davao City noong Sabado, December 3. Si Santos ang kauna-unahan at nag-iisang Asian na nagwagi sa Miss Asia Pacific International 2016 na ginanap sa Equador nitong September 2016. Kasama din ni Santos ang ilan pang nagwagi sa nasabing patimpalak. Naroon din si Governor Chavit Singson bilang sponsor at chief financier sa nalalapit na Miss Universe Pageant sa […]
GEN. NAKAR, Quezon (Eagle News) – Pagmamahal sa mga nakatatanda at pagtanaw ng utang naloob ang damdaming nag-uudyok sa mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa pagsagawa ng “Senior Citizens Appreciation Day” kamakailan. Isinagawa nila ito sa Bayan ng Gen. Nakar, Quezon sa pangunguna ni Bro. Isaias Hipolito ang District Supervising Minister ng Quezon North. Sa nasabing aktibidad ay makikita ang kasiyahan ng mga senior citizen. Tuwang tuwa sila sa mga programa na inihandog sa kanila, tulad ng; Libreng […]
by Nick OTTO OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — The death toll from a fire at a California warehouse where a rave party was taking place rose to 33 on Sunday, with the authorities saying they had no idea how many more bodies they may find. “When we started this investigation, if you would have told us we would have 33 victims, we wouldn’t have believed you,” Sergeant Ray Kelly of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department […]
by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama attended his last Kennedy Center Honors gala Sunday, making some of his final goodbyes to celebrated artists before leaving office next month. Ahead of the ceremony, Obama hosted a reception in the White House East Room for this year’s award recipients: actor Al Pacino, The Eagles rockers, singer James Taylor, gospel singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples and Argentine pianist Martha Argerich. “The Kennedy […]
Eagle News) – Ronnie Dayan, the controversial driver-bodyguard of Senator Leila De Lima, said that it was De Lima’s idea to raise and source funds for her then senatorial campaign and that she was the one who instructed him to get money from Kerwin Espinosa. In the senate inquiry on Monday, December 5, all the witnesses connected to the illegal drug operations and the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Roland Espinosa faced each other, […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Popular New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced his shock resignation Monday, saying it was the right time to go after eight years in the job. “This is the hardest decision I’ve ever made and I don’t know what I’ll do next,” he told a news conference, adding that he had never seen himself as a career politician. “Being leader of both the party and the country has been an […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Donald Trump fired a Twitter broadside at China on Sunday, accusing the Asian giant of currency manipulation and military expansionism in the South China Sea. The taunt came two days after Trump risked offending Beijing by accepting a call from the Taiwanese president, and heralded the prospect of a trade battle between the world’s largest economies. China was a frequent target of Trump’s during his presidential campaign and, […]
WASHINGTON,United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday accused right-wing Israelis of deliberately thwarting efforts to broker a peace deal with the Palestinians. In unusually stark terms, Washington’s top diplomat warned that Israeli settlement building was undermining any hope of an agreement to allow two states to live side-by-side. At the Saban Forum, an annual gathering of senior Israeli and US policymakers, Kerry said some members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced early Monday that he would be stepping down after losing a referendum on constitutional reform. “My experience of government finishes here,” Renzi told a press conference after the No campaign won what he described as an “extraordinarily clear” victory in the referendum on which he had staked his future. Interior Ministry projections suggested the No camp, led by the populist Five Star Movement, had […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Golden State star Draymond Green was still steamed this weekend over the flagrant foul he received when his flailing leg found the head of Houston’s James Harden in the Warriors’ NBA loss to the Rockets on Thursday. It’s nothing new for Green to be penalized for kicks that strike an opponent. On Thursday — when a double-overtime loss to the Rockets ended the Warriors’ 12-game winning streak — officials […]
