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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) — Peasants in southern Nicaragua, whose lands will be expropriated for a project to build an Atlantic-Pacific canal, fear that President Daniel Ortega’s reelection will have a negative impact on their communities because of their opposition to the venture. https://youtu.be/8Xu134jeuuU
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Kyrie Irving scored 32 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers extended their unbeaten start to the season to 4-0 with a 128-120 victory over the Houston Rockets on Tuesday. Irving’s haul helped quell a spirited Rockets side who were driven on relentlessly by James Harden, who finished with 41 points in a losing effort. Kevin Love added 24 points for the Cavs while talisman LeBron James weighed in with 19 points […]
BOHOL (Eagle News) – Tumaas ang bahagdan ng Central Visayas na ngayon ay nasa 1.76 % ang average sa Annual Population Growth kung ikukumpara sa buong Pilipinas. Ito ay nakuha base sa isinagawang survey sa 2015 Census of Population (POPCEN) na pinangunahan ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Base sa survey, taong 2000 ay mayroon lamang 4.5 milyon ang total average ng population sa buong Visayas ngunit sa kasalukuyan ay umabot na ito sa 6,041,903. Kung […]
MANILA, Nov. 2 — It is a must that employers pay their workers’ 13th month pay not later than December 24, Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said Monday. “All employers are required to pay their rank-and-file employees the 13th month pay, regardless of the nature of their employment, and irrespective of the methods by which their wages are paid, provided they worked for at least one month in a year,” Bello said. Labor laws and their implementing […]
by Michael Mathes with Dave Clark in Washington EAU CLAIRE, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump stormed into traditionally Democratic territory on Tuesday in a last-ditch bid to open up a path to an unlikely White House win, buoyed by a shock new poll showing him edging ahead of Hillary Clinton. If Clinton was rattled by the dramatic tightening in the numbers a week before Election Day, she did not show it, barnstorming through key […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Mixed martial arts superstar Ronda Rousey said Tuesday that next month’s comeback bout against Amanda Nunes will be one of her last-ever fights. The 29-year-old from Los Angeles returns to the octagon on December 30 in Las Vegas as the main event in UFC 207, her first bout since she was pummeled to an upset defeat by Holly Holm in 2015. Confirmation of Rousey’s return after a protracted absence […]
by Sébastien BLANC WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — FBI agents are plumbing hundreds of thousands of emails in search of potentially incriminating evidence against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, in a high-pressure probe seven days before the US presidential election. What will come out of it and when is not known, but the impact of the FBI’s bombshell discovery of a new trove of Clinton emails is already reverberating in the neck-and-neck race for the White […]
(Eagle News)– Two children died while 14 others were hurt in a car accident on Monday (October 31) along the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) Tollway in Malvar, Batangas. Janelle Anne Dalanon (9) and Jaylord Lance Dalanon (12) were declared dead on arrival at the Mary Mediatrix Medical Center in Lipa, Batangas. The 14 others hurt, including a baby and five other minors, were also rushed to the hospital in Lipa. The victims, all kin, were aboard […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (October 31) flew to Jolo, Sulu to visit eight soldiers wounded in action. The soldiers were hurt in recent firefights against Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and were brought to a hospital in Camp Teodulfo Bautista. Duterte gave each of them P100,000 in cash and a Glock pistol. The eight soldiers were also awarded with Wounded Personnel Medal each.
(Eagle News) — The three locales in Edmonton, Canada gathered on October 30, Sunday to celebrate the theme “I am proud to be a member of the Church of Christ” held at the Southpointe Community Centre where Iglesia Ni Cristo members invited guests for them to know more about the Church. Representative Thomas Dang, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, one of the invited guests recognized how the INC helped a lot […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Atlanta Hawks are off to their best start in six NBA seasons after a 106-95 victory over the Sacramento Kings lifted them to 3-0 in the fledgling campaign. It has now been a decade since the Kings won a game in Atlanta, although the Hawks gave them hope when they allowed the visitors to score 37 points in the third quarter. “Coach really challenged us after that,” Kyle Korver […]
CINCINNATI, United States (AFP) – by Jennie MATTHEW Initially caught off guard, Hillary Clinton’s campaign has swung between defiance, counter-attack and painting Donald Trump as a mortal danger since the FBI director revived her email scandal. The decision, announced by James Comey in a letter to lawmakers last Friday, initially dumbfounded Clinton and her allies, throwing what was already America’s ugliest presidential election into spasms of shock. Clinton was at the time on a plane with […]
