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ATLANTIC (AFP) — As a boy, Ben Hooper wanted to join the British explorers he revered for surmounting the impossible, and now as he prepares to swim across the Atlantic, he hopes to equal their daring feats — and survive. https://youtu.be/ovcc7hwgoCk
Caesar Vallejos Eagle News Service correspondent Persecution to pride. That summed up the journey of some Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) members who experienced from being laughed at, discriminated and sometimes barred from their exercise of their religious freedom to receiving accolades for the parade of victories that the Church of Christ has manifested being God’s chosen nation. Now a global church, INC has spread to 130 countries and territories around the world, and the […]
EGYPT (AFP) — A year after jihadists bombed a Russian plane carrying holidaymakers in Egypt, tourism shows little sign of recovery in the Arab country grappling with an economic crisis. https://youtu.be/sUrSYM2-y5Y
CANADA (AFP) –Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Union leaders finally sign a landmark trade deal seven years in the making, after it was nearly being torpedoed by a small region of Belgium. https://youtu.be/Kxa1WWKW8ws
MANILA, Philippines | AFP | — Five Filipino fishermen released after being held hostage by Somali pirates for nearly five years broke down as they were reunited with their families Friday, recounting beatings and abuse. The seafarers, among 26 hostages freed from the crew of Naham 3 seized south of the Seychelles in March 2012, alternated between tears and laughter as they embraced their loved ones on arrival back in Manila. “I am so […]
PASIG CITY, Oct. 31 — Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones on Wednesday urged the media to step up its role as partners of the education sector for change. During DepEd’s press conference with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Briones encouraged the members of media to participate in and beyond the Education Summit 2016 on November 3 and 4. In recognition of the media’s responsibility and capacity to influence […]
by Jennie Matthew FORT LAUDERDALE, United States | AFP | — The race for the White House narrowed noticeably on Sunday as Hillary Clinton sought to shake off a renewed FBI probe of her emails and Donald Trump blitzed western states nine days ahead of the vote. An ABC News/Washington Post poll put the Democratic presidential candidate just one point ahead of her Republican challenger Donald Trump at 46-45 percent in a four-way race. […]
Featuring the world’s largest indoor arena, the Philippine Arena. The Philippine Arena was inaugurated on July 21, 2014 and can be found in the Ciudad de Victoria, Bulacan. (Eagle News MRFaithB)
Italy’s most powerful earthquake in 36 years struck a new blow to the country’s heart, with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi reiterating a government pledge to rebuild every damaged house and ensuring that remote, quake-hit communities are not abandoned. (video courtesy AFPTV)
by Franck Ioevene and Angus MacKinnon in Rome NORCIA, Italy | AFP | — Italy’s most powerful earthquake in 36 years stuck the country’s mountainous centre Sunday, panicking shell-shocked residents for the third time in two months and flattening a world famous 600-year-old basilica. Remarkably, there were no reports of anyone dying as a result of the 6.6 magnitude quake but more than 3,000 people were left temporarily homeless, the national civil protection agency […]
(Reuters) — Twenty-six people were killed and dozens more injured after two days of heavy flooding hit several Egyptian cities on Friday and Saturday (October 28-29), Egypt’s health ministry said. The rain hit in the early hours of Friday (October 28) morning sweeping away cars and destroying houses. Seven people were killed in the Red Sea city of Ras Ghareb, health officials added. Authorities said two main roads in the city were closed due […]
(Eagle News) – “Walang Take Two” (No Second Take), the independent film entry of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ), won the much coveted “Jury Award,” as well as the “Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Language Film” plum, at the Berlin International Filmmakers’ Festival. This was the latest in a string of awards received by the first independent full-length film produced by the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s INCinema productions. On October 20, just over […]
