Taiwan’s domestic appetite for pure honey is voracious and outstrips supply, which keeps prices high, but beekeepers say it is hard to fully capitalise on the demand as climate change and disease hamper expansion. https://youtu.be/qQBnuXD39Ts
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Chicago baseball fans celebrate historic Cubs win
CHICAGO, USA (AFP) — For the first time since 1945, the Chicago Cubs have made it to the World Series, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-0 in the National League Championship Series. The streets around the baseball team’s Wrigley Field were quickly filled with cheering fans. https://youtu.be/tpLwEMKuFp4
All Blacks set rugby world record with 18th straight win
NEW ZEALAND (AFP) –The All Blacks set a world record for top tier sides after beating Australia — but the Wallabies brand New Zealand ‘disrespectful’ after a depiction of their coach as a clown in a national newspaper. https://youtu.be/mLNPlTqMmhA
NBA: LeBron’s Cavs, Durant-led Warriors favored as season begins
by Jim SLATER CLEVELAND , United States (AFP) — LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers will celebrate their city’s first sports crown in 52 years on Tuesday, raising their championship banner as the 2016-17 NBA campaign opens. The Golden State Warriors, meanwhile, will welcome superstar forward Kevin Durant to the fold as they set out to avenge their loss to Cleveland in last June’s NBA Finals after coming one game shy of back-to-back titles. The […]
Iglesia Ni Cristo nagsagawa ng lingap sa Isabela
ROXAS, Isabela (Eagle News) – Matagumpay na naisagawa ng mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang Lingap sa Mamamayan sa Roxas, Isabela nitong Sabado, October 22. Nagsimula ang nasabing aktibidad bandang 7:00 ng umaga sa pangunguna ni Bro. Daniel M. Castro, District Minister ng Isabela West. Dinagsa ng mga miyembro ng INC maging ang hindi pa kaanib nito ang nasabing Lingap sa Mamamayan na handog ng Felix Y. Manalo foundation. Labis na nagpapasalamat ang mga INC members sa […]
Taiwan beekeepers battle to cash in on pure honey buzz
TAIWAN (AFP) — Taiwan’s domestic appetite for pure honey is voracious and outstrips supply, which keeps prices high, but beekeepers say it is hard to fully capitalise on the demand as climate change and disease hamper expansion. https://youtu.be/_Li0p7RbPi0
INCinema’s “Walang Take Two” wins “Best Ensemble Acting” at Int’l Filmfest Manhattan
(Eagle News) — The Philippine independent film “Walang Take Two” (No Second Take) of the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s INCinema productions has bagged the award for “Best Ensemble Acting” at the International Film Festival Manhattan 2016. The awarding happened after the opening night screening of the film at the Philippine consulate in New York on October 20. The IFF Manhattan recognized the great acting of the whole cast of this multi-awarded Philippine independent […]
Venezuelan assembly declares ‘coup’ by Maduro govt
by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s opposition-majority legislature declared Sunday that President Nicolas Maduro’s government had committed a coup d’etat by blocking a referendum on removing him from power, vowing mass protests and international pressure. Furious over the electoral authorities’ decision to suspend the process of organizing a recall vote, opposition lawmakers passed a resolution declaring “the breakdown of constitutional order” and “a coup d’etat committed by the Nicolas Maduro regime.” The […]
French foreign minister calls for end to Aleppo ‘massacre’
NIZIP, Turkey (AFP) –France’s foreign minister urged the international community to “do everything” to end the “massacre” in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday after fighting resumed following a 72-hour truce declared by Damascus ally Russia. Speaking in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said: “We’re 150 km (93 miles) — perhaps no further — from Aleppo. And right now bombing, artillery continue to destroy this city and massacre the population.” […]
Hoax pa more!
QUEZON City, Philippines (October 24) – Many Facebook privacy hoaxes have circulated the internet for the past few years and this “new” hoax ain’t nothing really new. Yet, people still believe these messages. The message was: Many netizens believed this message and reposted it on their wall, thus resulting into more circulation for the hoax and creating a near endless cycle of self-propagation. The same Facebook privacy hoax has been around since November 2012. Facebook already addressed […]
End of the drought
QUEZON City, Philippines (October 24) – It is the end of the drought. The Barangay Ginebra are once again the kings of Philippine basketball after eight long years – defeating Meralco after six games. It wasn’t easy for the Kings, the Bolts proved to be a worthy opponent against the most popular team in the PBA. Meralco lead the series 2-1 before losing the next three. All of those games were close, neither of the team showed […]
Pentagon chief urges ‘isolation operation’ for IS-held Raqa
ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) — US defence chief Ashton Carter said Sunday that an operation to isolate the Islamic State group in Syria’s Raqa should begin in conjunction with the assault on the jihadists’ Iraqi bastion Mosul. “We want to see an isolation operation begin around Raqa as soon as possible,” Carter said during a visit to Iraq’s autonomous region of Kurdistan to review an ongoing offensive to retake Mosul from IS. “We are working with […]
