ILOCOS NORTE (Eagle News) – Nasa Signal Number 2 ang lalawigan ng Ilocos Norte sa kasalukuyan. Martes ng gabi, October 18 ay inanunsyo na ng Pamahalaan ng Lalawigan na suspendehin na ang klase ng lahat ng antas simula Miyerkules, October 19 upang mapaghandaan ang paparating na Bagyong Lawin. Sa kasalukayan ay makulimlim na ang kalangitan. Ang mga residente naman ay naghahanda na para sa darating na sakuna. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) mas […]
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Mindanao docu-film wins in Busan
DAVAO CITY Oct. 19 – The Mindanaoan documentary film “The Crescent Rising” won the 2016 Busan International Film Festival Mecenat Award last October 15. The documentary helmed by Zamboangeno filmmaker Sheron Dayoc bested other documentary entries from Asia to win the award given to the most exemplary documentary. It is the only Filipino awardee in the 21st staging of the film festival. The Busan International Film Festival is one of the largest and prestigious film […]
CDDRRMO Tabuk naghahanda na sa pagdating ng Super Typhoon Lawin; 13 evacuation center binuksan na
TABUK CITY, Kalinga (Eagle News) – Kaugnay ng paghahanda sa super typhoon Lawin nagbigay na ng listahan ng mga magiging evacuation center ang CDRRMO sa lungsod ng Tabuk. Batay sa inilabas na datos ay 13 na paaralan ng elementary at highschool ang pansamantalang gagamitin upang maging evacuation centers. Nanawagan ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Tabuk City na gawin na ang kaukulang pre-emptive evacuation. Huwag na aniyang hintayin kung kailan kasagsagan ng bagyo ay saka naman mag-e-evacuate. Dagdag […]
Updated: Cagayan and Isabela now under signal no. 5 as “Lawin” turns into a supertyphoon
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Lawin” intensified into a supertyphoon, with gusts of up to 315 kilometers per hour, and maintained its “serious threat” as it moved closer to Cagayan, according to the latest bulletin of PAGASA, the country’s weather bureau. As of 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 19, public storm warning signal number 5 is already up in Cagayan and Isabela which will experience winds of up to 220 kilometers per hour. The eye of […]
Filipinos, meet Anthony Diaz V: Fall for a new kind of screen hero in “Break”
Who would have imagined how far a China-made digital 4MB SD card palm camera could take a young dreamer’s film making dreams? In the case of Filipino-American actor-director- producer Anthony Diaz V, it is quite far indeed. “When I was a kid, my family had movie night every Friday,” Anthony recalls. “After every film, I would ask my parents, ‘What motivated the characters’ actions?” That sort of set Anthony off on an early film education with his father […]
4th European Union-Philippines Energy Meeting held on 7 October 2016
The 4th European Union-Philippines Energy Meeting will be held today (7 October 2016) with the theme “Electricity for a Better Life”. This meeting provides a platform for discussions on how to further move energy goals forward, particularly in maximising renewable energy towards achieving 90% household electrification and how to improve energy efficiency. Last year, the EU has allocated Php 3 billion grant for the Access to Sustainable Energy Programme (ASEP) which supports the Department of […]
Thais get inked in tribute to beloved king
by Ju Apilaporn BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Wincing slightly as the tattoo gun punches holes in the nape of her neck, Ohm says getting inked in memory of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last week, is the greatest tribute she can pay. Tattoo studios across Bangkok are reporting a surge in clients asking for indelible reminders of the beloved king who died last Thursday, aged 88, after a reign spanning seven decades. Most Thais […]
All Aboard: 43rd SSEAYP Delegates Attend Pre-Departure Orientation
The Philippine contingent for the 43rd Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Program (SSEAYP) joined a pre-departure orientation held by the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) of the Embassy of Japan in collaboration with the National Youth Commission (NYC) on October 13, 2016. The pre-departure orientation was officially opened by Minister Hiroyuki Uchida, Head of Chancery of the Embassy of Japan, who congratulated SSEAYP’s continuous and long-running efforts in bringing Japan and Southeast […]
Presence of drug addicts in neighborhood scares Pinoys, PDEA says
QUEZON CITY, Oct. 19 – The presence of drug addicts in the neighborhood instills fear among a vast majority of Filipinos nationwide. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Isidro S. Lapeña said this based on the Second Quarter Social Weather Survey (SWS) conducted from June 24-27, 2016. The survey, used face-to-face interview of 1,200 adult respondents (18 years old and above) throughout the country, 300 each in Metro Manila, Balance Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. “According to the survey, a record-high 82 percent […]
Myanmar ferry disaster toll nears 50
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — The death toll from a ferry disaster on a river in central Myanmar four days ago has risen to nearly 50, officials said Wednesday, with most of the deceased identified as women and at least two dozen others still missing. The overloaded vessel, whose passengers included scores of teachers and university students, went down early Saturday while it was travelling on the Chindwin River in Sagaing region. Some 150 people were […]
Lalawigan ng Aurora naghahanda na sa paparating na Bagyong Lawin
AURORA Province (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng Emergency Meeting ng Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) ng lalawigan ng Aurora. Layunin nito na mapaghandaan ang pagdating ng bagyong Lawin na sinasabing mas malakas kaysa bagyong Karen. Sa kasalukuyan ay hindi pa halos nakakabangon ang lalawigan sa paghagupit ng bagyong Karen at kasalukuyan pa lamang inaalam ang kabuuang napinsala nito sa mga inpastraktura, sa mga pananim, o sa agrikultura at iba pang kabuhayan ng […]
Self-driving cars have eyes in all places — at all times
Autonomous cars have eyes in all places — at all times. Their 360-vision can exceed the relatively limited view of a driver checking his or her mirrors. This is because self-driving cars are fitted with numerous cameras, radars and sensors. At the heart of the system is the car’s stereo camera — found at the front. Its two lenses — placed about 20cm apart — are linked up to an onboard computer. With a driver’s […]
