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Watch: Typhoon Chaba leaves six people dead in South Korea – Reuters

(REUTERS) Typhoon Chaba battered southern parts of South Korea on Wednesday (October 5) with violent winds and heavy rains, leaving at least six people dead, according to media reports, and flooding the country’s main port, industrial cities and major factories. Video posted on social media websites and provided to Reuters showed muddy floodwaters rushing down streets, carrying cars and debris. Overnight, the storm ripped through the southern island of Jeju, where 26 flights were cancelled […]

Gordon won’t file ethics case vs. De Lima over ‘material concealment,’ walkout

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon said he will no longer file an ethics complaint against Senator Leila De Lima. Gordon said this after talking to Senator Sonny Trillanes before the start of the plenary session. Sen. Trillanes did not say what he and Gordon talked about. However, he admits that disagreements really happen when senators are on opposing sides of the issue.

Watch: Powerful typhoon Chaba hits South Korea

Typhoon Chaba hits South Korea, bringing heavy rains that swelled rivers to bursting point, flooding city streets and forcing mass flight cancellations.  The typhoon left six persons dead and at least four missing after triggering flashfloods in the southern coast of the country.

Typhoon Chaba leaves six dead in S. Korea

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea cleaned up Thursday after Typhoon Chaba lashed its southern coast with powerful winds and heavy rains that triggered flash floods and left six people dead and four missing. The violent storm passed over the southern tip of the Korean peninsula on Wednesday, pummelling the port of Busan — the country’s second-largest city — and the industrial city of Ulsan. In Ulsan, a man drowned near his apartment […]

NBA: Reigning champs Cleveland open preseason with win

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers looked every inch the reigning NBA champions Wednesday, opening the preseason with a 117-102 victory over the Orlando Magic. The Cavaliers led by as many as 31 points, even with Kyrie Irving taking a night off, the Cavaliers preferring to rest their star guard for the exhibition after his exertions in helping the United States to Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro. “Playing, […]

Jaybee Sebastian fails to attend House hearing due to delicate health condition

  (Eagle News)– Because of his delicate health condition, convicted kidnapper and high-profile inmate Jaybee Sebastian failed to attend the resumption of hearings at the House of Representatives on Thursday morning (October 6) regarding the illegal drug anomalies at the national penitentiary. At the start of the hearings in Congress, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said that Sebastian was supposed to appear that morning but that the recommendation of the medical doctor attending to him was […]

White House accuses Israel of betraying trust

by Andrew BEATTY Dave Clark WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House accused Israel of a betrayal of trust Wednesday, in an unusually sharp rebuke over its plans to build hundreds of new settlement homes deep in the West Bank. Days after Obama approved a $38 billion Israeli military aid package and attended former president Shimon Peres’s funeral in Jerusalem, the White House railed at the construction of 300 housing units on land “far […]

World Teachers’ Day celebration isinagawa sa Bataan

BALANGA, Bataan (Eagle News) – Ipinagdiwang kahapon, Miyerkules, October 5, 2016 ang World Teachers’ Day Celebration na may temang “Guro: Kabalikat sa Pagbabago”. Isinagawa ito sa Bataan Peoples Center Capitol Compound sa lungsod ng Balanga. Ang nasabing aktibidad ay pinangunahan nina: Schools Division Superintendent Jessie Ferrer Representative 1st District Hon. Jose Enrique Garcia III Representative 2nd District Hon. Geraldine Roman Mr. Nicolas Capulong OIC Schools Division Superintendent. Kasabay na isinagawa rin ang kick-off Ceremony ng first Department of Education Sports […]

Kaso ng dengue sa Nueva Ecija bumaba

NUEVA ECIJA (Eagle News) – Bumaba ng 35.65 % ang kaso ng dengue sa Nueva Ecija ngayong taon, batay ito sa nakalap na datos ng tanggapan ng Provincial Health Office. Mula Enero hanggang Setyembre 10, 2016 ay umabot lamang sa 1,314 ang naitalang kaso ng dengue kumpara sa 5,247 ng parehong saklaw na petsa ng taong 2015. Ang mga lugar na may malaking bilang ng kaso ng dengue ay ang mga bayan ng: Cabanatuan City – […]