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QUEZON City, Philippines (September 26) – Everyday we take our sense of hearing for granted. But take a moment, stop, and imagine a world where you cannot hear anything. The world would be a dull place indeed. Especially for the music-lovers out there. But ironically, what we love can also be the cause of harm. Listening to music too loudly, especially while using earphones, can lead to permanent ear damage. Here are some important tips and […]
(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Sunday (September 25) revealed that two more advanced phone signal jammers will be installed next week at the New Bilibid Prison’s (NBP) Building 14, where high-profile inmates are inhibited. According to Aguirre, the signal jammers can block 3G and LTE-type mobile phones. “Ang cost nito ay P2 million each. This is only for Building 14,” he said. Aguirre informed there was no government money involved in the […]
by Sören BILLING COPENHAGEN Denmark (AFP) — A snow-covered former US army base in Greenland — dubbed “a city under ice” — could leak pollutants into the environment as the climate changes, raising difficult questions over who is responsible for a clean-up. In 1959, US army engineers began constructing a futuristic project in northwestern Greenland that might as well have been lifted from a Cold War spy movie. A network of tunnels under the snow contained everything […]
by Angus MACKINNON MILAN, Italy (AFP) — It was coconuts all round as Dolce & Gabbana unveiled a tropically-tinted collection for next spring and summer with a typically joyful show in Milan on Sunday. At a time when all the talk is of the action on the street outside becoming more important than what goes on the catwalk, the Sicilian duo took the logical step of bringing the street inside. As the assembled audience sipped […]
(Eagle News)– Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday (September 26) stressed he will conduct Oplan Tokhang to the celebrities included in the drug list of President Rodrigo Duterte. “Sa mga artista kung ibigay ni Presidente sa akin yung listahan na yun, gusto mo i-Tokhang natin sila? Ito-tokhang natin. Sama kayo?” Dela Rosa told reporters. “Katukin natin sa kani-kaniyang bahay, kani-kaniyang TV station. Surrender na kayo kasi identified kayo […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The world’s largest radio telescope began operating in southwestern China Sunday, a project Beijing says will help humanity search for alien life. The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), nestled between hills in the mountainous region of Guizhou, began working around noon, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Built at a cost of 1.2 billion yuan ($180 million), the telescope dwarfs the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico as the world’s largest […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A massive fire that burned for more than 24 hours aboard a fuel tanker ship loaded with thousands of barrels of oil on board was put out Sunday without having caused spills, a Mexican state-owned oil company said. The 31 crew members of the oil firm Pemex’s Burgos tanker were safely evacuated. The vessel, which burned just off the eastern port city of Veracruz, was carrying more than 160,000 barrels […]
BEIJING (Reuters) — China’s air force said on Sunday it had flown more than 40 bombers and other fighter planes through a strait between Japanese islands on their way to drills in the Western Pacific. Regular long range drills in the Western Pacific and patrols over the East China Sea air defense identification zone were for the Air Force to protect China’s sovereignty and national security, China’s air force spokesman Shen Jinke said, according to […]
(Eagle News)– Malacañang on Sunday (September 25) said it will look into a WikiLeaks report that President Rodrigo Duterte permitted vigilante killings during his tenure as Davao mayor. “We will look into [it] first,” Presidential Communications Secretary Martin M. Andanar said. In a WikiLeaks cable, it pointed out that Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Regional Director Alberto Sipaco confirmed then Mayor Duterte’s knowledge and permission of the slays. “Recounting a conversation he once had with […]
By Nick Carey BEVERLY, Mass. (Reuters) – United Parcel Service Inc said it began testing the use of drones for emergency deliveries of medical supplies this week with a flight in rural Massachusetts, which the company hopes will eventually lead to federal approval of drones as a regular delivery option. The test flight on Thursday was handled by CyPhy, a Danvers, Massachusetts-based drone maker in which UPS, the world’s largest package delivery company, owns a […]
(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Sunday (September 25) assured convicted drug lord Jaybee Sebastian’s presence in the next hearing of House’s justice committee, and may use force if the latter would not conform. “Kung iyong sabi mo to forcibly bring him? ‘Pag ayaw niyang sumunod ay malamang iyon ang gawin sa kanya. Kasi compulsary process iyon eh,” Aguirre said in a radio interview. He cleared up however that the justice committee has […]
Wolrd map locating major cultural sites destroyed by jihadists
