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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea is experiencing a “major and complex disaster” the Red Cross has warned, after floods killed scores of people and left tens of thousands in need of urgent help. Rescue workers are struggling to reach stricken communities in the country’s far north, where thousands have been left homeless, and the risk of disease is looming. “From what we saw, it is clear that this is a very major and […]
NICARAGUA, Managua (AFP) — Thousands of red-eyed frogs (Agalychnis callidryas), an endangered species from the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and Colombia, finds protection from the effects of climate change in the Nicaraguan Montibelli reserve, in the southern mountains of Managua. https://youtu.be/1uhWZ7kU7Rg
Sand is all around us but supplies are fast running out. It is the chief ingredient in cement and the hidden hand behind the explosion of cities worldwide. China is its top consumer — devouring more than 60 percent of the global output and using more sand in four years than the United States did in the entire 20th century.
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (September 12) revealed that he skipped the meeting between Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with the United States (US) on purpose last Thursday (September 8). “I purposely did not attend the bilateral meeting between the ASEAN and the US. Talagang ini-skip ko iyan. The reason is not that I am anti-West. It is simply a matter of principle,” Duterte admitted in his speech. Last week, Palace officials […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Western Mindanao Command (WMC) is now conducting intelligence operations to determine whether the three Malaysian fishermen, earlier snatched off Sempurnah, Sabah, were taken to Tawi-Tawi by still unidentified armed men. This was disclosed by WMC Spokesperson Major Filemon Tan in an interview Monday, September 12. Focus of the intelligence operations is to identify the whereabouts of the victims and to intercept plus rescue them immediately. However, tan is not […]
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (AFP) — Two huge US strategic bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday in a show of force against North Korea following Pyongyang’s fifth and largest-ever nuclear test. The supersonic B-1B Lancers reached airspace over the US Osan Air Base at Pyeongtaek, 64 kilometres (40 miles) south of Seoul, at around 10:00 am (0100 GMT). Each aircraft, which had flown from the US Pacific Command’s Andersen Airforce base at Guam, was escorted by US […]
BALIUAG, Bulacan (Eagle News) – Nabali ang binti at nagtamo ng mga sugat sa katawan si Police Senior Inspector Jericho Redon ng San Rafael, Bulacan nang banggain ng isang motorsiklo. Ayon sa mga pulis, pinahihinto ng biktimang pulis ang dalawang magkasunod na motorsiklo dahil walang suot na helmet ang mga sakay nito. Subalit binalewala lamang ng driver ang pulis ng naunang motor at dumiretso lamang ito. Ang driver ng ikalawang m0tor ay sinadyang aniyang banggain […]
PAMPANGA (Eagle News) – Pinabulaanan ng pangasiwaan ng isang Mall sa Pampanga ang kumakalat sa Social Media na di umano ay may naganap na pagsabog sa loob ng naturang establisyimento noong Lunes, September 12, 2016. Niliwanag ng Mall Management na nahulog lang ang pressurized CO2 tank ng softdrinks ng Jollibee sa main building kaya may naganap na pagsalitsit ng naturang tanke. Subalit agad namang inagapan ng SM Engineering Team kaya naisaayos agad ang naturang CO2 […]
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Patuloy pa rin ang ipinatutupad na mahigpit na seguridad ng PNP Davao dahil sa nangyaring pambobomba sa Roxas Night Market. Bukod sa kabi-kabilang checkpoints, inaabisuhan ng mga awtoridad ang taong bayan na maging mapagmatyag at tumulong sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay impormasyon laban sa masasamang elemento. Sinabi ng PNP na maaaring isumbong o idulog sa pinakamalapit na Police Station ang anumang kahina-hinalang tao o gamit. Maaari ring tumawag sa […]
MANILA, Sept. 13 (PIA) -– President Duterte has not given the so-called “green light” to the execution of Mary Jane Veloso. This was the clarification made by Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. after reading a news item in the Jakarta Post with an erroneous headline that ran, “Duterte has given green light for Mary Jane’s execution.” Yasay gave credence to a later paragraph in the Jakarta Post story which said: “Veloso was excluded indefinitely from the […]
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — The same gravitational force that creates high tides when the Moon and Sun align may also play a role in triggering major earthquakes, according to a study released Monday. Better understanding of this mechanism could help predict when known faults are more likely to produce killer quakes, researchers said. “Large earthquakes are more probable during periods of high tidal stress,” the scientists concluded in the peer-reviewed journal Nature […]
CARRASCAL, Surigao del Norte (Eagle News) – Isinagawa ng kapulisan ang school visitation sa ilang Elementary and Secondary Schools sa Bayan ng Carrascal, Surigao del Sur. Ang layunin nila ay upang maiparating ang pagpapasalamat ng kapulisan tungkol sa aktibong pagsuporta ng mga staff ng eskwelahan sa mga aktibidad ng Philippine National Police (PNP) Municipal Station partikular sa isinusulong at ikinakampanyanya Kontra Krimen at iligal na Droga. Sa aktibidad na ito ay namahagi ang ilang personnel ng […]
