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(Eagle News)– The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Wednesday (September 7) announced that 2,817 out of 4,115 registered Electrical Engineers and 2,525 out of 3,709 registered Master Electricians passed the Electrical Engineer Licensure Examinations. The results were released after three working days after the last day of the examinations. Online registration for the issuance of professional identification card (ID) and certificate of registration will be on September 19-21.
An “angry” giant saltwater crocodile hunting cows at a northern Australia cattle station has been captured and relocated to a breeding farm, authorities and reports say.
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (September 7) met United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the ASEAN summit gala dinner in Vientiane, Laos. A photo of the two leaders shaking hands was distributed by the Palace to members of the media. Duterte has criticized Ban’s remarks for his ongoing campaign on illegal drugs. Duterte also turned down a meeting with the UN Chief due to “scheduling incompatibility”. President Duterte also met […]
(Eagle News)– Police on Wednesday (September 7) have released the composite sketch of the primary suspect in the Davao City bombing. The composite image showed a man, about 30 of age, 5’7″ to 5′ 8″ in height, with a slim build and fair to dark skin. The sketch was composed through the help of witnesses. Witnesses said he wore a mask and a bonnet the whole time, even when he was having his massage. Investigators […]
An American astronaut who set the US record for cumulative time in orbit safely returned to Earth early Wednesday along with two Russian cosmonauts after a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. https://youtu.be/JVSpjf6Huqc
Global warming is making the oceans sicker than ever before, spreading disease among animals and humans and threatening food security across the planet, a major scientific report said on Monday. The report highlights the need for swift action on renewable energies, experts said. A quarter of carbon dioxide emissions — more than two billion tonnes of the gas — are absorbed by the oceans each year. https://youtu.be/59PoqHpmsEc
QUEZON City, Philippines (September 8) – At the risk of sounding like an unabashed Koreanophile (which I am not categorically denying), “Train to Busan” is one of the top must-see movies of 2016. Unlike other anticipated films (*cough* Suicide Squad *cough*), “Train to Busan” or to give its proper Korean title “Busanhaeng” made its premiere silently. It was part of the Midnight Screening section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival which was held in May 13. […]
Brethren from different congregations in ecclesiastical district of Australia East send their greetings to our Beloved Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo on his 7th year of dynamic leadership of the Church of Christ. Greetings from the brethren in Rotorua-New Zealand district of Australia East https://youtu.be/R94Fcq2pa5k Greetings from the brethren in Eastern Sydney, New South Wales Australia East https://youtu.be/tCJ_HpNMm0E Greetings from the brethren in Canterburry, New South Wales https://youtu.be/KGVj-yJfM_4
by Karl MALAKUNAS VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — The Philippines said China Wednesday of secretly preparing to build an artificial island on Scarborough Shoal, a tiny and remote outpost in a contested area of the South China Sea. Doing so risks a military confrontation between China and the United States. Here are five key questions and answers about the shoal and why it is so important. What is it? A small ring of reefs that lie […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian carrier Qantas told customers on Thursday not to use or charge Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 during flights after faulty batteries in the new smartphone caused some handsets to explode. Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, said last week it was suspending sales of its latest flagship mobile device and recalling 2.5 million units shipped globally following reports of exploding “phablets” that dealt a heavy blow to the firm’s reputation. “Following […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Former Japanese leader Junichiro Koizumi on Wednesday accused current Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of lying when he claimed the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant was “under control.” Abe made the assertion in 2013 at a meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which voted to grant the Japanese capital the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. “That was a lie,” Koizumi told reporters when asked about Abe’s remark. “It is not […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Japan is “seriously concerned” about Beijing’s increasingly muscular claims in the South China Sea, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Asian leaders Wednesday. Beijing insists it has sovereign rights to almost all of the strategically vital waters, where the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have claims. It also has a simmering territorial row with Tokyo over disputed islands in the East China Sea. “I am seriously concerned with the continuing […]
