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(Eagle News)– A fisherman from Pangasinan has been rescued by other fishermen from Ilocos Norte after being alone at sea for four days. The fisherman, Joseph dela Fuente, lost contact with his co-fishers when his motor boat’s engine broke down, making him drifted away from their fleet. Winds and waves drove his boat away until he was rescued off Ilocos Norte four days later. Town authorities of Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte are now in touch with […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — He snowboards, he hikes, he surfs — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is already a bit of an action hero. But now, Marvel has made him into a real superhero, in a comic book that hit newsstands Wednesday. Trudeau graces one of two covers of the latest edition of “Civil War II: Choosing Sides” — seated in the corner of a boxing ring, smiling, his elbows resting on the ropes, with […]
South Korean prosecutors summoned the elder son of the founder of Lotte Group for questioning on Thursday (September 1), signalling the resumption of a criminal probe against the conglomerate following the suicide of a senior executive last week. Shin Dong-joo was ordered to appear for questioning by 10 a.m. on Thursday, a spokesman for the son of Lotte founder Shin Kyuk-ho told Reuters. He did not comment on the reasons for the summons. Prosecutors rescheduled […]
(Eagle News)– Police on Thursday announced that they foiled an assassination attempt against President Rodrigo Duterte after cuffing an alleged gun smuggling group assumed to sell gun parts to the group who would kill the President. Wilford Palma admitted being a member of the gun smuggling group, and revealed that their “number one customer” ordered gun parts before they were apprehended. “Ang sabi sa akin ng boss ko yung number one customer namin may balak […]
by Maria PANINA MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — The G20 summit starting in China on Sunday gives Russian President Vladimir Putin one more chance to try to strongarm US leader Barack Obama over Syria and Ukraine as their fraught relationship nears an end. In recent years the two world leaders have barely been able to hide their disdain for each other as ties between Washington and Moscow fell to their lowest level since the Cold War […]
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — The smell of coffee is supposed to get you going in the morning. Now a French start-up has taken this idea a stage further with an olfactory alarm clock designed to gradually wake you up by diffusing the smell of espresso instead of blasting your ears with an audio ring. Sensorwake is the brainchild of 20-year-old Guillaume Rolland and is being launched at this week’s IFA, Europe’s leading trade show for consumer […]
ROVANIEMI, Finland (Reuters) — An aurora hunter managed to capture a light-show over northern Finland Monday (August 29) night. Wanting to see the northern lights as clearly as possible, he drove out in the countryside, some 30 kilometers from the Arctic Circle, away from the city’s lights. The northern lights are the result of collisions between the Earth’s gaseous particles and matter released by the Sun’s atmosphere. The collisions can jar the magnetosphere around the […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barack Obama begins his 11th and final presidential trip to the Asia-Pacific in earnest on Friday, visiting China to nurture what has become arguably the world’s most important relationship and cementing an eight-year “pivot to Asia.” After a series of US stops outside Washington, the outgoing US president jets in to the picturesque Chinese city of Hangzhou where he will take part in his final G20 meeting. […]
MANILA, Philippines – A new report released by Save the Children reveals that the Philippine economy is losing at least P328 billion a year due to the impact of childhood stunting on workforce productivity and education. Stunting is the most prevalent form of undernutrition, and has permanent effects on a child’s growth and development. The report entitled “Cost of Hunger: Philippines” suggests that, in 2013, childhood stunting cost the Philippines almost 3 percent of its GDP. The overall economic loss of […]
(Eagle News)– The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) on Thursday led the commencement ceremony for the 22nd National Crime Prevention Week at the Quezon City Memorial Circle. With a theme of “Hawak Kamay Tungo sa Kapayapaan at Kaunlaran”, the event aims to form a partnership between the government and the public through community and service-oriented enforcement system. Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary (DILG) and NAPOLCOM Chairman Ismael Sueno, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director […]
PHOENIX, United States (AFP) — Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump traveled to Mexico Wednesday to tell President Enrique Pena Nieto that he will erect a border wall if elected, but controversy erupted over whether they discussed who would pay for it. The tense international trip saw Trump navigating a political tightrope just 69 days before the US presidential election, as he seeks to clarify his stance on his campaign’s signature issue: immigration. Trump spent […]
TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, August 30 (PIA) – – President Rodrigo R. Duterte supports the postponement of Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections set on October 31, 2016. Speaking during the 10th founding anniversary celebration of the Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC) on Friday in Davao City, President Duterte stressed that coming elections is vulnerable for the infiltration of drug money. “Do you know the reason why I also agreed with some congressmen to postpone the […]
