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Isinagawang Unity Games ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Surigao del Norte masayang dinaluhan ng mga kaanib

SURIGAO DEL NORTE (Ealge News) – Masiglang dinaluhan ng mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang isinagawang Unity Games sa Surigao del Norte. Maaga pa lang ay dumating na ang mga kaanib na mula pa sa iba’t ibang lugar para makiisa at makibahagi sa nasabing aktibidad. Isinagawa ng mga kaanib ng INC ang mga sumusunod bilang bahagi ng aktibidad; Parada Zumba Volleyball Basketball Taekwondo Badminton Tug of War Marathon Chess Maraming pang iba. Masiglang nakipagkaisa […]

Surprise random drug test, isinagawa sa 200 na police sa Davao City

DAVAO City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ang Davao City Police Office ng surprise random drug test noong Martes, Agosto 30 sa pangunguna ni DCPO spokesperson Police Senior Inspector Catherine dela Rey. Layunin nitong matiyak na walang gumagamit ng ipinagbabawal na gamot sa hanay ng mga kapulisan. Ayon sa initial report, 200 na mga police ang ipinasailalim sa isinagawang random drug-test. Matatandaan na sa unang linggo ng Agosto taong kasalukuyan ay isinagawa ang surprise drug testing sa mga […]

Mag-asawang Gomez, namahagi ng 3,226 sets ng school supplies

ORMOC City, Leyte (Eagle News) – Namahagi noong Martes, Agosto 30 sina Congresswoman Lucy T. Gomez ng 4th District ng Leyte at Mayor Richard I. Gomez ng Ormoc City ng 2,821 sets ng mga school supplies sa lahat ng grade level ng Ormoc City Central School at 415 sets naman sa Ormoc City SPED Center. Ang nasabing school supplies ay kagandahang loob ng National Bookstore. Bakas na bakas ang kaligayahan sa mga batang nabigyan ng nasabing school […]

Anti-drug abuse campaign, inilunsad sa Carmen, Surigao del Sur

CARMEN, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Inilunsad sa Carmen Gynanasium, Surigao del Sur ang Anti-Drug Abuse Campaign (ADAC) sa pangunguna ng mga kapulisan. Pinamunuan ito ni PS/Insp. Joy Allan Blasco COP, at sa pakikipagtulungan ng LGU Officials sa na pinangunahan ni Municipal Vice Mayor Teofila G. Cabatuan bilang kinatawan ng kanilang alkalde. Tinalakay ng COP sa nasabing aktibidad ang Anti- Illegal Drugs Campaign Plan (Project Double Barrel) at ang Tokhang Output ng mga kapulisan, at […]

3,000 year old treasures dated to the time of King David unveiled

ELAH VALLEY, Israel (Reuters) — The Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem offered a unique preview on Monday (August 29) of an exhibition showcasing 3,000 year-old artifacts recovered from Khirbet Qeiyafa which archaeologists believe could be the biblical city of Sha’arayim, meaning ‘Two Gates’, that is mentioned in the story of the battle of David and the Philistine giant, Goliath. Khirbet Qeiyafa, overlooking the Elah Valley, southwest of Jerusalem is an ancient fortified city that was discovered […]

Thousands of extra troops deployed to destroy Abu Sayyaf

  JOLO, Philippines  (AFP) — The Philippine military deployed thousands of extra troops on Tuesday to destroy an Islamic extremist group notorious for kidnapping foreigners, after 15 soldiers were killed, authorities said. President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered his security forces to wipe out the Abu Sayyaf, which has declared allegiance to the Islamic State group and recently beheaded two Canadian hostages. But an assault that began last week on the heavily forested island of Jolo, […]

G20 to go long on rhetoric, short on economic policy: experts

by Benjamin CARLSON BEIJING, China (AFP) — G20 leaders will meet in China this weekend in a climate of economic uncertainty and sluggish global growth –- but the absence of an urgent crisis means the forum will be short on breakthroughs, analysts say. Eight years after the first G20 summit in Washington, when countries coordinated a response to the financial meltdown, Beijing has set a modest agenda for the Hangzhou gathering — focusing on making […]

Mayor Espinosa tags lawmakers, PNP officers and one senator as having drug links in affidavit

  (Eagle News) – A total of 30 persons are said to be identified in the affidavit submitted by Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa as having connections to his son Kerwin Espinosa who had previously been tagged as a drug lord. Among those in the list are more officials of the Philippine National Police, some lawmakers, and even one senator. Mayor Espinosa admitted that his life is now more in danger now that he had […]

Deep 6.7 quake off Papua New Guinea

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) –A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The tremor was estimated at a depth of close to 500 kilometers (around 300 miles) some 900 kilometres northeast of the capital Port Moresby, the United States Geological Survey said. “Based on all available data a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected,” the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. Australian seismologists estimated the […]

Lightning kills more than 300 wild reindeer

OSLO, Norway — A game warden stumbled across these eerie images while making his rounds, some 323 reindeer, including 70 calves, lying dead on the ground. Norwegian officials are taking samples from the carcasses to make sure, but they believe that the animals were killed by lightning. They say it’s not uncommon for that to happen, but it is unusual for storms to kill so many animals are one time. They say the animals usually […]

Japanese police corner suspect in deadly shooting

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese gunman accused of shooting dead a construction worker and wounding three others before going on the run, was locked in a tense standoff with police on Wednesday. Yasuhide Mizobata fled into an apartment building on Tuesday afternoon after firing repeatedly at officers who challenged him, a force spokesman said. He spent the night holed up in the building, surrounded by heavily-armed police who were trying to convince him to […]