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(Eagle News)– Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay said on Tuesday that the Philippines wants to assemble a provisional agreement with China on fishing rights before President Rodrigo Duterte’s trip to Beijing by the end of this year. Yasay told lawmakers on Tuesday that China should agree with the provisional agreement on fishing rights until the two disputing countries are able to come up with a solution. “We are even thinking about the possibility in the […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japanese space race team Hakuto unveiled its lunar rover design on Monday (August 29), for next year’s Google-sponsored Lunar X PRIZE competition. At 58 centimetres long and 36 centimetres high, the prototype weighs only 4 kilogram. The weight is kept down by using the latest carbon fibre material typically used for aircraft. Each wheel is equipped with motors, allowing for smooth manoeuvrability on the moon’s surface. Google launched its Lunar XPRIZE […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A warming planet might not dry out Earth as much as previously believed, because plants will become less thirsty as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises, researchers said Monday. Previous studies have projected that more than 70 percent of the planet will experience more drought as carbon-dioxide levels quadruple from pre-industrial levels over about the next 100 years, said the report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Monotony was the hardest part of a yearlong NASA experiment about the mental and psychological rigors of longterm spaceflight, crew members said after the test ended. The six-member crew emerged Sunday from a dome in Hawaii, on the barren northern slope of the Mauna Loa volcano, where they were studied as part of the US space agency’s mission to send people to Mars by the 2030s. On Monday, US […]
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) — Pokemon Go fans gathered outside the Sir John Young Hotel in Sydney’s CBD have a new catch-cry, rather than catching them all, here it’s about eating them all. Cashing-in on the Pokemon Go phenomenon, Sydney’s Hashtag Burger and their pop-up restaurant Down N’ Out Burgers have created Pokemon-inspired burgers featuring characters Pikachu, Bulbasaur and Charmander in burger form. With only 100 burgers available per day and hundreds waiting in the cue, […]
(Eagle News)– Foreign affairs secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. announced on Tuesday the suspension of issuing hajj passports due to the incident of 177 Indonesians who used Philippine passports but intercepted by immigration personnel on August 19. Yasay also expressed his willingness to end the issuance of hajj passports since there are proposals in Congress to extend the validity of passports from five years to ten years. “I have issued an order for the immediate suspension […]
NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — Taylor Swift was the most high-profile absence at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) but on Monday (August 29) the singer happily took photos with fans after reporting for jury duty in Nashville. Swift, 26, was photographed by other potential jurors as she was waiting to be selected as a jury member ahead of a trial in a Nashville court, according to a Twitter user. Swift, named Forbes’ top-earning […]
HONG KONG, China (Eagle News) — The newest addition to Hong Kong’s cafe scene is taking a soft approach to business — with 12 resident rabbits for customers to pet. The “Rabbitland” bunnies munch on grass while visitors coo over them between sips of tea and bites of toasted sandwich. https://youtu.be/UhtyvwuYOXk
QUEZON City, Philippines (August 30) – Call it Phexit or what-have-you, our country is now facing the possibility of leaving the UN. Or so many thought, with newspapers even making this announcement of President Rodrigo Duterte as their banner story The President threatened the august international body of separation in response to the United Nations’ criticism regarding his administration. The President made the announcement in response to a statement from United Nations Special Rapporteurs Agnes Callamard […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s alma mater said Monday he had plagiarized parts of his law school thesis, confirming an investigative news site’s report last week. Mexico’s Panamerican University said it had reviewed the president’s 25-year-old thesis and found five types of “treatment of the ideas of others.” They included “textual reproductions of citations without footnotes or mention in the bibliography,” it said in a statement. In other cases, Pena […]
(Eagle News)– The Senate Committee on Public Services chaired by Senator Grace Poe postponed the hearings on the proposal to give President Rodrigo Duterte emergency powers to solve the traffic crisis pending the detailed projects from the Department of Transportation (DOTr). The deliberations was set to resume this Tuesday but canceled it ahead of its morning schedule. “The Executive branch is in a hurry to pass the emergency powers bill, but based on our hearings, we have […]
(Eagle News)– Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said on Tuesday that the operations against Abu Sayyaf group will be relentless, despite of fatalities to the government’s side. “It is unfortunate that a number of our troops have already lost their lives. However, as [National Defense] Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on August 29, ‘We are going full force,’” Abella said during a press conference. 15 soldiers were already killed in separate clashes against the terrorist group, while […]
