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MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) – Nicaraguan firefighters on Friday were trying to bring under control a huge fire at their country’s only oil refinery that has been burning for two days, creating health fears over noxious smoke. The blaze started Wednesday when one of four big fuel tanks exploded at the Puma Energy facility in the Pacific port of Puerto Sandino, some 70 kilometers (40 miles) northwest of the capital Managua. A second tank ignited on Thursday […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) – by Leila MACOR Kerry SHERIDAN Five new cases of Zika have been found in the tourist hotspot of Miami Beach, signaling the spread of local transmission of a virus blamed for birth defects, officials said Friday. Pregnant women and those who want to become pregnant are urged to stay away from two areas — a 1.5 square mile (3.9 square kilometer) section of Miami Beach and a neighborhood north of […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang is pleased to announce that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is seven weeks pregnant and is expecting triplets. The Palace said President Dutere is delighted with the news of his daughter’s pregnancy, and is also hopeful that she will able to see through the pregnancy smoothly and well. “Mayor Sara’s pregnancy serves as a source of inspiration for the Chief Executive to roll up his sleeves and work double time in his […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippine government on Friday criticized as “baseless and reckless” a UN statement that President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs amounted to a crime under international law. Duterte’s chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo told AFP the administration was not behind the extra-judicial killings targeting alleged criminal suspects, challenging UN human rights experts to visit the Philippines and investigate. Two UN rights experts said Thursday that Duterte’s directives calling on law enforcers and […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The war of words between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and the United Nations escalated Thursday, with a UN envoy warning that “state actors” could be held responsible over hundreds of killings in a controversial anti-drug crackdown. More than 1,500 people have died in Duterte’s fight against narcotics, police chief Director General Ronald de la Rosa told a Senate hearing, saying that 665 drug suspects were killed in “legitimate (police) operations” […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would not apologize to Senator Leila De Lima regarding his remarks against the senator, saying that he can prove what he said. President Duterte also countered that Senator De Lima has also made accusatory remarks against him in connection with the alleged extra-judicial killings when he was still the mayor of Davao City.
BALER, Aurora (Eagle News) – Ipinagdiriwang ngayong araw sa Bayan ng Baler, Aurora ang Quezon day. Bahagi ng mga aktibidad ay ang parade na kung saan ay itinatampok ang mga nagsipagwagi sa iba’t ibang mga patimpalak na isinagawa nitong mga nakaraang araw. Kasama rin sa nasabing parade ang nagwaging Miss Baler. Isinagawa rin ang Street Dancing Competition na ang lumahok ay mula sa iba’t mga barangay ng nasabing lungsod. Kapansin-pansin ding dumagsa ang maraming mga […]
KOLAMBUGAN, Lanao del Norte (Eagle News) – Matagumpay na naisagawa ang pagpapasinaya sa bagong sambahan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Barangay Riverside, Kolambugan, Lanao Del Norte nitong Biyernes, August 19. Maaga pa ay dumating na ang mga kaanib ng INC upang makadalo sa nasabing pagtitipon. Bakas sa kanilang mukha ang kasabikan at kagalakan sapagkat nagkaroon na ng katuparan ang matagal na nilang inaasam na magkaroon ng kapilya sa dakong ito. Pinangunahan ni Bro. Loedito C. Raagas, District Supervising Minister ng Lanao […]
LONDON, England, United Kingdom (Reuters) — British author J.K. Rowling is delving back into the world of “Harry Potter” for a series of short ebooks with new stories about some of her characters from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Pottermore, the digital publishing and e-commerce world founded by Rowling for fans of the boy wizard, said on Wednesday (August 17) it would be releasing three short ebooks starting September 6. Called “Pottermore Presents”, the […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — The world’s largest annual multi-sport festival is coming to Asia, with the inaugural Arnold Classic Asia to be hosted in Hong Kong between 19-21 August 2016. Founded by seven-time Mr. Olympia and former U.S. governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, its aim is to celebrate sports, fitness and health that bring professionals, amateurs and enthusiasts together. “This is a historic event without any doubt, because we have been running the Arnold Classic and […]
A 7.4-magnitude quake shook the southern Atlantic Ocean early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with an epicenter 195 miles (316 kilometers) from islands hosting British Antarctic research stations. There was no immediate tsunami warning following the quake. The USGS reported at least five aftershocks. The quake struck at 5:32 am local time (0732 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometers. It was centered east-southeast of the remote British-administered South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Quezon City government is considering the banning of augmented-reality game Pokemon Go in government offices and schools. Quezon City councilor Allan Butch Francisco filed a resolution banning the game in the aforementioned locations as well as prohibiting the game developer, Niantiq Inc., in placing Poke Stops and Lure Spots in the same places. Francisco added that the resolution aims to prevent accidents. If the resolution is approved, the […]
