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Mga pag-ulan, inaasahang patuloy pang mararanasan sa loob ng limang araw – PAGASA

(Eagle News) — Patuloy pa rin na makararanas ng pag-ulan ang malaking bahagi ng Luzon hanggang sa weekend dahil sa pag-iral ng Habagat. Ayon kay Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) weather forecaster Jory Lois, sa ngayon ay tuloy-tuloy pa rin na nararamdaman ang epekto ng Habagat sa buong Luzon bagaman magkakaiba aniya ang nararamdamang epekto nito sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng kabuuang isla. Bukod sa Habagat, binabantayan din ng PAGASA ang iba’t ibang […]

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Namatay sa pananalasa ng malakas na ulan, walo na

(Eagle News) — Umakyat na sa walong katao ang nasawi dahil sa pananalasa ng malalakas na mga pag-ulan na nagdulot ng mga pagbaha. Ayon kay National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director at Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, dalawa ang naitalang nasawi sa Metro Manila habang dalawa rin sa General Nakar sa Quezon Province matapos na mag-collapse ang tunnel sa nabanggit na lugar. Dalawa rin ang patay sa Quezon City, isa sa Iloilo at […]

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Philippine rebels optimistic ahead of Norway talks

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Maoist rebels waging a decades-old insurgency in the Philippines expressed high hopes for peace Monday before talks in Norway next week, with guerrilla leaders set to be freed within days. President Rodrigo Duterte, who won a landslide election victory in May, is seeking a political settlement to one of Asia’s longest insurgencies which has claimed tens of thousands of lives since 1969. Five previous presidents had failed in that objective, and […]

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Philippines’ Duterte jacks up budget to fight crime

  MANILA, Philippines  (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced a sharp increase in next year’s national budget to fund his controversial war on crime, with security forces to get big pay rises. The political outsider swept to a landslide election victory in May and immediately implemented an anti-drug crackdown that has seen police and vigilantes kill more than 1,000 people, according to media tallies. In announcing a 3.35-trillion-peso ($72.3 billion) 2017 budget, up […]

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“Harry Potter” play producers crack down on resale tickets

  (REUTERS) —  Harry Potter fans hoping to see the franchise’s new West End play could be refused admission if they buy their tickets on re-sale websites. In a statement, the producers of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” called the second-ticket market an “industry-wide plague” and said they were taking the matter “very seriously.” “Our priority is to protect all our customers and are doing all we can to combat this issue. From the […]

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China, ASEAN senior officials meet on South China Sea DOC practical cooperation

  SENIOR officials from China and ASEAN countries had an in-depth discussion on the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and agreed to continue to push forward consultation over the ‘South China Sea Code of Conduct (COC)’ during a meeting on Tuesday. The 13th Senior Officials’ Meeting on DOC opened at the Shangri-La Hotel in Manzhouli, a city in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Chinese […]

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MDRRMO-Daet, tatanggap ng Gawad Kalasag award; 15-day training para sa calamity preparedness sinimulan na

Daet, Camarines Norte – Sinimulan na nitong Agosto 15, 2016 ng Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (MDRRMO) dito  ang 15 araw na training para sa mga miyembro nito bilang paghahanda sa sa anumang kalamidad, partikular sa inaasahang La Niña sa mga susunod na buwan.  Ito ay ginaganap sa Kalinangan Center sa Barangay Calasgasan dito sa Daet. Ayon kay MDRRMO Head Santi Mella, bahagi lamang ito ng kanilang tuloy-tuloy na pagsasanay upang matiyak na sapat ang kakayanan at kaalaman […]

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Research finds Greenland shark can live for around 400 years

(Reuters) The Greenland shark, a big and slow-moving deep-ocean predator that prowls the waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic, can claim the distinction of being the planet’s longest-living vertebrate, with a lifespan perhaps reaching about 400 years. Its extremely sluggish growth rate, about four-tenths of a inch (1 cm) per year, had already tipped off scientists that it lived a very long time, and research published on Thursday (August 11) calculated the Greenland shark‘s […]

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Software maverick McAfee warns China of hacking weakness

by Benjamin CARLSON BEIJING, China (AFP) — China leads the world in connecting everyday devices to the internet, but is creating huge hacking vulnerabilities for itself and others by doing so, renegade American software pioneer John McAfee warned Tuesday. Hackers had already been able to gain control of devices such as safes and heating controls, and take over the computer systems of automobiles and aeroplanes, he said. “China is taking the lead in putting intelligence […]

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BHP Billiton posts $6.39 billion loss

by Glenda KWEK SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — BHP Billiton on Tuesday reported an annual net loss of $6.39 billion, its worst-ever result, as the impact of a mine dam disaster in Brazil and weak commodity prices hit the world’s biggest miner. Mining firms have been battling big price declines in the commodities market, with the outlook uncertain despite a recent improvement in prices. The results for the year to June 30 followed a $1.91 billion […]

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One step center for OFWs, now open

QUEZON City, Philippines – The government opened the One-Stop Center for Overseas Filipino Workers or OSSCO wherein OFWs can avail all of the required government services at the first floor of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). According to Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III, the opening of OSSCO is in compliance with the directive of President Rodrigo Duterte to make more convenient and accessible for OFWs to avail government services. Other than the POEA, […]

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DOLE to help stranded OFWs in Saudi Arabia

QUEZON City, Philippines – Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III is going to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a special mission in order to repatriate more than 9, 000 stranded overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who lost their jobs due to the oil crisis in Saudi Arabia. Secretary added that the OFWs will received aid from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). Other than the DOLE, other government agencies included in the special mission to Saudi […]

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