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(REUTERS) The Philippines military said on Friday it was taking seriously what it believed was a call by Islamic State (IS) militants for an attack on the Miss Universe contest being held in the country next year. The military said a recent bomb-making video posted on social media, apparently by Islamic State militants in the Middle East, carried a message in Arabic script reading: “create bomb for Miss Universe”. The pageant is due to […]
Eagle News — President Rodrigo Duterte has given Rio Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz an additional 2 million pesos for bringing great pride and honor to the Philippines. Diaz arrived at the Panacan presidential guesthouse almost 10 pm, Thursday for a courtesy call to the president. Pres. Duterte said it is with “great pride” to share the honor with the Olympian. Diaz thanked the president for the additional cash prize. She now has a total […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Balak gamitin ng pamahalaan ang pondo mula sa malampaya upang pababain ang singil sa kuryente. Ayon sa Department of Energy (DOE), ito ay kung papayagan ng kongreso na magamit ang nasabing pondo. Ayon kay Energy Spokesman Felix Fuentebella, iniisa-isa nang pag-aralan ni Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi ang mga posibleng paraan upang mapagaan ang pasanin ng mga konsyumer. Isa na rito ang pagsa-subsidise sa generation charge na siyang binabayarang utang ng […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nababahala ang Provincial Bus Operators Association of the Philippines (PBOAP) sa plano ng Department of Transportation (DOT) na isara ang bus terminals sa Edsa para lumuwag ang traffic sa Metro Manila. Ayon sa grupo, meron pang ibang paraan para paluwagin ang edsa na hindi kailangang alisin ang bus terminals na legal ang operasyon. Dapat balansehin ang pag-hahanap ng solusyon sa traffic at pangangailangan ng mga pasahero. Halos 400 thousand […]
PANACAN, Davao City (Eagle News) — Humingi ng paumanhin si Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte kay Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno sa mga binitiwan niyang salita. Sa isang press conference sa Panacan, Davao City. Sinabi ng pangulo na hindi niya intensyon ang mga masasakit na salita na kaniyang binitiwan. Aniya may nangyayaring patayan dahil sa ilegal na droga at trabaho niyang bigyang-kaalaman ang publiko sa kanilang paligid upang maka-iwas sa anu-mang panganib. Una rito, pinuna ng […]
PASAY City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isasara ang South-bound lane ng EDSA malapit sa MRT 3 Taft Station ngayong weekend. Para sa pag-assemble ng apat (4) na bagong Light Rail Vehicles o LRVS. Ayon sa Department of Transportation (DOT), ang lane ay isasara mula sabado ng alas-otso ng gabi hanggang alas-tres ng madaling araw ng Linggo. Ganoon na din mula alas-tres ng hapon hanggang alas-diyes ng gabi ng Linggo. Nais ng DOT na tiyakin ang […]
(REUTERS) Japan and the Philippines have begun talks for the transfer of two large coast guard ships to Manila, to help patrol the disputed South China Sea, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Friday, as part of a deal on defense equipment. The two brand-new 90-metre (295-ft) multi-role response vessels will be in addition to ten 44-metre (144-ft) mid-sized coast guard ships, worth 8.8 billion pesos ($188.52 million), that Japan is set to […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Green Day is taking aim at the US culture around mass shootings as the punk rockers return with their first album in four years. The group, who rode a rebirth of punk in the early 1990s, announced Thursday that its 12th studio album, “Revolution Radio,” would come out on October 7. Green Day released the first single, “Bang Bang,” which is marked by the blistering guitar chords of the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Japan on Friday announced it is pouring a massive $2.4 billion into a new railway in the Philippines aimed at easing Manila’s notorious gridlock. Japan, the Philippines’ top trading partner and source of aid, said the 38-kilometre (24-mile) elevated commuter line would connect Manila to nearby Bulacan province to decongest the capital and help spur economic activity. “This is one of the biggest projects Japan has ever embarked upon using the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Ten prisoners in the Philippines were killed when a suspected jailbreak and attempt to kidnap the warden went wrong in a Manila suburb, authorities said Friday. The prisoners, including two Chinese, were meeting with the warden of the Paranaque City jail in his office when the explosion occurred on Thursday evening, killing the inmates and wounding the warden, said national jail service spokesman Senior Inspector Xavier Solda. The blast comes as […]
by Pauline DE DEUS MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Colorful gondolas lazily ferry tourists around the floating gardens of Mexico City’s Xochimilco district, but not all is green in this idyllic vestige of the Aztec empire increasingly choked by urbanization. Criss-crossed with natural canals and artificial islands, Xochimilco is the last reminder of how the Aztecs lived 500 years ago at the time the Spanish conquistadors arrived, when Mexico City was mostly covered in water. […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered an official investigation into allegations top police and military officers were involved in trafficking illegal drugs. Claims that senior police and military brass took kickbacks from a drug kingpin have stoked huge controversy in Indonesia, where the government is waging a war on narcotics and last month executed four convicted traffickers. Freddy Budiman — who was among the four shot by firing squad — allegedly […]
