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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Britney Spears, who soared to stardom as a teen idol before a highly public fall, is releasing an album one more time. Spears announced Wednesday that her ninth album, “Glory,” will come out on August 26. “My new album and the beginning of a new era,” Spears wrote on Twitter. Spears last month released a first song, “Make Me…,” a steamy track with a touch of tropical house music […]
The second movie in the Harry Potter spin-off series “Fantastic Beasts” will be released in November 2018, Hollywood movie studio Warner Bros said on Wednesday (August 3), promising “much more on the horizon” from the boy-wizard franchise. British author J.K. Rowling will write the script for the second movie as she did for the first and David Yates, who directed the last four “Harry Potter” films, will direct, Warner Bros said in a statement. The […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The Trump Taj Mahal casino in New Jersey’s Atlantic City, once owned by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and which still bears his name, is to close, its current owners announced Wednesday. They blamed the closure, effective after the September 5 Labor Day holiday, on a strike that has dragged on more than a month in a dispute over workers’ health care and retirement benefits. The Taj is losing […]
DAVAO City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipinatitigil na ni Mayor Sarah Duterte-Carpio ang Night Market sa Davao City matapos umanong makita ang maraming paglabag sa ordinansa ng siyudad ng daan-daan vendors. Tinatayang nasa mahigit sa 700 vendors ang apektado ng kautusan ng Alkalde na sisimulan ngayon araw ng Huwebes, August 4 sa kahabaan ng Roxas Avenue. Ito ay base na rin sa rekomendasyon ng City Traffic and Transport Management Office sa ilalim ng hepe nitong […]
URDANETA City, Pangasinan (Eagle News) — Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon sa lalawigan ng Pangasinan, Distrito ng Pangasinan East, isinagawa ng mga kaanib sa Iglesia ni Cristo ang Pamamahayag ng mga Salita ng Dios sa isang mall sa Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. Pinangunahan ito ng mga opisyales ng Society of Communicators and Networkers (SCAN) International. Ang nagturo naman sa nasabing pamamaahayag ay si Bro. Ignacio Garcia, Jr. Bahagi ng isinagawang paghahanda ng nasabing aktibidad ay namahagi sila ng mga polyeto […]
MANILA, Aug 4 — The Duterte administration wants the immediate revival of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program as soon as legal requirements are in place, a Palace official said on Wednesday. In a press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said it was President Rodrigo Roa Duterte who personally backed the ROTC’s revival. “It is going to help in the building of discipline and values, especially in this generation, and we expect ROTC to […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A woman was killed and five people injured in a knife attack in central London Wednesday which police said they are investigating for possible terrorist links. A man was arrested at the scene, Russell Square in the heart of the city, after being tasered by officers. “Terrorism is one possibility being explored at this stage,” London police said in a statement. The woman was treated by paramedics at the scene but […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Dubai airport, the world’s busiest in terms of international passengers, resumed flights on Wednesday after a nearly four-hour shutdown caused by an accident involving an Emirates plane, authorities said. Dubai International Airport resumes operations for departure & arrival flights,” said the government’s official Twitter account. All 300 passengers on board the plane coming from India were evacuated safely, the government has said, as footage on social media showed smoke […]
MANILA, Aug 4 – The Department of Health (DOH) welcomes World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent statement on dengue vaccine introduction in countries with greater than 50% prevalence among age group targeted for vaccination. This is consistent with DOH introduction in the three regions involving schoolchildren in grade 4 (at least 9 years old) who are enrolled in public schools in Regions III, IV-A, and National Capital Region (NCR). From April to July 2016, more than […]
by Frankie TAGGART LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Thousands of angry DC Comics fans are backing a petition calling for the closure of reviews aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, after a lukewarm response to supervillain blockbuster “Suicide Squad.” A poster calling himself Abdullah Coldwater of Alexandria, Egypt, started the campaign accusing the site of giving “unjust bad reviews… and that affects people’s opinion even if it’s a really great (movie).” The petition at change.org had […]
Hurricane Earl thundered towards the shores of Belize on Wednesday (August 3), dumping heavy rains on Honduras and prompting hundreds of people to take cover on the Caribbean coastline as the large storm closed in. Four hundred people have so far been evacuated from Belize’s northern islands Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, Lionel Cuthkelvin, operations officer at the National Emergency Management Organization, said by telephone. Cuthkelvin said at least 20 shelters were already harbouring people, […]
Five sports, including baseball, skateboarding and surfing, will feature at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after the IOC voted them in on Wednesday (August 3) in an attempt to revamp the Games programme to attract a younger audience. The International Olympic Committee unanimously rubber-stamped the decision taken by its executive board in June, approving the inclusion of skateboarding, surfing, sports climbing, karate and a joint baseball/softball bid, which is expected to significantly boost local support for […]
