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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Hawaiian Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Tokyo, its second such incident in Japan this month, an official said Thursday. Flight HA 442, which departed the northern Japanese city of Sapporo for Honolulu, made an emergency landing at Narita airport just outside the Japanese capital at 10:53 pm Wednesday (1353 GMT). The pilot cited an abnormality with the Boeing 767’s hydraulics system, said an official at Narita International Airport […]
ILOCOS Sur (Eagle News) — Dinagsa ng libu-libong Ilocano at karatig ng Probinsiya ang Quirino Stadium, Bantay, Ilocos Sur, noong Martes ng gabi, July 26. Kung saan ay nasaksihan ang friendly match ng Philippine Azkals laban sa Perth Glory ng Australia, ngunit bigo ang Philippine football team Azkals. Naging dikit ang laban sa first half kung saan walang nakapag-goal sa magkabilang team. Ngunit pagsapit ng ika-67 na minuto ng second half, isang magandang pasa mula sa kaliwa […]
“There are no second takes,” is what Hapi, a frustrated film director, always hears from his father Mang Julian, a retired videographer. Together with his best friends, Caloy and Onyok, he searches for potential producers who will finance his movie script. Out of options, they borrow money from a known loan shark, Alfajor, only to be stolen by the mischievous Oblax.Struggling to fulfill his dreams, looking for ways to pay his debt, and with a […]
MANILA, Philippines July 28 — The Philippines and the United States affirmed their long-standing relations at Wednesday’s lunch meeting between President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and US Secretary of State John Kerry at the President’s Hall of Malacanang Palace. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella in a briefing told the Malacanan Press Corps that PRRD and Kerry took note of the special relationship, with around four million Filipinos in America and at least 500,000 Americans in the Philippines. […]
MANILA, Philippines July 28 – Speaking before the 7th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija, President Rodrigo Duterte narrated how his father—also a soldier—retired in Mindanao seeking greener pastures. The President also explained why he declared a unilateral ceasefire with the New Peoples Army (NPA). “It is not my decision alone. It is the decision of the cabinet. Of course, General (Secretary Hermogenes) Esperon and Secretary Delfin Lorenzana are automatically members […]
Ipinakilala na ang tatlumpung mga kandidato ng ‟Gentlemen of the Philippines 2016” sa mga media personnel at kalipunan ng mga press sa Sulu Riviera hotel poolside. Ito ang kauna-unahang pageant ng mga kalalakihan bilang ‟Gentlemen of the Philippines” na itinataguyod bilang counterpart ng ‟Binibining Pilipinas” ng bansa. Early 2016 lamang ito nagsimula. Ito ay isang male pageant na naglalayon na magbigay ng kahalagahan sa ilang usapin sa bansa tulad ng climate change, disaster risk reduction […]
REUTERS — Islamic State’s news agency on Wednesday (July 27) released a video of two men it said were those who attacked a church in France in which they pledged allegiance to the group’s leader. The video was published on a social media website carrying the logo of Amaq news agency a day after two men burst into the Catholic church in Normandy during a service, forced the priest to his knees and slit his […]
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — The mother of a man killed last month in a mass shooting at a Florida nightclub pleaded for stronger gun laws Wednesday in a moving address to the Democratic National Convention. Christine Leinonen was among several speakers at this week’s confab to offer poignant and pointed remarks about gun violence, which has emerged as a prominent issue on the presidential campaign trail this year in the aftermath of several mass […]
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Kasabay ng paggunita sa pagsapit ng Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) sa kanyang 102nd anibersaryo. Pinasinayaan naman ang isa pang barangay chapel sa distrito Eklesiastiko ng Cagayan South kahapon , ika-27 ng Hulyo. Ito ay ang ika-sampung barangay chapel na pinasinayaan sa bagong extension na pinangalanang Pinopoc Extension ng lokal ng Calantac. Bukod nito ay may dalawa pang chapel ang tapos na ring gawin at hinihintay na lamang na mapagtibay ng Pamamahala ng Iglesia […]
In conjunction with the 102nd year anniversary of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, today, July 27, 2016, Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) is now officially registered in the state of Montana, United States of America through the leadership of Renato Ubaldo, the District Minister of Pacific Northwest. Happy 102nd Anniversary! Report by: Ruchel Palma EBC U.S. correspondent
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Solid sales of its flagship smartphone and an aggressive cost-cutting drive saw Samsung Electronics on Thursday post a better-than-expected gain in net profit for the second quarter. The giant South Korean conglomerate said its key mobile division enjoyed “substantial earnings improvement” in the April-June period led by expanded sales of its high-end Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge phones. Industry trackers estimate that the world’s largest smartphone maker has sold about […]
The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) is now officially registered in the state of Montana, United States of America. The official registration was led by Bro. Renato Ubaldo, District Minister of the Ecclesastical District of Pacific NorthWest. The date of registration coincides with the 102nd Anniversary of the Iglesia Ni Cristo. (EBC Correspondent Rutchel Palma)
