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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s police chief said Tuesday that five tugboat crew missing since last week were abducted by the Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf, which is notorious for repeated kidnappings in waters between the two nations. The five Malaysians were kidnapped from their vessel on July 18 off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters. “The five tugboat crew have […]
by Hiroshi HIYAMA SAGAMIHARA, Japan (AFP) — A knife-wielding former employee killed 19 people and injured 25 at a care centre for the mentally disabled in Japan on Tuesday, in the country’s worst mass killing in decades. The 26-year-old man later turned himself in at a police station, admitting to officers: “I did it.” He reportedly also said: “The disabled should all disappear.” Authorities identified the attacker as Satoshi Uematsu and said he had worked […]
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Comedian Sarah Silverman was a faithful supporter of Bernie Sanders this year, but she had a stern if humorous message to his never-say-die followers Monday at the Democratic National Convention: get over it. Sanders supporters including some of his nearly 1,900 delegates had been loudly booing and jeering throughout the convention’s opening day as speakers declared their support for the presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. But when Silverman, a sharp-tongued, […]
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Vanquished White House hopeful Bernie Sanders on Monday told a riven and lively Democratic convention that his rival Hillary Clinton must become the next US president. To cheers and some boos, Sanders said that “based on her ideas and her leadership,” Clinton was a better choice than Donald Trump and “must become the next president of the United States.” “The choice is not even close,” he said. “This election is […]
URDANETA City, Pangasinan (Eagle News) — Matagumpay na naisagawa ang isang aktibidad ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa lalawigan ng Pangasinan (Distrito ng Pangasinan East) na tinawag na “KADIWA Meet and Greet”. Dinaluhan ito ng mga Pangulo, Pangalawang Pangulo at Kalihim ng Kapisanang KADIWA na kinabibilangan ng mga kabataang may edad labingwalo pataas at wala pang asawa. Ang mga dumalo ay nagmula sa mga lokal ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa silangang bahagi ng Pangasinan. Sa nasabing […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Thousands of firefighters battled Monday to contain a blaze tearing through California’s Santa Clarita valley, destroying homes and a popular filming location and threatening actress Tippi Hedren’s animal sanctuary. The so-called Sand Fire in suburban Los Angeles has scorched more than 51 square miles (132 square kilometers) of brush, threatening at least 2,000 properties and forcing an estimated 20,000 residents to flee. About 10,000 homes have been evacuated since […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — US President Barack Obama’s half-brother said Tuesday he was going to vote for Republican candidate Donald Trump in this year’s American election, saying he felt let down his sibling’s neglect of his Kenyan family. Obama was born in Hawaii to an American mother and a Kenyan father he barely knew, who left the family home and the US when the future president was two years old. “This Trump guy is a […]
DAVAO City (Eagle News) — Lalo pang hinagaan ng mga Dabawenyo ang Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte matapos ang kauna-unahang nitong State of the Nation Address (SONA) noong Lunes, July 25. Matiyagang inabangan at kinasabikan ng lahat lalo pa’t ang tinuturing na ama ng Davao at tinatawag ng ilan na “Tatay Digong” ay nagpakahayag na muli ng kaniyang mga plano at gustong mangyari para sa kapakanan ng lahat. Sa lungsod ng Davao, bagama’t naging masungit ang panahon […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Women who enter menopause early may age faster than women in whom menopause arrives later, said a study Monday that could help pinpoint women at highest risk of age-related diseases. The findings could settle a long-standing debate, said Steve Horvath, a professor of human genetics and biostatistics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. “For decades, scientists have disagreed over whether menopause causes […]
DAVAO City (Eagle News) — Sa kabila ng masungit na panahon noong Lunes, July 25 matiyang inabangan ng mga Dabawenyo ang kauna-unahang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ng Pangulo ng bansa na si Rodrigo Roa Duterte sa Davao City. Nagmistulang holiday ang siyudad ng Davao dahil marami ang naghintay at kinasabikang mapakinggang muli ang mga payahayag pangulo. Ilang araw bago ang SONA, kapansin-pansin ang lalong pagdami ng mga tao na pumupunta ng Davao lalo na […]
MANILA, July 26 – The Commission on Elections is urging deactivated voters to go to their respective COMELEC offices to reactivate their registration records. COMELEC spokesperson James Jimenez said that out of the 2, 284,743 voters who were deactivated due to the lack of biometrics, only 83,717 reactivated from July 15 to 23, with the NCR registering the largest number at 48,653. “There were 1,181,139 voters who registered in the first nine days of the registration […]
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — US First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday told the Democratic convention in Philadelphia that Hillary Clinton was the one candidate ready to be president, as she poured scorn on Donald Trump’s behavior and temperament. “In this election, there is only one person who I trust with that responsibility, only one person who I believe is truly qualified to be president of the United States, and that is our friend Hillary Clinton,” […]
