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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — A Japanese Coast Guard vessel has arrived in Manila for a joint exercise, though the Philippine Coast Guard says it wasn’t timed to coincide with a tribunal’s ruling on manila’s case against china’s claims in the South China Sea. Commander armand balilo, the philippine coast guard’s spokesman, said the Japanese vessel PHL02 Tsugaru docked at Manila’s south harbor on Monday. Some 50 Japanese and 70 Filipino coast guard personnel will […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — “Excellent” ang naging rating ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa pag-sisimula ng kanyang termino. Batay sa June 2016 survey ng Social Weather Stations (SWS), 84 percent ng respondents ang sumagot na tiwala sila sa bagong administrasyon, 11 percent ang sumagot nang hindi tiyak at 5 percent ang walang masyadong tiwala. Una rito, naka-tanggap ang pangulo ng “moderate” rating noong December 2015 at bago ang eleksyon noong May 9. Ma-ihahambing din ang […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hinimok ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) ang publiko na iparating ang anumang impormasyon ukol sa ilegal na droga sa pamamagitan ng kanilang 24/7 hotline. Ayon kay Dir. Gen. Isidro Lapeña, layon nitong ilahok ang publiko sa laban kontra ilegal na droga. Nasa higit labing-walong libong messages na ang natatanggap ng hotline mula nang ilunsad ito noong April 2013 at malaki ang na-itulong ng mga ito sa intelligence, casing at […]
Eagle News — Ipinagmalaki ng Department Of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) na ipapatupad na nila ang libreng internet sa mga major terminals sa buong bansa. Ito ay matapos ang pakikipagkasundo ng DOTC sa isang malaking telecommunication company sa bansa na maglalagay sila ng libreng internet sa mga Airport, Sea port, Train stations at Bus terminals. Ayon pa kay DOTC secretary Arthur Tugade, gagawin nilang sampung beses na mas mabilis ang connection ng internet dahil ito […]
by Harumi OZAWA TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — With Pokemon-mania sweeping the planet, Nintendo’s nascent shift into mobile gaming has proved a massive hit, vindicating the Japanese videogame giant’s decision to unshackle itself from a long-standing consoles-only policy. Since its release last week, smartphone game Pokemon Go has been winning legions of fans around the world, downloaded millions of times and topping the rankings at official online shops. The game hasn’t even been released in Japan […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that the league might look at ways of maintaining competitive balance following Kevin Durant’s blockbuster move to join the Golden State Warriors. Silver expressed concern at the signing which creates another super team and indicated that the NBA’s parity might be better served if changes were made to the collective bargaining agreement. “Just to be absolutely clear, I do not think that’s ideal […]
Eagle News — Magkakaroon na ng ‘Rehabilitation Center’ sa bawat rehiyon sa bansa para sa mga susukong drug user at pusher. Sinabi ni Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella na kasama ito sa napag-usapan sa cabinent meeting ni Pangulong Duterte . Samantala, binubuo na rin ang ‘memorandum circular’ na naglalayong panagutin ang mga barangay at municipal officials sa paglipana ng iligal na droga sa kani-kanilang nasasakupang bayan o barangay. Inaasahang nakapaloob sa binubuong ‘memorandum circular’ ang mga […]
MANILA, Philippine (Eagle News) — Pormal nang nanumpa si Vice President Leni Robredo bilang pinuno ng Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). Ang oath-taking ay pinangunahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa palasyo ng Malacañang. Sinaksihan ito ng tatlong anak ni Robredo na sina Aika, Tricia At Jillian. Target ni Robredo na tutukan ang backlog ng HUDCC. https://youtu.be/TI3PbpBK7Ss
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China warned its rivals Wednesday against turning the South China Sea into a “cradle of war” and threatened an air defense zone there, after its claims to the strategically vital waters were declared invalid. The surprisingly strong and sweeping ruling by a UN-backed tribunal in The Hague provided powerful diplomatic ammunition to the Philippines, which filed the challenge, and other claimants in their decades-long disputes with China over the resource-rich waters. […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Cairo on Wednesday for the penultimate stop in the solar-powered plane’s world tour, two days after setting off from Spain. The experimental plane had completed the first solo transatlantic flight to land in Spain last month, and will continue from Cairo to Abu Dhabi, where it began its marathon journey in March last year. After setting off from Seville, Spain on Monday morning, the plane […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) — The Brazilian healthy minister said on Tuesday (July 12) that the chance of being infected by the Zika virus during the August Olympic Games in Rio is less than one in 500,000, ensuring that all guarantees are in place for visitors’ safety. “Rio de Janeiro is not the centre for Zika proliferation. People have been orientated by the World Health Organisation which has supported us in the measures […]
RIO De Janeiro, Brazil (Reuters) — Rio 2016 launched on Tuesday (July 12) the 13 official posters aimed at representing the diversity of Latin America’s largest nation, where most Olympic Games have only one. The posters were unveiled at a scenic exhibition at the new Museum of Tomorrow jutting out over the Guanabara Bay as a centrepiece of the recently renovated port area and Maua Square. The collection was created by 12 Brazilian artists and […]
