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INCinema’s “Walang Take Two” wins best film, best cinematography awards in Madrid

(Eagle News) — A Filipino independent movie produced by the Iglesia Ni Cristo won the much-coveted  “Best Film” award, as well as the “best cinematography in a foreign language film”  in the recently concluded 2016 Madrid International Film Festival. “Walang Take Two” (No Second Take), the first film produced by the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s INCinema productions,  bested other top films from all over the world during the awarding ceremonies on Saturday night July 9.  The film […]

Year-end profit leap biggest for PAL

  Cautious fine-tuning of strategic plans, prudent resource management and a fortuitous industry climate combined to produce Philippine Airlines’ most impressive financial performance – $134.42 million comprehensive income for 2015, which is a six-fold leap over the previous year and a fitting prelude to the flag carrier’s 75th year. The 2015 income – a 560% jump over 2014’s $20.38 million comprehensive income – represents PAL’s second profitable year after recovering from a $229.71 million loss […]

Bagong Bahay Sambahan ng Iglesia ni Cristo sa Tarlac, itinalaga sa Panginoong Diyos

(Eagle News) — Lubos na kasiyahan ang naramdaman ng mga kaanib ng Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) na dumalo sa isinagawang pagtatalaga sa Panginoong Diyos ng bago nitong Bahay Sambahan sa Lokal ng Vargas, Lalawigan ng Tarlac (Distrito ng Tarlac North) nitong Hulyo 9, 2016. Pinangunahan ng Tarlac North District Supervising Minister Bro. Senen C. Capuno ang pagsamba at pagtatalaga ng nasabing Bahay Sambahan. Itinuturing ng mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo sa dakong yaon na malaking […]

Beijing holds South China Sea war games before ruling

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing has begun military drills in the South China Sea, state media reported Saturday ahead of a ruling by an international arbitration court on a dispute with the Philippines over the strategic waters. The navy Friday carried out “combat exercises” with “live missiles” between the Paracels and the southern Chinese island of Hainan, the PLA Daily, the military’s official newspaper, said on its website. State television CCTV broadcast images of fighter aircraft […]

12th Cinemalaya Film Festival, magbubukas sa Agosto; makakarating din sa Cebu

Sa pagpapatuloy ng Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival competition, magbubukas muli simula sa ika-lima hanggang ika-labing apat ng Agosto sa panglabingdalawang taon nito. Sa pagkakataong ito, hindi lamang dito sa Metro Manila at Sta. Rosa, Laguna ang pagpapalabas ng mga pelikulang kalahok kundi pati na rin sa mga Ayala cinemas sa Metro Cebu. Ang tema ng festival ngayon ay “Break the Surface” dahil bukod sa short film category, ibinalik na rin ang full length film category […]

4,000 drug users at pushers ang sumuko sa Tagum City

By Zen Tambioco Eagle News Service Davao   TAGUM City, Davao Del Norte (Eagle News). Apat na libong drug users at pushers ang sumuko sa Tagum City dahil sa mas pinaigting na kampanya ng syudad laban sa droga na tinawag nilang “Seryosong Tagumenyo Ayaw ng Droga” o STAnD. Pinapangunahan ng alkalde ng Tagum City na si Mayor Allan L. Rellon ang nasabing kampanya. Suportada rin ni Davao North Provincial Governor Anthony G. Del Rosario ang […]

Korea test-fires submarine-launched missile: Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Saturday appeared to have test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Seoul’s defence ministry said, a day after the US and South Korea decided to deploy an advanced missile defence system in the South. The launch from a submarine was apparently successful but the missile failed in the early stage of flight, the South Korean defence ministry said in a press statement. It said the North launched “what was […]

Golf: Johnson pulls out of Olympics over Zika concerns

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — World number two Dustin Johnson, who won his first major title at the US Open Golf Championship in June, won’t play in the Rio Olympics because of concerns over the Zika virus. In a statement released to the Golf Channel on Friday by his agent, David Winkle of Hambric Sports Management, Johnson said his hopes of expanding his family with fiancee Paulina Gretzky meant it would be “irresponsible” to risk […]

Presyo ng Durian, inaasahang tataas sa susunod na buwan

DAVAO City (Eagle News). Inaasahan na tataas ang presyo ng durian sa susunod na buwan sa Davao City kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng Kadayawan Festival.  Ito ay dahil sa malaking ektaryang taniman ng durian na napinsala ng El Niño. Ayon kay Davao Durian Council President Larry Miculob, nasa 410 ektarya umano ang lubusang napinsala ng El Niño at kinakailangang tanimang muli.  Marami ring napinsalang puno ng durian ang aabutin ng tatlo hanggang apat na taon bago pa muling makapagbunga. […]

Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC), pinaigting sa La Union

LA UNION (Eagle News). Mas pinaigting pa ng La Union Police Provincial Office (LUPPO) ang kanilang kampanya kontra droga sa pamamagitan ng pagre-activate ng Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council (BADAC) sa ilalim ng Department of Interior and Local Government Circular. Ang BADAC ay binubuo ng Punong Barangay bilang Chairman, at katuwang niya ang mga Brgy. Kagawad, Brgy. Tanod, Sangguniang Kabataan, School Principal, Kinatawan ng NGO o Civic Society, at ng Hepe ng Police. Kamakailan lang ay nagsagawa ng Mass Oath […]

Hinihinalang “top 2 drug personality” sa Calbayog City, pinagbabaril

      SAMAR, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isang lalaki  na nagngangalang Allan Villar Y Prudencio , 45, taong gulang, may asawa, at grade VI Math Teacher sa Brgy. Talahid Almagro, Samar ang pinagbabaril sa Gomez St. Brgy Aguit-itan, Calbayog City ng hindi nakikilalang salarin lulan sa isang motorsiklo. Sa inisyal na imbistigasyon ni SPO3 Mariano C. Fermilan at SPO1 Moises C. Bracamonte,  ang biktima ay sinsabing top 2 “drug personality” sa Calbayog. Narekober din ng […]

How one man spread a killer virus in hospital

PARIS, France (AFP) — A single patient infected 82 people with the deadly MERS virus in an overcrowded South Korean emergency room in 2015, according to a scientific investigation released Saturday. The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, maps a lethal outbreak of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea that caused 186 known infections in all, including nearly 40 fatalities. The case is the most prolific transmission of MERS virus from one […]