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SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A Singaporean man behind a defunct website that published made-up articles stirring hatred against foreigners in the city-state was jailed for eight months Tuesday for sedition. State prosecutors had pushed for a strong deterrent sentence on Yang Kaiheng, owner of The Real Singapore (TRS) website, saying the articles on which the charges were based were “designed to provoke hatred against foreigners in Singapore”. Yang, 27, had earlier claimed trial but later […]
Department of Health (DOH) Regional Office VI cautions the public against WILD diseases. WILD, which stands for Waterbourne diseases, Influenza, Leptospirosis and Dengue, are most likely to occur or spread during this season. Here are the Common Diseases During Rainy Season and How to Avoid them. (Research by Dianne Mae Czarina Condes, Infographics by Krizia Mae Benesio)
NORTH Cotabato, Philippines (Eagle News) — Close to 1,500 families in two towns of north Cotabato were forced to flee their homes after torrential rains brought by tropical depression “ambo” hit the province on Tuesday dawn (June 28). The rains caused rivers and other waterways to overflow toward residential and vast agricultural areas in the low-lying villages of Kabacan and Matalam towns. In Kabacan, hundreds of farmlands planted with palay were inundated in barangays Kuyapon, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Outgoing House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte said that there’s zero possibility that he would lead an impeachment trial against President-elect Rodrigo Duterte in the 17th congress to favor Vice President-elect Leni Robredo. In an interview after the turnover of the 1935 bronze bust of National Hero Jose Rizal by Guillermo Tolentino to the House of Representatives, Belmonte called all these talk as “intrigues” or speculations. He said he saw no […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Leni Robredo will take her oath as Vice President of the country at her new office at the Quezon City reception house on June 30. The head of Robredo’s transition team, Boyet Dy, said Vice President-elect Robredo’s inauguration will take place at the QC reception house—-located in an upscale neighborhood in new manila. It will start at 9 a.m. and end at 10 a.m. Her camp said, the ceremony […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — NASA on Tuesday performed its second and last test-fire of a rocket booster for the Space Launch System (SLS), a powerful engine that may one day launch astronauts to Mars, the US space agency said. Fire and gray smoke billowed from the booster, which lay on the ground during the two-minute test fire in the remote hills of Utah at 11:05 am (1605 GMT). NASA has described the SLS as […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Incoming and President Elect Rodrigo Duterte will be inaugurated as the 16th President of the Philippines on Thursday, June 30. Duterte is the first president hailing from Mindanao. In a radio interview in Radyo Agila, incoming Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) head Martin Andanar , said a dry run was conducted to ensure the smooth transition as well as the positioning of guests and visitors in the two-hour inauguration. […]
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AFP) — US First Lady Michelle Obama launched a $100 million aid package in Morocco Tuesday to promote the education of girls in a country where half of females over 15 are illiterate. Visiting Marakech with actresses Meryl Streep and Frieda Pinto of the “Slumdog Millionaire” film, she told girls in attendance she wanted them to be part of a global conversation on female education. “We want to share this conversation with young […]
(Eagle News) — Outgoing Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. underscored the importance of the media in a democratic country, as he explained that media and the government should always have a good working relationship. “Hindi kailangang maging magka-away ang pamahalaan at media. Puwede namang magtulungan para sa kapakanan ng bansa; mahalaga lang unawain ang konteksto at perspektibo sa pag-uulat ng balita at paghahatid ng impormasyon. (Government and media need not fight. […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Florida on Tuesday reported its first case of a baby born with the birth defect microcephaly after the child’s mother, a Haitian citizen, was infected with the Zika virus while pregnant, officials said. The mother contracted Zika in Haiti and came to Florida to deliver the baby, said a statement from Governor Rick Scott’s office. The Florida Department of Health confirmed the case. Zika is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes but […]
by Rob Lever WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–Volkswagen has agreed to a record $15 billion US payout over its emissions-cheating diesel cars, pledging to buy back or fix vehicles that tricked pollution tests, and pay each owner up to $10,000. The German auto giant agreed in a settlement filed in federal court Tuesday to pay up to $14.7 billion to American consumers and US authorities, and announced a separate deal to pay $603 million to settle consumer […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hit fantasy TV show “Game of Thrones” pulled in nearly nine million viewers Sunday, its highest one-day audience figures ever, for the season six finale broadcast on HBO. Nielsen said 8.9 million people watched the 10th and final episode of the latest season, either live or on playback on Sunday. The Emmy-winning show tells the story of noble families vying for control of the Iron Throne, all the while […]
