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Singapore Airlines plane catches fire in emergency landing

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — A Singapore Airlines plane caught fire Monday while making an emergency landing at Changi Airport after turning back from a flight to Milan following an engine oil warning message, the carrier said. No one was injured aboard the Boeing 777-300ER, but one passenger described those moments as a “so-close to death” experience. SIA said in a statement the plane was en route from Singapore to Milan when an engine oil warning […]

‘Finding Dory’ splashes the box office competition

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Pixar’s “Finding Dory” was floating atop the box office over the weekend, taking in an estimated $73.2 million, industry data showed Sunday. “Dory,” voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, follows a forgetful fish on a quest to find her parents, much as she did as a supporting character in the 2003 animated hit “Finding Nemo.” The film, in its second week in theaters, splashed past “Independence Day: Resurgence,” which made a […]

Four things we’ve learned from Paris men’s fashion week

by Fiachra GIBBONS PARIS, France (AFP) — As the last of the Paris menswear collections go down runways Sunday, we survey the big themes of the week’s fashion shows. Fashion (still) loves England They may have plunged themselves and the world’s financial markets into crisis with Thursday’s Brexit vote, but everybody still loves the English — or their style at least. From Dior’s black-clad boot boys to Louis Vuitton’s rakish colonial artistos, British influences where […]

UK Labor leader defies revolt over Brexit strategy

by Michael THURSTON LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s opposition Labor party leader Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he will not quit despite the resignation of 11 members of his top team Sunday over his handling of the EU referendum campaign. Corbyn, widely criticized for his lukewarm support for the Remain camp, said he will not betray the trust of the party members who elected him, and vowed to “reshape” his shadow cabinet starting on Monday. […]

How EBC is redefining sitcom through Hapi ang Buhay

By Caesar R. Vallejos EBC Correspondent At the Hapi ang Buhay set, eaglenews.ph sat with the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s (EBC) award-winning director Carlo Cuevas who earned international recognition for the INCinema-produced ‘Walang Take Two’ from London and Jakarta. The film is also nominated in another award-giving body in Madrid, Spain. The film resulted to EBC’s spin-off sitcom Hapi ang Buhay, the network’s first, that is redefining situational comedy-making in Philippine entertainment. Cuevas answered eloquently throughout […]

Kontribusyon ng Filipino seafarers, kinilala ng Pamahalaan

Kinilala ng Pamahalaan ang kontribusyon ng mga Filipino seafarers sa global economy habang ipinagdiriwang ang international seafarer’s day sa buong mundo. Ayon kay Coloma, ang kinikilala at itinatanghal ang mga Filipino seafarers bilang pinakamahusay, pinakamasipag at pinaka may-kakayahang maghatid ng mataas na kalidad ng paglilingkod. Sa ngayon ang mga Filipino seafarers ang pinakamarami sa buong mundo sa maritime industry.

Si Bautista, hindi ang COMELEC ang dapat singilin sa naunsyaming mall voting — Guanzon

Si COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista ang dapat na magbayad para sa naunsyaming mall voting dahil siya lamang ang lumagda sa Memorandum of Agreement ukol sa pagboto sa mall, ito ang inihayag ni COMELEC Commissioner Rowena Guanzon. Ito ay sa kadahilanang may lumabas na report na naniningil ang Robinsons Land Corporation ng may isang milyong piso sa naging gastos nito sa pagboto sa mga mall.