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QUEZON City, Philippines (June 8) – “You can be anything!” A very empowering message delivered by Disney’s first quarter animated treat, Zootopia. I think I’m not spoiling anyone when I say that Zootopia is a story about a cute bunny named Judy Hopps. You see, Judy is not content about staying in the rural town of Bunnyburrow and becoming a carrot farmer like her parents. She has big dreams. And that is becoming the first-ever […]
A fleet of U.S., Japanese and Indian warships will hold a large-scale joint naval exercise over eight days from Friday in the western pacific; close to Japanese island chain, part of which china claims. As china pushes its territorial claims in the neighboring South China Sea, Tokyo and Washington worry it will look to extend its influence into the western pacific, with a growing fleet of submarines and surface vessels to ply distant oceans. The […]
MERALCO will reduce its overall power rate by 13 centavos to Php 8.32 per kilowatt-hour this month, driven by the fall in the generation charge. According to a statement from the power firm, the reduction for typical households with a consumption of 200 kwh will amount to Php 25.47, 300 kwh at Php 38.21, 400 kwh at Php 50.95 and 500 kwh at Php 63.69. Meralco cited the generation charge dropped by Php 0.16 per […]
(Eagle News) — Inihahanda na ng kampo ni Senador Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. ang isasampang “electoral protest” kaugnay ng nangyaring dayaan noong May 9 elections. Ayon sa kampo ni Marcos, posibleng maisampa ang kaso sa June 27. Hihilingin aniya nila sa “presidential electoral tribunal” na magkaroon ng recount sa ilang probinsya na hinihinala nilang nagkaroon ng dagdag bawas. Hindi naman daw dapat isama sa bilang ng boto ang resulta ng eleksyon sa mga lugar na […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House said President Barack Obama will not attend Muhammad Ali’s funeral, which coincides with his oldest daughter’s graduation. “They will be attending Malia’s high school graduation ceremony in Washington, DC,” said spokeswoman Jen Friedman. Instead, a close aide “will read a letter from the president and the first lady as part of Friday’s service in Louisville.” jca-arb/oh © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Here is a list of the US states and territories won by the main Republican and Democratic presidential candidates in the 2016 White House nomination contests held since February 1 ahead of today’s contests in six states: – DEMOCRATIC PARTY – Fifty contests have been held to date, including the Puerto Rico primary on Sunday. A total of 2,383 delegates are needed to secure the party’s presidential nomination, including the so-called […]
TOP Defense and Security experts here and abroad are evaluating the impact of the 2014 US-PH Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) on the Asia Pacific Region in a forum at the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) in Camp Aguinaldo on Tuesday, June 7. Experts said the agreement would be helpful to the country so that the Philippines will not lose its vital leverage in the West Philippine sea dispute. Prof. Renato De Castro of […]
UNITS from the Philippine Navy and the US navy formally started on Monday the annual bilateral Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT). CARAT Philippines 2016 aims to conduct combined naval operations to enhance militarizes’ interoperability. It also seeks to strengthen navies’ combined capabilities in surface and modern naval warfare, amphibious operations, diving and salvage, special operations; and enhance situation awareness and information sharing. ” The Philippines is among the US Navy’s nine partner nations with whom […]
by Jim SLATER CLEVELAND,Ohio (AFP)-– LeBron James knows all-too well the Cleveland Cavaliers must win Wednesday in the NBA Finals if they hope to make one of the greatest fightbacks in 70 years of championship history. Defending champion Golden State, which set an NBA record with 73 regular-season wins, has seized a 2-0 lead over the Cavaliers in the best-of-seven series, winning twice at home by blowout margins to capture momentum. “It’s a do-or-die game for us,” […]
(Eagle News) — London Film Festival’s “best director for a foreign language film” Carlo Jay Ortega Cuevas is the newest addition to the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) family. The award-winning director of INCinema’s “Walang Take Two” has recently signed up as one of the directors of EBC’s Entertainment department. Cuevas, who also recently won the Platinum World Award as “World Newcomer Filmmaker of the Year” at the recent World Film Awards in Jakarta, Indonesia, is […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — Queues snaked for meters at London’s Palace Theater on Tuesday (June 7). The reason? The next installment in the ‘Harry Potter’ saga. ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ opened for the first of several previews at the central London venue – and fans lucky enough to secure tickets for the event waited anxiously to get into the theater. The story – which is split into two parts – follows title character […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux PARIS, France (AFP) — A tropical fish can tell one human face from another despite lacking a brain section that homo sapiens and other “smart” animals use for this task, scientists said Tuesday. The astonishing ability was demonstrated in experiments with eight archerfish, a tropical species best known for spitting pressurised water jets to shoot prey out of the air. Instead of aiming at bugs, the sharpshooting fish were taught to […]
