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(REUTERS) Egypt said on Friday its navy had found human remains, wreckage and the personal belongings of passengers floating in the Mediterranean, the first confirmation that an EgyptAir jet with 66 people on board had plunged into the sea. Unconfirmed reports about flight data from the Airbus plane that disappeared while flying from Paris to Cairo in the early hours of Thursday local time pointed to several problems that its veteran pilot may have […]
(Reuters) – Some 157 pregnant women in the United States and another 122 in U.S. territories, primarily Puerto Rico, have tested positive for infection with the Zika virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. The CDC, in a conference call, said that so far fewer than a dozen of the infected pregnant women it has tracked in the United States and Puerto Rico have had miscarriages or babies born with […]
By Caesar Vallejos EBC Correspondent “This is IT!” exclaimed French conductor Olivier Ochanine as he announced on his wall post that the public may now secure seats at the Carnegie Hall to watch the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO) on June 18, 2016 at 8pm. In his post, he confirmed that the Cultural Center of the Philippine’s (CCP) presentation of the PPO at the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage of the Carnegie Hall is the very first Filipino […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) – by Maram Mazen Egypt’s latest air disaster is another crushing blow to a country whose tourism-dependent economy is struggling to recover from years of jihadist attacks and political turmoil, analysts said. The crash is the third airline incident in less than a year involving the Arab world’s most populous nation, undermining efforts to attract tourists and their much-needed revenues. Officials said it was too early to know whether technical failure or […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) – by Ola AWONIYI with Aminu ABUBAKAR in Maiduguri Nigeria has claimed the rescue of a second Chibok girl, just days after the first, but campaigners on Friday cast doubt on her identity and attention turned to the circumstances of the releases. The army said Serah Luka was among 97 women and children rescued in the Damboa area of northeast Nigeria on Thursday morning during military operations against Boko Haram Islamists. The […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – NATO said Friday it will hold formal talks with Russia before a landmark July summit in Warsaw endorses the alliance’s biggest military build-up since the end of the Cold War, to counter a more assertive Russia. In April, the NATO Russia Council (NRC) held its first meeting since June 2014 but the talks ended in “profound disagreements” over Ukraine and other issues, although alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said at the time […]
by Hiroshi Hiyama SENDAI, Japan (AFP) – Divisions over reigniting global growth were set to surface at the G7 in Japan Friday, with US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew expected to stand firm over any action threatening a currency war. Two days of talks will see host Japan keen to win an endorsement for its position that fiscal stimulus is the way to kickstart the world economy, after a rally in the yen hit exporters and worsened a […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Egypt’s military said its search teams found wreckage on Friday from the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean with 66 people on board. “Egyptian aircraft and navy vessels have found personal belongings of passengers and parts of the wreckage 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Alexandria,” its spokesman said on his Facebook page. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
Do you remember the gorgeous lady dancing the tango with Arnold Schwarzenegger? Her name is Tia Carrere; she is the triple threat in Hollywood from True Lies to Dancing with the Stars. (Eagle News Reported by Mj Racadio)
MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine National Police Chief Director General Alan Purisima was arrested Friday afternoon at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 by operatives of the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group. Purisima was arrested after he arrived from Butuan City. The arrest came after the Sandiganbayan ordered the issuance of arrest warrant against Purisima and 10 others who are facing graft charges in connection with the alleged anomalous courier service deal that the […]
HONG KONG , China (AFP) — The roof of a building at Hong Kong’s City University collapsed Friday, injuring three people, officials said, sparking panic among eyewitnesses who said it sounded like an explosion had gone off. The accident happened around 2:30 pm (630 GMT) at a university sports centre in the Kowloon Tong neighborhood, with footage showing the caved-in roof along with police, firefighters and ambulances at the scene. “The roof collapsed and there […]
Nominado sa ilang mga kategorya ang pelikulang “Felix Manalo” sa 39th Gawad Urian Awards kasama ng iba pang mga pelikulang Pilipino. Ang Gawad Urian ay isang award giving body para sa mga natatanging pelikulang Pilipino sa pakikipagtulungan ng Cinema One. Kasama sa nominasyon si “Dennis Trillo” bilang best actor, si “Rody Lacap” sa best cinematography, sina Joel Bilbao, Edgar Martin Littaua at Danny Red naman bilang best production design at si Albert Michael Idioma sa […]
