Academy award winning Actress Angelina Jolie known for her work in Tomb Raider to Mr. and Mrs. Smith and aside from being a Hollywood royalty, Jolie is also known for humanitarian and goodwill ambassador. (Eagle News Service, Reported by MJ Racadio)
Other News
Protests in Hong Kong as top China official visits
by Aaron TAM Dennis CHONG HONG KONG , China (AFP) — Hong Kong protesters angry at a visit by a top Beijing official shouted pro-democracy slogans Wednesday but were kept well away from a mission seen as an attempt to bridge the city’s growing political divide. The three-day trip by Zhang Dejiang, who chairs China’s communist-controlled legislature, is the first by such a senior official for four years. It comes as concerns grow that freedoms […]
China’s Xi calls for Marxism and intellectual loyalty
BEIJING , China (AFP) — China’s Communist Party must ensure that philosophy and social science “unequivocally uphold” Marxist principles, President Xi Jinping told a high-level academic seminar, according to state media reports. Xi’s address to around 150 specialists was his latest move to exert greater authority over China’s cultural sphere, following two similar gatherings earlier this year on his vision for the news media and the Internet, and came as the ruling party also seeks […]
Philippine economy seen slowing in first-quarter on weak exports – Reuters poll
The Philippine economy may have expanded at a slower pace in the first quarter from the previous three months, as strong consumer spending was offset by weak exports, a Reuters poll showed. GDP was seen expanding a seasonally adjusted 1.6 % (percent) in January to March — from the previous quarter —according to the median of the poll — slower than 2 percent growth in the last three months of 2015. The forecasts of six […]
Nawawalang mountaineer sa Mt. Tarak sa Bataan, natagpuan na
Natagpuan na ang nawawalang mountaineer sa Mt. Tarak peak sa Mariveles, Bataan. Sinasabing naligaw umano ang nasabing mountaineer kaya napalayo sa kanyang mga kasamahan.
Ecuador struck by 6.7 magnitude quake: USGS
QUITO , Ecuador (AFP) — A strong earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Moment magnitude scale struck Ecuador early Wednesday, one month after a devastating 7.8 magnitude quake that killed some 660 people, the US Geological Survey said. Ecuador’s national geological institute, which measured the quake at 6.8, said it struck at 2:57 am local time (0757 GMT) in the South American country’s western Manabi region. US geologists said there was no tsunami threat from the quake. […]
Elementary and high school students attend National Youth Science Camp in Tarlac City
QUEZON City, Philippines – Various elementary schools and high schools from all over the Philippines gathered in the Aquino Convention Center in Tarlac City to participate in the National Youth Science Camp. The three-day camp has the theme of Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change. Aside from a series of seminars, the students also participated in other activities.
Duterte names two more officials as future Cabinet secretaries
Presumptive president-elect Rodrigo Duterte named two more of his supporters who will join his would-be Cabinet after June 30. Duterte named former North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol to head the department of agriculture and former Bureau of Immigration Chief Andrea Domingo for PAGCOR. Both Piñol and Domingo actively supported Duterte in the election campaign. Piñol and Domingo are the new additions in the list of future Cabinet secretaries. Earlier, Duterte announced he has offered lawyers […]
Villar, Pinakamayaman ; Escudero, Pinakamahirap
Eagle News — Inilabas na ng Senado ang kopya ng Statement Of Assets Liabilities at Net worth ng mga senador noong 2015. Sa dalawampu’t-apat na senador si Senadora Cynthia Villar pa rin ang naitalang pinakamayaman na may kabuuang assets na 3.5 billion pesos. Lumobo ang yaman ni Villar ng mahigit 1.6 billion mula sa dating 1.983 billion noong 2014, habang wala itong idineklarang anumang pagkakautang. Pumangalawa sa pinaka mayaman si Senador Ralph Recto na may […]
Rom-Com film na “My Candidate”, palabas na sa mga sinehan
Isang makabuluhang pelikula ang handog naman ng Quantum Films sa ating lahat pagkatapos ng mainit na eleksyon sa bansa. Ang “My Candidate” ay pagsasamahan nina Derek Ramsey, Shaina Magdayao at Iza Calzado. Isa itong romantic comedy, sa direksyon ni Direk Quark Henarres. Sa naganap nitong press conference, nagkaroon tayo ng pagkakataong makausap ang mga cast ng pelikulang ito. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) […]
Rescuers find 16 bodies after Sri Lanka landslides
COLOMBO , Sri Lanka (AFP) — Rescue workers on Wednesday recovered the bodies of 16 villagers buried in landslides in Sri Lanka after three days of torrential rains. The disaster hit two small villages in Kegalle, a mountainous area north-east of Colombo, and take the overall death toll from flooding and landslides in recent days to 35. Sri Lanka’s government has deployed troops to evacuate people living on slopes or in flood-hit areas and the […]
Piñol sa Agriculture Department; Domingo sa PAGCOR
Eagle News — Magiging bagong Agriculture Secretary naman si dating North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol. Sa marching order kay Piñol, ipinatitiyak ni Incoming President Duterte ang abot-kayang presyo ng pagkain at walang katiwaliang mangyayari sa Department Of Agriculture. Sabi ni Pinol matagal pa bago niya mapagtanto na pinangalanan siya ni Duterte bilang susunod na Agriculture Secretary. Aminado rin aniya siya na hindi madali ang trabahong ibinigay sa kaniya ni Duterte pero umaasa siya na magagampanan […]
