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Lingap Sa Mamamayan sa Coron, Palawan

Lingap Sa Mamamayan sa Coron, Palawan by JC Montes Mayo 17 (Coron Palawan) Eagle News Nagsagawa ng motorcade ang mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo alas-4:00 ng hapon noong Biyernes (Mayo 13) sa Sitio Malbato, sa Brgy. Bintuan, Coron, Palawan upang ipag-anyaya sa mga residente roon ang isasagawang Lingap sa Mamamayan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo.  Nilalayon ng ganitong programa ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa ilalim ng proyektong Kabayan Ko, Kapatid Ko na matulungan ang mga […]

Trump warns of bad relationship with Cameron

LONDON , United Kingdom (AFP) — Donald Trump warned Monday he may end up having a bad relationship with British Prime Minister David Cameron, who branded the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s proposal to stop Muslim immigration to the US “stupid”. “It looks like we are not going to have a very good relationship,” Trump told Britain’s ITV television. “Who knows, I hope to have a good relationship with him but he’s not willing to address […]

Ban fishing to save world’s smallest porpoise: WWF

MEXICO CITY , Mexico (AFP) — The World Wildlife Fund urged Mexican authorities on Monday to ban all fishing in the upper Gulf of California to save the vaquita marina, the world’s smallest porpoise, from extinction. The environmentalist group made the plea three days after an international team of scientists revealed that only 60 of the sea creatures were left and that they could vanish by 2022. “It’s a drastic measure but maybe the most […]

Indonesia landslide kills 15 students, fears toll could rise: official

SIBOLANGIT , Indonesia (AFP) — Fifteen students holidaying at a popular tourist spot in western Indonesia have been killed in a landslide, an official said Monday, with fears the death toll could rise. Heavy rain and flash flooding triggered a major landslide Sunday at a famous “two-coloured” waterfall at Sibolangit in the north of Sumatra island, said disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. Searchers had so far unearthed 15 bodies, Sutopo said late Monday. Two […]

Quake hits Tokyo, eastern Japan cities; no tsunami

TOKYO ,Japan (AFP) –An earthquake shook buildings in the Japanese capital Tokyo and other areas on Monday but no damage or injuries were immediately reported. The quake struck at 9:23 pm (1223 GMT) in Ibaraki 41 kilometres (25 miles) northeast of Tokyo at a depth of 37 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said, putting the magnitude at 5.4. It was felt in large parts of eastern Japan. Japanese authorities said there was no danger of […]

Venezuela enters critical stage in political crisis

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) – by Alexander Martinez Venezuela braced Monday for more upheaval as President Nicolas Maduro prepared to unveil the scope of a new emergency decree and the opposition readied protests against what it calls a bid to cling to power. The leftist leader has so far given few details on the state of emergency he declared Friday, beyond vowing to seize factories he claims have been paralyzed by the “bourgeoisie” in order to exacerbate […]

Duterte, inilatag na ang mga gagawin sa bansa

(Eagle News) — Matapos magpahinga ng isang linggo, humarap na sa media ngayong araw si Presumptive president Rodrigo Duterte at inilatag ang mga gagawin sa bansa. Ilan sa mga tiniyak ni Duterte ang pagsugpo sa iba’t ibang uri ng krimen gaya ng ilegal na droga maging ang paghiling aniya sa kongreso na ibalik ang death penalty para sa mga karumaldumal na krimen. Ipapatupad din aniya ang mandatory curfew sa mga menor de edad kung saan […]

Drilon at Villanueva, nananatiling nasa top spots ng senatorial race

Nananatiling nangunguna sina Senate President Franklin Drilon at dating TESDA director-general Joel Villanueva sa senatorial race ayon sa partial and official tally ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) sa araw na ito. Sa naturang tally, nakuha ni Drilon ang top 1 rank na may 18,307,801 votes habang nakuha naman ni Villanueva ang 18,212,639 votes. Pumapangatlo naman si Senador Vicente Sotto III na nakakuha ng 16,985,226 votes at sinusundan nina Senador Panfilo Lacson na may 16,687,586 votes […]

Kabul locked down as minority Hazaras protest over power line

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) – by Mushtaq MOJADDIDI Tens of thousands of minority Shiite Hazaras marched through the streets of the Afghan capital Monday to protest at the proposed route for a major power transmission line, in a brewing political crisis for the beleaguered government. Security forces locked down central Kabul, blocking key intersections with stacked shipping containers as the protesters marched on the presidential palace — demanding that the line linking energy-rich Central Asia pass through a […]

Philips eyes almost billion euro IPO windfall

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) – by Jo Biddle Dutch electronics giant Philips announced Monday it will float 25 percent of its shares in a highly anticipated IPO of its lighting arm which could raise almost one billion euros. The Amsterdam-based company said it would release some 37.5 million shares for the initial public offering on May 27, with an option of releasing more if the offer is over-subscribed. The floatation could raise between 694 […]