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by Luis Jaime CISNEROS LIMA , Peru (AFP) — A planeload of 33 lions rescued from abuse in Peruvian and Colombian circuses will fly to South Africa Friday in what campaigners call the largest ever airlift of big cats. The lions, with names such as Zeus and Shakira, were freed after the use of wild animals in circuses was outlawed in Peru in 2011 and Colombia in 2013. They have been rounded up with the […]
BEIJING , China (AFP) –One of China’s top airlines will split $10 billion of new orders between European manufacturer Airbus and US-based Boeing, it said, as competition heats up for aviation market share in the world’s second-largest economy. China Eastern Airlines said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange that the lion’s share of the orders, nearly $6 billion, will go to Airbus for 20 A350 aircraft. It will also spend close to […]
(REUTERS) North Korea’s Supreme Court sentenced a Korean American man to 10 years of hard labor on Friday for subversion, China’s Xinhua news agency reported, in the latest conviction of a foreigner for crimes against the isolated state. Kim Dong Chul was arrested in North Korea in October and had admitted to committing “unpardonable espionage” including stealing military secrets, the North’s official news agency reported earlier. “The Supreme Court of the Democratic People’s Republic of […]
(Reuters) China risks “terrible” damage to its reputation if it ignores an impending international court ruling on the South China Sea, the United States said on Thursday, while urging Southeast Asian countries to rally behind the court decision. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is expected to rule in coming weeks on a case the Philippines has brought against China’s claim to virtually all of the South China Sea, a strategic route for […]
Eagle News Service and Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (PT&T) has partnered up for the most extensive coverage of the May 9,2016 Elections in the Philippines. PT&T will provide high speed broadband connection for the Eagle News Service’s coverage of the elections entitled Desisyon ng Bayan 2016. This will bolster the online and social media presence of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation particularly through its websites net25.tv and eaglenews.ph Mr. Jorge A. Cabacungan, President of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation […]
LOS aNGELES , United States (AFP) — Paul Millsap had 17 points and eight rebounds as the Atlanta Hawks eliminated the Boston Celtics with a 104-92 win in game six of the first round playoff series Thursday. Al Horford and Kent Bazemore each scored 15 points, Kyle Korver had 14 points and Jeff Teague added 11 for Atlanta, which led by as many as 28 points in the second half en route to its first […]
An aerial view of the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Lingap-Pamamahayag in Tondo, Manila on Friday, April 29.
Eagle News — Naglabas ng mga ebidensya si Presidential candidate Mar Roxas ukol sa umanoy bank account ni Duterte na naglalaman ng 211 million pesos Ayon kay Roxas isang concerned citizen na nagdeposito ng limangdaang piso sa naturang bank account number sa isang BPI branch sa Alabang Town Center ngayong araw upang kumpirmahin ang pangalan ng nagmamay-ari nito Nakumpirmang nasa pangalan ito ni Mayor Rodrigo Duterte at ng anak nitong si Zara Duterte. Una nang […]
by Satish Cheney TEMERLOH , Malaysia (AFP) –Withering drought and sizzling temperatures from El Nino have caused food and water shortages and ravaged farming across Asia, and experts warn of a double-whammy of possible flooding from its sibling, La Nina. The current El Nino which began last year has been one of the strongest ever, leaving the Mekong River at its lowest level in decades, causing food-related unrest in the Philippines, and smothering vast regions […]
Eagle News — Galing umano sa mga iligal na transaksyon ang mahigit 211 million pesos sa bank accounts ni Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte na hindi idineklara sa kaniyang statement of assets liabilities at net-worth. Ayon kay Senador Antonio Trillanes ito ang nadiskubre nila sa mga ibinigay na dokumento kaugnay ng mga itinatagong ari-arian ni Duterte. Ipinakita ni Trillanes sa media ang mahabang listahan ng bank records ni Duterte pero tumanggi munang idetalye ang laman nito […]
SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — North Korea has jailed a detained Korean-American for 10 years after he was found guilty of subversion and espionage, China’s official Xinhua news agency said Friday. In a brief dispatch from Pyongyang, Xinhua said Kim Dong-Chul, who was arrested on espionage charges in October last year, was sentenced to 10 years with hard labour. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
