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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Tuesday (April 12) it will allow developers to build chatbots inside its Messenger app to enable users to communicate with businesses directly in its latest effort to dominate enterprise transactions and customer service. The chatbots expedite Facebook’s moves to build out Messenger as the go-to place for users to contact businesses rather than through third-party websites and 1-800 lines. “You’ll never have to call […]
LAOAG CITY, April 12 (PIA) – It takes a leader’s political will to implement proper waste management to protect the environment, Juan delos Reyes, provincial environment and natural resources officer, said. De los Reyes added the local government units have control of the implementation of better solid waste management. “We already have complete reports regarding the solid waste problems in Ilocos Norte, but what we need now is the political will to implement the Republic […]
Eagle News – Isa-isang sinagot ng Comelec ang mga nagkalat na post sa Social media tungkol umano sa mga anomalyang nangyayari sa Overseas Absentee Voting. Naging usap-usapan ng mga netizen ang isang balota kung saan naka-highlight sina Mar Roxas at Leni Robredo. Subalit makikita na naka-shade ang oval sa tapat ng pangalan ni Davao city mayor Rodrigo Duterte at Senador Alan Peter Cayetano. Ayon sa Comelec maaring sample ballot ang nasa larawan na kasinglaki ng […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will acquire a controlling stake in leading Southeast Asian online shopping platform Lazada for $1.0 billion, it said Tuesday as Jack Ma’s company seeks to expand outside its home market. Alibaba’s Taobao platform is estimated to have more than 90 percent of the consumer-to-consumer market in China, while its Tmall platform is believed to command more than half of business-to-consumer transactions. But its international commerce business only accounted […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines now has its first-ever disaster-resilient metropolis. President Benigno S. Aquino lll himself led the groundbreaking ceremony of Clark Green City, the country’s first smart, green and disaster-resilient metropolis, in Sitio Baloy, Barangay Aranguren. Aquino was assisted by Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) President and Chief Executive Officer Arnel Paciano Casanova and Chairperson Maria Aurora Geotina-Garcia, Interior and Local Government Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento, and Public Works and Highways […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine authorities are investigating a computer security breach at the state election agency, officials said Tuesday, less than a month before the nation goes to the polls. The March 27 incident led to certain Commission on Election files being copied by unknown hackers from its website. But the commission said the privacy of the country’s 55 million registered voters was not compromised. Its spokesman James Jimenez said investigators were still checking the […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) – A painting discovered two years ago in a leaky attic in the south of France is by Italian master Caravaggio and worth an estimated 120 million euros, experts said on Tuesday (April 12). The painting, entitled “Judith Beheading Holofernes”, lay hidden for 150 years, members of the firm Eric Turquin said, before being discovered by a family in Toulouse who went into the eaves of their house looking for the source […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippine military has killed 25 Islamist guerillas as it presses on with an offensive despite the loss of 18 soldiers, authorities said Tuesday. Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin gave the toll of Abu Sayyaf fighters as fighting in the southern island of Basilan continued. “Twenty-five are dead as of now,” he told reporters, adding that a senior Abu Sayyaf leader called Furuji Indama was among them. “This is of major importance because […]
(Eagle News) UPDATE — Umakyat na sa 25 ang patay sa panig ng rebeldeng grupong Abu Sayyaf (ASG) sa nagpapatuloy pang opensiba ng militar sa Tipo-Tipo, Basilan na una nang nakabakbakan ng 44th Infantry Batallion noong Sabado, Abril 9. Kabilang sa mga malubhang nasugatan ang isa sa mga lider ng ASG na si Furugi Indama na kabilang sa mga target ng operasyon. Kumpirmado naman ang pagkasawi ng Moroccan bomb expert na si Mohammad Khattab, hinihinalang […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — A quarter-tonne snake that was found nestling on a building site could be the longest ever captured in Malaysia, officials said Tuesday. The reticulated python was a whopping 7.5 metres (25 feet) long and weighed a staggering 250 kilogrammes (550 pounds). The giant creature was discovered on Penang island by construction workers and kept in an office, where it was fed and watered while wildlife experts were contacted. However, […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – Behind a door bearing the name “Tiger Woods,” 44-year-old Lee Seung-yeop takes a powerful swing of his iron, launching the ball towards a grassy green projected onto a screen in a virtual golf lounge in the Gangnam district of Seoul. “Screen golf is much cheaper than regular golfing when you think of the costs. Sure it might not feel real, but it’s cheap and convenient. That’s why I come here […]
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) – Chris Hemsworth joined leading ladies Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain on the red carpet in Los Angeles Monday night (April 11) for the premiere of fantasy film “The Huntsman: Winter’s War.” The prequel to the 2012 “Snow White and the Huntsman”, which was inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairytale, sees Oscar winner Theron and “Thor” actor Chris Hemsworth reprise their roles as evil Queen Ravenna and […]
