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MANILA, Philippines – The University of the East and the University of the Philippines are slowly recovering from the fires that affected their respective campuses. UE announced that its summer classes will start on April 11 and enrollment is ongoing while UP College of Arts and Letters suspended classes until April 7 while the university is negotiating with the Bureau of Fire Prevention for the creation of a new fire station inside the campus. (Eagle […]
MANILA, Philippines – According to SMARTMATIC, 85% of the polling precincts will make use of three SIM cads given by major telecommunication companies in order to transmit votes during the 2016 election. SMARTMATIC added that it was the Commission on Elections that made said decision due to the limited budget as well as the prohibitive cost of satellite transmissions. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith […]
MANILA, Philippines – According to the Department of Labor and Employment, 60 overseas Filipino workers in Qatar will be laid-off this April due to employer cost-cutting. Some of the OFWs affected have worked in Qatar for 10 years. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) – France carried out a security drill at a “fan zone” area in the city of Bordeaux on Monday (April 4) to ensure security and emergency rescue forces are prepared in the event of an attack during the upcoming Euro2016 championship. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve and Health Minister Marisol Touraine attended the exercises. Bordeaux will host five matches at the tournament, four in the group stages and a quarter-final. Security has become […]
OLONGAPO City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi gaanong natuwa ang pamilya ni Jennifer Laude sa desisyon ng Olongapo City Regional Trial Court Branch 74 na ibaba sa 10 taon mula sa 12 taon ang sentensya laban kay US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton. Sa kabila nito, sinabi ni Atty. Harry Roque, abogado ng pamilya Laude na pinaikli man ang jail sentence kay Pemberton, hindi na ito ubrang humingi ng parole. Kasabay nito, sinabi ni […]
Reuters – Two planes collided on a runway at a city airport in the Indonesian capital late on Monday (April 4), forcing passengers to evacuate using inflatable ramps. No casualties were reported, according to a statement from the transportation ministry. Mobile phone footage posted to the Internet showed images of fire being put off by emergency services.A Boeing 737-800 operated by Batik Air, the full-service arm of one of Asia’s biggest airline operators Lion Air Group, […]
Reuters – Zayn has debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart with his first solo release outside of One Direction, “Mind of Mine.” The album, which sold an equivalent of 157,000 copies, makes Zayn the only male U.K. solo artist to debut at No. 1 with their first album, according to Billboard. The album is led by its first single, “Pillowtalk,” which debuted at the top of the Billboard 100 chart in February. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hawak pa rin umano ng Department of Budget and Management (DBM) ang pondong para sa mga magsasakang apektado ng El Niño. Ibinunyag ni Department of Agriculture undersecretary Emerson Palad na ang hinihiling nilang pondo ang gagamitin sana ng mga magsasaka upang malabanan ang epekto ng matinding tagtuyot. Ngunit dahil, aniya, bigo ang DBM na ilabas ang nasabing pondo, sa regular fund muna ng agriculture department humugot ang ahensya para sa […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) – Yao Ming,Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson headline the 2016 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class announced Monday (APRIL 4). Longtime Chicago Bulls owner and chairman Jerry Reinsdorf will be enshrined and posthumous inductees are NBA referee Darrell Garretson, John McLendon, the first African-American coach in professional basketball, and former stars Zelmo Beaty and Cumberland Posey. O’Neal was an unstoppable force as a 7-foot-1 dunking machine who was named a 15-time […]
QUEZON City (Eagle News) — Asahan ang mainit at humid na panahon sa malaking bahagi ng bansa ngayong araw, Abril 5. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), epekto ito ng dalawang umiiral na weather system sa bansa. Ang ridge of high pressure area ang nakakaapekto sa northern Luzon at easterlies naman sa silangang bahagi ng central at southern Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao. Nitong Sabado, Abril 2, pumalo sa mapanganib na […]
NORTH CAROLINA, United States (Reuters) – Dozens of radio towers that used to transmit “Voice of America” broadcasts throughout the world tumbled to the ground on Monday (April 4), falling like dominoes. The 48 towers in Beaufort Country, North Carolina, located on land owned by the state’s Wildlife Resources Commission, had been out of use for 10 years, NBC reported. “Voice of America” was created in 1942 as a radio news service for people living […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) – Olympic authorities said on Monday (April 4) they were confident of progress in the Olympic Park in Rio’s Barra da Tijuca zone, where 15 competition venues will stage 23 sport disciplines in August. The Future Arena in the Olympic Park was shown off as part of a guided tour of the facilities led by Olympic authorities keen to demonstrate the progress, four months before the start of the Games. […]
