(REUTERS) The United States said on Tuesday it was deploying a new force of special operations troops to Iraq to conduct raids against Islamic State there and in neighboring Syria, in a ratcheting up of Washington’s campaign against the group. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the deployment of the new “specialized expeditionary targeting force” was being carried out in coordination with Iraq’s government and would aid Iraqi government security forces and Kurdish peshmerga forces. […]
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Prince Harry meets young surfers on Africa tour
As part of his four-day tour of Africa, Prince Harry met with disadvantaged young children surfing on the beach in Durban on Tuesday (December 1). Prince Harry, who is on the tour to promote his charitable work in the region, had already met with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and visited various other charitable organizations on the trip to South Africa and Lesotho. On Tuesday, Prince Harry went to the beach and met with children learning to […]
Senator Grace Poe disqualified from presidential race
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) second division has disqualified Senator Grace Poe from the 2016 presidential race. Senator Francis Escudero, Poe’s running mate in next year’s polls, confirmed Tuesday (December 1) the COMELEC’S decision. Escudero said the second division favored the petition filed by lawyer Estrella Elamparo, stating that Poe had failed to meet the 10-year residency requirement of presidential candidates. The poll body division asserted that Poe became a resident only in July 2006 when […]
Pemberton found guilty of homicide for Jennifer Laude’s death
A Philippine court on Tuesday, December 1 found a U.S. Marine guilty of killing a transgender woman, jailing him for six to 12 years in a case that has reignited debate over the American military presence in the country. The Olongapo city regional trial court also ordered Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton to pay more than 4.5 million pesos ($95,350) to the family of Jennifer Laude, who was found dead last year in a hotel […]
Japan resumes whale hunts in the name of science
Japan‘s whaling fleet set out for the Antarctic on Tuesday (December 1) to resume a decades-old whale hunt, defying global outrage, after a year’s hiatus due to an international court ruling. Japan aims to take more than 300 whales in its “scientific whaling” programme before the hunt ends next year. “Many of our citizens are celebrating your trip out to sea,” said Tomoaki Nakao, the mayor of the western city of Shimonoseki that is home […]
Obama: climate change an economic, security imperative
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the world needs an enduring framework for addressing climate change and that he would seek an agreement that would boost economies as well as help the planet’s environment. A strong climate pact would send a signal to researchers and investors that change is necessary and will spur energy innovation, Obama said at a news conference at the U.N. global climate summit in Paris. Obama said he expected the […]
Condemning attacks, leaders in Paris make careful leap to climate change
(Reuters) For world leaders attending a long-planned climate summit in Paris just weeks after 130 people were killed by Islamic State militants in the French capital, addressing the coincidental convergence of global warming and terrorism was unavoidable. In a series of some 150 opening speeches at the heavily guarded facility on the outskirts of Paris, most heads of state and prime ministers offered condolences to their French hosts, pivoting quickly, sometimes awkwardly, to the climate […]
Bagong gusaling sambahan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo, pinasinayaan sa Lasam, Cagayan
Isang bagong gusaling sambahan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang pinasinayaan sa bayan ng Lasam, lalawigan ng Cagayan. Ang gusaling sambahan na ito ay ang ika-siyam na naitayo sa distrito ng Cagayan sa loob lamang ng anim na buwan. Ang pagpapasinaya ay pinangunahan ni Kapatid na Froilan A. Campos, Tagapangasiwa ng Sistrito ng Cagayan East.
Salaysay ni Lowell Menorca II, pinababasura ng Iglesia Ni Cristo dahil sa pagiging depektibo
Kampo ng Iglesia Ni Cristo, hiniling na maibasura ang salysay ni Lowell Menorca II dahil sa pagiging depektibo. (Eagle News Service Moira Encina)
EVM Cup, isinagawa sa Zambales North, Zambales South at Bataan
Matagumpay na naisagawa ang EVM Cup na nilahukan ng mga ministro na nanggaling sa distrito ng Zambales North, Zambales South at Bataan. Isinagawa ang elimination sa Orani, Bataan kung saan nagharap ang players ng Bataan at ang pinagsamang players ng Zambales North at South. Nagpakitang gilas naman ang mga ito ng husay sa paglalaro ng basketball. Walang sinayang na oras ang mga manlalaro kaya naging mahigpit ang labanan , todo suporta naman ang mga nanunod […]
Higit 200 katao, nakiisa sa Blood Donation Activity ng Iglesia Ni Cristo
Mahigit dalawang daang katao ang nakiisa at nagdonate ng dugo sa isinagawang blood donation ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Nueva Vizcaya sa pangunguna ni Kapatid na Willie A. Suratos Sr., Ministro ng Ebanghelyo sa Barangay Gymnasium sa San Nicolas, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. Nagpasalamat naman ng marami ang mga nasa Department of Health sa patuloy na pagkakawang-gawa ng Iglesia Ni Cristo at sa namamalaging pagtulong sa pagsagip ng buhay ng mga mamamayan. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Paolo […]
“Welcome Kapatid Ko”, isinagawa ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Iloilo at Antique
Isang social gathering ang ginawa pa sa mga nagnanais na umanib at nagsusuri sa mga aral ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa mga lalawigan ng Antique at Iloilo. Ang aktibidad na ito ay tinawag na “Welcome Kapatid Ko”, kung saan pangunahin o prioridad ng aktibidad na ito ang mga nagnanais na umanib sa loob ng Iglesia Ni Cristo. Ang nasabing aktibidad ay dinaluhan ng mga nagsusuri sa loob ng Iglesia. Kung saan ay nagtapos ito sa […]
