Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
(Reuters) — Malaysia said on Sunday that airplane debris that washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has been identified as being from a Boeing 777, the same model as a Malaysian Airlines plane which vanished last year. Experts hope the 2-2.5 meter (6.5-8 feet) wing surface, known as a flaperon, and a fragment of luggage also found on Reunion could yield clues on the fate of Flight MH370, which disappeared without trace […]
(Reuters) — Almost seventy years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the ageing survivors of the world’s first nuclear attack on a civilian population are starting to worry about the legacy they are leaving behind. Seventy-five-year-old Hiroshi Harada still remembers how his leg sank into one of the bodies blocking a narrow Hiroshima street 70 years ago as he fled the spreading fire ignited by the atomic bombing. Later that day, a girl grabbed Harada, […]
(Reuters) — Aid from local government and non-government agencies arrived at Myanmar’s Sittwe airport on Friday (July 31), after deadly monsoon rains displaced tens of thousands of people, flooded swathes of rice paddy and prompted fears of dams collapsing. The storms and floods have so far killed 21 people, with water levels as high as 2.5 metres in Sagaing and 4.5 metres in western Rakhine state, according to the government, which on Friday declared […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has assured that Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Manuel Roxas will resign as DILG head after he was endorsed by President Aquino on Friday as the administration’s standard-bearer for the 2016 presidential election. Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said in an interview over government radio that this is a “given” so Roxas would not be accused of using his position at the DILG to advance his candidacy. […]
(Reuters) — Eleven Colombian military personnel were killed on Friday (July 31) when their transport plane suffered motor failure and crashed in the northern province of Cesar, killing all on board, according to a statement from the Air Force. The burned hulk of the plane was found near the town of Codazzi, about 600 kilometres (372 miles) northeast of Bogota near the border with Venezuela. My deepest sympathy and solidarity with this news which saddens […]
(Eagle News) – Solar lamps for school children. Solar sets and solar panels for schools without electricity. This is what the Department of Education hopes to provide with the launch of its most recent project, the LightEd PH Campaign. The project aims to provide solutions to schools and homes that have no power through conventional and alternative sources of energy, according to a DepEd statement. “Light makes vision possible. In the realm of education, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News Service, July 31) – The camp of RnB singer Chris Brown and his concert promoter asked for a 15-day postponement of the preliminary investigation of the estafa case they are facing because their legal counsel have not yet completed the study of the complaints filed against them by the Maligaya Development Corporation. (ENS, written by Jay Paul Carlos)
BAGUIO City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, July 31) – The Philippine Military Academy set the date of its entrance exam on August 2. Aspirants can apply online while walk-in applicants should bring the required documents. Said documents and the details on the other requirements can be viewed in the attached video. (ENS, written by Jay Paul Carlos)
(Eagle News) — Rollback sa presyo ng Liquified Petroleum Gas o LPG ang sasalubong sa mga consumer ngayong weekend. Nag-announce na ng rollback ang tatlong kumpanya ng langis kabilang ang Petron, Solane Eastern Petroleum at Liquigaz na magpapatupad sila ng LPG price rollback. Aabot sa mahigit P12 ang bawas presyo sa kada tangke ng LPG, epektibo mamayang alas dose uno ng hatinggabi. Sa abiso ng Petron, P1.20 kada litro ang ibabawas sa presyo ng kanilang […]
(Reuters) — Beijing was chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to host the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday (July 31), becoming the first city to be awarded both summer and winter Games. The Chinese capital beat Almaty, Kazakhstan in a secret ballot of 85 IOC members, held at a convention centre in downtown Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with IOC president Thomas Bach opening an envelope to announce the decision. Beijing bid officials, towered over […]
(Reuters) — A 68-year-old Russian woman was arrested on Tuesday (July 28) in St. Petersburg suspected of killing and dismembering a pensioner neighbour several days before. Police suspect Tamara Samsonova may have also killed a 32-year-old lodger in 2003. The elderly woman’s case drew substantial attention in Russia after police retrieved a diary she kept in three languages – Russian, English and German – detailing 11 other murders. Samsonova confessed to some of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Benigno S. Aquino III on Friday endorsed Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II as the “one fully ready to continue the Straight Path” or “Daang Matuwid” and the one who deserves to be the country’s next leader. Roxas readily accepted the endorsement and vowed that he would not fail his “bosses.” The endorsement was seen as “expected” and “anti-climactic” by the camp of vice-president Jejomar Binay who has long announced his […]
