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LAOAG CITY, July 31 (PIA) – The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) shared some tips to avoid being hit by lightning. The local weather bureau released these tips following the recent lightning incidents in the Ilocos provinces that caused the death of a tricycle driver and wounding of three others along the road in an open area of Barangay Barong, Dingras, Ilocos Norte. The latest lightning incident happened in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur […]
Pormal ng inindorso ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III si Interior Secretary Mar Roxas bilang standard bearer ng Liberal Party. Ginawa ang endorsment kay Roxas sa Cory C. Aquino Kalayaan Hall ng Club Filipino. Kasama sa isinagawang endorsement sina Senate Presiedent Franklin Drilon. House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., at iba pang opisyal.
MANILA, 31 July (PIA) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will continue road reblocking and repairs along Commonwealth in Quezon City and C-5 in Pasig City. According to DPWH, the road repairs will begin Friday, 31 July at 10 PM until Monday, 3 August at 5 AM. Road repairs will be undertaken towards the southbound direction of Commonwealth Avenue, Commonwealth Market Extension Overpass to Bicol- Leyte Overpass in Quezon City (2nd Lane […]
JULY 31 (Reuters) — Job cuts and falling profits at Royal Dutch Shell are the latest indication of how prolonged low oil prices are taking their toll. Profits in the second quarter were 37 percent lower than last year. Net income was $3.8 billion, down from more than $6 billion a year earlier, missing analysts forecasts. It’s to axe 6,500 jobs to help mitigate the impact. Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell said, […]
(Reuters) — The Russian state must have been involved in the 2006 poisoning of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko with a radioactive isotope, which amounted to “a nuclear attack on the streets” of London, an inquiry into the death was told on Thursday (July 30). Kremlin critic Litvinenko died weeks after drinking green tea laced with polonium-210 at London’s plush Millennium hotel. From his deathbed he accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of ordering his killing but […]
(Reuters) — Landslides triggered by torrential rain in Nepal swept through villages on Thursday (July 30), killing at least 30 people, home ministry officials said. The landslides struck the villages near the resort town of Pokhara, 125 km (77 miles) west of Kathmandu shortly after midnight. In the village of Lumle about half of the homes were buried or destroyed by a torrent of mud and rocks. A local resident said the landslide escalated […]
(Eagle News) — Kumpirmado na ang pag-eendorso ni Pangulong Aquino kay Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas bilang standard bearer ng Liberal Party (LP) sa halalan sa 2016. Ayon kay Liberal Party Secretary General Mel Sarmiento, gaganapin ang opisyal na pag-endorso ni Aquino kay Roxas bukas, July 31, ng 9 a.m. sa Club Filipino. Bago ang kaniyang State of the Nation Address nitong Lunes, una nang sinabi ng Pangulo na ia-anunsyo ang kaniyang i-e-endorsong […]
(Reuters) — French gendarmes and police examined a large piece of plane debris found on the beach in Saint-Andre, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on Wednesday (July 29). France’s BEA air crash investigation agency said it was examining the debris, in coordination with Malaysian and Australian authorities, to determine whether it came from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished last year in one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. […]
(Reuters) — Israel’s parliament on Thursday (July 30) passed into law the ability to force-feed prisoners on hunger strike, a move that has met vehement opposition from the country’s medical association. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightist coalition weathered a lengthy parliamentary debate and the law passed with 46 lawmakers in favour and 40 opposed in the 120-seat Knesset. Israel has long been concerned that hunger strikes by Palestinians in its jails could end in […]
(Reuters) — Animal rights activists from PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) rallied in front of the Hermes’ store in Tokyo on Thursday (July 30) to call on the luxury brand to stop using exotic skins for their bags. Their protest came a day after actress and singer Jane Birkin asked Hermes to remove her name from one of the luxury goods maker’s best-selling bags due to what she called “cruel” crocodile […]
HULYO 30 (Agila Probinsya) — Isang seminar ang isinagawa sa Sta. Rosa City, Laguna na may kinalaman sa anti-bullying kung saan pinangunahan ito ng Laguna Philippine National Police (PNP). Layunin ng seminar na ito na bigyan ng lubos na kaalaman ang mga magulang tungkol sa bullying, lalo na ngayon na usong-uso sa mga batang mag-aaral ang pambubully. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Ronalyn Mayores)
HULYO 30 (Agila Probinsya) — Isinagawa ang pagbubukas ng Visayas Leg 2015 ng Pacific Partnership Provincial Capitol ng Capiz na siyang pinakamalakig Humanitarian Mission Program sa buong mundo. Ang programa ay dinaluhan ilang panauhin mula sa US Navy at ng mga kawani ng USNS Mercy na isang hospital ship, mga representatives ng iba’t-ibang organisasyon at institusyon sa lalawigan ng Capiz. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Nathaniel Flores)
