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Estimated 5-6 million expected to join earthquake drill

METRO Manila, Philippines, July 29 (Eagle News) – According to Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Francisco Tolentino, an estimated 5-6 million is expected to participate in the Metrowide Shakedrill. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Recorded message to serve as signal for start of earthquake drill

METRO Manila, Philippines, July 29 (Eagle News) — A 30-second recorded message using the voice of Metro Manila Development Authority Francisco Tolentino and Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Director Renato Solidum will serve as the signal to start the Metrowide Shakedrill which aims to prepare Metro Manila for the expected big earthquake. The public is urged to participate in the said earthquake drill. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) […]

Remember tea tree oil?

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News Service, July 29) – It has been called the “jack of all trades” among the herbal oils and this title is well-deserved because tea tree oil is really versatile and have tons of uses and benefits. It is famous as the surefire solution to get clear skin but tea tree oil is not only a weapon for fighting skin blemishes and acne.   First, a bit of history. British explorer Lieutenant […]

Metro Manila Shakedrill 2015

Are you ready for the Metrowide Shake drill? Here’s what you have to do: Please see: What to do during an Earthquake for further safety tips and instructions. For more info, visit: http://www.metromanilashakedrill.com/ Infographics designer: Dexter Magno Researcher: Mary Rose Faith Bonalos

INC ministers come out in the open to say they were not abducted, hit lies spread in media

(Eagle News) — Iglesia Ni Cristo ministers, who were earlier reported by media to be missing, have come out in the open to belie claims of expelled INC ministers and other critics that they were abducted and tortured. INC ministers Jojo Nemis, Arnel Tumanan, Nolan Olarte, and Lowell Menorca II came out in televised interviews today on NET 25 saying that they are safe and well, and have never ever been kidnapped nor hurt.  Another […]

Aquino’s coughs during SONA no cause for alarm, Palace assures President is in good health

The Palace has assured the public that President Benigno S. Aquino III’s overall health condition is good. “Sa pagkabatid ko naman po ang kanya lang naging concern kahapon ay ‘yung vertigo at ito lang ang dahilan kung bakit dumiretso siya doon sa podium ng House of Representatives. Maayos naman po ang kanyang overall health condition,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. told reporters during a press briefing in Malacañang. Secretary Coloma also noted that the President […]

Dr. Seuss back in stores with newly discovered children’s book

  (Reuters) — A funny thing happens when you open up a Dr. Seuss book — adults giggle and kids laugh. It’s been that way forever and it was that way on Tuesday (July 28), when 24 years after the death of Theodor Geisel, a new Dr. Seuss book, “What Pet Should I Get?” was celebrated at the Geisel Library on the University of California San Diego campus. “That is absolutely true the sense of […]

U.S. not serious about fighting Islamic State – Iraqi militia leader

(Reuters) — The head of one of Iraq’s fiercest Shi’ite militias called the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State ineffective on Tuesday (July 28). Qais al-Khazali, leader of Iranian-backed paramilitary group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, also accused Washington of lacking the will to uproot the radical Sunni Jihadis controlling large swathes of Iraq and Syria. The 41-year-old Iraqi said the campaign against Islamic State had failed because of an American agenda to redraw the map of the […]

U.N. to vote on MH17 draft resolution

(Reuters) — The U.N. Security Council is to vote on Wednesday (July 29) on a bid for an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a passenger airliner a year ago in Ukraine, but Russia says it is likely to block the move. On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down in eastern Ukraine with 298 passengers on board, two-thirds of them Dutch. It crashed in Ukrainian territory held by Russian-backed […]

Spurs ready for All-Star challenge

JULY 29 (Eagle News) — Tottenham Hotspur face a Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Star team in Colorado on Wednesday (July 29) and are expecting a tough match. The annual All-Star game will be held this season outside the mile-high city of Denver (5,280ft, or 1610m, above sea level) just 10 days before Spurs open their Premier League season away at Manchester United on August 8. “First thing is with the altitude we’re in. It’s good […]

Actor Rob Schneider’s home burglarized in Los Angeles

Actor Rob Schneider was the victim of a home invasion on Friday (July 24), according to local media citing the Los Angeles Police Department on Monday (July 27). LAPD spokesman Mike Lopez said that a female reported the burglary at the Encino neighborhood residence after coming home to find the door unexpectedly flung open. Officers determined that the incident took place between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. local time and that thieves made off with […]