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(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Saturday, November 5, reminded those slated to take the bar exams in November to ensure they have the correct software version installed. 2022 Bar Examinations Chair Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa issued the reminder in Bar Bulletin No. 12 S. 2022 to “ensure uninterrupted examination taking.” The bulletin said the following are the versions of Examplify required for each operating system: For Windows OS – Examplify Version 2.9.6 For Mac […]
San Francisco, United States | AFP | by Julie JAMMOT Twitter sacked half of its 7,500-strong staff on Friday as new owner Elon Musk launched his major overhaul of the troubled company just a week after his blockbuster takeover. An internal document seen by AFP said “roughly 50 percent” of employees were impacted and would be denied access to company computers and email on an immediate basis. Workers around the world were shown the […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Saturday, Nov. 5. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 12:58 a.m. The epicenter was 411 kilometers southeast of Sarangani Island. The depth of focus was 243 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, as a result, cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms are expected in parts of Quezon and Camarines Provinces. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. […]
Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | Myanmar’s military has begun taking delivery of a batch of Russian-made combat jets, a monitoring group said Friday, the latest hardware shipped from Moscow as rights campaigners accuse the junta of hitting civilians with air strikes. In 2018 under the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s military purchased six Sukhoi Su-30s from Russia, according to Russian state media reports. Satellite data, reports from flight spotters and a […]
South Korea’s military scrambled stealth jets on Friday after detecting the mobilisation of 180 North Korean warplanes, Seoul said as it conducted large-scale joint air drills with the United States which have infuriated Pyongyang. North Korea has launched a record-breaking blitz of missile launches this week, including a failed intercontinental ballistic missile test on Thursday. Seoul and Washington extended their largest-ever joint air drills through Saturday in response to the North’s flurry of projectiles. “Our […]
Wazirabad, Pakistan | AFP | by Nasir Jaffry, with Sajjad Tarakzai in Islamabad Pakistani former prime minister Imran Khan was recovering in hospital on Friday after an assassination attempt that left him with a gunshot wound to the leg. The attack on his convoy, apparently by a lone gunman, killed one man and wounded at least 10 others, significantly raising the stakes in political crisis gripping the country since Khan’s ousting in April. Khan […]
#Earthquake 71 km SW of San Salvador (El Salvador) 8 min ago (local time 22:26:13). Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyeswitnesses. Share your experience via: 📱https://t.co/LBaVNedgF9 🌐https://t.co/ZwmMqSJ2Gu pic.twitter.com/0MyIUUY9RV — EMSC (@LastQuake) November 4, 2022 San Salvador, El Salvador | AFP | A 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook El Salvador on Thursday night, with no initial reports of casualties or material damage, Salvadoran authorities said. The tremor was registered at 10:26 pm […]
by Peter WUETHERICH Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in Beijing on Friday he was seeking to bolster the vital economic relationship with China on a trip for which he has faced criticism over Berlin’s heavy reliance on a nation growing more authoritarian under President Xi Jinping. Scholz is the first G7 leader to visit China since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, which prompted the world’s number two economy […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired an artillery barrage into a maritime “buffer zone” overnight, Seoul’s military said Friday, after a record-breaking blitz of launches that included a failed intercontinental ballistic missile test. Seoul and Washington, which have warned Pyongyang’s recent launches could culminate in a nuclear test, extended their largest-ever joint air drills through Saturday in response to the flurry of projectiles. Shortly after that decision was announced Thursday, Pyongyang fired three […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Surigao del Norte early Friday, Nov. 4. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit 62 kilometers southeast of General Luna. The depth of focus was six kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Twitter said it will start laying off employees on Friday, as the new billionaire owner Elon Musk moves quickly after his big takeover to make the messaging platform financially sound. A company-wide email seen by AFP says Twitter employees will receive word via email at the start of business Friday, California time, as to what their fate is. It does not give a number but the Washington Post and […]
