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President Duterte wins TIME 100 online poll
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has won Time 100’s online poll, edging out the likes of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg, among others. Duterte took five percent of the total “yes” votes in the online survey, which aims to determine whom readers want in the annual list of 100 most influential people in the world released by the publication. The poll opened on March 24, and closed on April […]
With video: Filipina witness recalls truck attack as Sweden remembers victims in minute of silence
(Eagle News) — If her bus did not stop in time, a Filipina, Pauline Bautista, recalls how she could have easily been one the victims of the truck that plowed into a crowd on a busy pedestrian street at the heart of Drottninggatan, Stockholm’s shopping district on Friday, April 7. Bautista, a correspondent of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s Eagle News Service in Sweden, recalled the horrific incident as she returned on that busy pedestrian street recalling […]
Video: First hand account: Eagle News correspondent recalls the horror of Sweden “truck attack”
Sweden’s Eagle News Service correspondent, Pauline Bautista, a Filipina, recalls the horror and shock of witnessing first hand the tragic truck attack in the country’s capital of Stockholm. Bautista recalled how the bus she was riding in stopped just in the nick of time, a few seconds before the “terror truck” passed through and rammed the crowd on the busy street. The people were crying, shouting, running. Some were frantically calling the police or […]
Watch: Swedes remember “terror truck” attack victims with flowers, prayers
https://youtu.be/0TOcXF-7biA People flock to the tragic scene of the April 7 terror truck attack in the heart of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, where four people were killed and 15 were injured. With flowers and prayers, the mourners wrote their messages of love and peace on colorful sticky notes that they placed on a wall of Ahlens department store at the corner of the Drottninggatan pedestrian street, where a stolen beer truck mowed […]
Watch: President Duterte leads 75th Commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan and Veterans Week
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led the 75th commemoration of the Araw ng Kagitingan and Veterans Week at the Mt. Samat Shrine in Pilar, Bataan on April 9, 2017. This year’s theme was ’75th Year of Valor: Honoring the Veterans Towards A Nation Worthy of Filipinos, Filipinos Worthy of the Nation.’ https://youtu.be/zzL3rdIK8a8
Watch: California’s “super bloom” draws scores of tourists
Thanks to last winter’s heavy rains, California’s flower-covered hills are experiencing their greatest bloom in more than a decade. Hordes of tourists are flocking to the region, which had been marked by an historic drought for the past several years. https://youtu.be/eE8kcecTbHk
Exclusive interview: More holistic approach to education seen in new UNESCO approach to achieve dev’t goals
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s Alma Angeles, together with Robert Capistrano and Caesar Vallejos interviewed officials of UNESCO in its headquarters in Paris, France where Alexander Leicht, chief of the Section of Education for Sustainable Development of UNESCO, explained how UNESCO changed its approach to education, incorporating even technical and vocational component, to achieve sustainable development goals. “The first thing that’s important to note is that we’re working now on a more holistic approach to education,” Leicht […]
Watch: Damascus residents denounce US strikes on Syria as “int’l terrorism” on sovereign state
Damascus residents criticize an American air strike on a Syrian airbase that marked the first direct US assault on President Bashar al-Assad’s government, saying it amounts to “international terrorism against a sovereign state.” Najeed Haj Bakri, university student said, “The US will intervene, whether it’s in the Shayrat airfield or any other airfield, every time the Syrian army advances and captures new areas. The Israelis and Turks did the same thing.” Esam Remeh, a […]
Video: Sweden shocked by terrorist truck attack in Stockholm
Sweden is shocked after the terror truck attack on Friday (April 7) that killed four people and injured 15 others in Stockholm. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven described this as a terrorist act. “Sweden has been attacked, everything indicates that this is a terrorist act,” he said.
Baby dolphin, patay dahil sa gunshot wounds sa Dinagat Islands
(Eagle News) — Isang pitong (7) talampakang baby dolphin ang natagpuang patay matapos magtamo ng mga tama ng bala ng baril sa barangay Poblacion, Cagdianao sa Dinagat Islands. Ayon sa mangingisdang si Boy Ellar, buhay pa at humihinga ang dolphin nang una nya itong matagpuan sa dalampasigan kahapon ng umaga. Hapon naman nang ideklara ng Municipal Agriculture Office na wala na itong buhay. Sa ngayon hindi pa matukoy kung paano nagtamo ng mga tama ng […]
Watch: US airstrikes on Syrian airfield and US President Trump justifying attacks
“There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention and ignored the urging of the UN Security council,” says United States President Donald Trump as he ordered a targeted military strike on a Syrian airfield. Below is US President Trump’s full statement: “On Tuesday, Syrian President Bashar al Assad launched a horrible chemical attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent. Assad choked out the […]
