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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand wildlife lovers are mourning the death of a gannet named Nigel, dubbed “the loneliest bird in the world” due to the absence of any feathered friends on his island home. Instead the seabird, also known as “no-mates Nigel”, spent years living among a colony of fake concrete birds set up by conservationists in a bid to attract wildlife. The antisocial avian fell in love with one of the […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, Russia (AFP) — The ozone layer that protects life on Earth from deadly ultraviolet radiation is unexpectedly declining above the planet’s most populated regions, according to a study released Tuesday. A 1987 treaty, the Montreal Protocol, banned industrial aerosols that chemically dissolved ozone in the high atmosphere, especially above Antarctica. Nearly three decades later, the “ozone hole” over the South Pole and the upper reaches of the stratosphere […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Washington Wizards are playing like contenders again as they took advantage of an out-of-sync Indiana Pacers team to pull off a 111-102 win as eight players scored in double figures Monday. All-star guard Bradley Beal scored 21 points and Kelly Oubre had 15 for the Wizards, who earned their season-best fifth consecutive victory. “I thought everybody chipped in and played well,” Washington coach Scott Brooks said. The Wizards […]
By Caesar Vallejos, Eagle News Service As it celebrates its golden journey, Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) steers the company as the bastion of values-oriented, family-centered programming in today’s freewheeling industry. Amplifying the thrust to take the lead in responsible journalism, EBC, in a symbolic move, went back to the academe and challenged students to embrace the true tenets of journalism. Held at the New Era University (NEU) last January 27, 2018, EBC hosted the Broadcast Journalism […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council insisted on Tuesday that the national government was giving enough assistance to Albay since the volcano was monitored in a restive state. In belying Albay Gov. Al Francis Bichara’s claims, NDRRMC Spokesperon Romina Marasigan said there were many food and non-food items in the provincial and regional offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and assistance continued to pour […]
“They should not allow themselves to look pathetic and worse, ridiculous,” he says (Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday slammed lawmakers who said amendments and revisions to the Charter could be done without the participation of the Senate, noting that such an interpretation of what the Constitution says about charter change was “at best, self-serving.” “For their own sake, they should not allow themselves to look pathetic and worse, ridiculous,” Lacson said. Lacson […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine economy posted a growth of 6.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported on Tuesday. In a press conference, National Statistician Lisa Grace S. Bersales said that the gross domestic product was driven primarily by the industry sector, which posted a growth of 7.3 percent in October to December. With the 6.6 percent growth in the fourth quarter of last year, the Philippine economy posted a […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nais ni Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) officer-in-charge Eduardo Año ang mas mabigat na parusa sa mga pulis na masangkot sa iligal na droga. Giit ni Año, nararapat lamang ang magpataw ng kaparusahan dahil sa paglabag sa kanilang sinumpaang tungkulin. Kaugnay nito, hinikayat niya ang180,000 pulis na nahaharap sa kaso na magbago. Aminado ito na talagang mahihirapan ang Philippine National Police (PNP) para tuluyang mabawi ang kanilang […]
by Albert Kambale with Philippe Rater at the United Nations Agence France Presse The United Nations suffered its worst attack on a peacekeeping mission in nearly a quarter of a century on Friday when suspected Ugandan rebels attacked a base in the restive Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 15 peacekeepers. The UN Security Council said the peacekeepers, who were all from neighboring Tanzania, were killed in the North Kivu province late Thursday, […]
(Agence France Presse) — Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao said on Friday he has opened talks to fight mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor in April when he takes a break from his legislative duties. “If we can negotiate it, I have no problem. It is OK with both of us,” Pacquiao said when asked about reports he was seeking a match with McGregor who lost a megabucks boxing match in August against the unbeaten […]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) — Thousands of Hondurans took to the streets in protest against “electoral fraud” Sunday, as vote counting resumed a week after President Juan Orlando Hernandez and opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla went head to head in the polls. Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) president David Mataramos announced a review of 1,006 votes presenting inconsistencies — despite the opposing Alliance Against the Dictatorship calling for 5,173 votes to be scrutinized. “We feel that the Honduran […]
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