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OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Thick smoke blanketed Vancouver on Tuesday, triggering warnings about dangerous particulate matter in the air and comparisons with cities in China and India ranked by the WTO as the worst polluted. It blew in more than a week ago from hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia as well as US states to the south, and according to officials was expected to linger for several more days […]
(Eagle News) — Tatanggap ng Php 5,000 na cash assistance ang mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFWs) na naapektuhan ang flight sa pansamantalang pagsasara ng runway ng Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Ayon kay Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, maaaring mag-avail ang mga OFW ng financial assistance simula ngayong Miyerkules, Agosto 22 hanggang Biyernes, Agosto 24. Maaari itong pakinabangan ng mga oFW na ilang araw nang stranded sa NAIA matapos magdulot ng matinding perwisyo ang […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Aug. 21, lamented the alleged involvement of policemen and Philippine Drug Enforcement personnel in Cebu in illegal drug activities, as he reiterated his commitment to put a stop to the drug menace. “The Cebu police are all addicts, even your officials and your PDEA. Imbes na mataas na ang rango ng p***** ina niya, he’s the distributor [of illegal drugs],” he said in a speech before local chief executives […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran unveiled its first domestic fighter jet on Tuesday, with President Hassan Rouhani insisting that Tehran’s military strength was only designed to deter enemies and create “lasting peace”. Images on state television showed Rouhani sitting in the cockpit of the new “Kowsar” fourth-generation fighter at the National Defence Industry exhibition in Tehran. State media said it had “advanced avionics” and multi-purpose radar, and that it was “100-percent indigenously made” for the […]
by Bhuvan BAGGA Agence France Presse CHENGANNUR, India (AFP) — More than one million people have swarmed relief camps in India’s Kerala state to escape devastating monsoon floods that have killed about 420 people, officials said Tuesday as a huge international aid offers poured in. People are flocking to camps as the scale of the desolation is revealed by receding waters and the military rescues more people each day. The state government said 1,028,000 people […]
(Eagle News) — Maraming mga pribadong paaralan, kolehiyo at unibersidad ang nakaranas ng pagbaba ng bilang ng mga nag-enroll ngayong taon. Ayon sa isang grupo ng mga pribadong educational institution sa bansa o ng Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), maaaring makaapekto sa kanila ang pagpapatupad ng Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education. Base kasi sa nakalap nilang datos noong 2015 hanggang 2016, naitala ng grupo ang 60 hanggang 70 porsyentong pagbaba ng bilang […]
TAMPA, United States (AFP) — Scientists said Tuesday they have confirmed the existence of ice on the Moon’s surface for the first time, a discovery that could one day help humans survive there. Signs of ice on the Moon have been reported by scientists for years, but previous observations could have been explained by other phenomena, such as unusually reflective lunar soil, the study authors said. “This is the first time scientists have definitive evidence […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has monitored two weather systems outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. PAGASA said Typhoons Soulik and Cimaron, however, will have no direct effect in the country and is not expected to enter PAR. The weather bureau said it was monitoring a “circulation” system that could develop into a low pressure area, though. As it is, PAGASA said it was the southwest monsoon that was bringing rains […]
by Martin PARRY Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — At least 10 ministers have offered their resignations as a leadership crisis in Australian politics deepened Wednesday with another challenge against Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appearing inevitable. The embattled leader narrowly survived a move to unseat him by his populist Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Tuesday with a Liberal party ballot voting 48-35 in his favour. It came to a head after months of […]
(Eagle News) — Walang plano si dating pangulong Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III na tumakbo sa kahit na anong posisyon sa mid-term elections sa susunod na taon. Ayon kay Aquino, maaaring gumawa ng paraan ang kanilang mga kaaway sa pulitika upang hindi manalo sakali mang tumakbo siyang muli sa anumang posisyon. Aniya, marami nang isyu na dala ang mga troll sa social media at batikos sa kaniyang naging pamamalakad sa gobyerno. Sa halip, tutulong na lamang […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A small plane carrying US rapper Post Malone was forced to make an emergency landing at a New York state airport on Tuesday after two of its tires blew out during takeoff, aviation authorities said. The Gulfstream G-IV jet took off for London at 10:50 am local time at Teterboro Airport, located some 50 kilometers (30 miles) from New York, the Federal Aviation Authority said. According to the FAA […]
(Eagle News) — Hinihimok ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang mga nawalan ng trabaho sa Boracay Island na hindi pa nakatatanggap ng kanilang anim na buwang compensation na magtungo sa pinakamalapit na regional office ng ahensya para kunin ang kanilang financial assistance. Ayon kay DOLE USec Joel Maglunso, ang mga displaced worker ay bibigyan ng buwanang financial assistance na mahigit Php 4,200 pesos para sa maximum na anim na buwan. Katumbas aniya ito […]
