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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful typhoon is on track to batter parts of western Japan that were hit earlier this month by devastating flooding and landslides, Japanese officials warned on Friday. Typhoon Jongdari is currently packing winds of nearly 200 kilometres (125 miles) an hour, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said, and local media reported the system would hit the country’s main island on Saturday night. Authorities are warning of heavy rain, landslides, strong winds and […]
(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) celebrates its 104th anniversary today, July 27, 2018, which also marks the 50th year of its foreign mission. The highlight of celebrations worldwide will be the dedication of a new House of Worship in Ewa Beach in Hawaii to be officiated by INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo. The dedication of the 810-seater house of worship in Ewa Beach is particularly significant as […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Scorching hot weather set the conditions for Greece’s wildfires — Europe’s deadliest this century with scores killed — while record temperatures in the north of the continent have also sparked blazes causing widespread damage in recent days. Ten EU countries have mobilised firefighters and equipment to help battle the fires in Greece as well as Sweden and Latvia. Here is a roundup of the devastation. – Greece – The fires in […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Matapos ang halos isang taong pagkakawalay sa kanilang mga magulang muling nakasama nina alyas Jomar at alyas Boni ang kanilang ama at ina. Kasama sila sa mga kabataang lumad mula sa San Fernando, Bukidnon na nirecruit ng rebeldeng grupong New People’s Army at dinala Abra. Itinurn-over sila sa militar ng mga lokal na opisyal sa probinsya makaraang makatakas mula sa kampo ng Kilusang Larangan Abra. Pinakamatanda […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened slightly higher Friday on a weaker yen, while investors looked ahead to US GDP data expected later Friday and the Bank of Japan’s policy meeting next week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.26 percent or 59.61 points to 22,646.48 at the open, while the broader Topix index rose 0.27 percent or 4.74 points to 1,770.52. The dollar was trading at 111.16 yen, down from 111.24 yen […]
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AFP) — Paraguay’s agriculture minister and a deputy minister were among four people killed in an airplane crash near the Argentine border, rescuers said Thursday. The twin-engine light aircraft had taken off from the southern fishing town of Ayolas on Wednesday afternoon but crashed soon afterward, just eight kilometers (4 miles) from the airport. “There are no survivors,” Roque Gonzalez, a member of a search and rescue unit, told AFP. The dead were […]
(Eagle News) — Tinawag ng Malacañang na fake news o kuryenteng balita ang kumalat na impormasyon na dinala sa Cardinal Santos Medical Center si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque na katunayan nasa Mindanao ang Pangulo. Panauhing pandangal pa ang Pangulo sa ‘69th Araw ng Ipil’ sa Zamboanga Sibugay. Ayon kay Roque, noong gabi bago ang State of the Nation Address nagpunta sa Cardinal Santos Medical Center ang Pangulo para sa kanyang […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service The San Miguel Beermen are looking to defend their crown and continue their quest for a rare grand slam as they are set to battle sister team and long-time rivals Barangay Ginebra Gin Kings in Game 1 of the 2018 PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the Araneta Colisuem tonight at 7:00 p.m. SMB will be banking on their towering center and 4-time defending PBA Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo. […]
(Eagle News)–The Court of Appeals has junked the petition for review filed by online news site Rappler Inc. and Rappler Holdings Inc. against the decision of the Securities and Exchange Commission to revoke their certificate of incorporation. In a 72-page decision, the CA Special 12th Division denied the SEC had committed grave abuse of discretion when it made the revocation for what it said were Rappler Inc.’s and Rappler Holdings Inc.’s violation of the Constitution and foreign-equity […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) has announced the withdrawal of the national team from the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia next month. In an announcement released through social media, SBP said the reason for the withdrawal was because “the time and chance to participate in the 2018 Asian Games would not be optimal.” As late as Thursday afternoon, the SBP and the PBA announced that the Philippines would be […]
(Eagle News)–A Parañaque policeman was relieved from his post after he was caught on video slapping a bus driver. National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar sacked P01 Edmar Costo after the video of him slapping a certain Joel Mametis in Baclaran went viral. The two allegedly figured in a heated exchange after Costo supposedly issued a traffic ticket to Mametis, who drives a Valisno bus. Mametis allegedly bribed him instead, and refused to […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new Ombudsman. The President said on Thursday, July 26, that he has signed the appointment papers of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Martires, who succeeded Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales who retired on the same day. “He is bright and he is a fair man,” the President said. The President also refused to give Martires any marching order, noting that the former SC associate justice “belong(ed) to a different […]
