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(Eagle News) – The senate chairman in Guam of the committee on health, tourism, military affairs and senior citizens made a courtesy call to the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo on Tuesday, June 26 at the INC’s Central Office in Quezon City. During his courtesy call, Senator Dennis Rodriguez Jr. thanked the INC Executive Minister for the positive contributions of not only the Church, but also of […]
By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of National Defense (DND) will hold a joint probe into the alleged “misencounter” between army troopers and police operatives in Samar. DILG OIC-Secretary Eduardo M. Año said in a statement on Tuesday, June 26, that a board of inquiry will be formed to determine the lack of prior communication and coordination between local military and police […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – An outbreak of polio has been confirmed in Papua New Guinea, the World Health Organization and the government said, with the virus detected in a child 18 years after the Pacific nation was declared free of the disease. The WHO said there was one confirmed case — a six-year-old boy with lower limb weakness from Morobe province — with the disease detected in late April, and paralysis associated with the virus […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Flash floods and landslides killed 15 people in Vietnam’s mountainous north, officials said Tuesday, after storms ravaged homes and wiped out crops and infrastructure. At least 12 people are still missing after the weekend floods, and hundreds of police and soldiers have been deployed to help clean-up efforts. Vietnam is frequently lashed by harsh weather in the rainy season between June and November. The latest storm hit several northern provinces, littering […]
MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Burger King, McDonald’s and Starbucks are among dozens of companies fined for violating a new ban on single-use plastics in India’s commercial capital Mumbai, an official said Tuesday. The rules, in force since Saturday, prohibit the use of disposable plastic items such as bags, cutlery, cups and bottles under a certain size. Businesses and residents face fines of between 5,000 rupees ($73) for a first-time offense to 25,000 rupees ($367) or […]
(Eagle News) – Natunton na ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ang 10,000 libong pisong kumalat sa social media. Kinumpiska na ng BSP ang mga pekeng pera. Sinabi ni Joy Lorico, managing director ng currency management ng BSP, sa Pampanga nila nakuha ang pekeng pera at nag-iisa lang ang kopya nito. Naging viral sa social media ang P10,000 perang papel kaya agad na nagpalabas ang Bangko Sentral ng abiso sa kanilang facebook account. Nilinaw ng […]
MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) – Desperate parents led a prayer ceremony outside a flooded cave in northern Thailand where 12 children have been trapped for days as Navy rescue divers packing food rations resumed their search Tuesday. Hundreds of people have been mobilised to find the young football team and their coach who went into the cave on Saturday and were trapped when heavy rains are believed to have flooded the cave’s main entrance. […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency needs more than $200 million to fund projects until the end of the year, with extra pledges so far unable to minimize a massive slash in donations from the United States. “Schools may not be able to open on time in August,” Miroslav Lajcak, the president of the General Assembly, told a pledging conference for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian […]
TOKYO, JAPAN (AFP) – Resplendent in shocking pink, a sleek “Hello Kitty” bullet train, complete with special carriages festooned with images of the global icon from Japan, has been unveiled before it chugs into service this week. The special shinkansen or bullet train will run for the next three months between the western cities of Osaka and Fukuoka from Saturday, the West Japan Railway firm said, hoping that one of the country’s most […]
(Eagle News) — Ininspeksyon ng National Food Authority (NFA) ang ilan sa pangunahing palengke sa Quezon City gaya na lamang ng Commonwealth Market kaninang umaga, pagkatapos na maibalik sa merkado ang mas murang imported NFA rice. Kasama sa nag-ikot si NFA Administrator Jayson Aquino sa mga tindahan ng bigas sa Commonwealth Market naabutan pa ang ilang mga mamimili na 27 pesos na variant ng NFA rice ang piniling bilhin. Naging positibo naman sa mga mamimili […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s military said it sacked a top general who was named in fresh EU sanctions against security officials accused of serious rights violations in the Rohingya crisis, including killings and sexual violence. Myanmar is accused of waging a crackdown in Rakhine state that forced 700,000 to flee that the UN and major western powers have said amounts to “ethnic cleansing”. Its leaders have come under fire for taking little punitive action […]
by Alice RITCHIE Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Members of Parliament (MPs) overwhelmingly approved on Monday long-awaited plans to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, after decades of acrimonious debate over its potential impact. Lawmakers, by a wide margin of 296 votes, backed expansion proposals agreed earlier this month by Prime Minister Theresa May’s government, overcoming vehement opposition from MPs with constituencies nearby where residents fear increased pollution […]
