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PERTH, Australia (AFP) Roger Federer will kick off his 2019 season at the Hopman Cup in Perth, a tournament he won last year before clinching his 20th Grand Slam at the Australian Open. The Swiss legend will again partner Belinda Bencic at the mixed-teams event in Perth. “Perth Arena is a wonderful place to start the new year and it’s obviously the perfect preparation for the Australian Open and it worked so well the last […]
SOUL, South Korea (AFP) – North and South Korea held talks Tuesday on connecting the railways that run across their border, a physical link that would transform the relationship between the two sides of the divided peninsula. The discussions, the first on the issue for 10 years, took place in the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone. A rail line already exists from Seoul to Pyongyang and on to Sinuiju on the Chinese […]
PANGASINAN (Eagle News) – Isang medical mission ang isinagawa sa Tayug, Pangasinan kamakailan. Ito ay sa pakikipagtulungan ng Provincial Government at ng Department of Health Region 1 Medical Center. Bukod sa libreng checkup at libreng gamot ay namigay din ng mga wheelchair at baston ang lokal na pamahalaan ng Tayug sa mga senior citizen na hindi kayang makabili ng mga ito. Ayon kay Atty. Tyrone Agabas, ang medical mission na ito ay malaki ang maitutulong […]
(Eagle News) — Nagiging sanhi ng malnutrisyon sa mga puno ang air pollution mula sa mga bukid, diesel engine at factory. Ayon sa researchers ng Imperial College at Kew Gardens ng Britain, ito ay dahil sa pinapatay ng air pollution ang fungi na nagbibigay sustansiya sa mga puno. Makikita sa mga puno sa Britanya at Europa ang pag-kupas ng kulay at kaunting pag-lago ng mga dahon. Nasa pagitan ng 15 hanggang 90 percent ng mga […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 25, reiterated he had no intention of staying in power. The President made the pronouncement amid his critics’ allegations he was planning to extend his term with his push for changes in the Constitution. According to Duterte, “wala akong hinihingi sa inyong additional power..” Duterte said that in the first place, “I’ve lived with power all my life.” He noted that he was mayor of Davao for 23 […]
by John Biers © Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP)–Harley-Davidson plans to shift some manufacturing of its iconic motorcycles overseas to avoid retaliatory European tariffs imposed last week, the company said Monday. The announcement comes as the 117-year old company is also buffeted by higher steel costs following tariffs enacted by US President Donald Trump, who had embraced the company as an emblematic US industrial firm in the early days of his administration. Trump on Monday […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapatupad ng bagong curriculum ang Commission on Higher Education (CHED) sa Business Education simula ngayong academic year 2018. Ito ay nakatuon sa mga requirement ng mga industriya na dapat ituro at maging bahagi ng curriculum upang maging madali sa mga graduate ang mag-apply ng trabaho. Ang limang major ng Bachelor of Science in Business Administration ay Human Resource Management, Marketing Management, Financial Management, Operations Management at Business Economics. Ang mga kurso at […]
by Imed Lamloum with Olivier Baube in Rome Agence France-Presse TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) – Italy’s pugnacious new government took its fight to block migrants to Libya on Monday as a new boat with hundreds on board remained stranded at sea, deepening a crisis shaking Europe. With European leaders at each other’s throats over the large number of migrants arriving from North Africa, Italy’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini paid a surprise visit to Tripoli. There, […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 25, urged the police to continue following his order against loiterers, including minors. “That is my order. And you continue to frisk people who are there doon sa daan,” Duterte said in a speech before newly-elected barangay chairmen of Northern Mindanao in Cagayan de Oro. According to Duterte, the President “can order, the mayor can order the barangay, issue regulations to protect public health, public safety, public order and to […]
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP)–Czech state-run power group CEZ is targeting the wind energy sector in France, a country where the segment has been on the rise for the past decade, a company official told AFP. France has vowed to raise the share of green power in its energy mix to 23 percent by 2020 and to 32 percent by 2030 as part of meeting EU-wide renewable energy targets. CEZ, which is 70-percent-controlled by the Czech […]
Ni Nora Dominguez Eagle News Service LINGAYEN, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Makararanas ng siyam na oras na power interruption ang ilang bahagi ng Lingayen, Bugallon at San Carlos City sa lalawigan ng Pangasinan. Magsisimula ito ng alas 8:00 ng umaga hanggang alas 5:00 ng hapon ngayong araw, Hunyo 26. Ang mga apektado ng power interruption ay ang mga barangay ng Tonton, Libsong East, Libsong West, Wawa, Tombor, Namolan, Dulag, Aliwekwek, Naguelguel, Matalava, Basing at Rosario […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday it has swelled its ranks by a record 928 members, as part of its drive for a more inclusive Hollywood. The Oscar-awarding body announces a round of invitations every year, and has been bolstering its ethnic and female representation following criticism over its predominantly white, male membership. More than a third of the list — drawn from 59 countries […]
