(Eagle News) — Peace negotiations between the government and the Communist rebels may resume in July. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke before newly elected barangay captains in Central Visayas on Thursday, June 7. A media report quoted Communist Party of the Philippines Founding Chairman Jose Maria Sison as saying, however, that the talks were expected to resume on June 28 in Oslo, Norway. A resumption of peace talks, though, would be a […]
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Blood test may predict premature birth
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US and Danish researchers said Thursday they have developed an inexpensive blood test that may predict with up to 80 percent accuracy whether a pregnant woman will give birth prematurely. While more research is needed before the test is ready for widespread use, experts say it has the potential to reduce fatalities and complications from the 15 million premature births per year worldwide. The test can also be used to […]
Pop culture heroes at PHL ToyCon 2018
The Philippine TOYCON, Asia’s longest-running culture convention for toys, collectibles, and various pop culture fandoms, starts Friday, June 8, at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, in Pasay City with an impressive line-up of guests. The Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectible Convention (TOYCON) is Asia’s longest-running convention for toys and collectibles, cosplay, comics, gaming and digital entertainment. Now on its 17th year, TOYCON continues to make the Philippine pop culture scene the […]
Four men, including an MMDA traffic constable and two dismissed law enforcers, nabbed for kidnapping of Chinese national, robbery
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Four people, including a Metropolitan Manila Development Authority constable and two sacked law enforcers, were arrested in separate operations after they allegedly kidnapped a Chinese national and robbed him of his sport utility vehicle and several vans in two instances. Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde identified the suspects as dismissed policeman Mark Anthony Roque, sacked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency agent Arnold Camayang, Alvin Jay Roque of the MMDA, […]
Guatemala volcano toll reaches 109: officials
GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) — The death toll from the eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano has reached 109, officials said Thursday. The National Forensic Sciences Agency said morgues had received the remains of 109 victims of Sunday’s eruption. The previous toll was 99. The agency said seven of the latest victims were in a temporary morgue installed close to the impact zone, in the now-devastated community of San Miguel Los Lotes in Escuintla, south of the […]
Facebook admits privacy settings ‘bug’ affecting 14 million users
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook acknowledged Thursday a software glitch that changed the settings of some 14 million users, potentially making some posts public even if they were intended to be private. The news marked the latest in a series of privacy embarrassments for the world’s biggest social network, which has faced a firestorm over the hijacking of personal data on tens of millions of users and more recently for disclosures on data-sharing […]
Angara pushes for law on fare discounts for students
(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara on Friday, June 8, said there was a need to pass a law to institutionalize the 20 percent student fare discount. In a statement, Angara said this was because there was always the possibility that the discount, which is enforced based on a Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board circular, was not enforced effectively. The LTFRB circular issued in October last year says that “students can avail of the […]
Japan confirms its economy shrank after two years of growth
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s economy slid into negative territory for the first time in two years at the beginning of the year, official data showed Friday, confirming preliminary figures issued last month. The world’s third-largest economy contracted by 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter in the January-March period, unchanged from the preliminary figure, the Cabinet Office said. The new data also revises upwards the figure for the last quarter of 2017, to 0.3 percent from 0.1. The […]
Wastewater treatment at sewerage system sa Metro Manila, nais paimbestigahan ng Senado
(Eagle News) — Nais pa-imbestigahan ni Senador Cynthia Villar ang wastewater treatment at sewerage system sa Metro Manila na tinukoy niyang pangunahing dahilan kung bakit patuloy na nasisira ang kalidad ng tubig sa Manila Bay. Kaugnay nito, inihain ni Senador Villar ang Senate Resolution Number 747 na nag-aatas ng nasabing imbestigasyon. Ayon kay Villar, mahaba-haba pa ang guguguling panahon para muling maibalik sa maayos na kondisyon ang Manila Bay. Pero nakakalungkot aniya na sa kabila […]
Suspek na namemeke ng mga dokumento, nadakip ng NBI
(Eagle News) — Naaresto ng operatiba ng National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Fraud Division ang isang Junjie Banaag Alimparos matapos mabisto ang modus operandi nito sa pamemeke ng mga dokumento upang makabili ng bagong sasakyan sa isang car dealer. Nagpapakilala sa iba’t ibang pangalan ang suspek at gamit ang mga pekeng dokumento tatawag ito sa isang car dealer at pagkatapos magpakilala sa ibang pangalan. Ipapadala.nito ang mga pekeng documento gaya ng approved purchase order at […]
96 na panukala sa Kamara, naging batas sa 17th Congress
(Eagle News) – Siyamnapu’t anim na panukalang batas ang naisabatas ng House of Representatives mula nang magbukas ang 17th Congress noong July 2016. Batay sa accomplishment report na isinumite ni Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas kay Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, nakasaad na 2,929 na panukalang batas ang naisalang ng mababang kapulungan. Mayroon aniya itong average na 16 na panukala ang naisasalang sa kada sesyon. Kabilang sa mga mahahalagang panukala na naging batas ay ang Republic Act No. […]
2018 FIBA 3×3 World Cup kicks off today at the Philippine Arena
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Thousands of basketball-crazy Pinoy fans are expected to witness the best and the brightest 3-on-3 ballers on the planet battle for supremacy as the 2018 FIBA 3×3 World Cup opens today at the massive Philippine Arena. Forty teams from 37 different countries will join and compete in the event, which runs from today up to the Philippine Independence Day on June 12. Serbia and Russia are expected to defend […]