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by Patrick Lee Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — The search for flight MH370 will end next week, Malaysia’s transport minister said Wednesday, more than four years after the plane disappeared and triggered one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. The Malaysia Airlines jet vanished in March 2014 with 239 people — mostly from China — on board, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. No sign of the jet was found in […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, May 24, welcomed the arrest of Ozamiz City Councilor Ricardo Parojinog following his escape from a police raid last year that left 16, including his brother Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr., dead. “Ito po’y mabuting balita,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said of the councilor’s arrest by Taiwanese authorities after he tried to enter the country using illegal documents. “Sabi po nga nila, flight is evidence of guilt,” Roque […]
by Annabel Symington Agence France Presse KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Mount Everest’s Hillary Step — a rocky outcrop just below the summit — is now a slope, say climbers who recently returned from the mountain. The condition of the rock face named after Everest’s first summiteer Edmund Hillary has been the subject of intense speculation since climbers last year declared it had gone. Others disagreed saying fresh snowfall had caused the confusion. Mountaineers returning from […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima urged the government to file charges against former Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo, former Tourism Promotions Board chief Cesar Montano and some of their officials over “the apparent gross misuse of government funds” in the Department of Tourism. De Lima issued the statement after both Teo and Montano resigned over separate controversies. Teo stepped down after the Commission on Audit red-flagged the DOT’s placement of P60 million worth of […]
(Eagle News) — Inumpisahan na ng Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) ang paghahanda para sa ikatlong State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Hulyo. Sinabi ni MMDA Special Operations Group Head Bong Nebrija, maaga nilang sinimulan ang paglilinis sa ilang daanan, kasama rito ang pagpapaluwag ng daan sa IBP road at ilan pang bahagi na maapektuhan ng mabigat na daloy trapiko dahil sa konstruksyon ng MRT-7. Ang nasabing hakbang ay isinagawa upang […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, May 24, said she and her colleagues in the committee on public services would hold a hearing on the “domino effect” of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law in Iloilo on Friday, May 25. “Kailangang isipin natin kung paano mapagagaan ang buhay ng ating mga kababayan lalo na sa probinsya dahil sa pagmahal ng kuryente, tubig at bilihin at ang nakaambang pagtaas ng pamasahe,” Poe […]
by Kerry Sheridan Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) — As carbon dioxide rises due to the burning of fossil fuels, rice will lose some of its protein and vitamin content, putting millions of people at risk of malnutrition, scientists warned on Wednesday. The change could be particularly dire in southeast Asia where rice is a major part of the daily diet, said the report in the journal Science Advances. “We are showing that […]
(Eagle News) — Newly elected Senate President Tito Sotto on Thursday, May 24, said he wants his predecessor, Koko Pimentel, to head the chamber’s ethics panel. “I was thinking he would take over that committee..,” Sotto said at a weekly forum. According to Sotto, Pimentel “has the stature, his work ethics is impeccable.” He said, however, that he has not talked to Pimentel about the possibility yet. The Senate ethics panel is currently headed by […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Boston Celtics, reinvigorated by a return home, beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 96-83 on Wednesday to move within one win of reaching the NBA Finals. Jayson Tatum scored 24 points to lead five Boston players in double figures as the Celtics took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals. Four-time NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James led Cleveland with 26 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. But James […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbabala sa publiko si House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Karlo Nograles ukol sa mga pekeng Dengvaxia cards. Sa pagdinig kasi ng komite noong Martes, Mayo 22, ay sinabi ng Department of Health (DOH) na maging ang iniisyu nilang Dengvaxia cards ay pinepeke na rin. Ang Dengvaxia cards ay magsisilbing identification cards ng mga nabakunahan ng Dengvaxia at ito ang kanilang ipiprisinta sa mga ospital sakaling magkaroon ng anomang uri ng sakit. Batay […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Two people were killed and 20 others injured after a train crashed into a rig truck near the northern Italian city of Turin and derailed, Italian media said Thursday. The incident occurred late Wednesday when the train hit a large truck that had stopped on a level crossing near the town of Caluso, causing three carriages to come off the rails. “At 11:20 pm (2120 GMT) the regional train 10027 Turin-Ivrea […]
(Eagle News) — Posibleng matagalan pa bago muling buksan sa mga turista ang Boracay Island. Ayon kay Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, ito ay kung hindi tutulong ang mga establisyimento sa pag-aayos ng kanilang sewerage at drainage systems. Ang lebel aniya ng fecal coliform sa mga tubig ng Boracay ay nananatiling mataas sa accepted level para makonsidera na ang tubig sa isla ay ligtas sa tao. Paliwanag ni Cimatu, ang direktang pagpapakawala ng wastewater sa dagat […]
