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by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Animal and plant species are vanishing at an accelerating pace around the world — sometimes even before we know that they exist — but conservationists are pushing back against the juggernaut of mass extinction. From captive breeding to satellite tracking; restoring habitats to removing predators; shaming multinationals to nursing baby pandas and orangutans — in all these ways, scientists and others have given a […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — For decades, experts warned that eating eggs raises levels of unhealthy cholesterol. But a study Tuesday said an egg a day may actually reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke. While outside experts cautioned against reading too much into the study, its authors claimed that Chinese adults who ate an egg every day had a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Studying half-a-million healthy adults aged 30-79 over almost […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang is satisfied with the progress in the projected rehabilitation and rebuilding of Marawi City as 70 percent of the residents have been given housing units by the government a year after the Marawi siege that devastated the Islamic city. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said that so far, President Rodrigo Duterte is satisfied with the work of retired general Eduardo Del Rosario who heads the Task Force Bangon Marawi. “Buo […]
(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter Kitty and his two grandchildren with son Paolo have been administered the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. This was confirmed by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go on Tuesday, May 21. “May nagtanong kanina kung na-inject raw ba si Kitty at ‘yung dalawang anak ni Paolo, kinonfirm naman po ng mga nanay nila na positive po na-inject po sila,” Go said. Kitty’s mother is Honeylet Avancena, the President’s current partner. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Panfilo Lacson, the former Special Action Force officials who were implicated in the SAF fund mess were only “forced” to return the P37 million of the full amount. “Kung walang threat na magfifile sa Ombudsman, would they even think of returning or distributing? Mukhang hindi,” Lacson said in an interview with reporters on Tuesday, May 22, the same day his panel held a hearing on the controversy. Lacson noted that […]
(Eagle News) — The ten accused in the death of University of Sto. Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III have been ordered transferred to the Manila City Jail. The order to transfer Arvin Balag, Mhin Wei Chan, Axel Munro Hipe, Oliver John Audrey Onofre, Joshua Joriel Macabali, Ralph Trangia, Robin Ramos, Jose Miguel Salamat, Danielle Hans Mattew Rodrigo, and Marcelino Bagtang was issued by the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 20. The ten have been currently […]
(Eagle News) — Jordan is giving the Philippines two Cobra helicopters. President Rodrigo Duterte made the announcement in a speech during the Philippine Navy’s 120th founding anniversary commemoration on Tuesday, May 22. In April, Duterte announced National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon had advised him to tone down his attacks against United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein because his cousin, Jordan’s King Abdullah, was willing to donate the helicopters. “We can never […]
(Eagle News) The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday, May 22, turned over two shipments of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) and party drug “ecstasy” to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). The two drug shipments allegedly came from California, United States. They were seized last month at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). One of the drug shipments was discovered on April 23 inside a pillow. The pillow contained 344.50 grams of drugs addressed to a […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed the deaths of two Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in a fire accident in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, May 20, expressing the department’s sympathies to their families. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday, May 21, identified the two fatalities as Jessie Alata Pacetes and Reynaldo Barroga Castro, heavy equipment drivers and operators. They were killed at a fire in the construction site for road work […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 22, heaped praises on Kuwait, saying the Gulf state “showed courage when it met the Philippines’ “challenge.” But according to Duterte, he would sign the order to lift totally the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait if the conditions were “guaranteed.” Earlier, the labor department already announced the total lifting of the ban, following the signing of an agreement on the protection of […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate is studying and strictly monitoring the increase in the prices of basic goods due to the implementation of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, the chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, said that if the increase in the prices of basic goods will continue, the Senate will look for ways to minimize the effect of the additional excise tax. Gatchalian said that the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has given blanket authority to new Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat for her to investigate alleged anomalies and other perceived irregularities inside the Department of Tourism. Special Assistant to the President, Secretary Christopher “Bong” Go, said that President Duterte is supportive of the reforms being implemented by Secretary Puyat in the tourism department once headed by Wanda Teo. The Commission on Audit (COA) will also help the tourism secretary address the […]
