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By Caesar Vallejos Eagle News online correspondent BARCELONA, Spain (Eagle News) — The way the world communicates right now is through mobile. “If my wife is sending me pictures of my children and my dog as as I speak right now, I am doing selfies with my panel which is a way for me to say, ‘this is not a good time to call.’ I do this because this is the way the world lives right […]
by Dhaou Maatoug BEN Guerdane, Tunisia (AFP) — Tunisian forces repelled a jihadist assault Monday on a town near the Libyan border, killing 36 assailants in what authorities said was a thwarted effort to establish an Islamic emirate. Eleven members of the security forces and seven civilians were also killed in Ben Guerdane in what President Beji Caid Essebsi condemned as an “unprecedented” jihadist attack. It prompted authorities to close the frontier and order a nighttime […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Lakers posted one of the biggest upsets of the NBA season Sunday with an unlikely 112-95 victory over the reigning league champion Golden State Warriors. Pre-game hype Sunday was all about Kobe Bryant’s final contest against the Warriors, but the crowd of 19,000 at Staples Center arena got more than they wished for with a rare win by the cellar-dwelling Lakers. “This helps out our team’s […]
GDANSK, POMERANIAN, POLAND (Reuters) — A video trailer for an animated movie entitled “Loving Vincent” has become an internet hit gaining almost 10 million views on social media since it was first uploaded on February 26, 2016. The trailer shows a set of scenes from the life of the artist Vincent Van Gogh animated in the style of his paintings. The movie was produced out of Gdansk, Poland by a production company called ‘Breakthru films’. […]
BEIJING, China (CCTV) — There are other countries than China to be accused of militarizing the South China Sea, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing on Tuesday, during a press conference held on the sidelines of the national legislature annual session. Wang made the remarks in response to a reporter’s question about China’s building of defense facilities on islands and reefs in the South China Sea. He first reiterated China’s sovereignty over the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 8) – As the day of the elections near, we as responsible voters should know as much as we can about the candidates, whether they are running for national or local positions. All the more is it important that we try to learn more about those who are running for the top post. Jejomar “Jojo” Cabauatan Binay, Sr. is the current and 15th Vice President of the Philippines under President Benigno […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 8) – As responsible voters, we should know what are the plans and the stance of the candidates who are running for the top post. Let’s get to know more about Rodrigo Duterte, one of the presidential candidates for the 2016 election. Here are some helpful information gleaned from various sources that will help us assess our choices. Rodrigo “Roda” Roa Duterte is a lawyer and was one of the former mayors of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 8) – The election is almost upon us and as responsible voters we should at least be aware of what the candidates stand for, what are their plans for the future of the country and the Filipino people. This is especially true, with the candidates who are running for the top post. Senator Grace Poe announced her 2016 presidential campaign at her alma mater, the University of the Philippines’ Bahay ng Alumni […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 8) – Be wise in choosing your future. That’s why we have to learn more about the candidates for the top post in the 2016 election. Manuel “Mar” Araneta Roxas II was born on May 13 1957 in Manila Philippines. He is the son of Judy Araneta and Gerardo Roxas, the son of former president Manuel Roxas. He attended Ateneo de Manila University for his primary and secondary education, then he […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 8) – Let’s get to know more about the presidential candidates for the 2016 elections. She’s got the pick-up lines, the “witty”-cisms, and the masungit-but-charismatic appeal. Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago’s announcement of her run for the presidency is as spontaneous as ever, during her October 2015 book signing. Her name is regarded as formidable by her co-runners, she’s got the majority of youth’s support. According to her, she wants to end […]
Beijing, China (AFP)—Distrust, disbelief, despair: two years after their loved ones vanished, many Chinese relatives of those on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 still refuse to believe they are somewhere at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. The unique circumstances of the disaster — including conflicting initial accounts, an inconclusive search and a backdrop of skepticism all contribute to their insistence, specialists say. For many Chinese families, the impact of the disaster was magnified […]
REUTERS — An Australian Navy ship seized a huge cache of weapons near Oman’s coast from a fishing vessel bound for Somalia, the navy said on Monday (March 7), exposing a possible violation of a U.N. Security Council arms embargo. The United Nations has a decades-long arms embargo in place against Somalia, which has been mired in conflict since civil war broke out in 1991. The Australian navy, which patrols waters around the Indian Ocean […]
