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Happiness can break your heart: doctors

by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — Joyful events — the birth of a child, a big win by your team — can trigger a dangerous condition called the “broken heart syndrome”, doctors and researchers reported Thursday. Takotsubo syndrome, as it is also known, involves the sudden weakening of heart muscles, causing the left ventricle — the chamber which pushes oxygen-rich blood through the body — to balloon out abnormally at the bottom. Besides acute […]

“A Different Playground” ni Karylle at ang latest album ni Jolina Magdangal na “Back to Love”

QUEZON City, Philippines — Hatid nina Karryle at Jolina Magdangal-Escueta ang kanilang bagong album para sa ating lahat. Ito ang pagbabalik sa recording scene ni Jolina pagkatapos ng pitong taong pagpapahinga sa music industry. Samantala, ito namna ang ika-apat na album na irerelease ni Karryle under PolyEast Records. At sa kanilang pagbisita sa Pinas FM ay nagkaroon tayo ng pagkakataong makapanayan ang dalawa.

Only 1,000 allowed to climb Mt. Apo during Holy Week

KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato  (PIA) — Mt. Apo, the country’s highest  peak, will be open  for the  Holy Week   climb but only  for a limited  number of climbers,  an official  here  announced. Joey  Recimilla, city tourism officer,  told  Philippine Information Agency  12 that the  Mt. Apo  Natural Park  Protected Area  Management Board’s (MANP-PAMB) Eco-Tourism Committee in its  meeting  on  February 26  decided to  regulate  entry to Mt. Apo  because of the prevailing El Nino […]

Climate change poised to hurt food supplies: study

PARIS, France (AFP) — The effects of climate change on food production could cause 500,000 extra deaths by 2050 compared to a world without global warming, according to a study released Thursday. If greenhouse gas emissions continue at current rates, this would cut projected increases in food availability by about a third before mid-century, the study found. As of 2015, some 800 million people in the world are undernourished, meaning they cannot meet daily minimum dietary […]

S. Korea’s Park says UN sanctions send strong message to North

  SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday welcomed tough new UN sanctions on North Korea, saying they sent a powerful message to Pyongyang to discard its nuclear weapons ambitions. “I sincerely hope that the North will now abandon its nuclear development programme and embark on a path of change,” said Park, who has taken an increasingly hardline stance with Pyongyang following its nuclear test in January and last month’s […]

Tax Consciousness Month

Be responsible and pay your tax on time because it is your obligation and you should be liable. March is Tax Consciousness Month Infographics by: Eliud Barcelona Research by: Judy Ann Casamayor

Cruz beats Trump in Republican caucuses in Alaska: US networks 

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–Texas Senator Ted Cruz has won the Republican caucuses in Alaska by a slim margin over Donald Trump, US TV networks reported. It was Cruz’s third victory in the Super Tuesday primary and caucus votes in a dozen states against seven wins for Trump. Alaska in the far west was the last state to report its results. With more than 95 percent of precincts reporting, about 36 percent of the votes went […]

Clinton, Trump win big on Super Tuesday

  by Andrew Beatty WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took a giant step toward securing the White House nominations of their parties Tuesday, thumping rivals in a slew of Super Tuesday primaries. Bellicose billionaire Trump weathered a barrage of attacks from fellow Republicans to win at least seven of 11 states, according to projections, coming within striking distance of becoming the Republican nominee to replace President Barack Obama. Clinton also racked up seven […]

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Merixtrell Pascual reports from the scene Posted by Eagle News International on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 The Mobile World Congress was held at Barcelona, Spain this year and Merixtrell was there to see the phones that will flood the market over the next few months.

Iba’t-ibang aktibidad pangkalikasan isinagawa ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa iba’t-ibang dako

QUEZON City, Philippines — Nagsagawa ng “Linis Bayan” ang mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa pangunguna ng mga nasa kapisanan ng SCAN International sa bayan ng Bongabon, lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija. Sa kabilang banda ay nagsagawa rin ng clean up drive ang mga miyembro ng SCAN International-Quezon South Chapter sa Mamaw beach sa General Luna, Quezon. Nagtulong-tulong naman ang mga miyembro ng CBI o Christian Brotherhood International sa lalawigan ng Ilocos Sur sa paglilinis […]

Iglesia Ni Cristo nagsagawa ng feeding program sa Urdaneta City District Jail, Pangasinan

URDANETA, Pangasinan — Sa Pangasinan, nagsagawa ang mga miyembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ng isang feeding program para sa mga preso sa Urdaneta City District Jail. Laking pasasalamat naman ng mga preso at mga namamahala sa bilangguan sa malasakit na ipinakita ng INC. Ayon kay Major Roque Narciso, malaki ang maitutulong ng isinagawang aktibidad sa loob ng piitan lalo na ang spiritual needs ng mga nasa loob pati na rin sa aspeto ng materyal. Ang […]