As glaciers melt due to climate change, the increasingly hot and parched Earth is absorbing some of that water inland, slowing sea level rise, NASA experts said Thursday. Satellite measurements over the past decade show for the first time that the Earth’s continents have soaked up and stored an extra 3.2 trillion tons of water in soils, lakes and underground aquifers, the experts said in a study in the journal Science. This has temporarily slowed […]
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Researchers in Singapore develop test kit for Zika virus
SINGAPORE (Eagle News) — In Singapore, researchers have developed a test kit for the Zika virus that could be used in hospitals soon. Global health officials have said the virus has been linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, and is rapidly spreading internationally. On February 10, China confirmed its first case in a man who had recently traveled to South America. Masafumi Inoue at A-STAR, a research institute in Singapore, […]
Einstein’s gravitational waves detected in landmark discovery
Scientists for the first time have detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time hypothesised by Albert Einstein a century ago, in a landmark discovery announced on Thursday that opens a new window for studying the cosmos. The researchers said they identified gravitational waves coming from two distant black holes – extraordinarily dense objects whose existence also was foreseen by Einstein – that orbited one another, spiraled inward and smashed together at high speed to […]
BREAKING NEWS: Major powers agree on Syria ceasefire plan
Major powers agreed on Friday to a plan aimed at breaking the deadlock in Syria by introducing a gradual cessation of hostilities and quick humanitarian aid with a view to creating conditions to revive peace talks, a diplomatic source said. “We did not get a deal on the immediate end of Russian bombings, but we have a commitment to a process that if it works would change the situation,” a Western diplomatic source said. Reuters
Majestic mountains, view from Mt. Province
(Eagle News) — These majestic mountain views were taken by Eagle News correspondent Erwin Pacardo while traveling early morning in Sabangan, Mountain Province on February 9, 2016. Clouds touched the mountains that morning, and travelers can literally touch the clouds as fog enveloped the surrounding areas. Sabangan is a fifth class municipality in Mountain Province. It is subdivided into 15 barangays.
Accused illegal recruiter caught in Zamboanga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0VP-qxzyPY (Eagle News) — Zamboanga policemen arrested on Thursday (Feb.11) an accused illegal recruiter who is also facing various cases of estafa while trying to escape the country and allegedly smuggle girls into Malaysia. Authorities identified the accused illegal recruiter as a certain Bless Grace Hernandez-Ardona, who was arrested at the passenger terminal of the Zamboanga Pier. Ardona, who also goes by the name Benito Affleck in social media, was also identified as one of […]
Dollar sinks in Asia as Fed boss dampens chance of rate hike
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — The dollar retreated across the board in Asia Thursday after comments from Federal Reserve boss Janet Yellen on the weak global economy suggested the central bank will not hike interest rates any time soon. The greenback also sank to late 2014 levels against the yen on the back of a flight to safe investments as markets from Asia to the Americas are buffeted by worries over the global outlook. Testifying before Congress on […]
Man charged with allegedly attacking two female backpackers in Australia
COORONG NATIONAL PARK, Australia (Reuters) — A man was charged with the alleged rape, assault and attempted murder of two female foreign backpackers on Wednesday (February 10), local media reported. The attack happened on a remote stretch of beach at Coorong National Park on Wednesday, about 156 kilometers (97 miles) from the South Australian state capital city of Adelaide. According to local media, one of the women escaped from the attacker and was spotted by […]
Youth Choir Competition isinagawa sa Pangasinan
PANGASINAN, Philippines — Dumagsa ang maraming kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo sa San Manuel at Asingan, Pangasinan upang suportahan ang kanilang mga pambato sa “Himig Ng Kaligtasan”, Youth Choir Competition na ginanap sa mataas na paaralan ng Juan C. Laya Multi-Purpose Building sa bayan ng San Manuel. Siyam na kongregasyon ng mga Iglesia Ni Cristo sa naturang mga dako ang sumali sa kompetisyon. Ipinakita nila ang kanilang kahusayan sa pag-awit ng mga christian songs at […]
SCAN International nagsagawa ng ‘Linis Dalampasigan’ sa Quezon, Basic Life Support seminar naman sa Isabela
Report by Alejandro Javier Nagsagawa ng “Linis Dalampasigan” ang mga niyembro ng Society of Communicators and Networkers o SCAN International kasama ang mga kabtaan at kababaihan na naninirahan malapit sa dalampasigan sa hilagang bahagi ng Quezon partikular sa mga nasa bayan ng Infanta, Real at Gen. Nakar, Quezon. Samantala, sa kanlurang bahagi ng Isabela masiglang dinaluhan ng mga kaanib ng SCAN International ang isinasagawang Basic Life Support Seminar sa pangunguna ng Rescue 333 ng Roxas, […]
Barangay chapel ng Iglesia Ni Cristo pinasinayaan Misamis Oriental; Bagong gusaling sambahan pasisinayaan naman sa Aklan bukas
Report by Judith Llamera QUEZON City, Philippines, Pebrero 11 — Isa na namang bagong barangay chapel ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang pinasinayaan sa Talisayan, Misamis Oriental. Ito ang pang limampu’t dalawang barangay chapel na naipatayo sa lalawigan. Ang pagpapasinaya ay pinangunahan ni kapatid na Rio Castillo, Assisting District Minister ng Misamis Oriental. Samantala, nakahanda nang italaga ang isang bago at magandang gusaling sambahan ng INC bukas, Pebrero 12 sa ganap na ika-7:00 ng umaga sa […]
Isang bakanteng lote sa Sarangani umaapoy
Report By Leo Delica, Video courtesy of Michael Gierza SARANGANI, Philippines, Pebrero 11 — Iniimbestigahan na ngayon ng mga tauhan ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology o PHIVOLCS ang isang umaapoy na bakenteng lote sa Maasim, Sarangani. Nabatid na ang nasabing lote ay dating naging pagawaan ng uling at gilingan ng mais.
