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(Reuters) A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 12 people, most in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with some people still known to be missing in the ruins of the complex as night fell, government officials said. As rescuers searched for survivors, questions were raised about the construction of the Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building in the southern city of Tainan, with its floors that pancaked down on each other […]
TWITTER Inc said on Friday (February 5) it had suspended over 125,000 accounts since mid-2015 for “threatening or promoting terrorist acts, primarily related to ISIS.” Reuters said the microblogging service provider said in a blog on Friday that it had increased the size of the teams that review reports of such activity, reducing the response time significantly. The company said it was seeing results, including an increase in account suspensions and “this type of […]
FIFTEEN Filipinos were killed in a fire at a hotel in the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region that killed 21 people and injured dozens of others on Friday (February 5), the governor of Erbil told a local media network. While Reuters reported the initial death toll at 17, an Al Jazeera report said those killed were at least 21 people, and that 15 of them were Filipinos. The Al Jazeera report said that the […]
(Reuters) — Colombia’s Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed the first three deaths from the Zika virus at a press conference. “We have studied six suspected cases, and have confirmed three of them to be caused by the Zika virus. These three deaths are the first ones confirmed by us; other cases are still under review,” said Martha Lucia, director of National Health Institute. The three cases include one man and one woman who died […]
MANILA, Philippines – Overseas Filipino worker Representative Roy Señeres withdraw from the presidency due to diabetes but promised that he will continue with his pro-OFW advocacy. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines – Coach Freddie Roach will arrive in the Philippines on February 14 to start the intensive training of Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao for his last match against Timothy Bradley. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines – According to the National Economic and Development Authority, the country’s inflation rate dropped to 1.3% this January due to the low food prices as well as the drop of oil prices in the world market. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) extended the deadline of application for the Civil Service Examination (CSE) to February 26 from the first deadine of February 25, which was declared as a non-working holiday. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
METRO Manila, Philippines – In our public service announcement, the number coding scheme will be suspended on Monday, February 8 due to the Chinese New Year, which was declared by the Malacañang as a special non-working holiday. The Department of Labor and Employment reminded employers in the private sector to follow the pay rules during the said holiday. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by […]
CALOOCAN City, Philippines – Thousands benefited from free medicine, free medical services as well as free medical consultation when the newly-built Caloocan City North Medical Center opened, boasting 50 semi-private and private rooms. According to Caloocan City Mayor Oscar Malapitan, all of those that will avail of the hospital’s service but lacks Philhealth card will be automatically given free Philhealth cards and all hospital charges will be entered in said card. (Eagle News Service Described […]
MASSACHUSSETS, United States of America – The Massachussets Institute of Technology is using a new type of brain scan imaging to find out if children are predisposed to depression. Said scan discovered that there are differences in neural pathways that will help in the early detection of what could later be a serious psychological disorder. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate passed the proposal for the modernization of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Said law aims to suppress crime by providing new equipment, facilities and training to NBI including a cyber-security assessment center. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
