Soaring temperatures in Central America due to climate change are forcing farmers to pull up coffee trees and replace them with cocoa plants, spurring a revival in the cultivation of a crop once so essential to the region’s economy it was used as currency. Farmers across the region, known for its high-quality arabica beans, are still recovering from a devastating coffee leaf rust disease known as roya that wiped out crops over the past three […]
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Latest song ni Sarah Geronimo na “Dulo”, nangunguna sa music charts
Nangunguna na rin sa mga hit chart ngayon ng bansa ang isa pang music video ng inalabas ng Popstar Queen na si Sarah Geronimo. Sa music video na ito ni Sarah ay ipinakikita ang kaniyang naging journey sa mundo ng music industry. Mula nang manalo siya sa isa sa mga malalaking singing contest ng bansa, ang Star For A Night noong 2003. Kitang kita rito ang pag-arangkada ng kaniyang career hanggang sa bansagan siyang Popstar […]
My 2020 Olympic stadium design is different, says architect
Kengo Kuma, the architect of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics stadium, on Friday (January 15) strongly rejected accusations that he copied the design by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. A futuristic design proposed by architect Hadid was originally chosen in an international contest to build the centrepiece stadium, but it was dropped last year due to ballooning costs. A design by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma with a price tag of 149 billion yen ($1.27 billion), as opposed […]
Debut Album ni Chadleen, lumabas na
Maganda ang pagpasok ng taong ito kay Chadleen dahil bukod sa activities and shows niya bilang ambassadress ng Operation Smile Philippines ay lumabas na rin finally ang pinakahihintay niyang debut album. Taong 2013 nang magwagi bilang Grand Champion si Chadleen sa kauna-unahang season ng Kanta Pilipinas. At pagkatapos noon, siya naging boses ng mga official soundtrack ng iba’t ibang Wattpad TV Series. Mapapanuod na ang music video ng awiting “Sana Ikaw na nga” at maari […]
Nuclear sanctions lifted as Iran, U.S. agree on prisoner swap
Iran emerged from years of economic isolation on Saturday when world powers lifted crippling sanctions against the Islamic Republic in return for Tehran complying with a deal to curb its nuclear ambitions. In a dramatic move scheduled to coincide with the scrapping of the sanctions, Tehran also announced the release of five Americans including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian as part of a prisoner swap with the United States. Together, the lifting of sanctions and […]
Monitor: ISIS kidnaps 400 civilians in Syrian city of Deir al-Zor
Islamic State militants kidnapped at least 400 civilians when they attacked government-held areas in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday families of pro-government fighters were among those abducted. “There is genuine fear for their lives, there is a fear that the group might execute them as it has done before in other areas,” said the Observatory’s head Rami Abdulrahamn. […]
Baguio property kumpirmadong pag-aari ng INC, taliwas sa paunang report
Updated (Eagle News) — Kumpleto at authentic ang mga papeles na hawak ng Iglesia Ni Cristo na nagpapatunay na pag-aari nito ang lupang nakatakdang pagtayuan ng kapilya sa Barangay Hillside, Baguio City, taliwas sa isang naunang report ng isang television network, ABS-CBN. Napag-alaman ng Eagle News team na kumpleto ang mga dokumentong nagpapatunay na pag-aari ng INC ang lote. May kaukulang building permit din ang INC na may release date ng January 8, 2016 para […]
Mga gusaling sambahan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo, sunod-sunod na ipinapatayo
Sa harap ng mga paninira at pagsubok na pinagdaraanan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo, di mapigil ang patuloy at malalaking aktibidad at gawain nito. Kabilang na rito ang sunod-sunod na pagpapatayo ng maraming gusaling sambahan sa iba’t-ibang probinsya maging sa mga liblib na lugar sa bansa. Itinataguyod din ng INC ang paglingap sa kapwa lalo na sa mga kababayan nating nangangailangan. Panoorin ang report ni Judith Llamera: Unang buwan pa lang nitong taon, tatlong barangay chapel […]
INC investigating T. Sora disturbance; man with gun from Hemedez camp identified as Navy deserter
(Eagle News) — The Iglesia Ni Cristo is conducting an investigation of the January 15, 2016 incident in front of its property at no. 36 Tandang Sora Avenue in Quezon City, where men belonging to the camp of expelled members Lottie Hemedez and Angel Manalo had pulled out a gun and even tried to grab the metal detector of INC security personnel detailed in the area. One of the men from the Hemedez camp […]
China launches new AIIB development bank as power balance shifts
Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a new international development bank seen as a rival to the U.S.-led World Bank at a lavish ceremony on Saturday, as Beijing seeks to change the unwritten rules of global development finance. Despite opposition from Washington, U.S. allies including Australia, Britain, German, Italy, the Philippines and South Korea have agreed to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in recognition of China’s growing economic clout. “Asia’s financing needs for basic […]
Japan, U.S. and Sokor officials agree sanctions vs Nokor
Japan, U.S., and South Korean officials agreed on Saturday (January 16) to work together on new sanctions against North Korea after the isolated state said it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country conducted a hydrogen bomb test as a self-defensive step against a U.S. threat of nuclear war and had a sovereign right to do so without being criticized, state news agency KCNA had reporter earlier […]
Taiwan opposition wins presidency, China ties could suffer
Taiwan’s independence-leaning opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen won the island’s presidential election on Saturday (January 16) after the ruling party admitted defeat, a result likely to usher in a new round of uncertainty with giant neighbour China. Vote counting started immediately after eight hours of polling in the island’s presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, with the tally carefully scrutinised by observers. Real-time vote tallies on screens at the Taiwan Central Election Commission offices showed Tsai […]