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QUEZON City, Philippines (January 15) – “Protecting the sanctity of the ballot since 1940”. Its slogan embodies the reason why it was made. Every newspaper and news programs mention this commission rampantly especially now that the election period has started, or when a politician gets penalized. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) really has the spotlight now, along with those who’ll run for national office. To keep you knowledgeable, we’ll give you a head start and what […]
Some Indonesians expressed concern about their safety as the country’s capital awoke to a new day on Friday (January 15) following a deadly attack claimed by Islamic State. Just seven people were killed in the three-hour siege near a Starbucks cafe and Sarinah, Jakarta’s oldest department store, despite multiple blasts and a gunfight, and five of them were the attackers themselves. Nevertheless, it was the first time the radical group has targeted the world’s most […]
Two more consecutive week laboratory tests having negative results to paralytic shellfish poison are needed to lift the shellfish ban in the coastal water in Pilar. Capiz Office of the Provincial Agriculturist head Sylvia dela Cruz said that in order that the shellfish ban will be lifted, there must be three negative red tide results in the shellfish meat samples, wherin laboratory tests will be conducted weekly. Dela Cruz explained that so far the first […]
Iba’t-ibang aktibidad ang isinagawa ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa mga lalawigan ng Capiz, Aklan at Agusan del Sur. Layunin nito na mapagbuklod at mapatibay ang samahan ng bawat pamilya ng INC. (Mata ng Agila Correspondents Judith Llamera, Alan Gementiza, Loiue Manto, Nathaniel Flores)
Argentina’s economy will edge higher this year as the new government lifts interventionist controls, later fuelling growth of about 4.5 percent annually between 2017 and 2019, Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay said on Thursday (January 14). “With our numbers we calculate an estimated (economic growth) of between 0.5 percent and 1 percent this year in 2016, but above all with much stronger growth in the second half of the year,” he said, during a news conference […]
Grueling revenge movie “The Revenant” emerged as the Oscar front-runner on Thursday (January 15), with 12 nominations, including best picture, best actor for Leonardo DiCaprio and best director for Mexico’s Alejandro Inarritu. At the film’s London premiere, DiCaprio said the nod from the Academy felt great. “It does feel great, especially when you’ve worked on something for this long a period of time. I keep saying to people, this was almost like going on a […]
Colombia’s ‘Embrace of the Serpent,’ (El Abrazo de la Serpiente), which tells of two mysterious trips deep into the Colombian Amazon, was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film on Thursday (January 14) morning. It is the first time Colombia has been nominated in this category. The film’s director, Ciro Guerra, said the nomination was unexpected. “Honestly it is something you can’t imagine (Oscar nomination). What we do know is that when you […]
Up to a dozen containers carrying chemicals caught fire at a terminal at Brazil’s largest port of Santos on Thursday (January 14, 2016), restricting ship movement, representatives of the port authority Codesp said. The fire at the container terminal operated by logistics company Localfrio in Guaruja, on the eastern side of Santos, started around 3 p.m. Brasilia time (1700 GMT), sending plumes of smoke across the shipping channel at the commodity exporting port. A spokeswoman […]
Jimmy Morales was inaugurated as president of Guatemala during a swearing-in ceremony in Guatemala City on Thursday (January 14). Morales, a former TV comedian who had never held office, swept to power in October after public anger over a corruption scandal that deepened distrust of the country’s political establishment. The 46-year-old Morales overwhelmingly beat centre-left rival and former first lady Sandra Torres in a run-off vote despite his lack of government experience and some policy […]
A man from the Middle East who came to the United States as a refugee was indicted on Thursday (January 13) on a federal charge for making a false statement involving international terrorism. The U.S. Department of Justice has said that the defendant, Aws Mohammed Younis al-Jayab, 23, is a Palestinian who was born in Iraq and came to the United States in 2012 as a refugee from Syria. Al-Jayab was one of two Middle […]
Kinondena ng Philippine National Police ang hindi tamang paggamit ng isang television serye sa kanilang uniporme na una nang umani ng batikos sa social media. Nakatakda na rin silang makipagpulong sa mga opisyal ng MTRCB upang pag-usapan ang mga gagawing aksiyon sa insidente. (Mata ng Agila Correspondent Mar Gabriel)
Defense officials on Thursday (January 14) said to brace for more attacks, like the one in Indonesia claimed by Islamic State, as the organization was looking to distract from setbacks on the battlefield. The officials made the comments at a news conference at the U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Florida, where Defense Secretary Ash Carter also confirmed a navigational error caused sailors to stray into Iranian waters where they were detained. An Indonesian and a […]
