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The space adventure story “The Martian” showed staying power at the box office this weekend, coming in first with $11.4 million, according to boxofficemojo.com. The film starring Matt Damon from 20th Century Fox has now brought in $182.8 million over five weeks. Sony Pictures’ “Goosebumps” took second place this Halloween weekend, with $10.2 million in ticket sales. It has earned $57.1 million in three weeks. In third place, Dreamworks’ “Bridge of Spies” brought in $8.1 […]
Officials at Chipotle Mexican Grill said on Sunday (November 1) they have closed all their restaurants in two West Coast markets due to a reported outbreak of E. coli bacteria that is being investigated by the company and health authorities. An official with the Washington State Department of Health said preliminary investigations have uncovered more than a dozen cases of E. coli in the area. “We are aware of a total of 19 cases of […]
Malacañang on Saturday said it is upset over the so-called ‘tanim-bala’ or bullet-planting scam happening inside Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminals recently and this concern has already reached President Benigno S. Aquino III. In a radio interview, Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said both President Aquino and Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Joseph Abaya have instructed airport authorities to investigate the incident. “Nakakalungkot po na nangyayari ito. In fact, to be perfectly honest […]
The attorney representing the Philippines in a dispute with China over territorial claims to the South China Sea on Friday (October 30) said a Hague court’s decision to hear the case would test the rule of law in international maritime cases. “I think that this a real test of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the rules of international law, which are embodied therein. Either the convention is a relevant, […]
The public should still prepare for the imminent effects of El Niño despite rains brought by Typhoon Lando. According to officials of National Water Resources Board (NWRB) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) said conservation measures need to be in place because the El Niño event is expected to last until June 2016. NWRB Executive Director Dr. Sevillo D. David, Jr. said Typhoon Lando increased the water level at Angat Dam by eight (8) meters, […]
(Eagle News) – The parents of Abegail Yanson, the alleged househelp of expelled Iglesia Ni Cristo evangelical worker Lowell Menorca II and his wife Jinky, said their eldest son and his family have also been taken by Menorca’s group in Sorsogon recently, purportedly to force him to testify against the INC. Candido Yanson Jr., said they are very worried now because they could not contact their son, Ronald, anymore, after they have aired their […]
(Reuters) — The wreckage of a Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers that crashed in Egypt killing all on board lay scattered along the Sinai peninsula’s mountainous dry landscapes on Saturday (October 31). The Airbus A321, operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia under the brand name Metrojet, was flying from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to St Petersburg in Russia when it went down in central Sinai soon after daybreak, the aviation ministry said. A militant group affiliated […]
(Reuters) — A candle-lit memorial is set up outside a Bucharest nightclub on Saturday (October 31) and Romania’s government declared a three-day national mourning, after an overnight fire killed 27 people and injured 184 during a rock concert that featured fireworks used indoors. In one of the capital’s worst disasters in decades, up to 500 people, mostly young adults, stampeded for the only available exit as the club in the basement of a Communist-era sport-shoe factory […]
MANILA, Nov. 1 — Business leaders of member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) who comprise the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) are scheduled to meet in Manila on November 13 for the 4th ABAC Meeting, where they will continue to develop their recommendations on ways to bring about greater prosperity in the region through the promotion and advancement of inclusive growth. These recommendations will be presented to APEC Leaders when they meet in November. […]
(Eagle News) — The parents of Abegail Yanson, the alleged househelp of expelled Iglesia Ni Cristo evangelical worker Lowell Menorca II and his wife Jinky, have asked the Menorcas to release their daughter immediately. Candido Yanson Jr., and Roselie Yanson, father and mother of Abegail, asked the Menorcas not to hold on to their daughter who was not really working for them as “househelp.” They said the Menorcas brought their daughter along with […]
Sa lalawigan ng Quezon, mas pinaigting ng lokal na pamahalaan ang pagtulong sa mga senior citizen sa kanilang lugar. Ilan sa mga ibinibigay nila ay medical assistance, burial assistance, discount para sa mga gamot at groceries. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Aloha Naron)
OCTOBER 30 — Indonesia has declared a state of emergency due to thick haze smoldering across the country for weeks, spreading haze drifting across much of Southeast Asia. The last time the country declared a national emergency was when the Indian Ocean tsunami killed more than 100,000 people in 2004.
