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Forgetting to charge your phone before heading to the beach need not mean social isolation anymore. This is Beachill – a beach mat that uses solar power to revive dead batteries. It also has a small in-built fridge to keep drinks cool. Beachill was originally a university project by Lebanese student Antoine Sayah. But after his tutors advised him to go into business he sold 60 Beachills in just two weeks. Inventor of Beachill, Antoine […]
(Reuters) — Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet said three people were killed when a strong earthquake shook the country on Wednesday and said she would travel to the worst-affected areas. The magnitude 8.3 quake was the most powerful to hit Chile in five years and triggered flooding in some coastal towns and sent terrified resident pouring into streets. “Once again we’re having to deal with another harsh blow from nature…. Unfortunately we’ve received information that as […]
Waves of up to 4.5 meters (15 feet) pounded Chile’s coastal areas on Wednesday (September 16), the navy said, after a powerful 8.3 earthquake struck off the coast, flooding some coastal areas. At least three people were killed by the quake about 280 km (175 miles) north of Santiago, the biggest earthquake since 2010 to hit the world’s top copper producer. In the coastal city of Estero, in Vina del Mar, images showed high tide […]
(Eagle News) — It’s a Grace Poe-Chiz Escudero tandem for the 2016 presidential and vice-presidential race. Poe and Escudero formally announced their team-up on Thursday, Sept. 17 in a gathering held at the Kalayaan Hall of Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan. Poe made the announcement a day after she declared that she was running for president in 2016. Poe said Escudero, who had served as her father’s spokesperson during the 2004 presidential elections, was […]
(Reuters) A magnitude 8.3 earthquake hit off the coast of Chile on Wednesday (September 16), shaking buildings in the capital city of Santiago and flooding some coastal areas under a tsunami warning. At least three people were killed by the quake about 280 km (175 miles) north of Santiago, the biggest earthquake since 2010 to hit the world’s top copper producer. Speaking to reporters in southern California, Caltech seismologist Mark Simons said that those affected […]
The City Social Welfare and Development office is discouraging the public not to give alms to beggars as this is against the law and begging on the streets endangers their lives. City Social Welfare and Development Officer (CSWDO) Betty Fangasan made this call especially that Christmas season is approaching and the number of mendicants begging in the streets in this mountain resort city also increases. Fangasan said these mendicants come from the nearby provinces and […]
(PIA) — Parents should uphold strong family bond with their children to prevent substance abuse among young people. Dr. Therese Castañeda, psychiatrist at the Pototan Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, said that parents are the first line of defense for children to avert drug or alcohol abuse. “Parents should know what their children’s hobbies are, their likes, in order to maintain that open communication,” she said. She said that parents should also set as good examples […]
(Reuters) — Classic Cuban records will gain a sweeping platform beyond the island nation from Tuesday (September 15), after Sony Music Entertainment signed a deal to distribute tracks recorded under the state-owned label, Egrem, dating back to the revolutionary era and beyond. The deal, which has been in the making for over two years, and comes just weeks after the United States and Cuba restored diplomatic ties following decades of hostility. Renowned Cuban artists like […]
(Reuters) – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake hit off the coast of Chile on Wednesday (September 16), shaking buildings in the capital city of Santiago and generating a tsunami warning for Chile and Peru. Chile’s government urged residents to evacuate the coastline. The mayor of Illapel, which is near the epicenter, said on a radio broadcast that one person had been killed by a collapsing wall, and 15 others were reported injured. Some homes were damaged […]
(Reuters) — A Texas teenager was taken away from school in handcuffs after he brought a homemade clock to his Dallas-area school this week and the staff mistook it for a bomb, police said on Wednesday (September 16). Ahmed Mohamed, 14, was accused of making a hoax bomb. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said he is Muslim and the case serves as an example of religious bigotry. “I took it to school just to show […]
(Eagle News) — A very strong 8.3 magnitude quake hit Chile’s coast on Wednesday night, Sept. 16 (Thursday morning, Sept. 17, Manila time), according to the U.S. Geological Survey which measured the quake’s depth at 25 kilometers. The quake’s epicenter was about 46 kilometers west of Illapel, Chile, USGS said. Evacuations were immediately ordered after the quake struck at 10:54 p.m Wednesday in Chile (6:54 a.m. Thursday Manila time) as Chile’s national emergency agency issued […]
(Reuters) — The Syrian refugee, tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman as he tried to flee from police on the Hungarian-Serbian border, arrived in Barcelona on Wednesday (September 16) before jumping on yet another train to Madrid, where he has been hired by Spain’s Official School for Football and Indoor Football Coaches (CENAFE). Video footage of Osama Abdul Mohsen being tripped by cameraman Petra Laszlo as he ran through the fields with his son Zaid, aged […]
