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ORMOC, Leyte, August 17 (Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is now taking appropriate measures in preparation of a possible oil spill due to the burning of the ship MV Wonderful Star in the sea of Ormoc. An estimated 10, 000 liters of gas is carried by the ship, which belongs to the Robles Line. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
August 17 (Reuters) The Teen Choice Awards were handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday (August 16) and “Furious 7” and its star Paul Walker, who died in a 2013 car accident, were among those honored. “Furious 7” took the award for Choice Movie: Action, and Vin Diesel honored Walker and his daughter, Meadow, in his acceptance speech. “One of the best blessings in our lives is the fact that we got the opportunity […]
Aug 17 (REUTERS)The Teen Choice Awards were handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday (August 16) and “Furious 7” and its star Paul Walker, who died in a 2013 car accident, were among those honored. Furious 7 cast member and one of the hosts of the awards ceremony, Ludacris, confirmed that Furious 8 is green-lit for a 2017 release. “Furious 8 is coming 2017, April of 2017, it is green-lit so it is going to […]
SULTAN Kudarat, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — A clash between two opposing factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Sultan Kudarat left 8 dead. Due to the clash, an estimated 3, 000 residents of the nearby areas were immediately evacuated. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
ISABELA, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — The local government of the province of Isabela declared a state of calamity due to the prolonged dry spell that caused intensive damages to the corn industry of the said province. Said agricultural damage reached Php 705 million. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — Viva Entertainment uploaded the trailer of the epic movie “Felix Manalo”, which immediately went viral. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is going to take actions against the New People’s Army’s (NPA) “permit to campaign” especially now that the 2016 presidential elections are near. According to the AFP, the NPA usually asks for payment from running candidates in exchange for protection and also the guarantee that they will not sabotage said candidates’ campaign. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, […]
AUGUST 17 (Reuters) — A German university has created a computer-animated video showing a simulated flight over a regions of Mars. Using data gathered from a High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express aircraft which is operated by the German Aerospae Center (DLR), scientists at the Freie Universitaet in Berlin were able to piece together and create a computer-animated video showing how the ground could look in a […]
(Reuters) — Indonesian search and rescue officials said on Monday (August 17) that the crashed aircraft with 54 people on board had been detected in a forested, mountainous area in remote Papua province. The Trigana Air Service ATR 42-300 plane crashed on Sunday (August 16), the latest in a string of aviation disasters in Southeast Asia. Heavy cloud initially delayed plans for an aerial survey to locate the plane that took off from Sentani Airport […]
AUGUST 17 (Reuters) — Two trains crashed 50km (31 miles) northeast of Budapest early on Sunday (August 16), injuring 19 people, Hungarian police said. Two people were injured seriously, Imre Kavalecz, spokesman for state rail company MAV, was quoted as saying by national news agency MTI. The trains were carrying 30 to 40 passengers and were traveling at a low speed of about 20km per hour when the crash happened near Galgaguta, Kavalecz said. An […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 17 (Eagle News) — While the congress deleted some provisions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the senate, for its part, has replaced the entire version of the bill with its own, through the efforts of Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Chairman of the local government committee tackling the proposed measure. Marcos said he was prepared to defend his substitute bill and urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to exercise flexibility. The […]
MANILA, Philippines (August 17) — Cagayan De Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez, Chairman of the 75-member house Ad-Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), reiterated that the deletions of said provisions are necessary to make the bill constitutionally compliant. Rodriguez also added that if these provisions are restored, the bill may not be able to pass the Supreme Court’s constitutional scrutiny. Rodriguez also warned that restoring the deleted or amended provisions could erode support for […]
