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AUGUST 10 (Reuters) — Paramount’s “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” continued to conquer the top spot at the North America box office Sunday (August 9). Tom Cruise’s “Mission: Impossible-Rogue Nation” edged out the comic book movie, “Fantastic Four” from Twentieth Century Fox, to capture first place on the box office charts. The Paramount sequel earned a strong $29.4 million in its second week in theaters, pushing its domestic total to $108.7 million. Meanwhile, “Fantastic Four” […]
AGOSTO 10 (Agila Probinsya) — Upang masiguro na lahat ng mga resident ng Calapan, Oriental Mindoro ay mabibigyan ng gold card o health card, binago ng lokal na pamahalan ang sistema ng pagpapatupad ng nasabing Health Care Program. Kasama sa ipinatupad na pagbabago ang paglalagay ng ceiling sa paggamit ng gold card dahil sa nangyaring fund shortage notong mga nakalipas na buwan. Layunin ng programang ito na mabigyan ang lahat ng pamilyang Calapeno. (Agila Probinsya […]
AGOSTO 10 (Agila Probinsya) — Nagsagawa ng motorcade ang mga kawani ng mga tanggapan ng Commission on Elections (COMELEC) sa iba’t-ibang bayan sa lalawigan ng Aurora, kasama ang ilang mga nasa private sector upang ikampanya sa mga mamamayan ang ukol sa pagpaparehistro at sa mga dati nang botante ang ukol sa pagpapa-biometrics. Layunin ng isinagawang motorcade na ipaunawa sa mga botante na kapag hindi pa sila nakapagpa-bometrics ay hindi sila makaboboto sa eleksiyong isasagawa sa […]
AGOSTO 10 (Agila Probinsya) — Wala pa umano sa pitong porsyento ang nakakapagpa-biometrics sa bayan ng Binmaley, Pangasinan. Kaya naman umaapila ang lokal na tanggapan ng Commission on Elections (COMELEC) roon sa mga botante na wala pang biometrics registration na magtungo na sa kanilang tanggapan. Sa tala ng COMELEC Binmaley, nasa 6.38 percent pa lamang ang nagkapagpa-biometrics sa nasabing bayan. Nagpaalala ang ahensya na ang deadline ng pagpaparehistro ay hanggang sa October 31 na lamang. […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 10 (Eagle News) — Experts say that the Philippines should expend efforts to protect the country’s interest in the West Philippine Sea. Said area is rich in natural gas resources, enough to supply the energy needs of the Philippines for twenty years. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 10 (Eagle News) — Today marks the first day of the scheduled six-day water interruption which will affect Maynilad consumers in the greater part of Manila. Said interruption is due to the realignment of Maynilad’s main pipe in Tondo, Manila. Maynilad said that it is ready to ration water to the affected consumers. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, August 10 (Eagle News) — In connection with the ongoing plunder cases related to the PDAF scam, the defense counsel impleaded Budget Secretary Butch Abad as principal accused in the said cases, which is now being heard at the Sandiganbayan. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/qA1RcDZmyz0
MANILA, Philippines, August 10 (Eagle News) — Filipino Olympian skater Michael Christian Martinez won the Asian Open Figure Skating competion which was held in Bangkok, Thailand. He won 188.53 in the Senior Men’s Category, beating skaters from Japan, Australia and others. Martinez was the sole representative of the Philippines in the recently held Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, August 10 (Eagle News) — According to Senator Sonny Angara, the two houses of the Congress is ready to submit to President Benigno S. Aquino III the law which will provide financial assistance to those who want to pursue college education. With the passage of said law, only the signature of President Aquino is needed to give it full effect. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/S-WgdKzjC4w
(Reuters) A suspect is being charged with capital murder Sunday (August 9) after deputies entered a North Houston home and discovered the bodies of two adults and six children. In a news conference, Harris County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Tim Cannon announced that David Conley, 48, is being held with no bond. “We are here today on a very sad day,” he said. “It’s a difficult day for us at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Once […]
(Reuters) A typhoon battered China’s east coast on Sunday, killing 14 people and forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands more. The 14 were killed after being washed away by flash floods or buried under collapsed houses or landslides, state news agency Xinhua said, citing authorities in Zhejiang province. Another four people were missing. Typhoon Soudelor forced more than 188,400 people to leave their homes in Zhejiang and 320,000 in neighboring Fujian, Xinhua […]
(REUTERS) South Korea’s military on Monday (August 10) accused North Korea of planting land mines inside the Demilitarised Zone border that exploded last week and wounded two of its soldiers, calling it a cowardly act of provocation, and threatened retaliation. There was evidence to conclude the North’s soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line recently to plant the mines, and Pyongyang will be made to “pay a severe price,” the South’s military said in a […]
