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JULY 29 (Eagle News) — Tottenham Hotspur face a Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Star team in Colorado on Wednesday (July 29) and are expecting a tough match. The annual All-Star game will be held this season outside the mile-high city of Denver (5,280ft, or 1610m, above sea level) just 10 days before Spurs open their Premier League season away at Manchester United on August 8. “First thing is with the altitude we’re in. It’s good […]
Actor Rob Schneider was the victim of a home invasion on Friday (July 24), according to local media citing the Los Angeles Police Department on Monday (July 27). LAPD spokesman Mike Lopez said that a female reported the burglary at the Encino neighborhood residence after coming home to find the door unexpectedly flung open. Officers determined that the incident took place between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. local time and that thieves made off with […]
(Reuters) — A power outage – it’s an experience all are familiar with and everyone dreads. The lights go out, the TV goes black, the computers shut down as their batteries drain. And worst of all – your smartphone dies. This scenario was one of the inspirations for Andrew Byrns of California startup Stower to develop the candle charger. Its simplistic design is based on the principles of thermo-electrics, which have been around since […]
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has urged Congress to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. “To ensure the permanency of transparency policies, we urge Congress to pass the Freedom of Information Act,” the President said in his message to Congress when the proposed P3.002-trillion 2016 National Budget was submitted to the legislative body on Tuesday afternoon. The Department of Budget and Management submitted the proposed budget to Congress on behalf of President Aquino. […]
JULY 29 (Reuters) — Houston firefighters battled a four-alarm fire at an apartment block on Tuesday (July 28) that local media said left three of their colleagues injured. The injuries were not described as life threatening and no tenants were reported hurt. The fire, which broke out in the afternoon, appeared to engulf large parts of the apartment complex, with entire portions of the structure’s roof in flames. Local media reported that the Red Cross […]
By Juliet Caranguian (Eagle News) — Muling nagtungo ang dalawang opisyal ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR) sa tahanan nina Angel Manalo sa no. 36 Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City. Ito ay matapos makatanggap ng tawag ang CHR na umano’y hinaharang ng mga pulis ang pagkaing dinadala rito. Pero sa pagtungo ng mga opisyal ng CHR sa lugar, sinabi ni CHR investigator na si Policronio Nalangan Jr., wala naman silang nakitang humaharang at sa halip […]
(Eagle News) — Nagpalabas ang Department of Justice (DOJ) ng subpoena laban sa international singer na si Chris Brown para dumalo sa pagdinig sa reklamong estafa na inihain laban sa kanya. Si Brown at ang kanyang Canadian promoter na si John Michael Pio Roda ay pinahaharap ng DOJ sa unang araw ng preliminary investigation sa Biyernes, July 31. Pinapayagan naman ng piskalya na makadalo ang kinatawan ng dalawang respondent. Ang reklamo laban kina Brown at […]
(Eagle News) — Sinampahan na ng kasong libelo ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang isang itinawalag na ministro nito na si Isaias Samson Jr., dahil sa mga alegasyon nitong illegal detention and torture sa ilan nitong miyembro. Sa anim na pahinang reklamo na inihain sa Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office, sinabi ni INC legal counsel head Glicerio Santos IV na ang ibinibintang ni Samson laban sa Iglesia Ni Cristo ay pambabastos at mapanirang puri. Ayon kay Santos, […]
By Eden Suarez (Eagle News) — Naisumite na ng Aquino administration sa pamamagitan ng Department of Budget and Management ang panukalang ₱3.002 trillion national budget para sa taong 2016. Pinangunahan nina House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte at Budget Secretary Butch Abad ang turnover ceremony ng ₱3.002 trillion proposed national budget. Ayon kay Abad, sesentro ang sectoral allocation ng nasabing pondo sa social services, economic services, defense, general public services, debt burden at interest payment. Nangunguna naman […]
(Eagle News) — Tatlong ministro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang nagsumite na ng kanilang affidavit para pabulaanang sila’y dinukot. Ayon sa source mula sa Department of Justice, mismong sa NBI isinumite ang salaysay nina Julius Nemis, Nolan Olarte at Joven Sepillo, pawang mga ministro ng INC, para pabulaanan ang alegasyon ni Eliodoro “Joy” Yuson na sila raw ay dinukot. Si Yuson ay isa sa mga itiniwalag na ministro ng INC. Inalis si Yuson noong nakalipas na […]
By Erwin Temperante (Eagle News) — Sarado na ang alegasyong pinupukol ng ilang dating miembro ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa isyu ng di umano’y pagdukot sa mga ministro ng INC. Ito ang binitawang salita ni National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Anti-Organized Trans Crime Division Chief Manuel Antonio Eduarte. Paliwanag ng NBI, kanilang tinungo ang lugar ng Tandang Sora sa Quezon City upang alamin ang mga naglabas ng alegasyon na nakita sa social media sites at […]
By Meann Corvera (Eagle News) — Nagresign na si Senador Francis Escudero sa mga hinahawakang posisyon sa senado dahil sa delicadeza. Si Escudero ang kasalukuyang Chairman ng makapangyarihang Senate Committee on Finance na bumubusisi sa pambansang budget. Siya rin ang Vice Chair ng Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Public Expenditures. Ayon kay Escudero, seryoso niya kasing ikinukunsidera ang pagtakbo sa mas nataas na posisyon sa 2016. “Seryosong pinag-iisipan ko ang pagtakbo sa 2016, hindi […]
