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JUNE 8 (Reuters) — An Australian man has been arrested after allegedly using a stolen bulldozer to destroy a house in New South Wales with several people inside it, local media reported. SHOWS: TERALBA, AUSTRALIA (JUNE 08, 2015) (NINE NETWORK – NO ACCESS AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA-BASED INTERNET SITES, MOBILE PLATFORMS OR SITES OF MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS BASED IN THOSE COUNTRIES, NVO CLIENTS/ SMH.COM.AU/NEWS.COM.AU) 1. […]
QUEZON CITY, June 7 — The Department of Agriculture is urging farmers to employ the water management technologies developed by PhilRice to effectively and efficiently use water and maximize rice yields now that the country experiences El Niño, Engr. Evangeline Sibayan, Supervising Science Research Specialist at PhilRice’s Rice Engineering and Mechanization Division, in a DA statement said that the alternate wet and drying (AWD) method is an effective guide for farmers on when to irrigate the […]
JUNE 7 (CCTV/Reuters) — The death toll from the sinking of a Chinese cruise ship on the Yangtze River during freak weather had climbed to 431 by 11:00 on Sunday, with 11 still unaccounted for, according to the rescue headquarters in Jianli, central China’s Hubei Province. “According to the latest statistics, by 11:00 on June 7 (Sunday), 431 bodies of the victims had been retrieved; there are 14 survivors, and 11 still remained missing. Relative […]
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang advised Saturday Filipino nationals living in South Korea to take precautionary measures in light of recent confirmed cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the country. “I think if I am not mistaken, we have around 55,000 Filipinos in South Korea and we just asked them to take extra measures for their hygiene as well as to follow directives from the South Korean authorities on that matter,” Deputy Presidential […]
Scooter, a puppy born without front legs, seemed to smile as he wheeled across a playground on Friday (June 5). Scooter has been fitted with a wheeled prosthetic device that was made with a 3-D printer. Owner Tina Gans adopted Scooter when he was two months old. Now at almost ten months old, Gans said he’s hardly hindered by his handicap. “He doesn’t know he’s missing anything, so he’s an inspiration. I just want everybody […]
More than 130 people are trapped on Malaysia’s Mount Kinabalu following a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked parts of the Malaysian state of Sabah on Friday (June 5). Foreign and domestic hikers flock to Sabah to climb the 4,095-metre (13,435 feet) mountain, where at least 137 people were trapped, the state’s fire and rescue department told Reuters. So far 52 climbers had made it down safely, the public relations officer for Sabah Fire and Rescue department, […]
A 17-year old boy from Peru’s central Huanuco department gave a new meaning to a worm’s eye view when he arrived at the National Children’s hospital in Lima with a very swollen left eye. Doctors soon discovered that a worm was responsible for the swelling after having been living in the boy’s eye for about a month. They were able to make the discovery after taking an MRI of the young man, whose name was […]
Workers continued to move a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze River on Saturday (June 6) morning as the death toll jumped to 396. Only 14 survivors, one of them the captain, have been found after the ship carrying 456 passengers and crew, overturned in a freak tornado on Monday (June 1) night. Rescuers are searching the cabins of the ship, which was righted on Friday, looking for more bodies, the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Vietnam won the contract of supplying rice imports to the Philippines in a government-to-government bidding after Thailand failed to submit a second bid. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Due to the dry spell, the Philippines will lower its sugar exports. According to Sugar Regulatory Administration, the additional sugar will be used for local consumption as the production of said agricultural product failed to meet targets. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – According to the PAGASA, the effects of El Niño will lessen on 38 provinces as the rainy season starts. However, nine provinces will remain under the effects of the dry spell. Find out if your province is affected by watching the video. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin) https://youtu.be/YoAfxy0IQCM
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – In reaction to the dismissal of Senator Bongbong Marcos’ of the Malacañang-MILF version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the leadership of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front adopted a policy on whether to accept the version that will pass the bicameral committee. Said policy involves looking into the substance of the new version as well as if said substantial changes are acceptable. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, […]
