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Hundreds of people fled areas near Texas rivers that overflowed their banks on Thursday as the state reeled from severe storms this week that killed at least 16 people, flooded cities and set a record for the wettest month. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch on Thursday stretching from south of San Antonio to Dallas, through Oklahoma, where severe weather this week killed an additional six people, and into Kansas. Thunderstorms pelted […]
The transit system in the nation’s capital on Thursday (May 28) suspended all “issue-oriented” advertisements after getting a request to allow a Metro subway ad featuring a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad. The ban, approved unanimously by the board of directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), prohibits political, religious and advocacy ads through the end of the year. The WMATA had been asked by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) to run […]
The Syrian army has pulled back from the northwestern city of Ariha after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the last city in Idlib province in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border that was still held by the government. A coalition of rebel groups called Jaish al Fateh, or Conquest Army, said it had taken over the city. Syria’s al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front is a major part of the coalition. The coalition said it […]
(Reuters) The corruption charges engulfing world soccer’s governing body have heaped shame and humiliation on the game, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Thursday, although he flatly rejected calls to resign over the widening scandal. With FIFA facing the worst crisis in its 111-year history, Michel Platini, who heads Europe’s soccer confederation UEFA, said he had told Blatter to go “with tears in my eyes”, but the 79-year-old had refused. “I said, ‘I’m asking you […]
(Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday (May 27) called for an immediate end to island-building by China and other countries near the South China Sea, urging the participants to stop militarizing the dispute and find a peaceful solution. Carter said China’s island-building efforts were “out of step” with the regional consensus and that U.S. military aircraft and warships would continue to operate in the area as permitted under international law. “China’s actions […]
(Reuters) — High water levels caused damage near Lake Texoma in Bryan County, Oklahoma on Wednesday (May 27). Water rose past 640 feet (195km) and is now covering Cartwright bridge, according to reports. The bridge was rebuilt following a flood in 2007 and local media reports that officials said it wasn’t supposed to flood again. . The high water levels come as torrential rains battered Oklahoma and Texas, where at least 15 people have been […]
MAY 28 (Reuters) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday (May 27) called for an immediate end to island-building by China and other countries near the South China Sea, urging the participants to stop militarizing the dispute and find a peaceful solution. Carter said China’s island-building efforts were “out of step” with the regional consensus and that U.S. military aircraft and warships would continue to operate in the area as permitted under international law. […]
Patok ngayong summer ang Dalitiwan resort sa Majayjay, Laguna. Kung saan ay makikita dito ang mga man-made spring pool, ang malamig nitong tubig ay nagmumula sa Mt. Banahaw. Ang tubig sa swimming pool ay natural at walang halong chlorine. Magandang getaway ang nasabing resort dahil sa mga amenities nito katulad ng cottages at grilling area. Bukod sa man-made swimming pool, isa din sa natural na atraksiyon ang mini-falls kung saan, nagbibigay ng “back massage.” Nakakamangha […]
(Eagle News) — A deadly heat wave in India has killed more than 1,400 people as temperatures soar above 47 Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), Reuters said that more than 1,100 died this week. CNN reported the national death toll at 1,424. It got so hot that even roads in Delhi had started showing signs of melting. May and June are India’s hottest months, with temperatures regularly pushing above 40 Celsius. But meteorologists say the number of […]
“No Segregation, No Collection” Policy, ito ang mahigpit na ipapatupad ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Baler sa lalawigan ng Aurora. Layunin nitong malunasan ang kasalukuyang suliranin ng bayan ng Baler sa basura at maturuan ang mga mamamayan nito na maging disiplinado. (Baler, Aurora) (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Gina Tabieros, Eagle News Service MRFaith Bonalos, Jericho Morales)
Kamakailan lang ay sinimulan na ang proyekto ng National Housing Authority (NHA) na Yolanda Permanent Housing Program sa bayan ng Batad, sa probinsya ng Iloilo. Ayon kay Engineer Ronald Hermoso, ang layunin ng nasabing proyekto ay upang mabigyan ng permanenteng tirahan ang mga residente ng nasabing bayan na nasa coastal area o danger zone. Dagdag pa niya, aabot sa isang 1,000 mga bahay ang itatayo dito at inaasahang aabutin ng pitong buwan bago matapos ang […]
MAY 28 (Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the Department of Education (DepEd) has plans to put up temporary learning centers for students of schools situated along the West Valley Fault. This came about after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) had released more detailed maps or an atlas of the areas traversed by the Valley Fault System (VFS) in the Greater Manila Area. The VFS is an active fault system in the […]
