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CAVITEX, Philippines (Eagle News) – Senator Cynthia Villar signed an agreement with the CAVITEX Infrastructure Corporation for the implementation of a greening program along the length of the Manila-Cavite Expressway. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
GENEVA, Switzerland (Eagle News) – According to the World Health Organization, member countries agreed to eradicate malaria by 2030. Said agreement came about in an assembly held at Geneva, Switzerland. Said agreement targets to lower malaria cases by 40% in 2020 and by 90% in 2030. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
EDSA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Traffic Enforcement Group conducted an operation against tricycles travelling in EDSA, with 10 tricycle drivers arrested while going to the Balintawak market. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
ANGAT Dam, Bulacan (Eagle News) – At 180.95 meters, the water level in Angat Dam neared the critical level for irrigation which is 180 meters. On the other hand, the critical level for household use is 160 meters. Other major dams are also experiencing low water levels. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
Living conditions for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar should be improved to discourage them from making risky sea journeys at the hands of human traffickers, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State said on Friday (May 22). Antony Blinken made the comments after holding talks with the government in the capital Naypyidaw, to discuss the migrant crisis that has left thousands of people stranded on overcrowded boats in the Bay of Bengal. Myanmar’s military chief said […]
Myanmar’s navy has brought ashore 200 Bangladeshis found in a boat off its coast, after its military chief said some of the thousands of migrants that have landed in Malaysia and Indonesia this month are pretending to be Rohingya Muslims to get UN aid. In response, a senior U.S. official said on Friday (May 22) that the majority of the more than 3,000 migrants that have come ashore are Rohingya fleeing desperate conditions in Rakhine […]
Almost a year after Islamic State’s shock capture of Mosul, Iraq’s second city, the black flags of the jihadis have been raised over Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province to the west of Baghdad, seat of Iraq’s increasingly theoretical central government. Nobody talks of Mosul or recapturing it from Islamic State. It is a forgotten city. Now it is all about the fall of Ramadi, the neighbouring ancient Syrian city of Palmyra in central Syria […]
A bomb exploded at a Shi’ite Houthi mosque in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Friday (May 22) wounding 13 people, a security source said, and Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on Twitter. The security source added that the bomb was planted inside the al-Saiah mosque before Friday prayers and two out of those wounded are in a critical condition. A second explosive device was found nearby hidden in a shoe, […]
MAY 22 (Reuters) — United Nation General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon met with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang in Hanoi Friday (May 22) as part of his two-day visit to the South East Asia nation. The General Secretary discussed with Vietnamese leaders on UN-Vietnam cooperation, UN peacekeeping operations and other issues, including regional security and human rights. Vietnam became a UN member in 1977 and is a current member of the UN Human Rights Council for […]
MAY 22 (Reuters) — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi’ite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers, residents said, killing and wounding several people. A video filmed by someone at the scene showed a severed leg lying on the ground amongst debris scattered across the mosque’s carpet. One witness described a huge explosion at the Imam Ali mosque in the village of al-Qadeeh. He estimated there were at least 30 casualties […]
MAY 22 — Braving the rain, fans of Hello Kitty lined up in Hong Kong to eat in a Chinese-style restaurant dedicated to the Japanese cartoon. Though Hello Kitty-themed restaurants and cafes already exist around the world, and in Hong Kong, none are known to serve traditional Chinese cuisine. Man Kwong, the restaurant owner says his is a world f
Masipag, malalahanin at mapagmahal na ama, ganito kung ilarawan ang tinaguriang ulirang ama sa lalawigan ng Quirino sa katauhan ni Michael Plarisan. Sa hirap ng buhay ngayon ay walang pinipiling trabaho si Michael, isang ama na mayroong anim na anak na nakatira sa Barangay San Leonardo, Aglipay, Quirino, para kumita bago ang pasukan upang maibili ng gamit sa eskwela ang mga anak na papasok sa paaralan. Sa umaga ay naglalako siya ng taho, sa tanghali […]
