MAY 19 (Eagle News) — The Department of Education (DepEd) jumpstarted this year’s Brigada Eskwela on Monday, May 18, at Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, simultaneous with all the public schools in the country. This year’s Brigada Eskwela theme is “Tayo Para sa Kalinisan, Kaligtasan at Kahandaan ng ating mga Paaralan”. The week-long school maintenance practice aims to prepare schools for the coming school year and to promote volunteerism among the members of the community. […]
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Malacanang says Phl gov’t ready to help runaway Asian migrants
MAY 19 (Eagle News) — Malacanang has assured that the Philippine government will assist Asian migrants who will reach the country’s ports in solidarity with the United Nations convention relating to refugees. Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. issued the statement Monday saying that the Philippine government will help address the plight of runaway Asian migrants, known as ‘boat people’, in accordance with its commitment to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Coloma […]
Kerry calls for U.S. soldiers in South Korea to prepare for “every eventuality”
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday (May 18) asked American troops stationed in South Korea to prepare for possible provocation from North Korea. Kerry visited Yongsan Garrison in Seoul and delivered a speech to some of the U.S soldiers stationed there. “Here, particular in this part of the world, as we see (North Korean leader) Kim Jong Un engaging in these extraordinary provocative activities, building nuclear weapons against all of the UN […]
US appeals court reverses part of Apple’s $930 million verdict vs Samsung
A U.S. appeals court on Monday (May 18) reversed part of the $930 million (USD) verdict that Apple Inc won in 2012 against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, saying the iPhone maker’s trade dress could not be protected. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the patent infringement violations found by the jury. But the $382 million awarded for trade dress dilution will have to be reconsidered by the lower court. Trade dress […]
Thai defense minister denies migrants boats are pushed back to sea
Thailand’s defence minister, General Pravit Wongsuwan, on Monday (May 18) denied that the country was pushing migrant boats back into the open sea. Pravit presided over a meeting with the Royal Thai Navy’s Region 3 in the country’s southern beach town of Phuket, to follow up on the navy’s operation on the migrant crisis in southeast Asia. Southeast Asian governments have so far shown little sign of a coordinated response to the boatloads of Bangladeshi […]
Former tennis star Bob Hewitt sentenced to six years for rape
Former Grand Slam doubles tennis champion Bob Hewitt was sentenced to six years in prison by a South African court in Pretoria on Monday (May 18) after being found guilty of two counts of rape and a charge of sexual assault of minors. The Australian-born Hewitt, 75, was found guilty of assaulting three under-age girls during his time coaching children in South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Before sentencing, Hewitt pleaded with the court […]
Merkel urges tighter WHO management after “Ebola catastrophe”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Monday (May 18) for reforming the World Health Organization to make it more nimble in responding to crises like Ebola that has killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa. Merkel, opening the WHO’s annual nine-day ministerial meeting, said that Germany would contribute 200 million euros to help developing countries boost their defences against infectious diseases, including 70 million euros for West Africa. The WHO and its director-general Margaret […]
Shi’ite forces move in on Iraqi city taken by ISIS
A column of 3,000 Shi’ite militia fighters arrived at a military base near Ramadi on Monday as Baghdad moved to retake the western Iraqi city that has fallen to Islamic State militants in the biggest defeat for the government since mid-2014. Setting the stage for renewed fighting over the city, Islamic State militants advanced in armored vehicles from Ramadi towards the base where the Shi’ite paramilitaries were massing for a counter-offensive, witnesses and a military […]
Nearly 200 arrested in deadly Texas biker gang shootout
Nearly 200 people were arrested on Monday a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs a day earlier where nine people were killed and 18 injured at a restaurant that law enforcement called a horrific crime scene. The bikers from at least five rival gangs attacked each other with guns, knives, brass knuckles, clubs and motorcycle chains at a Twin Peaks Sports Bar and Grill in the central Texas city of Waco. No bystanders or police were […]
ASEAN Senior Officials on Culture and Arts Promote Culture, Art, and Community
MAY 18 (ASEAN Secretariat News) — ASEAN Senior Officials on Culture and the Arts met at the ASEAN Secretariat last week, 12-14 May, to set policies and strategies on promoting the culture and art sector of the ASEAN region. They also discussed how to celebrate the launching of ASEAN Community by the end of 2015, as well as ways for culture and the arts to contribute to building a people-oriented, people-centred ASEAN. “A key challenge […]
Indonesia struggles to provide some facilities for migrants
MAY 18 (Reuters) — Local Indonesian authorities in Aceh said on Monday (May 18) that shelters for migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, lack basic showering facilities. Nearly 800 migrants came ashore in Aceh in Indonesia on Friday (May 15), taking the number that have made land in Indonesia and the northwest of Malaysia to more than 2,500 over the past week. One local Indonesian government official said while they had enough food for the migrants, […]
Pagdaragdag ng mga signage, isinulong ng DPWH sa Quirino
Dahil sa mataas na bilang ng kaso ng mga vehicular accident sa lalawigan ng quirino ay naalarma ang Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Kaya naman bilang tugon ng DPWH sa problemang ito ay kasalukuyan silang naglalagay ng karagdagang mga signage sa mga intersection, sharp curve at accident prone area. (Agila Probinsya Correspondent Rustie Lorenzo, Eagle News Service MRFaith Bonalos, Dexter Magno)