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SC: Caguioa still in charge of VP poll protest

August 20, 2018
Palace defends policemen who nabbed lawyers for alleged obstruction of justice, others in Makati bar

August 20, 2018
Pichay: Lakas-CMD may forge alliance with Sara Duterte’s HNP

August 20, 2018
MIAA: Xiamen Air to pay damages resulting from NAIA runway closure

August 20, 2018
Xiamen Air exec sorry for runway mishap

August 20, 2018

National

SC: Caguioa still in charge of VP poll protest

August 20, 2018

(Eagle News)–Supreme Court Associate Justice Alfredo Caguioa is still in charge of the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. According to SC Spokesperson Theodore Te, the court “unanimously denied” Caguioa’s request the case be re-raffled to someone else, following Marcos’ request he inhibit because of his “fraternal relations” with former President Benigno Aquino III. Marcos also noted Caguioa’s wife was a supporter of Robredo. “Contrary to these (news) […]

ECOP wants to help DOLE regularize 300,000 workers

August 20, 2018

(Eagle News) — The Employer’s Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) vowed to help the Department of Labor and Employment in its campaign to end contractualization in the country. In fact, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said “we are now in possession of a proposed memorandum understanding submitted by ECOP.” “Pagka tatanggapin ang MOU na ito ay maaaring magkaroon ng paglalagda and this will result in the regularization of 300,000 contractual workers,” Bello said in a phone […]

CAAP launches probe into NAIA runway mishap

August 20, 2018

(Eagle News) — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has launched an investigation into the incident that saw a Xiamen Air plane skidding off a Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway, resulting in flight cancellations for several days. According to CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio, Xiamen Airlines officials and the plane’s crew members will face the Aircraft Investigation and Inquiry Board, who will aim to determine the reason why flight number MF8667 overshot the 06/24 […]

Pichay: Lakas-CMD may forge alliance with Sara Duterte’s HNP

August 20, 2018

(Eagle News) — Lakas-CMD may make an alliance with Davao Mayor Sara Duterte’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago. “If we have the chance, why not?” Lakas-CMD’s Prospero Pichay, Surigao representative, said. If this pushes through, Lakas-CMD, which was now-Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s party until she was sworn in as PDP-Laban member, would follow in the footsteps of the National Unity Party, the Nationalist People’s Coalition, and the Nacionalista Party. These three parties forged an alliance with the HNP last […]

MIAA: Xiamen Air to pay damages resulting from NAIA runway closure

August 20, 2018

(Eagle News) — Xiamen Airlines will pay the Manila International Airport Authority the amount representing damages resulting from the closure of a Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway last week after one of its planes overshot the runway. MIAA general manager Ed Monreal said the exact amount has yet to be determined. “Pinarating ko na po sa kanila ‘yun,” Monreal said. On Monday, Aug. 20, the airline’s chairman, Che Shanglun, apologized for Thursday’s incident, which led […]

Metro

TNVS drivers file P5-million suit vs Nograles over LTFRB suspension of P2-per-minute of travel time charges

August 20, 2018

(Eagle News) — Transport Network Vehicle Service drivers on Monday, Aug. 20, filed a P5-million lawsuit against PBA Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles for their alleged losses resulting from the suspension of the P2-per-minute charges. It was the Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board that ordered the suspension of the policy, after Nograles claimed these were illegal charges. In July, the LTFRB also ordered Grab to pay P10 million in penalties for the charges from June 5, […]

First-ever presidential car museum inaugurated in Quezon City

August 20, 2018
Palace defends policemen who nabbed lawyers for alleged obstruction of justice, others in Makati bar

August 20, 2018

Agila Pilipinas

Police arrests high value target in Dumaguete City; Php 23M worth of shabu seized

August 16, 2018

(Eagle News) — A high value target who is also in the drug watch list of the Philippine National Police-Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office was arrested in a joint drug buy bust operation in Dumaguete City on Thursday, August 16. The arrested suspect was identified as Janmark Abadilla alias “Biboy” of Barangay Bajumpandan, Dumaguete City. Recovered from the anti-drug operations were two kilograms of methamphetamine also known as shabu worth of P23 million, a weighing […]

Aug. 20 declared a non-working day in Lucena, Quezon

August 16, 2018
7 NPA members killed in Antique encounter

August 15, 2018

International

Five children fighting for life after French blaze: firefighters

August 20, 2018

PARIS, France (AFP) – A fire in a residential building near Paris on Sunday left seven people with serious injuries including five children who were in a “life-threatening” condition, firefighters said. Some 16 people including 10 police officers and a firefighter were also slightly hurt in the blaze in Aubervilliers, northeast of Paris, which was later brought under control, the fire service said. In the same town less than a month ago, a fire in a […]

France’s Total has officially left Iran: oil minister

August 20, 2018

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — French energy giant Total has officially quit its multi-billion-dollar gas project in Iran, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Monday, following the reimposition of US sanctions. “Total has officially left the agreement for the development of phase 11 of South Pars (gas field). It has been more than two months that it announced that it would leave the contract,” he told the ICANA news agency, which is linked to the […]

Man with knife killed in Spain police station attack: police

August 20, 2018

MADRID, Spain (AFP) — A man armed with a knife was killed when he attacked a police station near the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona early Monday, police said. “A man armed with a knife entered the police station in Cornella to attack the officers. The attacker was shot,” the Catalonia regional police said on Twitter. A police spokesman refused to comment on local media reports that the man was from Algeria and had shouted “Allahu […]

Multiple quakes rock Indonesia’s Lombok island, 10 dead

August 20, 2018

by Aman Alief Agence France Presse MATARAM, Indonesia (AFP) — A series of powerful earthquakes have rocked the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, killing at least 10 people and setting off fresh waves of panic after nearly 500 died there following a huge tremor two weeks ago. The quakes hit throughout Sunday, with the first measuring 6.3 shortly before midday which triggered landslides and sent people fleeing for cover as parts of the island suffered […]

Technology

‘Hacky hack hack’: Australia teen breaches Apple’s secure network

August 17, 2018

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)–A schoolboy who “dreamed” of working for Apple hacked the firm’s computer systems, Australian media has reported, although the tech giant said Friday no customer data was compromised. The Children’s Court of Victoria was told the teenager broke into Apple’s mainframe — a large, powerful data processing system — from his home in the suburbs of Melbourne and downloaded 90GB of secure files, The Age reported late Thursday. The boy, then aged 16, […]

Drones fly to rescue of Amazon wildlife

August 16, 2018
SpaceX vows manned flight to space station is on track

August 14, 2018

Sports

Philippines’ Clarkson calls on NBA to free players for global tournaments ahead of first PHL game

August 20, 2018

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Jordan Clarkson has called on the NBA to let players compete in more global tournaments to boost the sport’s popularity worldwide, ahead of his first appearance for the Philippines at the Asian Games. Clarkson, who dashed to Jakarta last week after the US league released him in a last-minute U-turn, said Sunday he had wanted to play for the Philippines for years but had been repeatedly blocked. […]

Two Koreas march together at Asian Games opening ceremony

August 18, 2018
Young volleyball players clash at Siesta Key for Junior National Championships

August 17, 2018

Business

PepsiCo to buy SodaStream for $3.2 bn

August 20, 2018

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – PepsiCo said Monday it plans to buy SodaStream, an Israeli maker of carbonation products, for $3.2 billion as the beverage and snacks giant makes further inroads with in-home goods. The cash deal will see PepsiCo pay $144 per share for SodaStream’s outstanding stock, a 32 percent premium over its average price of the past 30 days. SodaStream offers consumers “the ability to make great-tasting beverages while reducing the amount […]

Tokyo stocks close lower as investors wait for US-China trade talks

August 20, 2018

TOKYO, Japan (AFP)–Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday as investors retreated to the sidelines to wait for the outcome of US-China trade talks later this week. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.32 percent, or 71.38 points, to 22,199.00 while the broader Topix index was down 0.32 percent, or 5.38 points, at 1,692.15. “The market is caught between hopes and worries,” said Mutsumi Kagawa, chief global strategist at Rakuten Securities. “The hopes are about possible […]

Rovio shares lifted as ‘Angry Birds 2’ sales fly higher

August 17, 2018

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Finnish game maker Rovio Entertainment on Friday said sales of the sequel to its flagship Angry Birds game hit a new record as the group’s profit and revenue in the second quarter beat analyst’s expectations. From April to June, Angry Birds 2 generated revenue of 29.7 million euros ($33.8 million), exceeding by 38 percent its previous record set the first quarter. Rovio’s net profit for the quarter came in at 5.2 […]

Entertainment

EBC Films’ “Guerrero” wins “Best Feature Comedy Film” at the Amsterdam Int’l Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema

August 20, 2018

Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) Film’s Guerrero” won the “Best Feature Comedy Film” award in the recently held Amsterdam International Film Festival of World Cinema. The film was directed by Carlo Ortega Cuevas and edited by Giancarlo Escamilla. Its cast and production staff are all past winners and participants of the EVM Awards under INCinema of the Christian Family Organizations The Amsterdam IFFWC Awards Night was held on August 19, 2018 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The […]

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ sparkles at N.America box office

August 20, 2018

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Highly anticipated rom-com “Crazy Rich Asians” — the first Hollywood film with an mainly Asian cast in a generation — dazzled the North American box office in its debut weekend, claiming the top spot, industry estimates showed Sunday. The Warner Bros. adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel of the same name raked in $34 million since hitting theaters on Wednesday, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said. Of the total, […]

‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin dies at 76

August 17, 2018

by Jeff Kowalsky with Jennie Matthew in New York Agence France-Presse DETROIT, United States (AFP)–Aretha Franklin, the music icon, legendary singer and “Queen of Soul” loved by millions whose history-making career spanned six decades, died at her Detroit home on Thursday. She was 76. She influenced generations of female singers with unforgettable hits including “Respect” (1967), “Natural Woman” (1968) and “I Say a Little Prayer” (1968). The multiple Grammy winner cemented her place in US […]

Headlines

Five children fighting for life after French blaze: firefighters

France’s Total has officially left Iran: oil minister

Paris aquarium offers haven for unwanted goldfish

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