Nearly 90 dead in Haiti gang violence, as country slides into chaos due to soaring prices, fuel shortages
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- A week of gang violence in Haiti's capital has left at least 89 people dead,…
3 years ago
Pres. Marcos Jr designates Vergeire as DOH officer-in-charge
(Eagle News) -- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has designated Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire as officer-in-charge of the Department…
3 years ago
Libyans at boiling point amid summer power cuts
by Hamza Mekouar Agence France-Presse TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) -- Mahmud Aguil has a comfortable house in Libya's capital Tripoli, but…
3 years ago
BSP raises interest rates for third straight month to curb inflation, effectively raising borrowing costs
(Eagle News) – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas set its key policy rate at 3.25 percent, after the Monetary…
3 years ago
PNP: Over P1 million worth of shabu seized in Iloilo buy-bust; 2 arrested
(Eagle News) -- Authorities seized over P1 million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City, the Philippine…
3 years ago
Solomons says foreign base would make it a military target
SUVA, Fiji (AFP) -- Solomon Islands will not host a foreign military base because the nation would be targeted for…
3 years ago
Biden to meet with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem on second day of Mideast tour
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden will hold bilateral talks on Thursday with Israeli officials in Jerusalem, where…
3 years ago
France nods to Ukraine in Bastille Day military parade
by Daphne BENOIT and Jurgen HECKER Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Paris's traditional Bastille Day military parade on Thursday…
3 years ago
PNP: Around 15,000 security personnel to be deployed for President Marcos’ first SONA
(Eagle News) -- Some 15,000 security personnel will be deployed to ensure peace and order during President Bongbong Marcos' first…
3 years ago
Western Europe wilts under heatwave
by Benoit Petit, with AFP Bureaus in Europe Agence France-Presse BORDEAUX, France (AFP) -- France suffered soaring temperatures Wednesday,…
3 years ago