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Miles de personas marchan en Chile en el Día Internacional de la Mujer

Krest-Anne Cortes Eagle News Service SANTIAGO, Chile—Miles de personas marcharon por Chile para conmemorar el Día Internacional de la Mujer. En la capital, la marcha empezó por el sector de la plaza de Baquedano cerca de las 19 horas, la que, de acuerdo a las estimaciones, convocó más de 30,000 personas. Participaron distintas agrupaciones sociales como “Ni Una Menos,” la Confederación de Estudiantes de Chile, la Central Unitaria de Trabajadores y “No+AFP (Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones)” […]

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PHL extends sympathies to quake-hit PNG

(Eagle News)– The Philippines on Friday expressed its sympathies to Papua New Guinea (PNG), which was struck by a 7.5-magnitude earthquake on February 26 and a 6.8-magnitude aftershock on March 7. “We express our condolences to the government and people of (PNG) and pray that last night’s aftershock would be the last,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in a statement on Friday. Cayetano made the statement days after  President Rodrigo Duterte expressed solidarity […]

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Kim and Trump to meet by May: South Korea

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) —  North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump have agreed to meet to secure a deal to remove nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula, the US and South Korean officials said Thursday “I told President Trump that at our meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he’s committed to denuclearization,” said South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong, who came to Washington after talks in Pyongyang. “Kim pledged […]

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Uber selling Southeast Asia operations to Grab: report

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Uber is selling parts of its Southeast Asia operations to local rival Grab, getting a piece of the action in the process, according to US media reports. Grab is on the cusp of buying Uber’s business in some Southeast Asia markets in a deal that would give the California-based smartphone-summoned ride service a stake in its competitor, reported Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal. The size of the stake […]

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Without US, 11 Asia-Pacific states sign trade deal

by Paulina Abramovich Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO, Chile – Eleven nations signed a slimmed-down version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement Thursday, moving to lower tariffs just as US President Donald Trump seeks to raise them after withdrawing from the deal. The TPP, which would have represented 40 percent of the global economy and nearly one-quarter of its trade, was left for dead after Trump pulled out to pursue his “America First” agenda. But the revamped deal, now […]

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Spanish women stage unprecedented strike for rights

by Alvaro Villalobos Agence France-PresseMADRID, Spain – Spain marked International Women’s Day Thursday with an unprecedented strike in defense of their rights that saw hundreds of trains cancelled and countless protests held. Called by 10 unions to demand gender equality, particularly where salaries are concerned, the 24-hour strike dominated headlines with famous female presenters noticeably absent from radio or television shows. This should be a starting point to change things. We are far from real equality,” Maria Angels […]

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UK vows action over ex-spy poisoning as police confirm 21 people hurt

by James Pheby Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Britain vowed Thursday to act “without hesitation” if a state is found responsible for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent, as police said 21 people in total had received medical treatment following the incident. Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia remain unconscious in a critical but stable condition following the attack on Sunday in the sleepy south-western English city of Salisbury. Sergeant Nick Bailey, one […]

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PNP counter-intel task force: Over 1,000 policemen being monitored for alleged involvement in illegal activities

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Over 1,000 policemen are being monitored by the Philippine National Police’s Counter-Intelligence Task Force for their alleged involvement in illegal activities. The 1535 are under surveillance based on complaints given via the 8888 complaint hotline, Senior Supt. .Jose Chikito Malayo, CITF chief, said. Of the figure, he said 358 were officials, while the rest were non-commissioned officers. Among the officials being monitored was a one-star general who was reported […]

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Sereno says House justice panel approval of impeachment rap vs her “not unexpected”

(Eagle News) — Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Thursday said the House justice panel’s finding of probable cause to impeach her was “not unexpected.” In an interview over CNN Philippines, Sereno said that she knew “from the beginning that the numbers were not in (her) favor.” “And that had been repeated so many times, countless times, in fact, by the leadership of the House..,” she said. Sereno’s statement was an echo of a statement […]

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Makabayan bloc alleges “highly irregular impeachment process” in Sereno case

(Eagle News) — The Makabayan bloc on Thursday slammed what it said was the “highly irregular impeachment process” that resulted in the House justice panel finding probable cause to impeach Chief Justice Maria Lourdes. The seven-member bloc said that  “contrary to the position taken by the majority members of the committee on justice, the Gadon impeachment complaint failed to show probable cause that CJ Sereno committed any impeachable offense.” “In fact, the grounds for impeachment were […]

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NBI files cyber-libel complaint vs Rappler

(Eagle News) — The National Bureau of Investigation has filed a cyber-libel complaint against Rappler in connection with an article it published in 2012. Included in the complaint filed before the Department of Justice on March 2 were  Reynaldo Santos, writer; Maria Ressa, Rappler editor in chief; and Rappler directors Manuel Ayala, Nico Jose Nolledo, Glenda Gloria, James Bitanga, Felicia Atienza, Dan Alber de Padua and Jose Maria Hofilena. The complaint stems from the article […]

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Roque says UN human rights mechanisms are built around sovereignty; notes they won’t work if rapporteurs are “untrustworthy”

(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on Thursday that United Nations human rights mechanisms were built around sovereignty, and will not work if rapporteurs themselves are “untrustworthy.” Roque issued the statement in response to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s criticism of President Rodrigo Duterte,  after the Philippines’ chief executive instructed the police not to cooperate in any human rights investigation. “Hindi ko po dini-dispute na may obligasyon ang gobyerno […]

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