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Spicer out amid White House shake-up

by Michael Mathes / Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, , United States – White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned Friday in protest at a major shake-up of Donald Trump’s embattled administration, as pressure mounts from a broadening investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. Spicer quit in opposition to Trump’s naming of Anthony Scaramucci, a Wall Street financier and longtime supporter of the billionaire investor-turned-president, as the new White House communications director, a White […]

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Fears mount over Venezuela as death toll passes 100

by Maria Isabel Sanchez Agence France-Presse CARACAS, Venezuela – International fears over Venezuela’s growing unrest soared on Friday as prosecutors said the death toll in months of anti-government protests had passed 100, and a political gridlock between President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition worsened. The climbing tally of fatalities, rising to 103 since April, underscored the spiraling chaos in the oil-rich but increasingly impoverished South American nation. Stakes have risen further with the United States […]

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President Duterte tells communists: No more talks; Let’s fight

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday reiterated he no longer wants to talk to communists, this after their armed group ambushed a Presidential Security Group convoy in North Cotabato. “I believe you Mr. Sison, you are right..You stop talking..Let us renew the fighting for another 50 years, it’s what you want…I can fight for another 50 years, let us agree on that. Let us stop talking. I am tired,” the President said, referring […]

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President Duterte to mining businesses: Come up with setup that is “fair to everybody”

The President also proposes for them to “compensate” people affected by the industry (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday asked businessmen engaged in mining to come up with an arrangement that would be “fair to everybody,” also suggesting for them to “compensate” those affected by the industry instead. Duterte said this as he reiterated he would call all those engaged in mining, former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez and other militants to a meeting […]

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Martial law extension, not bad for economy, says NEDA Chief

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Chief Secretary Ernesto Pernia allayed  fears of a negative impact of a martial law extension to the country’s economy. Pernia said that he recently attended a meeting with businessmen from Cagayan De Oro City where the businessmen expressed that they feel safer because of martial law. “I was in Cagayan de Oro just the other day and there were businessmen there in the forum […]

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Former COMELEC janitor who passed the bar, now an election officer

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has reported that its former janitor who had passed the bar, Atty. Ramil Comendador, had been promoted and appointed as Election Officer IV. COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista signed his promotion papers from the Regional Selection Promotions Board on July 17. “In our previous conversations, I encouraged Atty. Comendador to consider applying for a higher position,” Bautista said. “We recognize his diligence and determination to reach […]

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Jardeleza is richest SC justice

(Eagle News) — Associate Justice Marvic Leonen is the poorest of all magistrates in the Supreme Court, while his colleague Associate Justice Francis Jardeleza, based on a summary of the Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of justices released on Friday. Leonen’s net worth as of December 2016 was pegged at P2,485,211.92, while Jardeleza’s was at P252,165,867.36. Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro follows Leonen, with an  estimated net worth of P17,732,000. It was De Castro who […]

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DFA: Gov’t to take “bold, decisive steps” to ensure PHL will not be “safe-haven environment” for terrorists

(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday said the government will take “bold and decisive steps” to ensure the country will not be a “haven” for the operations of terrorists, as reported by the United States State Department in its counterterrorism report for 2016. “The Duterte administration recognized this early and will continue to take bold and decisive steps to eliminate this nefarious threat, destroy their resource channels from illicit drugs and […]

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Gov’t orders arrest of communist rebel leaders after attack on PSG convoy in North Cotabato

(Agence France Presse) — The government has ordered the arrest of communist rebel leaders involved in peace talks, after a guerrilla ambush left five presidential bodyguards wounded in the latest escalation of the half century-long conflict. The insurgents have been engaged in off-and-on peace talks with Manila to end one of the world’s longest insurgencies. But the government suspended formal peace talks in May, and on Thursday chief government lawyer Jose Calida said guerrilla leaders […]

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INC Outreach Program arrives in Alabama

By Philip Toledo EBC Florida Bureau ALABAMA, United States (Eagle News) – Fresh off the heels of acquiring the first Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) owned property in the state of Alabama, the INC members continued the series of firsts in this state with the first worship service in an INC-owned building and the first outreach program based from that location. Prior to the worship service, INC members took to the streets of the surrounding neighborhood […]

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Bronze sculpture exhibit highlights art shaped from the hands of immigrants

By: Abigail S. Vital EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – Art has always been an important part of history, through its means of communicating the culture of a group of people, or simply a means of expressing oneself. Whether it is a painting, a drawing, or a sculpture, art is a medium that can be used to tell stories from different perspectives. One exhibit in New York City combines both history and […]

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ADB sees “strong growth” for Philippine economy this year, the next

(Eagle News) — The Asian Development Bank forecast a “strong growth” for the Philippine economy for 2017 and 2018, with inflation predicted to pick up, and current account expected to post a surplus. The Manila-based lender pegged  Gross Domestic Product growth for 2017 at 6.4 percent, and for 2018  at 6.6 percent. In 2016, ADB said the Philippine economy posted a 6.8-percent growth, buoyed by domestic demand. It said in that same year, private consumption […]

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