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President Duterte shows off Philippine watch in trip to Russia, asks gov’t employees to promote and wear local products

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte encouraged government workers to wear products that are locally made. He also showed off the watch he was wearing, which he said was Philippine-made. “I’m wearing a truly Filipino product. It’s called Ibarra,” he said. “It’s an elegant watch, very nice and I’m going to wear it proudly as a Philippine product.” The President said he will be wearing it even during his visit to Russia. […]

Magdalo not yet ready to file case against Duterte at ICC – Alejano

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magdalo Party-list representative Gary Alejano has admitted that his group has not yet prepared any other complaint against President Rodrigo Duterte. Alejano said that the Magdalo party-list has yet to decide whether to push through with the filing of the complaint against the President with the International Criminal Court or not. After the House of Representatives dismissed Alejano’s impeachment complaint, Alejano said that he would file the complaint on the ground that the […]

New MMDA Chairman vows to eliminate corruption in the agency

(Eagle News) — Newly appointed Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Danny Lim promised that he will clean the agency under his leadership. Lim’s first step is to do an inventory of MMDA’s equipment, personnel and transactions to eliminate corruption in the agency. “I-inventory natin yung resources diyan, not to find fault pero gusto kong malaman kung saan ako nag-uumpisa,” Lim said in an interview. Meanwhile, MMDA general manager Tim Orbos, will retain his position. […]

Death toll rises to 22, while 59 people injured in terror blast at UK pop concert

by Edouard Guihaire Agence France Presse MANCHESTER, United States (AFP) — Twenty-two people, including children, were killed and dozens injured when a man detonated a bomb at a pop concert by US star Ariana Grande, in Britain’s deadliest terror attack in 12 years. Screaming fans, many of them teens, fled the venue in panic after the bomb blast at the end of the concert in the northern English city of Manchester on Monday evening. “There was […]

Work from home act, pinal nang pinagtibay sa Senado

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Pinal nang pinagtibay ng Senado ang panukalang telecommuting act o work from home program. Dalawamput dalawang senador ang pumabor sa Senate bill 1363, na inakda nina Senador Cynthia Villar at Joel Villanueva at layong hikayatin ang mga kumpanya na payagan ang kanilang mga empleyado na magtrabaho sa bahay. Ito ay para maibsan ang matinding traffic lalo na sa Metro Manila. Sa ilalim ng panukala, ginagarantyahan na rin ang kaparatan ng mga home-based worker sa […]

DoTr, pinag-aaralang isapribado ang maintenance ng MRT

Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Pinag-aaralan na ng Department of Transportation na isapribado na ang maintenance ng Metro Rail Transit at tuluyan nang i-terminate ang kontrata sa Busan Universal Rail Incorporated o Buri. Sa pagdinig ng Senate committee on public services, sinabi ni DoTr Undersecretary Cesar Chavez, ito’y dahil sa hindi pa rin maayos na sistema ng Buri sa pagmimintina sa mga tren. Katunayan, nakapag-overhaul aniya ang Buri ng dalawang tren pero batay sa kanilang kontrata, dapat makasunod sila sa hinihinging requirements na […]

Ariana Grande ‘broken’ after concert attack

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — United States pop star Ariana Grande late Monday said she felt at a loss for words after a suspected terror attack at her concert in the British city of Manchester. “Broken,” she wrote in her first reaction on Twitter. “From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don’t have words,” she wrote. Police said at least 19 people were killed and around 50 wounded in […]

19 people killed, 50 injured after blast in Ariana Grande concert venue in UK

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Nineteen people have been killed and around 50 others injured following a suspected explosion in Manchester Arena that is being treated as a terrorist incident, police in the northern English city said on Tuesday. “So far 19 people have been confirmed dead, with around 50 others injured. This is currently being treated as a terrorist incident until police know otherwise,” police said in a statement. British police said early Tuesday […]

British police say a number of fatalities at Ariana Grande concert

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (Reuters) — British police said there were a number of fatalities in a reported explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in the northern English city of Manchester on Monday (May 22). “Emergency services are currently responding to reports of an explosion at Manchester Arena. There are a number of confirmed fatalities and others injured,” Greater Manchester Police said on Twitter. A spokesperson for the pop singer’s record label said that she was […]

UK police say “serious incident” at Ariana Grande gig – Twitter

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A witness who attended the venue in the northern English city of Manchester where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing said she felt a massive explosion as she was leaving the concert. “We were making our way out and when we were right by the door there was a massive explosion and everybody was screaming,” Catherine Macfarlane told Reuters. “It was a huge explosion – you could feel it […]

Temer admits ‘naive’ in Brazil corruption scandal

by Carola Sole and Damian Wroclavsky Agence France-Presse BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazilian President Michel Temer said Monday that he was “naive” to hold the late-night meeting which sparked an explosive corruption scandal, but insisted he’d done nothing wrong and wouldn’t resign. Temer, who faces multiple impeachment demands, told Folha newspaper he had innocently stumbled into the crisis threatening to bring him down just over a year since he replaced impeached president Dilma Rousseff. “Naivety. I […]

Doping: Russia gets 2018 Winter Paralympic warning over doping

by Julian GUYER Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Russia have been warned they will be barred from July’s World Para Athletics Championships in London and the 2018 Winter Paralympics unless “something dramatically changes” regarding doping. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) issued a blanket ban on all Russian competitors at last year’s Rio Summer Paralympics. IPC president Philip Craven on Monday said Russia also faced the very real possibility of being excluded from London this […]