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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Court of Appeals (CA) has affirmed the dismissal of former Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Alan Purisima. In a 37-page decision dated May 2, 2017, the Special 16th Division, through Associate Justice Ramon Cruz, junked Purisima’s petition for lack of merit. Aside from dismissal from then service, the former PNP Chief was also meted the penalties of forfeiture of retirement benefits, cancellation of his civil service eligibility, and perpetual disqualification from re-employment in government […]
China and the Association of Southeast Asian nations or ASEAN will work out a 2030 agenda to enhance the China-ASEAN cooperation. China’s Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin announced this at the 23rd ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Consultation in Guiyang, China on Friday. The consultation was co-hosted by Liu Zhenmin and Chee Wee Kiong, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Singapore and Coordinator of China-ASEAN relations. The event reached consensus on deepening China-ASEAN strategic partnership and promoting […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel urged his co-lawmakers to follow the smoking ban signed by President Rodrigo Duterte Pimentel said that senators are not exempted from the Executive Order 26 or the “Nationwide Smoking Ban” that had already been signed into law. Pimentel also said that he will asked for clarifications on the coverage of the smoking ban, particularly on designated smoking areas. “The Senate has provided designated smoking areas within its […]
