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(Eagle News) — Why didn’t America stop China in the South China Sea then? This was the question President Rodrigo Duterte said he asked the United States ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim when he spoke with him on Tuesday afternoon. “Sabi ko, ‘You know I’m surprised really Mr. Ambassador. Had America really wanted to avoid trouble early on, e di sana overflights, pinakita sa newspapers that there was something abrewing. There was something as if a runway […]
by Thomas URBAIN Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States – Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its new Galaxy S8 smartphones, incorporating the virtual assistant Bixby, as the market leader seeks to rebound from a chaotic handset recall and a corruption scandal. The South Korean giant’s mobile chief DJ Koh told a New York event the Galaxy S8 and S8+ handsets marked “a new era of smartphone design.” Fitted with screens of 5.8 and 6.2 inches, the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The head of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee warned Wednesday that Russia is interfering in the French election just as it did in the US presidential campaign last year. Senator Richard Burr, who has access to some of the most highly classified US intelligence, said Moscow has shown a clear will and ability to disrupt elections in Western democracies. “What we might assess was a very covert effort in 2016 […]
by Pirate IRWIN Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Progress is being made in the war on doping with educational programmes among the measures targetting the prevention of cases such as the ‘institutionalised doping’ in Russia, World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) chief Craig Reedie told AFP. The 75-year-old Scot — who has been in his post since January 2014 — added improved science in detecting doping offences quicker than had been anticipated had also had […]
by Susan NJANJI Agence France-Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The funeral of celebrated South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada on Wednesday was transformed into a rally against President Jacob Zuma, who had been barred from the event. The family of the African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, one of Nelson Mandela’s closest colleagues in the struggle against white minority rule who died on Tuesday aged 87, had asked Zuma to stay away. It was however attended […]
by Maya Gebeily with Delil Souleiman at Tabqa Dam Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon – Four Syrian towns are to be evacuated under an agreement between pro-government forces and rebels, in the latest of a series of deals to end crippling years-long sieges. The agreement, brokered by rebel supporter Qatar and regime ally Iran, is expected to involve more than 30,000 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The deal reached late Tuesday involves Zabadani […]
The Electric Vehicle Association of the Philippines is encouraging manufacturers of electric and hybrid vehicles in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to explore the Philippine market, as the organization eyes the country as the EV production hub in the region. E-VAP President Rommel Juan said industry players in ASEAN can look into opportunities in the Philippine market, with the existing demand to modernize the country’s mass transport system like jeepneys and tricycles. He said the […]
Travelers flying in and out of the Clark International Airport will now have easy access to information about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as the programs and projects of the national government and local government units. This, as the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) launched on Tuesday (March 28) its ASEAN information kiosk inside the airport with an aim of heightening awareness among the people in Central and northern Luzon about the relevance of ASEAN being one […]
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has cited the key role played by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in driving the growth of the global economy and facilitating cooperation within the 10-member regional bloc. Dominguez said ASEAN’S future “will be shaped by more intense regionalism,” with the Philippines benefiting from this move as regional cooperation had “helped nurse the modernization of our economy.” https://youtu.be/oi9k8DysnRw “Fifty years ago, a group of visionaries dared to imagine […]
The European Union (EU) has committed some 6.1 million euros to the Philippines under phase four of the trade-related and technical assistance project. EU Ambassador to the Philippines Franz Jessen on Tuesday, March 28, confirmed this during the closing ceremony of the TRTA-3 in Pasig City. The EU envoy said that the support under TRTA-4 will be for the next four years. The EU and the Philippines started the TRTA in 2005. The TRTA-3, which ran from […]
(Eagle News) — Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr. on Wednesday welcomed the graft complaint filed against him by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, even as he admitted he was “hurt” by the act of his “good friend.” “Admittedly, I am hurt with the action of Speaker Alvarez against me. It not only affects me but also my family as well as the people of Davao del Norte..But that’s politics…I welcome any complaint to be filed against […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Solicitor General Jose Calida asked the Supreme Court to allow the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court to resolve the illegal drug case filed against Senator Leila De Lima. During the oral arguments, Calida told the high court magistrates that the motion to dismiss initially filed by De Lima was lodged in the sala of Branch 204 Judge Juanita Guerrero. It is the Muntinlupa lower court, particularly Judge Guerrero, who should be the […]
