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by Ben Simon Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – The US claimed its seat Monday on the Human Rights Council under the new presidency of Donald Trump, whose election has provoked deep concern over the body’s future. Over its 11-year history, the council has come in for criticism, including allegations that it has, at times, been co-opted by rights abusers who push resolutions attacking their geopolitical rivals, with genuine rights issues marginalised. But the 47-member […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) – Government air raids on northwest Syria killed at least 11 people overnight, mostly civilians, a monitoring group said Monday, while the military said its forces made advances in Aleppo province. “Government warplanes carried out air strikes after midnight on several areas in the town of Ariha” in Idlib province, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights’ head Rami Abdel Rahman. “The preliminary toll is 11 killed, including at least seven civilians,” […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development denied that it forced beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid, Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps to attend the pro-Duterte rally held in Manila on Saturday, February 26. Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo issued the “categorical” denial in a tweet she posted on Monday. Taguiwalo said that it was not the policy of the DSWD to use government programs for politicking. “DSWD beneficiaries are free to choose their political […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte declared January 25 as the National Day of Remembrance for the 44 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) who were killed in Mamasapano, Maguindanao two years ago. The date is the exact day when 44 members of the Philippine National Police – Special Action Force died in their operations to neutralize terrorists in Mamasapano Maguindanao in 2015. President Duterte made Proclamation 13164 which […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III has denied allegations that the Liberal Party is leading the destabilization plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. In fact, Aquino said that the Liberal Party is ready to cooperate with the administration. “Sabi ko, kung kami ma’y maitutulong sa inyo — marami sa bagay dito pinaghirapan namin, literal na blood, sweat ang tears, gusto naming mahinog lahat ng ito — handa kaming tumulong,” Aquino said. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The camp of Senator Leila De Lima on Monday asked the Supreme Court to set aside the warrant of arrest issued by the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court last week. De Lima’s lawyer Alex Padilla and chief of staff Philip Sawali filed before the High Court the 82-page petition for certiorari and prohibition, which also sought to question the “legality and propriety” of the arrest order and commitment order issued by Branch 204 Judge Juanita Guerrero […]
(Eagle News) — He made the Senate his own boxing ring, so to speak. Senator Manny Pacquiao on Monday knocked Liberal Party senators and their ally out of their committee chairmanships and the Senate Pro-Tempore post, paving the way for a new minority bloc in the Upper House. During the session, the senator who rose to international fame because of his strong punches and agility in the boxing ring, stood up and moved to first have the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte defended on Monday the Office of the Solicitor General’s move to recommend the dismissal of the serious illegal detention case filed against Janet Lim Napoles, but stopped short of naming her a state witness to prosecute others allegedly involved in the P10-billion pork barrel scam. “Totoo naman. The circumstances would show. (Benhur Luy) was not restrained at all. If you ever followed the story, the solicitor general is right. […]
by Frankie Taggart Agence France Presse HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) — Barry Jenkins’s coming of age drama “Moonlight” won the coveted best picture statuette at Sunday’s Oscars — but the evening ended in chaos as “La La Land” was mistakenly handed the award. Hollywood legends Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, stars of 1967 crime classic “Bonnie and Clyde,” were meant to give the evening’s top prize to Jenkins’s film, but she mistakenly called it […]
(Eagle News) — She can always pray. This was the message of President Rodrigo Duterte to Senator Leila de Lima, who is facing a string of drug cases and has been arrested and detained in connection with one filed against her in a Muntinlupa court. “She can always pray that the truth will come out eventually, if there is another truth. Di naman mahilig mag-ano ng kapwa tao,” Duterte told reporters. He added that he stood […]
(Eagle News) –It was almost business as usual in the country despite the transport strike staged by several transport groups on Monday. Elvira Medina, National Council for Commuter Protection, said in an interview with CNN Philippines that while two places–Pedro Gil St. in Manila and Samson Road in Caloocan—were “affected” by the strike in Metro Manila, operations were “not paralyzed. She said the same was true in the provinces. “There are some (affected areas) in […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said that the German hostage being held captive by the Abu Sayyaf has already been beheaded based on initial unconfirmed reports that they have received. While Dela Rosa claimed they were still trying to verify this, he admitted that the PNP had indeed received intelligence reports on the beheading of the Abu Sayyaf’s German captive Juergen Gustav Kantner. Based on the intelligence reports […]
