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(Eagle News) — Itinanggi ni Special Assistant to the President Secretary Christopher “Bong” Go ang lumabas sa isang newspaper column na nagtungo si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa China para sa cancer treatment. Sa column ni Dating Senador Kit Tatad sa Manila Times, sinabi nitong maaaring nagtungo sa Fuda Cancer Hospital sa Guangzhou, China ang Pangulo nitong bagong taon. Ayon kay Go, wala itong katotohanan at hindi lumabas ng bansa ang Pangulo. https://youtu.be/feWfMfqewx4
(Eagle News) – Russia called as tiresome, unfounded and amateurish repeated accusations from the United States that it took part in cyberattacks to manipulate US polls, saying the unclassified US intelligence report published on Friday “has not added any substance to merit comment.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has categorically denied that any of its official agencies took part in alleged cyberattacks on the United States during the US elections. “We continue to categorically rule […]
by Leila MACOR Agence france Presse FORT LAUDERDALE, United States (AFP) — An Iraq war vet accused of killing five people in a shooting spree at a Florida airport appeared in court Monday to face federal charges that carry the death penalty. Esteban Santiago, 26, who had told the FBI two months before the shooting that he was hearing voices, was brought before federal judge Alicia Valle in Fort Lauderdale in handcuffs and wearing a red […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that his son-in-law Jared Kushner, a property developer and publisher, will serve as senior White House advisor, flouting myriad legal and ethical concerns. The incoming Republican, who has never previously held elected office, said Kushner, who also has no political experience outside his father-in-law’s campaign, would serve as “senior advisor to the president.” Kushner, whom Forbes estimates is worth $1.8 billion together with his […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – The Moon, our planet’s constant companion for some 4.5 billion years, may have been forged by a rash of smaller bodies smashing into an embryonic Earth, researchers said Monday. Such a bombardment birth would explain a major inconsistency in the prevailing hypothesis that the Moon splintered off in a single, giant impact between Earth and a Mars-sized celestial body. In such a scenario, scientists expect […]
by Ali Noorani Agence France-Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) – Iran began three days of mourning Monday after the death of ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pillar of the Islamic revolution who became a leading counterweight to hardliners. Tributes poured in for the moderate cleric, including from President Hassan Rouhani, who was reportedly at Rafsanjani’s bedside before he died of a heart attack aged 82. “Islam lost a valuable treasure, Iran an outstanding general, the Islamic […]
by Stanislaw WASZAK Agence France-Presse WARSAW, Poland (AFP) – A cold snap gripping Europe has killed more than 30 people in recent days, left thousands of travellers stranded in snow-covered Turkey and brought fresh misery for migrants and the homeless. The double-digit sub-zero temperatures hit Poland particularly hard, with the mercury plummeting below minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4 Fahrenheit) in some regions. Sunday was the country’s worst 24 hours so far for cold-related deaths. […]
(Eagle News) — In the latest Pulse Asia Survey released on Monday, January 9, Vice President Leni Robredo’s trust rating went down by 7 percent for the last quarter of 2016, dipping to 58 percent from the previous quarter’s 65 percent. The survey fieldwork was conducted from December 6 to 11, 2016 using face-to-face interviews among the 1,200 randomly picked adult respondents, with a ± 3 margin of error at the 95-percent confidence level. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate leadership denied that there were pork barrel insertions in the 2017 budget. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel made the denial after Senator Panfilo Lacson stated that the 2017 budget included hundreds of millions of pesos set aside for projects of senators. Pimentel insisted that senators identifying projects before the approval of the national budget was not against the Constitution. Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations Rep. Karlo […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang is going to investigate online reports regarding the alleged ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte called “LeniLeaks,” according to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar. Andanar said that National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr., already ordered the investigation of the sources of the information. The “LeniLeaks” is a leaked email between Filipino-American philanthropist Loida Nicolas-Lewis and her sister Imelda Nicolas, former chairperson of the Commission on Filipino Overseas on […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Video of the moment a gunman opened fire at a Florida airport emerged Sunday as authorities try to piece together his motive for traveling to the state to carry out a killing spree that left five dead and six wounded. Iraq war vet Esteban Santiago flew to the Fort Lauderdale airport on Friday and retrieved a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and ammunition that he had declared and packed in his checked luggage. […]
by Laurent Lozano Agence France Presse JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) — A Palestinian rammed a truck into a group of Israeli soldiers visiting a popular tourist spot in Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four and wounding 17 others, authorities said. The driver was also killed at the location overlooking holy sites such as the Dome of the Rock and providing one of the most spectacular views of Jerusalem. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the […]
