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by Jung Ha-Won Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean lawmakers on Friday voted to impeach President Park Geun-Hye, stripping away her sweeping executive powers over a corruption scandal and opening a new period of national uncertainty. The National Assembly ballot immediately transferred Park’s authority to the prime minister, pending a decision by the Constitutional Court on whether to ratify the decision and permanently remove the president from office. A ruling […]
(Eagle News) — Liberal Party (LP) senators Franklin Drilon and Leila de Lima have dismissed allegations from President Rodrigo Duterte that his “yellow” critics are plotting his impeachment. “Walang katotohanan yan. We have not discussed any plot to change the President. We respect the mandate of the people,” Drilon told reporters. De Lima, a staunch critic of Duterte, said LP stalwarts were just making their voices be heard when they opposed the so-called extrajudicial killings, reimposing of death penalty, […]
(Eagle News)– Jude Sabio, legal counsel of alleged hitman Edgar Matobato, on Friday (December 9) announced they will produce a new witness to support his client’s claims against President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Sabio, the witness allegedly saw Duterte shoot a person in Davao City in May 2012. Before this announcement, Sabio filed complaints on behalf of Matobato against the President and 27 others over their alleged involvement with the so-called Davao Death Squad (DDS). […]
(Eagle News)– The Del Pilar-class Frigate BRP FF17 Andres Bonifacio, a United States Navy warship, arrived in Manila on Friday (December 9). Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim joined Philippine Navy in welcoming the ship and its sailors. The new vessel was named after Bonifacio for his “heroism as a Filipino revolutionary leader and the president of the Tagalog Republic,” a press release said. Before arriving in the country, […]
(Eagle News) — The fourth suspect in the foiled bombing near the United States Embassy in Manila on November 28 is now in the custody of the Philippine National Police (PNP) as another improvised explosive device (IED) was found in Bulacan on Wednesday, December 8. In a press briefing, PNP Chief Director General Roland “Bato” Dela Rosa presented the IED, an artillery that could have killed as many as 300 people in a radius of […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inakusahan ni Senadora Leila De Lima na umano’y murderer at pasimuno ng extra judicial killings si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Kasunod ito ng pagdepensa ng Pangulo sa mga pulis na nanguna sa jail raid na ikinasawi ni Albuera Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa. Hindi naman kumbinsido si De Lima sa report ng Committee on Justice and Human Rights (CHR) kung saan inabsuwelto ang Pangulo sa anumang pananagutan sa mga kaso ng pagpatay.
(Eagle News) – Self-confessed hired killer Edgar Matobato filed on Friday (December 9) a formal complaint before the Office of the Ombudsman against President Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa, and the President’s son, Davao City vice-mayor Paolo Duterte for their alleged involvement in the Davao Death Squad. Matobato, who was earlier presented by Senator Leila de Lima in senate hearings on extrajudicial killings, insisted in his complaint before […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte cannot be impeached for his remarks that he will not allow the policemen allegedly involved in the death of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., to be imprisoned. In an interview, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo also said that President cannot be impeached by his remarks and said that it was the duty of the President to protect the members of the Philippine National Police (PNP). […]
by Park Chan-Kyong Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, once known as the “Queen of Elections”, faced an act of attempted political regicide Friday as lawmakers gathered to vote on a motion calling for her impeachment. Engulfed by a corruption scandal that has transfixed the nation and paralysed her administration, Park must now confront the prospect of going down as the first democratically-elected South Korean president to be kicked […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — At least 50,000 Islamic State jihadists have been killed by the US-led coalition since it began operations in Iraq and Syria in late 2014, a senior US military official said Thursday. A relentless operation using planes and drones from a dozen or so members of the anti-IS coalition since August 2014 has conducted some 16,000 air strikes against the jihadists in Iraq and Syria — two-thirds of them in Iraq. […]
by Tim Clary COLUMBUS, United States (AFP) — John Glenn, who made history twice as the first American to orbit the Earth and the first senior citizen to venture into space, died Thursday at the age of 95. The US space agency NASA was among the first to pay tribute to the legendary astronaut who went on to serve in the Senate for more than two decades, calling him “a true American hero.” “Godspeed, John […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A major 7.7-magnitude quake struck Friday off the Solomon Islands triggering severe shaking and a tsunami warning, but there were no reports of any serious damage, officials said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially said there could be possible “widespread, hazardous” tsunami waves, forcing villagers to flee to higher ground. But within three hours the warning was downgraded after the threat passed without major incident. The epicenter of the quake, which […]
