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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he would push through with his planned trip to Marawi City in Lanao del Sur even after the ambush on his advance party Wednesday where seven of his aides from the Presidential Security Group and two soldiers were wounded. Duterte said he would also take the same route taken by his aides, going against the advice of his top men not to push through with the trip […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) – by Philippe ALFROY South Africa on Wednesday begins a major clinical trial of an experimental vaccine against the AIDS virus, which scientists hope could be the “final nail in the coffin” for the disease. More than 30 years of efforts to develop an effective vaccine for HIV have not borne fruit, but for the first time since the virus was identified in 1983, scientists think they have found a promising candidate. […]
ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) – by Karam al-Masri with Sara Hussein in Beirut The Syrian government offensive to recapture rebel-held parts of Aleppo sparked international alarm on Tuesday, with the UN saying nearly 16,000 people had fled the assault and more could follow. France called for an immediate UN Security Council session on the fighting, which has seen the army capture a third of opposition-controlled east Aleppo in recent days. The fighting has prompted an exodus […]
by Rodrigo Almonacid BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — A charter plane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed in the mountains in Colombia late Monday, killing 76 people, officials said. They said five survived the disaster. The LAMIA airlines charter declared an emergency at around 10 pm local time” 0300 GMT Tuesday, reporting it had suffered “electrical failures,” and crashed a short time later near the city of Medellin, officials said. The plane was carrying members […]
(Eagle News) — Russia, the Philippines, and the whole of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will stand to benefit from a closer relationship among these countries as ASEAN pushes its development agenda. In a roundtable discussion of the New Era University ASEAN Studies Center, a Russian academician and political affairs expert, Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova said that even the closer relationship between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Russian President Vladimir Putin would mean more […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines criticized Tuesday as “irresponsible and alarming” a UN envoy’s warning that life sentences meted out to two ex-Khmer Rouge leaders should serve as a warning to Manila over human rights abuses. Last week, a United Nations-backed court in Cambodia upheld life sentences for crimes against humanity for two senior leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, which was responsible for the death of up to two million Cambodians from 1975-1979. […]
(Eagle News)– Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday (November 29) said leaders of both legislative chambers met Monday night to discuss conditions amid the issuance of show cause order against Senator Leila De Lima. “We will respect any moves of their committees for show cause order as long as it is not directed towards the Senate itself,” said Sotto. “It will be up to Sen. De Lima if she will answer or not,” […]
OHIO, United States (Reuters) — The man who drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians at Ohio State University (OSU) before jumping out and stabbing bystanders Monday morning has been identified as Abdul Razal Ali Artan, OSU’s director of public safety Monica Moll told reporters on Monday (November 28). Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a student at the university, was shot and killed within minutes of plowing into the group by police officer Alan […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima had admitted to texting the daughter of her former bodyguard and lover, Ronnie Dayan, not to attend the hearing at the House inquiry on the illegal drug trade at the national penitentiary last October. But the senator qualified that this was not “obstruction of justice,” but “obstruction of persecution.” “They’re imputing disrespect on my part. Aren’t they the ones disrespecting me all this time? So what do […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives issued a “show cause order” against Senator Leila De Lima and is set to serve this with the Senate today, Tuesday, November 29. House members have agreed to just ask the Senate to “discipline” one of its members for interfering in the House hearing by preventing her former bodyguard and lover, Ronnie Dayan, from testifying last October. Lawmakers agreed not to issue an arrest warrant anymore against […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Naghain ng supplemental complaint sa Korte Suprema ang Voluteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) para sa disbarment case na isinampa nito laban kay Senadora Leila De Lima dahil sa pakiki-pagrelasyon sa isang may-asawa na. Idinagdag ng VACC sa kanilang disbarment complaint ang pag-amin ni Dayan sa pagdinig ng Kamara na nagkaroon sila ng pitong-taong relasyon ni De Lima. Nais rin ng grupong VACC na agad suspendihin ng Office of the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi raw pinagtatakpan at pino-protektahan ng liderato ng Senado si Senador Leila De Lima. Ito ang iginiit ni Senate President Aquilino Pimentel sa harap ng mga depensa na hindi maaring sumunod si De Lima sa inisyung show cause para magpaliwanag sa umanoy pagpigil na mapaharap ang kanilang imbestigasyon si Ronnie Dayan. Iginiit ni Pimentel na may sariling patakaran sa pagdisiplina ang Senado batay sa itinatakda ng saligang batas.
