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(REUTERS) Philippine police detonated a suspicious package they thought could have been a home-made bomb found in a trash bin near the U.S. embassy in Manila on Monday, the police chief in the capital said. There was no damage from the controlled detonation, Senior Superintendent Joel Coronel said, although the incident created a traffic jam in the area. Business at the embassy continued as normal, with dozens of Filipinos queuing outside for visa applications. […]
QUEZON CITY, Nov. 28 – The Senate on Tuesday night approved the proposed P28.67-billion budget for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for next year. The DENR’s 2017 budget, which is 31 percent higher than the agency’s P21.8 billion allocation for the current year, was successfully sponsored and defended by Senate finance committee chair Sen. Loren Legarda, with environment and natural resources panel chief Sen. Cynthia Villar as the lone interpellator. The increase […]
PASIG CITY, Nov. 28 – Secretary Ismael ‘Mike’ D. Sueno of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) rallies all local chief executives to aim for conferment of the Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance (SCFLG) being given by DILG in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The SCFLG is based on the results of the mandatory annual Child-Friendly Local Governance Audit (CFLGA) being conducted by a composite team led […]
MANILA, Nov. 28 – This week’s overall weakening of Asian currencies vis-a-vis the dollar was an overreaction by fund managers to the prospects of higher US Federal Reserve rates this December, according to Finance Undersecretary Gil Beltran. In its latest economic bulletin issued, the Department of Finance (DOF) said that “of 12 Asian countries, the Philippine peso has been one of the less volatile currencies, with standard deviation-mean ratio relative to the US$ of 5.0 percent from 2000 to […]
by Brian KNOWLTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump asserted Sunday that he would have won the US popular vote were it not for “millions of illegal” ballots, while dramatically sharpening his criticism of a recount in Wisconsin, calling it “a waste of time.” With the recount threatening to revive debate about the legitimacy of Trump’s victory — his rival Hillary Clinton won far more popular votes, while he carried the all-important Electoral […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump called a recount of votes being prepared in Wisconsin a scam, insisting Saturday that his presidential win should be respected, not “challenged and abused.” The recount, which was requested by Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who received a minute fraction of the total vote, flew in the face of an election “that has already been conceded,” Trump said. Hillary Clinton’s campaign said it would join the recount […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, a towering figure of 20th century history, died Friday aged 90, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced. One of the world’s longest-serving rulers and modern history’s most singular characters, he defied successive US administrations and assassination attempts. He crushed opposition at home to lead the communist Caribbean island through the Cold War before stepping aside in 2006. He eventually lived to see the historic restoration […]
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte raised the prospect Friday of holding peace talks with Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic militant group which has abducted dozens of foreign sailors in recent months, offering federalism as a possible solution. In an apparent about-face, Duterte appealed to the Abu Sayyaf, who are also blamed for the country’s deadliest terror attacks, to come to the negotiating table. “We cannot be forever treating human beings here, seriously […]
(Eagle News) — For Justice Secretary, Vitaliano Aguirre II, the testimony of Kerwin Espinosa bears more weight than that of Ronnie Dayan as the latter seemed to be holding back a lot more information for fear of being implicated in the illegal drugs trade. In a press briefing on Friday, Aguirre said both witnesses have been placed under provisional witness protection program (WPP). But it is Kerwin, a suspected drug lord in Eastern Visayas, […]
BOCAUE, Philippines — The Philippines did all it could to keep defending champion Thailand at bay, but a late goal gave the War Elephants a clean sweep of its Group A assignments after the final day of the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup group stage at the Philippine Sports Stadium. Indonesia, on the other hand, hung tough against the Singapore XI to pull off a rousing 2-1 come from behind win over at the Rizal […]
Hindi nagpatinag sa ulan ang ibat ibang militanteng grupo at estudyante para isagawa ang Black Friday Protest sa Quirino Grandstand sa Maynila. Mula sa ibat ibang paaralan sa ka-Maynilaan, nagmartsa ang mga ito patungong Luneta upang kondenahin ang ginawang paglilibing sa mga labi ng dating pangulong Ferdinand Marcos sa libingan ng mga Bayani, isang linggo na ang nakakalipas. Dala ng mga ito ang isang effigy ng bangkay ng dating diktador habang nakaitim ang karamihan sa […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets headed into the weekend on a positive note Friday, with Tokyo again propelled by the weaker yen but the dollar edged back slightly in the afternoon following its recent surge against global currencies. With traders confident the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates before year-end, the dollar is cruising along, hitting record highs against India’s rupee and the Turkish lira and touching multi-month highs elsewhere. The advance […]
