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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakumbinsi ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) at Inter Agency Council on Traffic (I-ACT) ang pamunuan ng Armed Forces of the Philippines na buksan ang Kampo Aguinaldo sa mga pribadong motorista para makabawas sa volume ng mga sasakyan sa EDSA. Pero bago makapasok sa Kampo, obligado munang kumuha ng access sticker ang mga motorista para na rin sa seguridad ng Kampo. https://youtu.be/23UAQNqUNUc
DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to follow in Russia’s footsteps Thursday and pull his country out of the International Criminal Court, incensed at foreign criticism of his deadly drug war. Russia formally withdrew its signature to the ICC’s founding Rome Statute on Wednesday, calling the tribunal’s work “one-sided and inefficient”. Speaking in his home town of Davao city in the southern Philippines shortly before flying to Peru for a regional […]
(Eagle News) — Suspected Eastern Visayas’ big time drug lord, Kerwin Espinosa, is back in the country and this time, no less than the Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa is making sure that he would not suffer the same fate as his father. Now that his father is gone, Kerwin said he is willing to reveal what he knows, and give the names and details of the persons involved in […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) – by Joshua Howat Berger Top world leaders meet from Thursday to try to save their cherished free trade accords from feared extinction under US President-elect Donald Trump. Here are three big factors looming over the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit from Thursday to Sunday in Lima, Peru. Trump effect Trump has cast uncertainty on the postwar world order with his vows to tear up or renegotiate international free trade agreements in […]
(Eagle News) — The administration of President Rodrigo Duterte got a “very good” +66 net satisfaction rating in the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) where even his illegal drugs campaign — much criticized by human rights groups and political opponents — got an “excellent” satisfaction rating of 78 percent. The results of the survey which were first published in Business World, the SWS’ media partner, showed that the over-all performance of the Duterte […]
WASHINGTON, DC, Unites States (Reuters) Defeated Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on Wednesday (November 16) for a renewed fight for a more-inclusive United States despite disappointment over an election loss that laid bare national divisions. In her first public remarks since conceding to Republican Donald Trump last week, Clinton said that many Americans were asking whether his victory meant the United States was still the country they thought it was. “The […]
(Eagle News) — The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew year-on-year by 7.1 percent in the third quarter of 2016, which comprised the first three months of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority. The growth in the Philippine economy was notable as it was higher than the growth rates of 7.0 percent in the second quarter of 2016, and 6.2 percent in the third quarter of 2015. With […]
by Ben Dooley Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s vague and ambiguous foreign policy positions have cast a pall of uncertainty over whether American influence will decline in Asia, or if it will remain a force to be reckoned with, analysts say. The real estate tycoon-turned-politician frequently savaged China on the campaign trail, even calling it America’s “enemy” and pledging to stand up to a country he says views the […]
(Eagle News) — The special rapporteur of the United Nations who had earlier made comments on the rise of extrajudicial killings since the start of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has set conditions for the visit, including the request for “freedom of inquiry” and “confidential and unsupervised contact with witnesses.” UN special rapporteur on summary executions Agnes Callamard specified her conditions for her visit to the country to the Department of Foreign Affairs. The conditions were disclosed […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to leave for Lima, Peru today, Thursday, to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit, where he is looking forward to having a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The President and his party will fly from Davao City International Airport at 1:40 p.m. But his flight route will avoid passing through the United States, with a stop-over in Auckland, New Zealand before […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Fake election news got more attention than did real stories on Facebook during the final months of the US presidential campaign, according to an analysis published Wednesday by BuzzFeed News. The tech news outlet found that the 20 top-performing bogus stories from hoax websites and extremely partisan blogs generated slightly more than 8.7 million shares, reactions and comments at the leading social network in the three months before […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) – Rio de Janeiro riot police fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades Wednesday into an angry crowd protesting proposed austerity measures. More than 2,000 people, ranging from teachers to off duty police officers, faced off against elite Shock Battalion police outside the state legislature in the center of Rio. They blew whistles and chanted calls for the resignation of Rio state Governor […]
