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(United Nations/UNICEF) The heart breaking photograph of Omran Daqneesh, the little boy sitting alone in an ambulance with his face and body covered in blood and dirt after being pulled from a destroyed building has reminded the world, yet again, of the unimaginable horrors that Syrian children face every day, a spokesperson for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today. “No child in Syria [is] safe while the conflict drags on,” Christophe Boulierac, […]
(UNITED NATIONS) Reporting that 650 children have been recruited into armed groups in South Sudan since January, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called today for an immediate end to recruitment and an unconditional release of all children by armed actors. “The dream we all shared for the children of this young country has become a nightmare,” said Justin Forsyth, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director said today in a news release issued by the agency. “At […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has restored the effects of the unilateral ceasefire with the communist rebels after the leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines declared a seven-day ceasefire following the government’s decision to release detained communist leaders. The announcement came ahead of the resumption of peace negotiations with the CPP-National Democratic Front on August 22 set in Oslo, Norway. At least 17 rebel leaders, including Wilma and Benito Tiamzon, are […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine communist guerrillas will observe a seven-day truce from Sunday to bolster upcoming peace talks hosted by Norway, the rebels said, urging the Manila government to also order a ceasefire. The Communist Party of the Philippines made the move following President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to free its top leaders on Friday. They are set to fly to Oslo for negotiations aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest insurgencies. “We hope that […]
REUTERS) — Seventeen communist guerrilla leaders in the Philippines, granted bail by the courts to attend peace talks next week in Norway, vowed on Friday (August 19) to return home after the five-day negotiations rather than flee. Seven weeks in office have earned President Rodrigo Duterte a reputation as an implacable foe of drug dealers, but he was elected in May on a promise to negotiate the end of two long-running insurgencies, by Muslims and […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang is pleased to announce that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is seven weeks pregnant and is expecting triplets. The Palace said President Dutere is delighted with the news of his daughter’s pregnancy, and is also hopeful that she will able to see through the pregnancy smoothly and well. “Mayor Sara’s pregnancy serves as a source of inspiration for the Chief Executive to roll up his sleeves and work double time in his […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippine government on Friday criticized as “baseless and reckless” a UN statement that President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs amounted to a crime under international law. Duterte’s chief legal counsel Salvador Panelo told AFP the administration was not behind the extra-judicial killings targeting alleged criminal suspects, challenging UN human rights experts to visit the Philippines and investigate. Two UN rights experts said Thursday that Duterte’s directives calling on law enforcers and […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The war of words between Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and the United Nations escalated Thursday, with a UN envoy warning that “state actors” could be held responsible over hundreds of killings in a controversial anti-drug crackdown. More than 1,500 people have died in Duterte’s fight against narcotics, police chief Director General Ronald de la Rosa told a Senate hearing, saying that 665 drug suspects were killed in “legitimate (police) operations” […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would not apologize to Senator Leila De Lima regarding his remarks against the senator, saying that he can prove what he said. President Duterte also countered that Senator De Lima has also made accusatory remarks against him in connection with the alleged extra-judicial killings when he was still the mayor of Davao City.
A 7.4-magnitude quake shook the southern Atlantic Ocean early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with an epicenter 195 miles (316 kilometers) from islands hosting British Antarctic research stations. There was no immediate tsunami warning following the quake. The USGS reported at least five aftershocks. The quake struck at 5:32 am local time (0732 GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometers. It was centered east-southeast of the remote British-administered South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Quezon City government is considering the banning of augmented-reality game Pokemon Go in government offices and schools. Quezon City councilor Allan Butch Francisco filed a resolution banning the game in the aforementioned locations as well as prohibiting the game developer, Niantiq Inc., in placing Poke Stops and Lure Spots in the same places. Francisco added that the resolution aims to prevent accidents. If the resolution is approved, the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Senator JV Ejercito is encouraging the local government units (LGUs) to take a lead in the campaign against illegal drugs. Senator Ejercito said that LGUs should not depend totally on the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the eradication of illegal drugs and that LGUs should take part in the rehabilitation of the drug dependents that surrendered, including giving cash for work to said former drug dependents. https://youtu.be/DGMKH4jgRF8
