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Global life expectancy up five years since 2000: WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Global life expectancy increased by five years between 2000 and 2015, the World Health Organization said Thursday, crediting progress in Africa against HIV, AIDS and malaria. The gains made over the last 15 years are the largest since the 1960s, when the world — especially Europe and Japan — saw broad socio-economic improvements linked to the recovery from World War II, WHO said. On average, a child born in 2015 can […]
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‘Now or never’ to save Barrier Reef: scientists
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could be beyond saving in five years without “now or never” funding to improve water quality as climate change ravages the World Heritage-listed site, scientists warned Thursday. The world’s biggest coral reef ecosystem is under pressure from not only climate change, but farming run-off, development and the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish. The biodiverse side off the Queensland state coast is also suffering its worst bleaching in recorded history […]
Taiwan swears in Tsai Ing-wen as first female president
TAIPEI , Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan swore in Tsai Ing-wen as its first female president Friday as relations with rival China rapidly cool. Beijing-sceptic Tsai took the oath of office at the presidential palace in Taipei after winning a landslide victory in January signalling the end of an eight-year rapprochement with China. Public support for outgoing president Ma Ying-jeou plunged as voters felt he moved too close to Beijing, which still sees the island as […]
Senate probe sa $81-million money laundering scam, tinapos na
(Eagle News) — Tinapos na ng Senado ang imbestigasyon nito sa nangyaring pagnanakaw sa Central Bank ng Bangladesh na nagkakahalaga ng 81 million dollars. Ayon kay Senador Teofisto Guingona, Chairman ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee sisimulan na nila ang pagbalangkas ng report sa susunod na linggo para maging batayan sa pabalangkas ng mga panukalang batas.
Reklamong plunder at graft vs Duterte, patuloy na iimbestigahan ng Ombudsman
(Eagle News) — Itutuloy ng Office of the Ombudsman ang gagawing imbestigasyon kay incoming President Rodrigo Duterte kaugnay sa inihaing patong-patong na reklamo ni Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV . Ayon kay Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, bahagi ng kanilang trabaho na imbestigahan ang sinumang opisyal ng pamahalaan na nahaharap sa administrative o criminal complaint. Dahil dito, ipagpapatuloy nila ang pag-imbestiga sa reklamong plunder,graft at malversation na kinakaharap ni Duterte. Dagdag pa ni Morales, kung magpositibo raw sa […]
CBS newsman Morley Safer dead at age 84, retired days ago
(Reuters) Television journalist Morley Safer, who made his reputation as a Vietnam War correspondent for CBS and then became a mainstay on the network’s “60 Minutes” show for 46 years, died at age 84 on Thursday, a few days after his retirement, the network announced. Safer, who retired in what CBS described as declining health, died at his home in Manhattan. “60 Minutes” had paid tribute to his work on Sunday’s show. In a […]
Wreckage of EgyptAir jet found – airline
(REUTERS) An EgyptAir senior official told CNN the wreckage of the Cairo-bound jet was located. Greek authorities said they found “floating material” that is likely to be debris from the plane. Here is the latest post from the EgyptAir airline Facebook page. It says that Cairo’s foreign ministry has confirmed finding the aircraft’s wreckage. EgyptAir flight MS804: Here’s what we know: Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo missing soon after entering Egyptian airspace Airbus A320 […]
Pag-upo ni Dela Rosa, hindi magdudulot ng demoralisasyon sa PNP – Mayor
(Eagle News) — Bagaman tatlong batches ng upper class sa Philippine Military Academy ang naungusan, hindi umano magdudulot ng demoralisasyon sa hanay ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang pagkakahirang kay PC/Supt. Ronald dela Rosa bilang susunod na pinuno ng Pambansang Pulisya. Ayon kay PNP spokesperson PS/Supt. Wilben Mayor, inirerespeto aniya ng lahat sa hanay ng kapulisan ang sinumang ilagay ng pangulo sa posisyon maging nasa underclass man nila. Kaugnay nito, magreretiro na rin sa serbisyo […]
Former PNP Chief Purisima, ipinaaresto ng Sandiganbayan
(Eagle News) — Ipinaaaresto ngayon ng Sandiganbayan (SB) si former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima at 10 iba pa kaugnay ng kasong graft na isinampa sa mga nabanggit matapos ang umao’y maanomalyang courier deal na kinasangkutan ng PNP noong 2011. Napag-alamang nag-award ng kontrata ang PNP sa Werfast Documentary Agency, Inc. noong Mayo 2011 para sa delivery ng firearms licenses ng mga aplikante sa kabila ng kawalan ng public bidding at kakulangan ng […]
4Ps members, nabahala sa planong paglalagay ng CPP members sa ilang ahensya ng gobyerno
(Eagle News) — Nagpahayag ng pagkabahala ang mga parent leader at mga miyembro ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) o Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) sa balak ni incoming President Rodrigo Duterte na ibigay sa Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) ang posisyon sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Anila, kontra ang mga miyembro ng CPP sa pagpapatuloy ng CCT program dahil […]
