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Duterte, Marcos top overseas absentee voting

DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., topped the overseas absentee voting (OAV) for president and vice president in the May 9 elections. Data released by Commission on Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said that Duterte had 313,346 votes followed by Liberal Party standard-bearer Mar Roxas with 41,263. For the vice presidential race, Marcos had the most votes with 176,669 followed by Camarines Sur Representative Leni Robredo with 89,935. The Comelec, sitting […]

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From Philippine Idol to NET 25 host and Pinas FM DJ

 by MJ Racadio   (Eagle News Entertainment) — One of the best voices in the Philippine music is Apple Chiu. She embodies the versatility of an artist. Her journey from Philippine Idol to Pinas FM is worth recounting.  I recently met with Apple right after her DJ gig at Pinas FM and she looked fashionable with positive vibes. While getting to know her up close and personal at the start of the nterview,  she remarked, […]

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Philippine Islamist kidnappers set new ransom deadline

MANILA , Philippines (AFP) — Islamist extremists in the Philippines who last month beheaded a Canadian man say they will kill another Western hostage if a multi-million dollar ransom is not paid within four weeks. A video released by Abu Sayyaf — whose leaders have sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group — shows Canadian Robert Hall and Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad wearing orange shirts in a jungle setting, surrounded by hooded, armed men. The men […]

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China says Pentagon report ‘severely damaged’ relations

BEIJINg, China (AFP) — China on Sunday accused the US of deliberately distorting the facts in a report on the Asian giant’s defence policy, warning Washington it had “severely damaged” trust between the superpowers. The Pentagon on Friday said Beijing had been building up military facilities on reefs and islets in a bid to assert its claims to the contested waters of the South China Sea. China’s military has also been using “coercive tactics” to […]

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Norway sovereign wealth fund to sue Volkswagen: report

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, is to sue German carmaker Volkswagen over an emissions-cheating scandal that caused it huge losses, the Financial Times reported Sunday, May 15. “We have been advised by our lawyers that the company’s conduct gives rise to legal claims under German law. As an investor it is our responsibility to safeguard the fund’s holding in Volkswagen,” Peter Johnsen, the chief executive of the fund’s […]

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Philippine president-elect Duterte vows to kill criminals

  by Ayee Macaraig DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Philippines’ president-elect Rodrigo Duterte vowed Sunday to reintroduce capital punishment and give security forces “shoot-to-kill” orders in a devastating war on crime. In his first press conference since winning the May 9 elections in a landslide, the tough-talking mayor of southern Davao city warned his campaign threats to kill were not rhetoric. “What I will do is urge Congress to restore (the) death penalty by hanging,” Duterte, 71, […]

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Philippines’ Duterte wants friendly ties with China

DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Philippines’ president-elect Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday he wanted friendly relations with China and confirmed he was open to direct talks over a territorial row that has badly damaged bilateral ties. Duterte also announced that China’s ambassador to Manila would be among the first three foreign envoys he planned to meet on Monday, after winning the May 9 presidential election in a landslide. “Well ties have never been cold. But I would […]

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Obama slams Trump in speech: ‘Ignorance is not a virtue’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama on Sunday criticized the populist campaign of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, decrying “anti-intellectualism” and noting that “ignorance is not a virtue.” Obama did not specifically name the brash New York real estate developer during his remarks at a university graduation ceremony in New Jersey, but it was clear he was referring to the candidate who is running on a slogan of “Make American Great Again!” The […]

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Suicide raid on Iraq gas plant kills seven

  Baghdad, Iraq (AFP)—Suicide attackers broke into a gas plant north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least seven people and setting fire to gas tanks, officials said. The attack on the Taji plant, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the capital, took place around 6 a.m. (0300 GMT). Eight suicide bombers broke into the gas plant and blew up a car bomb at one of its entrances, interior ministry spokesperson Saad Maan said […]

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INC Worldwide Distribution of Pamphlets starts

(Eagle News) — The worldwide distribution of pamphlets of the Iglesia Ni Cristo started on Saturday, May 14, as INC members all over the world gear up for the Reconnect: Worldwide Intensive Propagation where a worldwide evangelical mission to be officiated by INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo will be held at the Philippine Arena to be broadcast across the globe on May 22, 2016. From different countries and different timezons, INC brethren — […]

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Marcos fighting for future in Philippines’ vice president race

MANILA , Philippines (AFP) — The son and namesake of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos was fighting for his political future Friday after a cliffhanger vice presidential election contest against a novice politician. A win for Ferdinand Marcos Jr, 58, would have been the family’s biggest political victory since its humiliating downfall in 1986 after a “People Power” uprising ended 20 years of human rights abuses, election fraud and the plunder of state coffers. It […]

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VP Binay concedes to Duterte

QUEZON City, Philippines – Vice President Jejomar Binay formally greeted Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and congratulated the presumptive president. According to his campaign spokesperson, Binay personally called Duterte to concede. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

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