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by Peter MARTELL Nairobi, Kenya (AFP) — The many ways people have died during South Sudan’s two-year civil war are well-documented, but the number killed is unknown. Men, women and children have been shot, speared, burned, castrated, hung, drowned, run over, suffocated, starved and blown up, their corpses abandoned where they fell, bulldozed into mass graves or, in at least one case, eaten in ritual cannibalism. But the UN has stuck to a guesstimate of 10,000 […]
MANILA, March 11 – There is no reason for the members and other stakeholders to worry about PhilHealth’s capacity to meet its obligations, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) chief said as he denied a report which claimed the state firm’s funds will run out in months. In a statement, Alex Padilla, president and chief executive of PhilHealth, said, “We would like to clarify some news reports that came out today (March 10) that […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly fell early Friday after the head of the European Central Bank suggested its latest rate cut could be its last, stoking fears over the limitations of finance chiefs to drag the global economy out of its torpor. The ECB on Thursday announced a cut in its deposit rate further into negative territory as part of a series of stimulus measures that also included a ramping up of its huge […]
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA, United States (Reuters) — Democrat Bernie Sanders on Thursday (March 10) called on his supporters to turn out in large numbers for next week’s primary, during a campaign stop in Kissimmee, Florida. “I believe that if there is a large voter turnout, if you come out, and your friends and family and neighbors come out, we are going to win here in Florida,” Sanders said. The U.S. senator credited his surprise victory in Michigan […]
TOKYO, Japan (CCTV) — Japan is making plans to totally revitalize the country’s northeast within the next five year, after the region suffered from an earthquake-triggered tsunami in 2011. Takagi Tsuyoshi, the country’s minister for reconstruction, made the pledge during an interview early March. It has been five years since the tsunami knocked out the key cooling functions at the Daiichi nuclear power complex, causing multiple meltdowns in its reactors and leading to the worst […]
PRESIDENT Aquino attended on Thursday the 37th Philippine National Police Academy commencement exercises appealing to the new graduates to shun corruption especially with the upcoming May election. In his speech during the event, the President said uniformed personnel will once again face the temptation in the coming election and asked the graduates to do what is right. “Uulitin ko ang hamon ko sa bawat pagkakataong humaharap ako sa mga guma-graduate tulad ninyo: Kung abutan kayo […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Islamic militants holding two Canadians and a Norwegian in the southern Philippine jungles have set a one-month deadline for millions of dollars in ransom to be paid, according to a video released Thursday. In the video posted on a local jihadist group’s Facebook page, the emaciated victims said they would be killed if the ransom was not paid. Canadian tourists John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, Norwegian resort manager Kjartan Sekkingstad and […]
MALACANANG extended its condolences to the family of former senator Jovito Salonga who died on Thursday at the Philippine Heart Center. He was 95. “The nation lost a pillar of Philippine democracy and advocate of good governance with the passing of former Senate President Jovito Salonga today,” Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a statement on Thursday. “We extend our condolences to the bereaved family of Senator Salonga.” Salonga, who had battled Alzheimer’s Diseases, served […]
(Eagle News) — Mariing pinabulaanan ng Korte Suprema ang alegasyon ng panunuhol sa mga mahistrado kaugnay ng desisyong pabor sa pagtakbo ni Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares sa 2016 presidential elections. Sa 21st annual convention ng Philippine Women Judges Association, mismong si Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno ang nagsabing ispekulasyon lang ang lumabas na report sa pahayagan kaya hindi na aniya pa dapat pagtuunan ng pansin. “Some matters are best disregarded and ignored. Some matters are just […]
(Eagle News) — Ipatutupad na ng Manila Electric Company o Meralco ang pagkakaltas ng P 0.19 kada kilowatt hour sa singil sa kuryente ngayong buwan ng Marso. Ayon kay Meralco Spokesperson Joe Zaldarriaga, dahilan ng pagbaba ng singil sa kuryente ang mababang generation charge na bunsod na rin ng mas murang halaga ng langis. “This reduction in the generation cost ay primarily ho (dahilan ho nito) ay dahilan ‘dun sa higher dispatch ng mga planta […]
Tokyo, Japan (AFP)—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday said Japan “cannot do without” nuclear power, as he spoke on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the devastating Fukushima disaster. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast sparked a massive tsunami that swept ashore, leaving about 18,500 people dead or missing. The wall of water also caused the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl when reactors melted down at […]
SUBIC, Zambales, Philippines – The United States Navy sent a submarine and a guided-missile cruiser in a routine port of call in the Indo-Asian region. Said vessels arrived at the Philippines in a time were the region is under rising tensions due to China’s militarization in the disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
