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SEPTEMBER 10 (Reuters) — Actress and UN special envoy for refugees Angelina Jolie joined the former British Foreign Secretary William Hague in the House of Lords in London on Tuesday (September 8). They gave evidence to a parliamentary ad hoc Committee who were charged with considering the UK’s policy and practice of preventing sexual violence in conflict. The Committee took evidence from Hague, Jolie Pitt and Baroness Helic as part of an initiative Hague described as […]
(Reuters) — After 63 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth becomes Britain’s longest-ruling monarch on September 9 but there is little prospect of her stepping aside, as other ageing European crowned heads have done, in favour of her son, Charles. Those close to Elizabeth – who on September 9 takes the long-service record from her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria – say the 89-year-old has no intention of succumbing to the European fashion for abdication. That means […]
(Courtesy CCTV) — Police officials in the U.S. city of Chicago on Tuesday called for stricter gun control laws after a violent Labor Day holiday weekend saw eight people killed and 46 others wounded in multiple shootings. The shootings occurred just days after the most serious single-day gun-violence in decades which saw nine people killed on Sept. 2. The police have seized 4,824 illegal firearms in Chicago in the first eight months of 2015, […]
MANILA, Philippines, September 9 (Eagle News) — According to Manny Pangilinan, chairman of Metro Pacific Investment Corporation, part of the Light Rail Manila Corporation, there will be a postponement of the proposed fare hike in the LRT-1, adding that the government just implemented a fare increase last January. Said company also won the Php 61 billion LRT-Cavite extension project. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/29xDWU9yQVM
QUEZON City, Philippines September 9 (Eagle News) — In an exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) talked about public utility buses and possible solutions regarding the traffic situation in Metro Manila. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
METRO Manila, Philippines, September 9 (Eagle News) — With the torrential downpour last night came the outpouring of negative and angry comments from netizens stranded in traffic caused by said thunderstorm. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, September 9 (Eagle News) — According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the torrential rains last night, with record rain fall level of 61 mm., caused heavy traffic jam in Metro Manila, causing thousands to be stranded until early morning. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/SV8orcZZF94
MANILA, Philippines, September 9 (Eagle News) — According to Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Ayala Group have entered talks regarding the latter’s claim for damages worth 2 billion pesos regarding the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) contract that it entered with the government in a Build-Operate-Transfer scheme. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
TUNIS, Tunisia, September 9 (Reuters) — Two Tunisian journalists who were kidnapped in Libya last year could still be alive, it emerged on Tuesday (September 8). Investigative journalist Sofian Chourabi and photographer Nadhir Ktari were abducted in August last year. In April of this year, Islamic State militants claimed to have killed them. But in a radio interview on Tuesday, Tunisia’s foreign minister said he had proof the pair were still alive. Reacting to the […]
SEOUL, South Korea, September 9 (Reuters) — The United States and South Korea on Wednesday (September 9) conducted a joint biological defense exercise, called “Able Response 15”, in a bid to improve their capabilities to deter possible biological attacks. The exercise is aimed at checking the combined response system and to enhance alliance between the two armies, the South Korean defense ministry said. “The purpose of today’s FTX (Field Training Exercise) is to enhance R.O.K […]
BANGKOK, Thailand, September 9 (Reuters) — Thai police on Wednesday (September 9) took a second arrested suspect to areas near the blast scene to perform a reconstruction of moments before and after the Bangkok blast incident that killed at least 20 people last month. Under police interrogation, one of two foreigners in detention admitted to delivering a rucksack to the bomber at Bangkok’s main railway station on the evening of the Aug. 17 attack, two […]
ROSZKE, Hungary, September 9 (Reuters) — A Hungarian camerawoman was reportedly fired from her job on Tuesday (September 8) amid allegations that she tripped up refugees as they fled from police in Hungary. A migrant carrying a child was photographed falling after tripping on the camerawoman while trying to escape from a collection point in Roszke village. Hungary’s N1TV, who she worked for, later issued a statement condemning the woman’s alleged behavior. Tens of thousands […]
