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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is hoping that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will not hinder the serving of the warrant of arrests against its members who were involved in the Mamasapano incident, since such provisions were included in the peace agreement with the said group. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
THE annual ‘March of the Living’ march took place on Thursday (April 16) with thousands of Jewish adults and teens from around the world walking the three-kilometer stretch from the Auschwitz concentration camp to Birkenau. Among them were also Holocaust survivors and former captives of Nazi concentration camps. The March is also dedicated to students from all over the world to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance […]
THE European Union Competition Commissioner accused Google Inc. on Thursday (April 16, 2015) of cheating consumers and competitors by distorting Web search results to favor its own shopping service, after a five-year investigation that could change the rules for business online. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said the U.S. company, which dominates Internet search engine markets worldwide, had been sent a Statement of Objections – effectively a charge sheet – to which it has 10 weeks […]
A RESEARCH group with the National University of Defense Technology has recently tested its self-made brain-controlled robot in Hunan City, central China’s Hunan Province. The small robot can move forward and make turnings flexibly, which are all directly controlled by human brains. “This is our brainwave electrode cap which can collect human brainwaves. The facility can enlarge the weak brainwaves and send back to our computers. This is the collected brainwave produced by human brain […]
CHINA has urged the Philippines to respect its territorial sovereignty after President Benigno Aquino said Beijing’s efforts to control the South China Sea should cause fear around the world. The Philippine president made the comments during an interview with AFP on Tuesday (April 14), adding that while he did not believe China intended to start a military conflict in the region, there was a possibility of one breaking out. In response to the comments, China’s […]
WITH wildlife and forest crimes on the rise, yielding enormous profits for criminal networks, high-level officials from the United Nations (UN) have warned that they fuel violence, corrupt supply chains and undermine the rule of law. Speaking at a major anti-crime meeting in Doha, Qatar, co-hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the […]
GOVERNMENT ministers from Australia, China and Malaysia on Thursday (April 16) said they would double the search area for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 if wreckage is not found in the current target area. No trace has been found of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which disappeared in March last year carrying 239 passengers and crew in what has become one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. Most of the passengers were Chinese. The extended search […]
JUSTICE Secretary Leila de Lima said that some 90 suspects will be charged criminally for the killing of 35 of the 44 members of the Philippine National Police- Special Action Forces (PNP-SAF) based on the findings of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the National Prosecution Service (NPS). Among those to be charged are members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), and private armed groups. De Lima […]
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the world economy to be moderate and uneven in 2015 and a slower growth in China. The IMF projected that the global economy will expand 3.5 percent in 2015 accroding to a report made by IMF on Tuesday at its headquarters in Washington D.C.. At its news conference on Tuesday, IMF Economic Counselor Olivier Blanchard described this year’s growth as “moderate and uneven.” “The words we have used is […]
THE Manila premier of “Kid Kulafu”, a film about Philippine boxer, Manny Pacquiao’s childhood was held on Tuesday (April 14) ahead of one of boxings most anticipated fights between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr expected next month. The film is named after a brand of wine bottles Pacquiao collected as a child, and tells the story of the boxer’s journey from his humbling beginnings to events that inspired him to step into the boxing ring. […]
QUEZON City, April 15 (Eagle News) — House Deputy Majority Leader and Valenzuela Congressman Magtanggol Guinigondo criticized the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for its insistence in implementing the e-filing of the annual income tax return (ITR) even if said system still has many glitches. (Eagle News Service, Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRF Bonalos)
QUEZON City, April 15 (Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that he will reveal several witnesses regarding his allegations of bribery against the Court of Appeals (CA). (Eagle News Service, Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRF Bonalos)
