(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has appointed Maria Lourdes D. Doria-Velarde as acting member of the Board of Trustees of the Home Development Fund (Pag-Ibig). The Presidential Communications Office said she will represent the private sector. She replaced Mylah Roque, the wife of former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the PCO said. According to the PCO, Doria-Velarde served as deputy general manager for administration of Duty Free Philippines. She was also a member of the Board of […]
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Mahomes leads Chiefs to Super Bowl thriller over 49ers
By Rob Woollard Patrick Mahomes conjured another Super Bowl comeback on Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs snatched a thrilling 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers to win their third NFL championship in five seasons. In a perfectly scripted finale before a celebrity-studded Las Vegas crowd including pop icon Taylor Swift, Mahomes found Mecole Hardman in the end zone with just three seconds remaining in overtime to seal a dramatic win in what […]
MSU bombing ‘mastermind’ killed in Lanao del Sur military ops: AFP
(Eagle News)–The “mastermind” of the deadly Mindanao State University blast in Marawi last year has been killed in recent military operations, the Armed Forces of the Philippines announced on Monday, Feb. 12. In a statement, the AFP said Khadafi Mimbesa alias ‘Engineer’, was among those “neutralized” in operations led by the Philippine Army 103rd Brigade led by commander, Brig. Gen. Yegor Rey Barroquillo Jr. in Lanao del Sur province from Jan. 25 to 26. The […]
‘There to die’: Nepali mercenaries fight for Russia in Ukraine
By Paavan MATHEMA Nepali mercenaries are fighting for Russia in Ukraine, lured to kill far from their Himalayan homeland by promises of a passport and cash, but wounded returnees warn anyone tempted to join the war: “Do not come.” While Nepali soldiers-for-hire can bank in a month nearly double what they could earn in a year back home, conditions are brutal and many have been killed or wounded. “I watched my friends die in front […]
Two years on, Ukraine defiant but on defensive
By Emmanuel PEUCHOT KYIV, Ukraine, Feb 12, 2024 (AFP) – Ahead of the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian army is increasingly on the defensive against more numerous and better armed Russian forces, but hoping that a recent military leadership change can make a difference. After last year’s failed counter-offensive, President Volodymyr Zelensky last week named Oleksandr Syrsky as the new military commander-in-chief with the task of setting out a “realistic and […]
Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime to win Super Bowl
LAS VEGAS, Feb 12, 2024 (AFP) – Patrick Mahomes pulled off another Super Bowl comeback on Sunday as the Kansas City Chiefs snatched a thrilling 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers to win their third NFL championship in five seasons. In a perfectly scripted finale before a celebrity-studded Las Vegas crowd including pop icon Taylor Swift, Mahomes hit Mecole Hardman in the end zone with just three seconds of overtime remaining to seal […]
Israeli military says 2 hostages rescued in overnight Gaza operation
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, Feb 12, 2024 (AFP) – Israel announced on Monday the rescue of two hostages in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where the Hamas-run health ministry said 52 Palestinians including children were killed in heavy overnight air strikes. Israel is preparing for a ground incursion into the teeming city along the border with Egypt, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge from fighting further north. The precarious humanitarian […]
More than 50 people killed in Israeli strikes on Rafah: Hamas health ministry
At least 52 people were killed in heavy air strikes on densely crowded Rafah in southern Gaza before dawn on Monday, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry. AFP journalists and witnesses heard an intense series of strikes and saw smoke billowing above the city, which now hosts more than half of Gaza’s total population after they fled bombardment elsewhere on the Strip. The strikes hit 14 houses and three mosques in different parts of […]
Biden slams Trump’s ‘appalling and dangerous’ NATO comments
WASHINGTON, Feb 11, 2024 (AFP) – US President Joe Biden slammed as “appalling and dangerous” comments by Donald Trump downplaying his commitment to NATO, warning Sunday that the former president intends to give Russian leader Vladimir Putin “a greenlight for more war and violence.” Biden spoke after Trump said in a speech Saturday that he would “encourage” Russia to attack members of NATO who had not met their financial obligations, his most extreme broadside against […]
Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in northern Canada
Melting ice roads cut off Indigenous communities in Canada’s far north as unseasonably warm weather on Friday also saw its largest city, Toronto, break a winter heat record. Communities in Ontario and neighboring Manitoba provinces declared a state of emergency as the warm spell made the network of ice roads — which across Canada spans more than 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) between dispersed populations — unpassable. Many remote communities in Canada’s north depend on ice […]
Judge orders Elon Musk to answer to regulators in Twitter/X probe
A US judge has ordered Elon Musk to comply with a subpoena to answer questions from regulators about his purchases of Twitter shares last year. The order comes after Musk, who beefed up his stake in Twitter — now called X — before buying the company for $44 billion, did not show up for a scheduled deposition in September with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a legal filing. “The court grants the […]
Two injured in shooting at celebrity pastor’s Texas megachurch
HOUSTON, Feb 11, 2024 (AFP) – Two people including a five-year-old boy were wounded after a woman opened fire at celebrity US pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Houston, Texas, one of the largest religious venues in the United States, police said Sunday. The woman was armed with a long gun when she entered the non-denominational Christian church with a child just before 2:00 pm (2000 GMT), Houston police chief Troy Finner told a […]
