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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Markets across the Asia-Pacific were in the red on Monday with investors worried about the impact of the China coronavirus outbreak on the global economy. The virus has killed more than 900 people, infected 40,000 across mainland China and spread to more than two dozen countries in what has been termed a global health emergency. It has also jolted major supply chains for everything from food and household supplies […]
Ni Ely Dumaboc Eagle News Service Zamboanga City correspondent ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Masayang-masaya ang 31-anyos na Vietnamese fisherman na si Dang Canh nang makita ang kaniyang kababayan na si Huynh Kanh sa loob mismo ng Camp Navarro General Hospital sa kampo ng Armed Forces Western Mindanao command o Westmincom Upper Calarian Zamboanga City. Si Huynh Kanh ang malapit na kaibigan ng employer o amo ni Dang Canh sa isang Vietnamese fishing company […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace has denied President Rodrigo Duterte had anything to do with the Office of the Solicitor General’s filing of a quo warranto petition against ABS-CBN. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Solicitor General, after all, is “constitutionally bound to institute any action against any transgressors of law..” “..And if a franchise holder is violating its franchise, then it is his [SolGen] duty to file a quo warranto,” Panelo said. Solicitor General Jose Calida […]
(Eagle News) – The Bureau of Immigration said that 19 of its immigration officers who boarded vessels which carried passengers with travel history from China, Hong Kong and Macau, have been advised to go on “home quarantine.” In a statement, Immigration commissioner Jaime Morente said that the 19 immigration officers had boarded five different cruise ships that have passengers who visited China, Hong Kong and Macau in the last two weeks, and arrived between […]
By Alexandra Megia Eagle Broadcasting Corporation QUEZON CITY, Philippines (EBC) — The Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), kicked off Philippine Cinema centennial year by honoring internationally award-winning film industry members, at the agency’s fourth annual Film Ambassadors’ Night. Where Philippines’ brightest lights, brightest stars celebrated at the Maybank Performing Arts Theater in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. According to FDCP, “The annual event honors the many ‘Film Ambassadors’ of Philippine cinema, the diverse group of […]
Robredo, others cleared in sedition case (Eagle News)–A Department of Justice panel has cleared Vice President Leni Robredo and other opposition figures of sedition but found probable cause to indict for conspiracy to commit sedition former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several others over an alleged plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. In its 57-page resolution, the DOJ panel also recommended for indictment Peter Joemel Advincula alias “Bikoy,” dismissed police official Eduardo Acierto, priest Albert […]
(Eagle News)–The government is mulling extending the temporary ban on travelers from Taiwan to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo said the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Philippines would discuss that possibility first. “It will still be subjected to a discussion and agreement among the member agencies of the inter-agency task force,” Bayugo said. So far, the government’s ban includes travelers from mainland […]
by Claire LEE SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean thriller “Parasite” — a dark comedy about modern poverty and wealth that has brought down language barriers to open new audiences to foreign film — can now call itself a history-making Oscar winner. The movie’s Academy Award for the best original screenplay was the first Asian win in that category and the first for a Korean in any category. It comes after the 100th anniversary […]
By Dene-Hern Chen in Nakhon Ratchasima with Aidan Jones in Bangkok NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AFP) — In a fourth-floor toilet of the Terminal 21 mall, shoppers jammed cubicle doors against the entrance to keep out a Thai soldier on a shooting spree, tracing his movements through fragments of CCTV passed on by friends on the outside. Barricaded in the women’s toilet with a few dozen others, Chanathip Somsakul, a 33-year-old music teacher, and his wife […]
(Eagle News)–Classes in at least one area were suspended on Monday, Feb. 10, due to bad weather: Tacloban City – all levels The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is so far affecting the entire country. PAGASA said it will bring cloudy skies and rains in several parts.
(Eagle News)–Senator Bong Go said he respects the filing of a Senate resolution seeking for a review of the Visiting Forces Agreement before its planned termination. In a statement, Go said the Senate was, after all, a separate branch of government. “..At karapatan po ng bawat senador to express our views, their views. ‘Yung resolution naman po ay isang suggestion… baka magbago pa ang isip ng ating mahal na Pangulo,” Go said. Asked if he […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Catanduanes on Monday, Feb. 10. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 7:55 a.m., had its epicenter 12 kilometers northwest of Pandan. Depth of focus was 22 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
