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(Eagle News)–Supporters of both Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Bongbong Marcos gathered on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at the Supreme Court, which, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, is expected to decide on Marcos’ poll protest. The rallies came a day after Robredo urged the PET to abide by its rules and expressed hope that these “will not be changed in the middle of the game..” Robredo’s statement came after it filed a motion […]
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) — A third of the world’s nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim UN assessment of childhood nutrition released Tuesday. “If children eat poorly, they live poorly,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, unveiling the Fund’s first State of the World’s Children report since 1999. “We are losing ground in the fight […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Western Visayas, Davao Region and Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers. Northern Luzon will have moderate […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck North Cotabato on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 12 kilometers southeast of Tulunan at 7:55 a.m. Depth of focus was five kilometers. The following intensities and instrumental intensities were recorded: Intensity II- Kidapawan City Instrumental Intensities: Intensity III- Kidapawan City Intensity I- Tupi, South Cotabato No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
by Kyoko HASEGAWA TOKYO, Japan (AFP) –Rescuers in Japan worked into a third day on Tuesday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of a powerful typhoon that killed nearly 70 people and caused widespread destruction. Hagibis slammed into Japan on Saturday night, unleashing fierce winds and “unprecedented” rain that triggered landslides and caused dozens of rivers to burst their banks. By Tuesday morning, national broadcaster NHK put the toll at nearly 70, with more […]
by Santiago PIEDRA SILVA QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Ecuador began counting the cost Monday of 12 days of indigenous fury against fuel hikes that left seven protesters dead and severely dented President Lenin Moreno’s austerity program. Moreno and indigenous leaders reached an agreement Sunday after the president pledged to withdraw subsidy cuts, known as Decree 883, that had more than doubled fuel prices. The cuts were part of an austerity package to obtain a $4.2 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that US troops withdrawing from Syria would remain in the region to prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State group. “United States troops coming out of Syria will now redeploy and remain in the region to monitor the situation and prevent a repeat of 2014, when the neglected threat of ISIS raged across Syria and Iraq,” Trump said in a statement, using an acronym for […]
(Eagle News)–The University Athletic Association of the Philippines Inc. has lifted its suspension on University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons head coach Bo Perasol over his outburst in a game against Ateneo. In lifting the suspension on Perasol, the UAAP noted the “sincerity and voluntariness” of his “words and actions” when he personally spoke to the commissioner and “expressed deep regrets over the incident and its unintended effects” on the referee who was the subject […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senate President Nene Pimentel is “very ill,” his family said on Monday, Oct. 14. In a statement, the family of Pimentel said he was “currently under treatment.” They did not say, however, what his sickness was. “Doctors and hospital staff are doing their best to help him,” the Pimentel family said. “We ardently ask that you join us in prayer for his full and complete recovery,” they added. Pimentel served as Senate President […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Parents lined up from sunrise holding sleeping infants as the Philippines launched a campaign on Monday to vaccinate millions of children against polio, which has re-emerged nearly two decades after the nation’s last cases. Years of falling vaccination rates, made worse by the botched rollout of a dengue vaccine, culminated in an outbreak of the preventable disease in September. “This is for the welfare of my child,” Ruth Miranda told […]
by Shingo ITO / Sara HUSSEIN Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tens of thousands of rescuers worked into the night Monday to find survivors of a powerful typhoon in Japan that killed at least 56 people, as fresh rain threatened to hamper their efforts. Typhoon Hagibis crashed into the country on Saturday night, unleashing high winds and torrential rain across 36 of the country’s 47 prefectures, triggering landslides and catastrophic flooding. The […]
(Eagle News)–Oscar Albayalde is “not yet off the hook” even after he resigned as Philippine National Police chief, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Monday, Oct. 14. According to Drilon, Albayalde’s resignation ahead of his mandatory retirement on Nov. 8 “will not in any way clear him from his liablity, both administratively or criminally, in connection with the Pampanga ninja cops issue.” “Albayalde’s continued defense, and his failure to condemn the acts, of Major […]
