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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte was conferred an honorary doctorate degree by the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) on the last day of his 5-day visit to Russia. The MGIMO is considered the most elite university in Russia and is run by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian government. The Moscow university hosted a solemn university ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 5, on the granting of the honorary doctorate degree […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Thousands of Indonesians are still in shelters nearly two weeks after a deadly earthquake sparked a stream of fake news and hoaxes warning that an even bigger disaster was looming, the government said Monday. The local government has declared a state of emergency until Wednesday, with nearly 135,000 people in evacuation shelters and tents. Many displaced people are too scared to return to their homes in the remote Maluku islands after […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Oct. 7, said the drop in the approval rating of President Rodrigo Duterte is not at all a cause for concern. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the 78 percent registered by Duterte in the latest Pulse Asia survey is, after all, “still high.” “Surveys fluctuate depending on when they get them. If it is taken at a time when there are controversies hounding, it may affect the survey results,” he […]
Ratings of Robredo, Sotto also down (Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte registered a 78 percent rating in September, seven points lower than the rating he got in June, a Pulse Asia survey said. According to the survey, 8 percent disapproved of Duterte, while 14 percent were undecided. Of the highest-ranking officials included in the survey, only Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin got a rating higher than the previous rating he got, or 42%. Senate President Tito Sotto’s […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Pak YIU HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong democracy protesters arrested for defying a new face mask ban appeared in court on Monday following a violent weekend of unrest which saw bloody clashes with police and widespread vandalism that crippled the city’s train network. The international finance hub convulsed with three straight days of rallies and riots after the city’s pro-Beijing leader invoked colonial-era emergency powers to ban face coverings […]
by Natsuko FUKUE TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Houston Rockets star James Harden on Monday apologised to China over a tweet by the team’s general manager backing Hong Kong’s democracy protests that cost the franchise TV exposure and sponsorship in the lucrative Chinese market. The team and the NBA were forced into defensive mode as China’s state broadcaster said it was yanking Rockets games from the air and sponsors abandoned them. The controversy quickly spread across the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A North Korean boat collided with a Japanese fisheries agency patrol vessel in the Sea of Japan Monday, sending around 20 North Koreans overboard, the coast guard said. “We are dispatching rescue boats and aircraft to the area, but we don’t know any more details about it,” Japan coast guard spokesman Kazuma Nohara told AFP. The North Korean boat was believed to be a fishing vessel, which reportedly capsized partially after […]
(Eagle News)–Several teachers will hold a protest in front of the Senate on Tuesday, Oct. 7, to urge the government to improve their plight. Benjo Basas, national chair of the Teachers Dignity Coalition, made the announcement on Monday, Oct. 6, as he noted there was a need to clarify President Rodrigo Duterte’s statement that the government will raise the entry-level monthly salary of teachers to P35,000. “Masayang-masaya po ang mga guro sa sinabi ng Pangulo, […]
(Eagle News)–The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to furnish it a copy of the report on the recount covering the three pilot provinces related to the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos. In seeking for a copy of the report issued by Justice Alfredo Caguioa, the magistrate-in-charge, Robredo, through her lawyer Romulo Macalintal, noted that the parties need to be apprised […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Oct. 7, said there was no need to worry about President Rodrigo Duterte’s health. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in an interview over ANC that myasthenia gravis, after all, was a common disease among the elderly. The President revealed he had the disease in a meeting with the Filipino community in Moscow, Russia, where he was on official visit. He returned to the country on Sunday, Oct. 6. The United […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, Oct. 5, said two colonels, and not generals, were still engaged in illegal drug activities. The President made the correction of his earlier statement upon his arrival in Davao from Russia, where he is on official visit. Days before, Duterte said two generals were “still playing” with illegal drugs. “Wala, walang generals [involved]. I’m sure of that. Sa aking report na dumating sa akin, wala. Parang– colonel I think,” […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Sunday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology nd Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, struck 214 kilometers southwest of Sarangani at 1130 p.m. Depth of focus was 426 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks are expected.
