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SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — A Chinese student is suing American giant Disney alleging double standards because the company bans visitors to its Asian theme parks from taking their own food. The lawsuit against Shanghai Disneyland takes the entertainment company to task because the same strictures do not apply in its US or European parks. The legal action, which has sparked widespread support on social media, comes as China and the US spar over trade, […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — India issued Wednesday a fresh flood alert for parts of the southern state of Kerala, as the nationwide death toll from the annual monsoon deluge rose to at least 209. Authorities warned Kerala locals of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over the next 24-48 hours in some of the worst affected regions of the state popular with tourists. Heavy rains in parts of four Indian states — Kerala, Karnataka, […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating two Cabinet secretaries for alleged corruption. PACC Commissioner Greco Belgica made the revelation on Wednesday, Aug. 14, in a Palace briefing. He, however, refused to identify the Cabinet secretaries, saying the probe was still ongoing. He said the results would be submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte as soon as the probe is completed. Belgica said one of the complainants was an official in one of the Cabinet secretary’s […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima is proposing the creation of a Philippine Road Safety Institute that will improve road safety in the country. In filing Senate Bill No. 85, De Lima noted a report from the World Health Organization that said that pedestrians make up 19 percent of road deaths in the Philippines. She also cited data from the Department of Transportation that said that fatalities due to road crashes increased by almost 14.6 percent […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV thumbed down the proposal for a prolonged allowable detention of up to 60 days for arrested terror suspects. According to Trillanes, who now teaches in two universities, “in truth, we should be protected from [President Rodrigo] Duterte first.” He noted the estimated 30,000 deaths under the Duterte administration’s campaign illegal drugs, a number he said was “way more deaths than any terrorist has inflicted in history.” “What makes them […]
CINCINNATI, United States (AFP) — World number one Novak Djokovic got his US Open build up off to a smooth start with a straight-sets win in Cincinnati on Tuesday as back trouble forced Serena Williams to withdraw. Defending champion Djokovic double faulted three times as he dropped serve in the opening game against Sam Querrey but quickly put things right and pulled away for a 7-5, 6-1 victory over the American. “I ended the match […]
BORGARNES, Iceland (AFP) — To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job. With its black basalt sand, wind-swept dunes and craggy peaks, the Lambahraun lava field at the foot of Iceland’s second biggest glacier, Langjokull, was chosen as a stand-in for the Red Planet’s surface. https://youtu.be/x1UJgbXvNQ8
(Eagle News)–Several former rebels on Wednesday, Aug. 14, confirmed the Communist group was recruiting students to be its members. One of those who made the confirmation before the Senate panel on public order and dangerous drugs was Allen, who was wearing a hoodie and was very emotional when she spoke. According to Allen, she was recruited by the League of Filipino Students in 2014, when she was a 16-year-old student of the Polytechnic University of […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has declared September 8 of every year a special working holiday. The declaration was made through Republic Act 11370 signed on August 8. According to the law, the declaration was in observance of the Catholics’ Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A working holiday means there will be classes and work on that day.
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has declared November 17 of every year the National Students’ Day. Duterte signed Republic Act 11369 on August 8. In celebration of National Students’ Day, the law said an annual program of activities should be prepared and promoted. The National Youth Commission shall serve as the lead agency, while the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education will extend their support. The law said activities for the youth shall […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Sur on Wednesday, Aug. 14. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 29 kilometers northeast of Bayabas at 6:12 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 24 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
JERUSALEM (AFP) — by Clothilde Mraffko and Alexandra Vardi Israel has deported a Filipina migrant worker and her Israeli-born teenage son who has never set foot in the Philippines, after 11th hour legal appeals failed, a rights group and authorities said Tuesday. She is among some 600 workers from the Southeast Asian nation who activists say could face deportation over a loss of residency status. They include those who breached the conditions of their residency […]
