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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Huawei remained the number two global smartphone vendor in the past quarter despite tough US sanctions imposed on the Chinese technology giant, market trackers said Wednesday. The Chinese firm managed to boost its sales even as the overall market declined, remaining on the heels of sector leader Samsung and ahead of US-based Apple. According to Strategy Analytics, overall global smartphone sales fell 2.6 percent to 341 million units in […]
(Eagle News)–Peter Joemel Advincula, who claims to be the yellow-hooded figure “Bikoy” in the Ang Totoong Narco-list videos against President Rodrigo Duterte’s family, has been released from detention. This was after Advincula posted a P10,000 bail for cyberlibel before Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 220. Advincula had surrendered to the police on Monday after a warrant of arrest for the charge was issued against him. He had since been detained at the Criminal Investigation […]
(Eagle News)–For Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, the Philippines should require warships passing through the country’s territorial sea to keep their automatic identification system on. Carpio issued the statement after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed some Chinese vessels that passed through Sibutu Strait in Tawi-Tawi had their AIS turned off. According to Carpio, these vessels are passing through our territorial seas after all. “Because they are passing through our waters and they should […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde has relieved the Negros Oriental police chief over the recent slays in the province. The PNP confirmed that Negros Oriental Provincial Police Director Colonel Raul Tacaca has been replaced by Police Colonel Angelito Dumangeng. Dumangeg will serve as officer-in-charge of the provincial police. On July 18, policemen were killed reportedly by members of the New People’s Army in Ayungon, Negros Oriental. Two days after President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit […]
HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) — Dozens of passengers, mainly women and children, were killed in western Afghanistan early Wednesday when the bus they were travelling in hit a roadside bomb, officials said. The attack, which came one day after the United Nations said Afghan civilians are being killed and wounded at a “shocking” level and as the country gears up for presidential elections, occurred around 6:00 am (0130 GMT), authorities said. “A passenger bus travelling on […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, July 31, visited victims of recent earthquakes in Itbayat, Batanes. A statement from Robredo’s office said she went there to “personally inspect the damage of the earthquake and to distribute relief goods to the affected community.” At least eight people were killed after a series of earthquakes, the one with the highest magnitude at 5.9, struck the province over the weekend. President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to give P40 […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippines has “fired off” a diplomatic protest against China over the Chinese fishing vessels recently seen swarming around Pag-asa Island in the South China Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr. made the revelation in a Tweet, after he was asked if he would follow National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon’s recommendation for the same. “I did,” Locsin said. Prior to this, Locsin shared a news story on Hermogenes’ recommendation with the Tweet “Diplomatic […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong who were charged with rioting appeared in court Wednesday, setting the stage for further unrest in a weeks-long crisis that has rocked the global financial hub. The announcement that 44 people had been charged with rioting – an offence that carries a jail term of up to 10 years – immediately triggered another round of clashes late on Tuesday night between police and protesters. Supporters […]
(Eagle News) – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana branded as “bullying” China’s actions in the West Philippine Sea, particularly how it took over the Scarborough Shoal also known as Panatag Shoal. Lorenzana said that unless China matched its rhetoric with action, most people will continue to have low trust on the Asian giant. “The way they took over Scarborough Shoal, to me, that is bullying,” Lorenzana said on Tuesday. “The Chinese, since they started grabbing […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has advised Filipinos against traveling to areas in Hong Kong where protesters gather. In a statement, the DFA also encouraged them to monitor the pronouncements of the Hong Kong government and to heed the advice and instructions of local authorities. “The public is encouraged as well to monitor developments and in doing so, to rely on legitimate media entities and news sources, and to be discerning with respect to […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima wants “audible crossing information” placed on roads for blind pedestrians crossing the streets. In filing Senate Bill No. 623, De Lima noted that people who are blind or visually impaired cannot rely on traffic lights at every intersection. “Without sufficient visual information, they merely depend on the sound or sense of traffic to identify a time when traffic has stopped and crossing the street is possible,” she said. She said […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Several Southeast Asian countries, sick of being the wealthy world’s rubbish dump, have in recent weeks turned back container-loads of waste from foreign shores. It comes after China last year stopped accepting the world’s used plastic, having previously been the biggest market for recyclables. After Indonesia on Tuesday announced it had sent back illegally imported garbage from France and Hong Kong, here is a roundup. China On January 1, 2018, China […]
