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by Alice RITCHIE and Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Boris Johnson began putting together his top team as he prepared to take over as Britain’s prime minister on Wednesday, on a mission to deliver Brexit by October 31 by any means necessary. The former London mayor, a divisive figure best known for his gaffes and rhetorical flourishes, was elected on Tuesday by members of the governing Conservative party to […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — North Korea is holding a Russian fishing ship with a crew of 15 Russians and two South Koreans since detaining it last week, the Russian embassy in Pyongyang said Wednesday. North Korean border guards took control of the ship belonging to the Russian North-Eastern Fishing Company on July 17. “According to the North Korean foreign ministry, the ship was detained for ‘violating rules of entry and stay’” in North Korea, […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rypFxQLgCCY (Eagle News) – Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have assured that the proposed 2020 national budget will be passed on time. The newly-designated Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance Senator Sonny Angara said his panel’s scrutiny of the proposed 2020 national budget will be “thorough, transparent, truthful. “And we will pass it on time,” he said. The senator said that he expects Malacanang will be sending over the proposed […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte’s handling of the West Philippine Sea issue has been hailed in a Chinese newspaper. Columnist Li Qingqing, in a column published in the Global Times, described China-Philippines ties amid the dispute as a “model for cooperation,” noting that “China and the Philippines are making an effort to ease tensions in the region and explore a new path of regional cooperation.” Li said this was possible because President Rodrigo Duterte, based on […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, July 24, clarified China was both “in possession of” and “in position” in the South China Sea. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the clarification after National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said President Rodrigo Duterte merely stated China was “in position” in the area also claimed by the Philippines in his State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 22. “They are positionally in advantage […]
by Adam PLOWRIGHT Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Trains were slowed down and holidaymakers flocked to swimming pools, beaches and lakes in western Europe on Wednesday as another heatwave set new temperature records. A host of French cities saw their highest levels since records began on Tuesday, with wine capital Bordeaux recording 41.2 degrees Celsius (106.16 Fahrenheit), beating the previous high of 40.7C registered in August 2003, weather service Meteo-France said. Forecasters […]
(Eagle News)–Insufferable. This was how Senator Leila de Lima described President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 22. In a statement, De Lima said in the first place, one does not fight corruption by “whining, complaining, and crying out to the plunderers to stop their corruption,” or by reinstating the death penalty. “Definitely, it is not achieved by converting the Coco Levy fund into pork barrel for the legislators’ consumption […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao challenged Floyd Mayweather to face him again in the ring on Wednesday as the retired American star taunted the Filipino great about fighting on into his forties. Pacquiao, 40, who beat Keith Thurman on a split decision at the weekend, bit back at Mayweather on social media after the American accused him of trading on his name. “You come to my fight and then use my name in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Four Chinese nationals have been indicted for financial dealings with North Korean companies sanctioned for involvement in the production of weapons of mass destruction, the US Justice Department said Tuesday. Ma Xiaohong, the head of Dandong Hongxiang Industrial Development Co. Ltd (DHID) and three top executives of the Chinese company were indicted by a federal grand jury in New Jersey, the department said in a statement. The other three […]
Says Duterte is giving “mixed signals” in placing officials he had removed from office to other higher gov’t posts (Eagle News) – Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s actions of transferring government officials he had removed from office to other government posts, especially higher ones. Aquino was reacting to President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22, where the President stressed how the war against corruption is […]
(Eagle News)–The Office of the Solicitor General on Wednesday, July 24, said it was its “legal duty to serve its clients when they seek legal advice.” The OSG issued the statement following accusations there was oppression of the opposition since the OSG helped prepare Peter Joemel Advincula’s complaint-affidavit against Vice President Leni Robredo and others over the Ang Totoong Narcolist videos. Larry Gadon, Advincula’s lawyer, said their camp “only probably” consulted the OSG after the […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Francis Pangilinan on Wednesday, July 24, said the pay of entry-level nurses in government should be raised to P30,000. In pushing for the entry-level salary of not lower than Salary Grade 15 (SG-15) or equivalent to P30,531, Pangilinan, in Senate Bill 260, noted the low salaries Filipino nurses get despite the long working hours, a high nurse-patient ratio, and physical and mental burnout. He said based on Department of Labor and Employment’s Bureau […]
