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Other senators retain leadership posts (Eagle News)–Senator Tito Sotto was reelected the Senate president of the 18th Congress on Monday, July 22. Sotto’s reelection during the first regular session of the Senate under the 18th Congress had been expected, even after some newly elected senators had touted the topnotcher of the May 13 Senate elections, Senator Cynthia Villar, as the next Senate president. In his speech, Sotto thanked his colleagues for his reelection, expressing hope […]
(Eagle News)–The first regular session of both the Senate and the House of Representatives opened on Monday, July 22. The opening of their regular sessions under the 18th Congress comes hours before President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to hold his State of the Nation Address before a joint congressional session. Both the Senate and the House are expected to elect their respective leaders. Although the Senate presidency appears to be a done deal and will […]
(Eagle News)–The nation awaits President Rodrigo Duterte as he holds his fourth State of the Nation Address at the Batasang Pambansa a few hours from now. The Palace has said the President would speak about “major issues” such as the West Philippine Sea in his speech before a joint congressional session at 4 p.m. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Filipinos can also expect the chief executive to talk about ways to sustain […]
(Eagle News)– Cloudy skies will prevail in the country today as the southwest monsoon affects extreme northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers mostly in the afternoon or evening. The weather bureau said this was due to localized thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will […]
by Delphine THOUVENOT and Anusak KONGLANG NAKHON NAYOK, Thailand (AFP) — Giant snails inch across a plate of pumpkin and cucumber in central Thailand, an “organic” diet to tease the prized collagen-rich mucus from the molluscs, which to some cosmetic firms are now more valuable than gold. The snails at Phatinisiri Thangkeaw’s farm were once the scourge of rice farmers, loathed for eating the buds of new crops. “Farmers used to throw them on the […]
by Patricia de Melo Moreira, with Bruno Cravo in Lisbon AMENDOA, Portugal (AFP) — Planes and helicopters joined nearly 2,000 firefighters in central Portugal Sunday to battle huge wildfires in a mountainous region where more than 100 people died in huge blazes in 2017. Some 1,700 firefighters and 400 vehicles were deployed in one of the biggest mobilizations ever seen in the area to fight the blazes in the heavily forested Castelo Branco region, 200 […]
by Shingo ITO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed victory Sunday for his ruling coalition in the upper house election but appeared to fail to secure a “supermajority” in the chamber in support of his dream to amend the nation’s pacifist constitution. With the results, the 64-year-old Abe, who is on course to become Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, aims to shore up his mandate ahead of a crucial consumption tax hike later this year, along […]
by Amir Havasi TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran warned Sunday that the fate of a UK-flagged tanker it seized in the Gulf depends on an investigation, as Britain prepared for an emergency security meeting on Tehran’s action. Iranian authorities impounded the Stena Impero with 23 crew members aboard off the port of Bandar Abbas after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized it Friday in the highly sensitive Strait of Hormuz. Video footage released by Iran […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Elaine YU HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong descended into chaos Sunday night as riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at anti-government protesters hours after China’s office in the city was daubed with eggs and graffiti in a vivid rebuke to Beijing’s rule. Acrid clouds of tear gas wafted through the city’s densely packed commercial district as police battled masked protesters after another huge protest march, with seemingly […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Sur on Sunday, July 21. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, an aftershock of the 5.5-magnitude quake in the province on July 13, hit 4 kilometers southeast of Carrascal at 10:38 a.m. Depth of focus was seven kilometers. An intensity III was recorded in Cantilan and Carmen, and an intensity II in Lanuza. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Senator Manny Pacquiao won’t be able to attend President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 22, his wife Jinkee said. “Hindi na siya makadalo sa SONA,” Jinkee told Eagle News. According to Jinkee, “masakit mata now tsaka di payag and doctor.” “Makauwi daw siya pwede sa Sunday night pa,” Jinkee said. President Duterte’s SONA takes place a day after Pacquiao clinched his 62nd win, with a victory over American boxer Keith Thurman […]
(Eagle News) – As part of the security measures for the fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has set a no-fly zone and a vertical limit for drones. From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, July 22, there will be a no fly zone to be put in place covering a 10-kilometer radius surrounding Plaridel, Bulacan where many flying schools are […]
