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(Eagle News) – Opposiiton senator Leila De Lima said that President Rodrigo Duterte could be impeached for allowing Chinese fishing vessels to enter the Philippines exclusive economic zone. De Lima’s reaction was in support of the contention made by Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio that what President Duterte did in allowing foreign vessels to fish in the country’s EEZ was unconstitutional. In her statement, De Lima claimed that the President had “committed […]
Agrees with President Duterte that 2016 Hague ruling is “unenforceable” (Eagle News) – Senator Panfilo Lacson said that he agreed with President Rodrigo Duterte’s view that the Philippines exercises sovereign rights and not sovereignty over areas within the country’s exclusive economic zone. He said that it was also good that President Duterte had “corrected himself” on the issue of foreign fishing vessels in the Philippines EEZ. “It is a good development that the President has […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Marvel announced plans Tuesday to re-release “Avengers: Endgame” with bonus material in theaters, as the summer’s biggest blockbuster drew agonizingly close to breaking the global box office record. “Endgame” has pulled in $2.749 billion around the world, according to industry watcher Exhibitor Relations — the second-highest haul of all time, trailing James Cameron’s “Avatar” by around $40 million. But from Friday, Marvel hopes to entice die-hard fans back […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte explained that there was a “mutual agreement” with China regarding fishing in the disputed parts of the South China Sea, including those under the Philippines exclusive economic zone (EEZ). In his speech during the 122th Founding anniversary celebration of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) on Wednesday night, June 27, he said that conflicting claims in the area of the Reed Bank or Recto Bank as well as in […]
KOKOPO, Papua New Guinea (AFP) — An erupting volcano in Papua New Guinea that has blanketed a town in ash has forced around 5,000 people from their homes, officials said Thursday. Mount Ulawun — one of the world’s most hazardous volcanoes — began spewing lava and smoke high into the air on Wednesday. Chris Lagisa, a community elder, said people had gathered at a church hall to flee on lorries, trucks and 4x4s, clutching sacks […]
OSAKA, Japan (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Thursday in Osaka on the eve of a crunch G20 summit likely to be dominated by a long-running trade fight with the United States. Xi is expected to hold trade talks with President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the two-day meeting starting Friday but analysts see a temporary tariff truce as a more likely outcome than a game-changing breakthrough. © Agence France-Presse
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have exchanged a total of 12 letters since the beginning of last year, South Korea’s Unification Minster said, with the North Korean leader the more assiduous suitor in their nuclear bromance, penning eight. “Since 2018, chairman Kim has written eight letters to President Trump, and President Trump has written four letters to chairman Kim,” Kim Yeon-chul, the South’s […]
(Eagle News) – Expect cloudy skies and light to moderate heavy rains brought about the the Southwest Monsoon or “Habagat” affecting only the western sections of Luzon and Visayas today, Thursday, June 27, according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA. There is no more tropical depression inside the Philipppine Area of Responsibilitya after “Dodong” left on Wednesday night, June 26. Because of this only occasional heavy rains are expected over Luzon and Visayas, particularly […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte criticized former Foreign Affairs secretary Albert Del Rosario for using a diplomatic passport although he is already in private practice and went to Hong Kong for a personal business trip. “Naggamit-gamit ng passport na hindi naman dapat. (He used a [diplomatic] passport inappropriately.) When you are no longer an employee of government, you have no business using a government diplomatic passport,” the President said Wednesday night, June 26. Duterte made […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets rose Thursday as investors brushed off Donald Trump’s latest dig at China and threat to impose more tariffs on the country’s goods if crunch talks with Xi Jingping fail this weekend. Before setting off for the G20 summit in Japan the president said in an interview that he had a “Plan B” in case the face-to-face shows no progress, adding he would “take in billions and billions of […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday the leading social network is struggling to find ways to deal with “deepfake” videos which have the potential to deceive and manipulate users on a massive scale. Zuckerberg said Facebook is trying to determine whether deepfakes are “a completely different category” of misinformation and added, “there’s a very good case that they are.” Speaking at an on-stage interview at the Aspen Ideas […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors star forward Kevin Durant has declined a $31.5 million option for next season and will become an unrestricted NBA free agent, ESPN reported Wednesday. Durant, the 2017 and 2018 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player and 2014 NBA MVP, ruptured his right Achilles tendon in the second quarter of game five of the NBA Finals earlier this month and underwent surgery to repair the injury. The 30-year-old […]
