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by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — People in Europe have the lowest levels of trust in vaccines, according to a global survey of public attitudes toward health and science published Wednesday. The study found that people living in high-income countries have the lowest confidence in vaccines, a result that ties in to the rise of the anti-vaccination movement, in which people refuse to believe in the benefits of vaccinations […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Richard Gordon, the issue is not whether or not the hitting by a Chinese vessel of a Filipino fishing boat near Recto Bank was accidental. According to Gordon, “the issue is people are not supposed to be abandoned at sea,” which means Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang, for him, missed the point. “The crux of the matter is you left the fishermen in peril of the sea. Under the […]
(Eagle News) — Two Filipinos were killed and three others were injured in a train and car accident in New Zealand on Wednesday, June 19. Ambassador to New Zealand Jesus Domingo did not reveal the identities of the dead and those injured in the incident in the Bay of Plenty along Pongakawa School Road near Te Puke town, but told Eagle News New Zealand bureau that they were carpenters who had just arrived in the country […]
by Nina LARSON Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — There is “credible evidence” linking Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last October, an independent UN rights expert said Wednesday, calling for an international investigation. In a fresh report, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard said she had “determined that there is credible evidence, warranting further investigation of high-level Saudi Officials’ individual liability, […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it is “closely monitoring the situation” of more than 800 Filipinos living in Yamagata Prefecture in Japan which had been hit by a magnitude 6.8 quake at around 10:30 p.m. (Japan time) Tuesday. Through the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo and the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka, the DFA is closely checking if there were Filipinos affected by the strong quake that hit Yamagata, Northern […]
(Eagle News) — A suspected Pakistani terrorist was arrested in Zamboanga City on Tuesday, June 18. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said on Wednesday, June 19, that Waqar Ahmad, 36, a suspected member of Daulah Islamiyah, was nabbed for violating immigration laws by working as a storekeeper in his uncle’s appliance store. The arrest was made possible after a surveillance of the store. “He will be deported as his presence here is inimical to national security,” […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday, June 19, slammed President Rodrigo Duterte over his stance in the Recto Bank incident that saw a Chinese vessel hitting a Filipino fishing boat and abandoning it. “Yan ang problema. Pagdating sa China, consistent siya, naduduwag siya,” De Lima said in a brief ambush interview at Branch 34 of the Metropolitan Trial Court, where she attended a hearing on her disobedience to summons case. Asked if […]
by Agnès PEDRERO Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said Wednesday. In its annual global trends report, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) described the figure of 70.8 million at the end of 2018 as “conservative”, particularly because the number of people who fled Venezuela’s […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 6.4 quake struck New Zealand, with the epicenter traced at 140 kilometers northeast of L’Esperance Rock, Wednesday, 3 p.m. Manila time. According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake had a depth of 10 kilometers. The quake was around 909 kilometers from Ngunguru, Northland, New Zealand. It was recorded at 7:01 a.m. UTC time (Coordinated Universal Time). L’Esperance Rock is the southernmost islet in the Kermadec Islands, to […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has approved the creation of two special investigating teams to probe the killings of three political activists in the Bicol region. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete, also the Department of Justice spokesperson, said Guevarra made the approval on Tuesday, June 18, a day after Neptali Moraga, former Bayan Muna Bicol regional coordinator, was killed in Naga, Camarines Sur. On June 15, Ryan Hubilla and Nelly Bagasala, alleged members of […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte is set to fly to Thailand this week to attend the 34th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit where he would join other ASEAN leaders in discussing important regional issues. Duterte is expected to push the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea during the ASEAN Summit in Thailand with the Philippines being the ASEAN-China dialogue coordinator, an official from the Department of Foreign Affairs said. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte already has a preferred Speaker of the next House of Representatives. A Radyo Agila source said the President made the decision in a meeting with neophyte congressmen in the Palace on Tuesday, June 18. The source, however, refused to divulge the name of Duterte’s choice, saying it would be relayed to Senator Manny Pacquiao, who was chosen by the PDP-Laban party, of which the President is chair, to make […]
