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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, June 6, vowed to preserve the “fragile peace” attained in Mindanao, a region long been beset by terrorism. In a speech before Muslim Filipinos in Davao, Duterte said “any form of violence against the Muslim community or any other tribe especially those arising from religious extremism, hatred, discrimination and misguided beliefs will never be tolerated and will be dealt with by the full force of the law.” […]
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — When Cardinal Daniel DiNardo first met Laura Pontikes in his wood-paneled conference room in December 2016, the leader of the U.S. Catholic Church’s response to its sex abuse scandal said all the right things. He praised her for coming forward to report that his deputy in the Galveston-Houston archdiocese had manipulated her into a sexual relationship and declared her a “victim” of the priest, Pontikes said. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Risa Hontiveros has called for “an urgent and comprehensive” probe into the funds being used and released by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) following reports PhilHealth funds were misused to pay for the dialysis treatments of deceased patients. “The gravity of the recent allegations should prompt government to check if every peso under the PhilHealth is indeed being used in a manner compliant with laws and the PhilHealth’s mandate. We […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — A leopard killed a two-year-old boy inside a fenced-off staff compound at South Africa’s Kruger national park, officials said Thursday. “The toddler was only 30-months-old,” the park said in a statement. “The boy was certified dead by doctors at the Shongwe hospital after being rushed there by family members.” The leopard attacked the boy on Wednesday evening after getting into the staff living quarters, which are separated from the rest […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump should be sent to “prison,” US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told fellow Democrats in a closed-door meeting about whether to launch impeachment proceedings against the president, Politico reported Thursday. Pelosi, Trump’s political nemesis in Congress, has long stated she is not ready to proceed with what would be a deeply divisive impeachment action, and that she would prefer to see the president defeated at the ballot box next […]
(Eagle News)–Red and yellow alerts are in effect over the Luzon grid today, June 7. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said the red alert, which means there is a generation deficiency, will be in effect from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A yellow alert, which means reserves do not meet the minimum requirements, is in effect from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Available capacity is at […]
by Alina DIESTE WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Mexico scrambled Thursday to slow the flow of Central American migrants to the United States as talks continued in Washington to head off President Donald Trump’s threat of potentially catastrophic tariffs on Mexican goods. Mexico City blocked a new caravan of some 1,200 people near its southern border with Guatemala, detained two migrant rights activists, and froze the bank accounts of suspected human traffickers in hopes of […]
OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Golden State star forward Kevin Durant will miss game four of the NBA Finals on Friday with a right calf injury, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Thursday, but guard Klay Thompson is expected to return. Both players were absent in Wednesday’s 123-109 loss to Toronto, which game the Raptors a 2-1 edge in the best-of-seven championship series entering game four Friday in Oakland. Two-time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Durant, […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Hearings on whether a top official with Chinese telecoms giant Huawei should be extradited to the United States to face accusations of violating Iran sanctions will begin on January 20, 2020, a Vancouver judge decided Thursday. According to a timeline agreed upon by lawyers and accepted by British Columbia’s provincial supreme court, the five-day hearing in the case of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou will be the first in a series of […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Agriculture is reminding travelers not to bring pork and other processed pork products to the Philippines. The DA said these would be confiscated at the airport to prevent the spread of African Swine Flu. The following are the countries that have been affected by ASF: Belgium Bulgaria Cambodia China Czech Republic Hong Kong Hungary Latvia Moldova Mongolia North Korea Poland Romania Russia South Africa Ukraine Vietnam Zambia “Eat Pinoy pork. Support […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israel’s attorney general on Thursday rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request to postpone a court hearing over corruption allegations against him, media reports said. The prosecutor’s office said Netanyahu had requested “that the hearing be delayed due to the dissolution of the Knesset and the elections due on September 17” to a date after the polls, the Ynet news site said. After considering the matter, the prosecutor’s office said “nothing justified […]
by Jerome CARTILLIER with Joseph SCHMID in Bayeux COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AFP) — President Donald Trump told the US’s rattled allies that the bonds between them were “unbreakable” as they marked the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in northern France. Trump joined other world leaders in northern France, as well as thousands of well-wishers, to pay tribute to the ever-dwindling number of veterans of the landings in 1944 that shaped the outcome of World War […]
