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Asynchronous classes to be held in public schools on Oct. 31: Palace

(Eagle News)–The Palace has released a memo allowing asynchronous classes in public schools on Oct. 31. According to Memorandum Circular No. 38 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, a work-from-home arrangement shall also be implemented in government offices. Exempted from the setup, though, are agencies whose functions involve the “delivery of basic health services, preparedness/ response to disasters and calamities and/or the performance of other vital services.” Any arrangement to the effect is left to […]

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Foreign victims of deadly Hamas attack

PARIS, France, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – Numerous foreigners were killed, taken hostage or listed as missing after the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas launched a major attack on Israel on October 7. More than 1,400 people, mainly civilians, were killed by Hamas militants during the attack launched from Gaza, many of them shot dead, burned alive or mutilated, Israeli authorities say. The militants have also taken nearly 230 people hostage, including Israelis, foreigners and dual […]

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Russian space boss warns ISS equipment beyond warranty

MOSCOW, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – Moscow’s Roscosmos space chief warned Friday that most Russian equipment on the International Space Station (ISS) was beyond its warranty, weeks after the station’s Russian segment sprang another coolant leak. The leak, Russia’s third in less than a year, raised new questions about the reliability of the country’s space programme, even as officials said crew members were not in danger. “The International Space Station is approaching the finish line […]

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Indonesia sentences Iranian drug gang to death

JAKARTA, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – An Indonesian court on Friday handed death sentences to eight Iranian drug traffickers found guilty of smuggling more than 300 kilograms of crystal meth into the Southeast Asian country. Indonesia has some of the world’s toughest anti-drug laws but has held off conducting executions for several years. A judge in Banten province on Java island ordered that all eight men be executed by firing squad for the gang’s role […]

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Israel ‘ground forces’ conduct night raid in Gaza: army

JERUSALEM, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – The Israeli military said Friday its ground forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a “targeted raid” in Gaza as it prepares for a land invasion. Israel has been carrying out blistering air and artillery strikes against Gaza in response to an October 7 attack by Hamas militants that was the deadliest in the country’s history. “During the last day, IDF (Israeli military) ground forces, accompanied by […]

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Manhunt continues for Maine suspect in deadliest mass shooting of the year

LEWISTON, United States, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – Police in Maine struggled for a second day Friday to catch a man who gunned down 18 people with a semi-automatic rifle in a bowling alley and a bar in a town where locals were enjoying an evening out. In Lewiston, a hard-scrabble city in the mostly rural north-eastern state, there was an atmosphere of dread and bewilderment as residents waited indoors, while authorities erected roadblocks and […]

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Spanish clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children, probe estimates

By Diego URDANETA MADRID, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – Over 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission published Friday. The report did not give a specific figure but said a poll of over 8,000 people found that 0.6 percent of Spain’s adult population of around 39 million people said they had suffered sexual abuse by members of the clergy […]

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Robot maker dreams of turning sci-fi into reality

TOKYO, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – Ryo Yoshida has monster-sized dreams for his driveable, “Gundam”-like robot, even though its huge size makes it hard to park and the $3-million price tag will crush most wallets. An imposing 4.5 metres (14.7 feet) high and weighing 3.5 tonnes (7,716 pounds), “Archax” can be moved and operated by a pilot who clambers up to the high-tech cockpit. “I want to make people’s dreams come true, the dream people […]

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President Bongbong Marcos signs law institutionalizing automatic income classification of LGUs

(Eagle News) — President Bongbong Marcos has signed into law Republic Act No. 11964, which institutionalizes the automatic income classification of local government units. Under the law, LGUs shall be classified into five classes, according to their income ranges and based on the average annual regular income for three fiscal years preceding a general income reclassification. Those classified as First Class are earning an annual average income of P200,000,000. Second Class LGUs, meanwhile, have an […]

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EU urges ‘corridors and pauses’ as UN warns ‘nowhere’ safe in Gaza

By Adel ZAANOUN KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – EU leaders have demanded “humanitarian corridors and pauses” in Israel’s war against Hamas, urging aid access for civilians trapped in besieged Gaza, where the United Nations says “nowhere is safe.” Concern is growing about the regional fallout from the conflict, with Washington warning Iran against escalation while striking facilities in Syria it says were used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and others. […]

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Police search for ‘armed and dangerous’ army reservist after 18 killed in US mass shooting

By Inès BEL AIBA LEWISTON, United States, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – An urgent police dragnet entered its second day late Thursday for a man accused of gunning down 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in the US state of Maine, as President Joe Biden mourned “yet another senseless and tragic mass shooting.” Dozens of law enforcement agents surrounded the family home of 40-year-old suspect Robert Card, but by mid-evening agents left […]

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