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(Eagle News) – Senatorial aspirant Christopher “Bong” Go once again took of his shirt to show his bare back and disprove the allegations made by Peter Joemel Advincula, the man claiming to be “Bikoy”, that he had a dragon tattoo on his back linked allegedly to illegal drugs. Go said Advincula’s allegation were all “malicious black propaganda” and hinted that it could be the work of the opposition. “Alam n’yo panahon ‘to ng pulitika. Kukulayan […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — An Indonesian volcano erupted Tuesday, sending a massive column of ash and smoke 2,000 metres (6,500 feet) into the air, coating local villages in debris. Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island — which has been rumbling since 2010 and saw a deadly eruption in 2016 — spewed the thick plume after activity picked up recent days. Disaster agency officials said the eruption has the “potential” to affect flights, but it had […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said two US warships sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea without permission on Monday in the latest US challenge to Beijing’s territorial claims in the region. The Chinese navy asked the US vessels to leave after they entered waters adjacent to Gaven and Chigua reefs in the Spratly Islands, which Beijing calls Nansha, the foreign ministry said. The move comes on top of trade tensions as […]
(Eagle News) – The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) said that it had not yet accepted under its program for free legal aid the man who recently surfaced, claiming to the “Bikoy” in the viral videos who accused President Rodrigo Duterte’s family of having links with the illegal drug trade. IBP’s incoming president Domingo Cayosa said that Peter Joemel Advincula did not also inform the IBP that he would be holding a press conference […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The era of doctors prescribing patients powerful antibiotics while they wait for lab reports could soon be numbered, with a new device returning results within minutes instead of days. It was invented by a team at Penn State University and described in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday. Co-developed by Pak Kin Wong, a professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering, the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Tiger Woods, fresh off his epic comeback victory in the Masters, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday. Presenting the golfing great with the nation’s highest honor, Trump praised Woods’ “relentless will to win, win, win.” “These qualities embody the American spirit of pushing boundaries, defying limits and always striving for greatness,” the president said. Trump congratulated Woods on “your […]
by Sofia MISELEM / Sylvain ESTIBAL Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) – For a groundbreaking ceremony, there was suspiciously little ground broken as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador symbolically inaugurated work on a new Mexico City airport — a pet project analysts warn could go badly wrong. Smiling and waving an orange flag, the anti-establishment leftist stood before a line of heavy construction equipment last Monday, declaring work was officially under way to turn […]
by Guillaume DECAMME / Alexander MARTINEZ Agence France-Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said Monday that backers who had pledged support for his abortive uprising last week had “failed to follow through” to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro. But that “doesn’t mean that they won’t do it soon,” Guaido told AFP in an interview in Caracas. Guaido, recognized as interim president by more than 50 countries, said it was “obvious today, there […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – A former Goldman Sachs banker pleaded not guilty Monday in New York to bribery and other charges in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal after being extradited from Malaysia. Malaysian Ng Chong Hwa, 51, a former managing director at the bank charged in both Malaysia and America over the 1MDB fraud, was extradited to the US on Friday, Malaysian attorney-general Tommy Thomas said. Also known as Roger Ng, the defendant was […]
(Eagle News)—A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Lanao del Sur on Tuesday, May 7. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit one kilometer southeast of Bumbaran at 8:40 a.m. The depth of focus was 2 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)—–The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area spotted near Ilocos Norte on Tuesday, May 7. PAGASA said as of 3 a.m., the LPA was estimated 160 kilometers north northwest of Laoag City. Metro Manila, Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon ,CALABARZON, Bicol Region, Mindoro provinces, Marinduque, and Romblon will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the trough of the LPA. […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump is enjoying the strongest polling of his presidency following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and positive economic news, according to public opinion poll agency Gallup. Trump’s job approval rating crept up one point to 46 percent for the two-week period ending April 30, a substantial rise from the 39 percent approval he recorded in early March. “In addition to the initial interpretation […]
