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KANO, Nigeria (AFP) — Nineteen wedding guests in the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa died when their bus lost control and burst into flames, police said Wednesday. The 18-seater was carrying 40 women and children returning from a wedding when its front tyre burst, causing it to skid off the road. The crash happened on Tuesday in Gwaram Sabuwa, a village around 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the state capital Dutse. “Nineteen people were killed […]
(Eagle News)–Canada on Wednesday, April 24, said it was working toward a “timely resolution” to the wastes that were shipped by a Canadian company to the Philippines. The Canadian embassy issued the statement after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to “declare war” against Canada over the 50 containers of waste from the country that was intercepted by the Bureau of Customs and that has since been languishing here. “A joint technical working group, consisting of officials […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, April 24, said he would issue “dismissal letters” to some government officials who were corrupt. Duterte said he would issue these before he left for China to attend the second Belt and Road forum in Beijing from April 25 to 27. He did not say, however, who would be fired. “Corruption is really — (it) seeps down to the core. You have to have something more than just a […]
(Eagle News)—The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System has imposed a sanction of more than P1 billion on Manila Water over the water shortage that grappled its customers in March. MWSS administrator Reynaldo Velasco said in a radio interview of the P1.134 billion sanction, P534 million represents a fine, and P600 million the fund for a new water source. Manila Water president and CEO Ferdinand dela Cruz said the company would comply with the MWSS decision, […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.7-magnitude quake struck Davao Oriental on Wednesday, April 24. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 63 kilometers northeast of Baganga at 11:43 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 11 kilometers. An Intensity I was recorded in Bislig City, Surigao Del Sur. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected. The Mindanao quake took place after a 6.1-magnitude quake struck Luzon, and a 6.5-magnitude quake hit […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets fluctuated Wednesday following a record-breaking close on Wall Street that was fuelled by strong earnings from US big-hitters. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq scaled all-time highs while the Dow came close after a string of better-than-forecast results from the likes of Coca-Cola, Twitter and Lockheed Martin added to a raft of other recent reports that suggest the economy is in rude health. Markets welcomed “a really great string […]
by Anna MALPAS VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into Russia Wednesday for the first summit with Vladimir Putin, as Pyongyang seeks closer ties with its traditional ally amid a nuclear deadlock with the United States. The meeting on Thursday in the Pacific coast city of Vladivostok will be Kim’s first face-to-face talks with another head of state since his talks with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Joel Embiid led the Philadelphia 76ers into the NBA Eastern Conference playoff semi-finals on Tuesday with 23 points in a 122-120 blowout against the Brooklyn Nets. After an ill-tempered Game Four where Embiid was at the centre of a mass brawl, the Sixers ruthlessly dispatched Brooklyn to claim a 4-1 series victory at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. The Sixers, who will now face the Toronto Raptors in the next […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points as the Toronto Raptors powered into the NBA Eastern Conference playoff semi-finals with a 115-96 demolition of the Orlando Magic on Tuesday. The Raptors sealed a 4-1 victory in the best-of-seven series to set up a meeting with either the Philadelphia 76ers or Brooklyn Nets in the next round, with the Sixers leading their series 3-1. Leonard once again proved to be the talisman […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte said he was grateful the Luzon quake yielded “minimal” effects, even as he condoled with the victims. Duterte made the remark during a security briefing on the quake that has yielded at leas 16 dead, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III had reported the victims would be covered by PhiHealth. The Department of Education, for its part, said only a few schools […]
by Javier TOVAR LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — After nearly two dozen films and billions of dollars in ticket sales around the globe, the Avengers are gearing up for a final time — and their last adventure could shatter all box office records. “Avengers: Endgame” is the final installment of a wildly ambitious 22-film arc featuring the beloved superheroes of the Marvel universe, many of them the creations of late comic book legend Stan […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer appoint a permanent Budget secretary until the end of his term. According to Duterte, he would let Acting Secretary Janet Abuel lead the department as acting secretary until 2022. She is — spent her lifetime counting the money and dividing it among us. So I am not appointing a new — a regular appointment. Si ma’am will just act as OIC until I — in God’s time matapos […]
