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by Samir TOUNSI Agence France-Presse BUTEMBO, DR Congo (AFP) – Evelyne was one of the first victims of the Ebola epidemic which broke out in eastern DR Congo last August, the second deadliest in its known history. Against the odds, the nurse not only survived the hemorrhagic virus, whose outbreak has claimed nearly 700 lives, but has also returned to the fray. After receiving a vaccination, Evelyne is now tending Ebola-affected children — part of a […]
by Jonah Mandel Agence France-Presse MOTZA ILLIT, Israel (AFP) – Eyal Vardi has voted for Israel’s Labour party for most of his adult life, but the 60-year-old wants to support a winner in April 9 elections. Attending a recent open house for a candidate for another party in an affluent community west of Jerusalem, Vardi points out that Labour has all but abandoned its left-wing roots anyway. He’ll vote for the centrist Blue and White party […]
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) – India’s alpha-male Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces three formidable women looking to spoil his chances of winning a new term in elections beginning next week. AFP profiles them here: ‘Big sis’ Feisty and fiery Mamata Banerjee is the first female chief minister of the eastern state of West Bengal — home to more people than Germany — where Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) needs to […]
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AFP) – Dozens of activists linked to the Hirak protest movement that rocked northern Morocco in 2016 and 2017 had prison sentences of up to 20 years upheld by a court of appeal on Friday. The ruling against the 42 protesters in the western city of Casablanca was met with cries of “corrupt state” from relatives. The Al-Hirak al-Shaabi, or “Popular Movement”, protests took hold in the country’s marginalized Rif region in October 2016. […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) — The world, it seems, is soon to see the first picture of a black hole. On Wednesday, astronomers across the globe will hold “six major press conferences” simultaneously to announce the first results of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which was designed precisely for that purpose. It has been a long wait. Of all the forces or objects in the Universe that we cannot see […]
(Eagle News)–A 2.7-magnitude earthquake struck Quezon on Saturday, April 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 62 kilometers northeast of Patnanungan at 9:01 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 11 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)—Most Filipinos disagree that the Chinese government has good intentions for Filipinos, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. According to the Fourth Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey done from December 16-19, 2018, 44 percent of Filipino adults disagree with the statement, “Most of what the Chinese government wants to happen in the Philippines is good for the Filipinos.” The survey found only 27% agree with the statement, and 29% are undecided about the matter. […]
(Eagle News)—-The Department of Public Works and Highways has advised motorists to use alternate routes as several roads in Metro Manila were expected to undergo repair and reblocking from April 5 to 8. The DPWH said the repair and reblocking on these roads started on Friday, April 5, at 11 p.m. and will end on Monday, April 8, at 5 a.m. EDSA EDSA southbound from New York Street to before Monte de Piedad, Quezon City, […]
(Eagle News)—Isolated thunderstorms are expected in parts of the country today, April 6, as the easterlies affect the archipelago. Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers are expected in Mindanao, Eastern and Central Visayas, and Bicol Region, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. The weather bureau said flash floods during severe thunderstorms are also possible. Partly cloudy skies on the other hand will prevail over Metro Manila and the rest of […]
By Carlo Valdez EBC New Jersey Bureau BROOKLYN, New York (Eagle News) — A playoff contention preview, or maybe not. The Brooklyn Nets tried to rally to beat the second best team in the NBA, the Toronto Raptors, but fell short losing 115-105 to their Atlantic Division rivals on Wednesday. D’Angelo Russell led the Nets with 27 points but it wasn’t enough against All-Star Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors. Russell heated up in the fourth […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Maria Sison believes President Rodrigo Duterte cannot declare a revolutionary war because he is a “bureaucrat capitalist of the worst kind” in the first place. “Duterte cannot engage in a revolutionary war because he is a counterrevolutionary agent of foreign monopoly capitalists, big compradors and big landlords,” Sison said in a statement. According to Sison, Duterte “should not misappropriate and besmirch the noble calling of revolutionary.” […]
(Eagle News)—-Improve operations or the military takes over. President Rodrigo Duterte issued this warning after the government said it would drop negotiations with a consortium eyeing to rehabilitate the airport if an agreement was not reached by April 30. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said the Department of Transportation would take over the rehabilitation if this was the case. “Yang NAIA na ‘yan ‘pag hindi kayo nag-improve diyan, magtake-over diyan Air Force. ‘Yan lang ang paraan […]
