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Venezuela cuts workday, extends school cancelation over blackouts

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s government announced Sunday that it is reducing the length of the workday and keeping schools closed due to devastating electricity blackouts plaguing the country. Crippled infrastructure, little investment in the power grid and poor maintenance mean that the widespread blackouts that have hit Venezuela throughout the month of March are likely here to stay. Add to that the country’s economic deep crisis, eye-popping inflation rate and the “brain drain” of […]

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Japan business confidence drops in April: BoJ survey

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Confidence among Japan’s biggest manufacturers fell sharply this quarter, the Bank of Japan’s quarterly business survey showed Monday, suggesting a stuttering recovery for the world’s third-largest economy. The central bank’s April Tankan report — a quarterly survey of about 10,000 companies — showed a reading of 12 among major manufacturers, a steep fall from 19 in the previous quarter. Economists say a slowdown in the Chinese economy was partly to blame, with […]

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Hawks topple short-handed Bucks, Mavs edge Thunder

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Rookie Trae Young drained a buzzer-beating basket to give the Atlanta Hawks a 136-135 NBA overtime victory on Sunday over a depleted Milwaukee Bucks team. The Bucks, with Most Valuable Player candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo resting his sprained ankle, saw Khris Middleton sidelined by a sore left groin while Eric Bledsoe never came off the bench. With five other Bucks absent through injury, Milwaukee had just eight players in action […]

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Turkey’s ruling AKP set for defeat in Ankara vote, dead heat in Istanbul

by Fulya Ozerkan with Raziye Akkoc in Ankara ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AKP appeared headed for defeat in the capital Ankara in Sunday’s local elections, delivering a blow to the party in power for a decade and a half. With 92 percent of the ballot boxes counted, the joint opposition candidate for Ankara mayor was ahead with 50.62 percent of votes and the AKP on 47.20 percent, Anadolu state […]

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Cyclone-hit Mozambique fears cholera epidemic

by Nicolas DELAUNAY BEIRA, Mozambique (AFP) — Doctors and nurses wearing Wellington boots and face masks tended to patients in tents at a hastily-erected treatment center in Beira, Mozambique following the devastation of cyclone Idai and its aftermath. Several dozen patients suspected of having cholera, an infection caused by bacteria, were grouped outside the hospital in the Macurungo neighbourhood according to the severity of their symptoms which can include diarrhoea. “We’re not leaving anything to […]

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Arab leaders condemn US Golan decision at summit

TUNIS, Tunisia (AFP) — Arab leaders slammed the US decision to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory at a summit in Tunis on Sunday, but struggled for further unity as Qatar’s emir left the meeting early. In a final declaration, the Arab League summit said it “affirmed that the Golan is occupied Syrian territory according to international law, the decisions of the United Nations and the Security Council”. A separate statement dedicated solely to […]

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Japan’s Emperor Akihito ends reign marked by modernization

by Hiroshi HIYAMA TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s outgoing Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko dramatically modernized the tradition-bound monarchy, bringing themselves closer to the public and boosting popular support for the household. Akihito has broken new ground with everything from his decision to marry for love to his outspoken calls for peace and expressions of regret over Japan’s wartime role. His approach has at times unsettled those who view the emperor as a divine priest […]

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DFA seeks kin of OFW found suffering from amnesia in China

(Eagle News)—The Department of Foreign Affairs is looking for the kin of an Overseas Filipino Worker found suffering from amnesia in China. In a statement, the DFA urged the public to provide the department with information on the kin of a  Richard Soriano, who was repatriated on Friday, March 29. The DFA said Soriano had been left in a hospital in the country where he used to work. The DFA urged individuals to contact the […]

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DPWH inaugurates new road in Army HQ; names it after first fallen soldier in Marawi siege

(Eagle News)–The Department of Public Works and Highways has inaugurated a new road in Camp Aguinaldo and named it after the first fallen soldier in the Marawi siege. The 435-meter linear concrete roadway in the Army headquarters in Taguig was named JC Morales Ave. on Friday, March 29, to honor First Lieutenant John Carl Morales. Morales was the company commander of the 49th infantry who led his men in a six-hour firefight with Maute terrorists […]

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Leftist lawmakers slam killings in police operations in Negros Oriental

(Eagle News)–Leftist lawmakers on Sunday, March 31, slammed the killing of 14 people in Negros Oriental in separate police operations on Saturday, March 30. “The state-sanctioned terror act should be condemned by all sectors as [President Rodrigo] Duterte and his warmonger minions are hell bent to impose martial rule in a nationwide scale,” Anakpawis partlyist Rep. Ariel Casilao said, saying the President’s Memorandum Circular 32 which sought to increase troops in provinces where there is […]

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2.6-magnitude quake jolts Ilocos Norte

(Eagle News)–A 2.6-magnitude earthquake struck Ilocos Norte on Sunday, March 31. The quake struck 11 kilometers northwest of Pagudpud at 11:22 a.m. The quake, which was of tectonic origin, had a depth of focus of 30 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.

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14 killed, 12 arrested in police operations in Negros Oriental

Kabataan slams killings; says many killed were farmers (Eagle News)–Fourteen people were killed in separate police operations in Negros Oriental on Saturday, March 30. A report from the Philippine National Police said eight were killed in Canlaon, four in Manjuyod and two in Sta. Catalina. The report identified the fatalities as Gene Palmares, Eric Acabal, Ano Enojo Rapada, Gonzalo Rosales, Steve Arapoc, Manolo Martin, Sunny Palagtiw, Franklin Lariosa, Melchor Panared, Mario Pañares, Edgardo Avelino and […]

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