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OGASSOGOU, Mali (AFP) — Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita vowed Monday to beef up security as he visited a village where more some 160 people were killed by suspected militiamen from a rival ethnic group. “We need security here — this is your mission,” Keita said, giving a public order to military chief General Aboulaye Coulibaly, who was abruptly appointed on Sunday after the massacre. “Justice will be done,” he vowed. The deadly raid took […]
by Leila MACOR MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The community of Parkland was grieving Monday after a second student took their life a little over a year following the shooting at the Florida town’s high school that left 17 people dead. As Parkland was mourning, the authorities said the father of a child killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, had apparently committed suicide. Jeremy Richman, 49, lost his […]
by Marc BURLEIGH / Guillaume DECAMME CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — A new blackout hit many regions in Venezuela including much of Caracas on Monday, sowing alarm two weeks after a nationwide outage that paralyzed the country. The power cut in the capital occurred at 1:28 pm (1720 GMT) and knocked out electricity in the city center. Cellphone signals were also disrupted and television was blanked out. Shops hastily lowered shutters, fearing looters. A Venezuelan newspaper […]
by Sakher Abou El Oun GAZA CITY, Palestinian City (AFP) — Israeli air strikes hit sites across the Gaza Strip on Monday in retaliation for a rare rocket attack that hit a house near Tel Aviv, before Hamas said a ceasefire was reached. Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the Gaza Strip, said Egypt had brokered the ceasefire following the escalation that came just two weeks before Israel’s April 9 elections. Israel, whose strikes began […]
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada has granted asylum to a woman who helped Edward Snowden hide in Hong Kong after his leaks exposed US global surveillance programs, a refugee rights association said Monday. Vanessa Rodel and her 7-year-old daughter Keana were scheduled to arrive in Toronto later Monday on a flight from Hong Kong, the non-profit organization For the Refugees said. Rodel was among a group of people who sheltered Snowden, a former CIA employee […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — President Nicolas Maduro’s government said Monday that a new blackout across much of the country was an “attack” against the electricity system, adding that work was being carried out to bring back power. Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez said on state television that the attack targeted the country’s principal hydroelectric plant, Guri, as in the last, nationwide blackout that hit Venezuela earlier this month. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News)–For the Palace, the late Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago’s election as International Criminal Court judge was void from the start. “If the position is we’ve never been a state party, then logically it is void unless the international court says it is not,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Asked why Raul Pangalangan, who currently sits as a judge in the tribunal, was never pulled out, Panelo said “we don’t have to pull out anybody […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, March 25, said those who feel the law requiring motorcycles to have bigger and color-coded license plates was unconstitutional can raise the issue before the courts. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the comment as the government stood firm the law recently signed by President Rodrigo Duterte would be implemented without fear or favor. “Everyone should comply. No exception,” Panelo said. Panelo issued the statement days after around 50,000 motorcycle riders […]
by Roland JACKSON Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Stock markets slid Monday, with Asia taking the heaviest hit, as investors took flight on mounting fears of a sharp global economic slowdown. Investors shrugged off news that an investigation found no evidence of collusion between US President Donald Trump’s election campaign and Russia. On currency markets, the British pound faced fresh selling pressure with Prime Minister Theresa May’s political future hanging in […]
(Eagle News) – The government’s top lawyer said that the Philippine government’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court will have “no effect in our justice system.” In a statement, Solicitor General Jose C. Calida, said that the country’s withdrawal from the Rome Statute does not have any adverse effect on the country’s justice system. “The Philippine justice system functions independently with or without membership in the ICC. Hence, the withdrawal of the Philippines from […]
(Eagle News) — Expect another round of fuel price increase on Tuesday, March 26, starting 6 a.m., with gasoline up by 65 centavos per liter, while kerosene and diesel up by another 10 centavos per liter. This is the seventh consecutive week of price increase implemented by petroleum companies in the country, in reaction to increase in world crude prices. Shell, Eastern Petroleum, PTT Philippines. Petron, Petro Gazz, Caltex, Flying V and Jetti have […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — A man who allegedly stabbed a priest in front of his congregation live on television during mass at Canada’s biggest church was charged Saturday with attempted murder and assault with a weapon. Vlad Cristian Eremia, 26, appeared briefly by video link in a Montreal court on Saturday afternoon, sporting a beard and wearing a checked shirt. He will remain in custody, with his next hearing on Monday. The suspect is […]
