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Duterte dissolves gov’t panel leading peace talks with Communist rebels

(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte has dissolved the government panel that leads peace talks with the Communist rebels. President Duterte ended the appointments of panel chair Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and of members Hernani Branganza, Rene Sarmiento, Antonio Arellano, and Angela Librado-Trinidad through letters signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea dated March 18. The letters said this was following the termination of peace talks in November 2017. Duterte ended peace talks with the Communist rebels, […]

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Duterte signs EO funding 4th tranche of salary hike for gov’t workers

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order allowing for the funding of the fourth tranche of the salary hike of government workers. Under EO No. 76, Duterte said the tranche should be charged against “any available appropriations” under the 2018 national budget pending the passage of the 2019 national budget. The passage of this year’s national budget has been stalled due to the budget impasse between the House of Representatives and the Senate. […]

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Syrian refugee father and son laid to rest as New Zealand burials start

  by Glenda KWEK / Daniel DE CARTERET Agence France Presse CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) — A Syrian refugee and his son who fled the chaos of their homeland only to meet tragedy in New Zealand were buried on Wednesday in the first funerals of those killed in the mosque massacres. Hundreds of mostly Muslim mourners gathered at a cemetery in the southern city of Christchurch to lay to rest Khalid Mustafa and his 15-year-old […]

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Vegas Golden Knights dominate Edmonton Oilers, earn 6-3 victory

  By Henry Nery EBC Las Vegas Bureau LAS VEGAS (Eagle News) – Jonathan Marchessault scored two goals and goalie Malcolm Subban saved 16 of 19 shots as the Vegas Golden Knights defeat the Edmonton Oilers 6-3 on Sunday. The Golden Knights displayed their offense by scoring six goals and their defense by only allowing 19 shots the whole game. Head Coach, Gerard Gallant took notice of the team’s momentum on the Oilers. “I thought […]

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Andaya: House leadership to retrieve 2019 budget books from Senate; team formed to resolve contentious issues

  (Eagle News) – The leadership of the House of Representatives has decided to retrieve the 2019 budget documents it had submitted to the Senate in an attempt to resolve the long-standing budget impasse. In a statement, appropriations panel chair Rolando Andaya Jr., said that the Secretary General had been sent to the Senate “retrieve the budget books.” But he clarified that this does not mean that the House was “withdrawing of backtracking” from their […]

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Bayer shares plunge on new US cancer ruling

  FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — Shares in German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer plunged as markets opened Wednesday, after a second US jury ruled that blockbuster pesticide Roundup — made by recently-acquired Monsanto — causes cancer. The Leverkusen-based group’s stock toppled 11.6 percent to 61.60 euros ($69.88) at around 09:40 am in Frankfurt (0840 GMT), making it the worst performer on the DAX index of blue-chip German shares. On Tuesday a California jury […]

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Indonesia flood death toll tops 100, dozens still missing

  SENTANI, Indonesia (AFP) — The death toll from flash floods and landslides that tore through Indonesia’s Papua region has topped 100 with dozens more still missing, the disaster agency said Wednesday. Nearly 10,000 people have moved to shelters while at least 104 victims are confirmed to have died and 79 are unaccounted for in the aftermath of the disaster, triggered by heavy rain on Saturday. Scores have suffered injuries, including cuts and broken bones, […]

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DILG says cases already filed against 46 narco-politicians named by Duterte before Ombudsman

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has already filed complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman against the 46 incumbent government officials tagged as “narco-politicians” who had been earlier named by President Rodrigo Duterte. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said his department filed the charges against these narco-politicians last Thursday, March 14 acting upon the orders of the President. It was only after the filing of cases that President Duterte […]

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Australian priest charged with sex abuse of boy: police

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian police said on Wednesday they had charged a Catholic priest with indecent assault of a 15-year-old boy more than two decades ago, the latest member of the clergy caught in the church’s global sex-abuse scandal. The announcement comes a week after disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell was sentenced in Melbourne to six years in prison for the sexual abuse of two choirboys. Police said the 61-year-old man, whose identity was […]

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Watch: Fire hits residential area in Bgy Damayang Lagi, Quezon City

  (Eagle News) — Firemen are now battling a raging fire in a residential area in Bgy. Damayang Lagi near E. Rodriguez, Quezon City. The fire Wednesday afternoon, March 20, showed the blaze as seen from a road a few blocks away. The fire started at 1:27 p.m, and reached Task Force Alpha, around 2 p.m., according to the Bureau of Fire Protection in Quezon City  

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New Zealand PM urges global action on social media perils

  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday called for a global response to the dangers of social media as the Muslim community began burying their dead five days after the twin-mosques massacre. A white supremacist gunman streamed his 17 minutes of carnage in which he is accused of killing 50 Muslim worshippers during their Friday prayers. Facebook said the livestream from Christchurch was viewed fewer than 200 times […]

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BPI Family Savings Bank launches first and only housing loan in the Philippines with a free savings account

By Caesar Vallejos OPEN FOR BUSINESS, Eagle News Service The Philippines’ largest thrift bank, the BPI Family Savings Bank (BFSB), launched the one and only housing loan in the country that provides clients with a savings account. The savings account is “on us, free – equivalent to P10,000 for every 1M housing loan and clients can choose from three deposit products” of the bank, BPI Family Savings President Ginbee Go announced in a media roundtable […]

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