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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) — Ethiopian Airlines said Monday it had grounded its Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet after a crash that killed 149 passengers and eight crew. “Following the tragic accident of ET 302… Ethiopian Airlines has decided to ground all B-737-8 MAX fleet effective yesterday, March 10, until further notice,” the state-owned carrier said in a statement released on Twitter. “Although we don’t yet know the cause of the accident, we have […]
(Eagle News)—“We will let the law take its course.” This was the Palace’s reaction to the Court of Appeals decision to affirm its earlier ruling in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision against Rappler. “As we said, any case that has been filed before the courts, we will not interfere,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Panelo also reiterated press freedom had nothing to do with the Rappler’s case before the SEC, which ruled […]
(Eagle News) – The water level of seven of the country’s nine dams being monitored by PAGASA continued to drop as of Monday morning, March 11, with one dam, La Mesa, already breaching its critical level. As of 6 a.m., PAGASA monitoring showed that Angat, Ipo, La Mesa, Binga, San Roque, Pantabangan, and Magat dams have all gone below its level the previous day. But La Mesa dam, which provides water to 97 percent […]
(Eagle News)–The Court of Appeals has denied Rappler Inc.’s and Rappler Holdings Corp.’s motion for it to reconsider its upholding of a Securities and Exchange Commission decision that ruled the two violated constitutional restrictions on foreign ownership of mass media. In denying the motion for partial reconsideration, the former special twelfth division noted the petitioners did not raise any new matter or issue. “While there is no denying that a full compliance with the procedure […]
by Greg Heakes LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Phoenix guard Devin Booker scored 37 points as the Suns snapped an 18-game losing streak to the two-time defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors with a 115-111 victory on Sunday. Golden State had no answer for Booker’s late charge as the American scored 13 consecutive points during a key fourth quarter stretch for the Suns. The win ended the league’s longest active losing streak to one […]
INDIAN WELLS, United States (AFP) — World number two Rafael Nadal raced into the third round of the ATP Indian Wells Masters as Roger Federer made a less speedy but still successful start to his quest for a sixth title on Sunday. Nadal, a three-time Indian Wells winner, needed just 72 minutes to get past overmatched Jared Donaldson 6-1, 6-1. Federer, who is seeking to break out of a tie with top seed Novak Djokovic […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — A plane crash in Colombia killed 12 people on Saturday, including a mayor and her family, aviation and emergency services said. The Douglas DC-3 aircraft, an American-made twin-engine propeller plane that was first produced in the 1930s, crashed in the center-east of the country on a flight between the towns of San Jose del Guaviare and Villavicencio. A fire department official told AFP it then caught fire. “Unfortunately… there were no […]
(Eagle News)—Around 300 personnel from the Philippine National Police’s Highway Patrol Group are set to be deployed to help in traffic enforcement in the country. The commitment to deploy the policemen in support of “wider, more sustained and intensified” Inter-agency Council for Traffic (iACT) enforcement operations was contained in an agreement signed by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año. Earlier this March, Tugade also ordered the deployment of Philippine Coast Guard for […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets were mixed Monday as bargain-buying from last week’s sharp losses was offset by a weak US jobs report and ongoing concerns about the global economy. Investors ran for the hills Friday after the European Central Bank slashed its growth and inflation forecasts, and China announced a plunge in exports and imports. Later that day the Labor Department said the US economy created just 20,000 jobs last month, a […]
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP) — A Malaysian court Monday freed an Indonesian woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s half-brother after prosecutors withdrew the murder charge against her. Siti Aisyah had been accused alongside Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam of killing Kim Jong Nam by smearing VX nerve agent on his face at Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017, in a brazen Cold War-style hit that shocked the world. “Siti Aisyah […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Monday ordered domestic airlines to suspend the commercial operation of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, citing the Ethiopian Airlines crash and another deadly accident of that same model in Indonesia. Noting the “similarities” between the two accidents, China’s Civil Aviation Administration said domestic airlines had until 6:00 pm local time (1000 GMT) to ground all 737 MAX 8 aircraft. It said operation of the model will only resume after […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn is seeking court permission to attend a board meeting at the Japanese automaker while out on bail, local media reported Monday. Ghosn wants to attend a Tuesday meeting at the company’s headquarters in the city of Yokohama, Kyodo news agency reported, citing one of his lawyers. The office of Ghosn’s lead lawyer Junichiro Hironaka declined to comment. Nissan said it could not confirm that Ghosn was […]
