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by Phil HAZLEWOOD ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015 on a wave of hope that he could defeat Boko Haram Islamists and turn around a country blighted by decades of corruption and poor governance. But while he will go down in history as Nigeria’s first opposition candidate to defeat an incumbent, his first term was dominated by questions about his fitness to govern. From May 2016 until mid-2017, Buhari […]
These images showed US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their second historic meeting on denuclearization in Vietnam on Thursday, February 27. In Hanoi, the two leaders talked comfortably and warmly, clasping hands and appearing to share jokes as reporters shouted questions. Trump described Kim as a “great leader” and said his country had “tremendous economic potential, unbelievable, unlimited” as he vowed to “help” North Korea achieve […]
(Eagle News) — A Filipino student drowned off Australian waters on Monday, Feb. 25. The Department of Foreign Affairs did not give a name but said the 24-year-old victim who drowned off Flinders Beach in North Stradbroke Island was studying at Queensford College in Brisbane, based on a report from Ambassador to Australia Ma. Hellen De la Vega. The DFA extended its condolences to the victim’s family, who has requested its assistance in the repatriation […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a Department of Health doctor in a buy-bust operation in Mandaluyong on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Apart from Dr. Vanjoe de Guzman, medical officer IV at the DOH National Capital Region office, also arrested in the midnight operation in his own unit in California Garden Condominium in Barangay Highway Hills were Keanu Andrea Flores, a varsity lawn tennis player at Colegio de San Juan de Letran; and Francis […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Feb. 27, released the list of members of the newly formed Bangsamoro Transition Authority that will serve as the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao government from 2019 to the 2022 polls. The appointment papers of the following were signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Feb. 22, the same day they took their oath of office: Murad Ebrahim Ghazali Jaafar Ali Solaiman Mohagher Iqbal Abdulraof Macacua Ibrahim Ali […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Feb. 28, expressed hope telecommunications companies would exert their best efforts to improve the citizens’ complaint hotline 8888. Ina statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo noted Executive Order No. 6, which institutionalized the hotline to allow members of the public to air their complaints about government in general, was among the first executive orders issued by the President. “Before the issuance of Executive Order No. 6, public avenues for […]
(Eagle News) — “Wutip” has intensified into a severe tropical storm as it moved closer to the Philippine Area of Responsibility. In its latest weather update, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the center of “Wutip” was seen 1750 kilometers east of Central Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 110 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 135 kilometers per hour. PAGASA had said “Wutip,” which is moving west northwestward, may […]
by Richard CARTER / Sebastien BERGER HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — After warm greetings and a “social dinner”, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un get down to business Thursday, with formal summit talks aimed at breaking the deadlock over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. The two men who once traded personal insults and threats of destruction are holding their second meeting in eight months, with analysts warning it needs to produce more substance […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks mostly fell Wednesday amid uncertainty over trade and an escalating Indian-Pakistan conflict as the British pound rallied for a second session. An Asian market rally ran out of steam after Pakistan said it had shot down two Indian jets in its airspace in Kashmir, fueling concerns of conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals. While both sides have sought to play down the threat of war, the rare aerial […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington voiced regret Wednesday that the United States has not condemned India’s air incursion, saying the stance “emboldened” New Delhi. With the nuclear-armed rivals shooting down each other’s warplanes in their worst crisis in years, Pakistani Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan said the United States should have pinned blame on India. “It is construed and understood as an endorsement of the Indian position and that is what emboldened […]
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US public health experts sounded the alarm Wednesday over a resurgence of measles in recent years, principally in communities where people reject vaccinations and obtain exemptions for religious or “personal” reasons. Six outbreaks of the disease have been reported in the United States since January 1, totalling 159 cases, in the states of Washington, Colorado and New York. Since 2000, between 50 or several […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido is due to meet Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Thursday, sources from both camps said. Guaido, recognized as interim president by 50 countries, will travel to the Brazilian capital on Wednesday evening from Colombia, where he has stayed since Friday despite a travel ban imposed by the regime of Venezuela’s socialist leader Nicolas Maduro. Brazil and Colombia are Guaido allies that have been […]
