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Light rains to prevail in parts of PHL as northeast monsoon affects Luzon, Visayas

(Eagle News)—-Light rains are expected in some parts of the country as the northeast monsoon affects Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Bicol Region, Eastern Visayas and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will experience partly to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Mindanao, on the other hand, will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers caused by localized thunderstorms. Metro Manila and the rest of the […]

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Bashir declares year-long state of emergency across Sudan

by Jay DESHMUKH / Abdelmoneim ABU IDRIS ALI Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declared a nationwide state of emergency on Friday and dissolved the government in an effort to quell weeks of demonstrations that have rocked his iron-fisted rule. Deadly protests have broken out across the east African country since the government tripled the price of bread on December 19, with demonstrators accusing the government of mismanaging the nation’s economy and calling on the veteran leader […]

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Venezuela’s Guaido defies travel ban as aid row turns deadly

by Rodrigo Almonacid with Esteban Rojas in Urena Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido claimed the military helped him defy a travel ban by the government of President Nicolas Maduro as he joined thousands over the Colombian border on Friday for a charity concert to push for humanitarian aid deliveries. Maduro is trying to prevent food and medicines, mainly from the US, from entering the country as tensions over access to the supplies turned deadly elsewhere. […]

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Trump rules out reducing US troops from South Korea

President Donald Trump on Friday ruled out reducing US forces from South Korea as part of a deal in his upcoming summit with North Korea. “No, it’s not. That is not one of the things on the table,” Trump said when asked if he would consider pulling some of the 28,500 troops from South Korea. Trump, answering questions as he met at the White House with a senior Chinese official, said that he would not […]

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SWS: Number of families victimized by any common crime rises

(Eagle News)–The number of families who reported being victimized by any common crimes within the past six months has increased, a Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the Fourth Quarter 2018 Social Weather Survey, done on December 16-19, 2018, the 7.6% or an estimated 1.8 million families reporting victimization by either pickpocket or robbery of personal property, break-ins, carnapping, and physical violence was 1.5 points above the 6.1% (or an estimated 1.4 million) in […]

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Vietnam readying for Kim train arrival next week: sources

Vietnamese authorities are preparing for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to arrive by train next week ahead of his summit with US president Donald Trump, several sources told AFP Friday. The leaders are slated to meet in Hanoi on February 27-28 to follow up on their first meeting last June in Singapore that ended with vaguely worded commitments on dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Sources told AFP that Kim was expected to arrive by train […]

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Superstar R. Kelly charged with sex abuse, including against minors

by Nova Safo, with Maggy Donaldson in New York R&B superstar R. Kelly was charged Friday in Chicago with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sex abuse against four victims, three of them minors. A judge approved a no-bail arrest warrant for the 52-year-old, a Cook County clerk told AFP, a major development in the Kelly saga that has seen him for decades accused of child pornography, sex with minors, operating a sex cult and sexual […]

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Saudi crown prince meets Chinese president, bags oil deal

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday and bagged a $10-billion oil deal, pressing on with his diplomatic charm offensive in Asia following a global outcry over the Khashoggi killing. Mohammed arrived in Beijing on Thursday following visits to Pakistan and India, showing the world that his country still has allies after the grisly murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. “China is a good […]

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Pompeo to visit Philippines amid China flirtation

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel next week to the Philippines, the State Department said Friday, as the former US colony increasingly flirts with regional giant China. Pompeo will travel to Manila on February 28 and March 1 for talks with President Rodrigo Duterte, State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said. The top US diplomat will be paying the visit on his way back from Hanoi where he is joining President Donald Trump for […]

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Duterte defends Andanar’s attendance at PDP-Laban sortie

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Feb. 22, defended Communications Secretary Martin Andanar’s attendance at a PDP-Laban sortie. According to Duterte, Andanar, the son of  Wencelito Andanar, a PDP-Laban stalwart, was exempted from the ban on government officials campaigning as he was an “ideologue” whose guidance was crucial. “The law says they can campaign,” Duterte said. He said he “did not allow the other members because they might, they will be campaigning if they want […]

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7.5 magnitude quake hits Ecuador; strong aftershocks reported

  (Eagle News) — A magnitude 7.5 rocked Ecuador, 115 kilometers east southeast of the town of Palora in the Morona Santiago province on Friday, just before dawn, at 4:17 a.m. (6:17 p.m. Philippine time, 10:17 UTC or Coordinated Universal Time) The quake had a depth of 132.4 kilometers, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. The quake struck before dawn in Ecuador’s eastern […]

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After Germany summoned PHL envoy, Locsin seeks meeting with German ambassador

(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin wants a meeting with the German ambassador after Germany’s  Federal Foreign Office summoned the Philippine envoy for his supposed defense of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Nazis statement in 2016. “Yes, what now? Berlin embassy is handling it; I already told them to tell the German Foreign Ministry to send the German ambassador to me because I’d rather finish my own fights than have others do it,” Locsin said […]

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