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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets were mixed Thursday after the Federal Reserve left open the possibility it could lift interest rates this year, while investors kept an optimistic eye on China-US trade talks. Equities and other risk assets have enjoyed a stellar start to the year on hopes for the negotiations as well as expectations the US central bank will slow its pace of monetary tightening — with some even tipping a cut […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Pop rockers The 1975 stole the show at British pop music’s annual celebration on Wednesday, winning the coveted Best Album Brit award with US singer Pink also honored. The Manchester four-piece claimed the prize for their raw number one album “A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships” ahead of Florence + The Machine and indie singer George Ezra. The band also claimed the best British group award — speaking out against […]
by Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — “Strike for climate”. With that simple plea, 16-year-old Swede Greta Thunberg has inspired children worldwide to boycott classes under the anxious gaze of adults who don’t quite know how to react. Every Friday since August, Greta, as she is known to all, has staked out a spot in front of parliament in Stockholm, demanding that her government step up the fight against climate change. In […]
(Eagle News) — Pinaghahanda ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration-Department of Science and Technology (PAGASA-DOST) ang publiko sa pananalasa ng El Niño sa bansa. Sa kasalukuyan ay may umiiral ng mahinang El Niño sa tropical Pacific na tinatawag na meteorological drought ng PAGASA dahil nagdudulot ito ng kabawasan o kakulangan sa ulan. Ayon kay PAGASA Administrator Dr. Vicente Malano, malaki ang porsyento na mabubuo ang El Niño sa buwang ito. Ilang lugar sa […]
by Nova Safo US police on Wednesday charged a TV actor with lying to authorities about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack on the streets of Chicago. Jussie Smollett, a gay and black actor who stars in the Fox network drama “Empire,” is facing felony criminal charges of disorderly conduct and filing a false police report. He claimed that on January 29, two masked men beat him late at night in downtown […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has created a task force to expedite the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. Under Administrative Order No. 16 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Feb. 19, the secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is chair of the task force, while the secretaries of the Departments of the Interior and Local Government and of Tourism are the vice-chairpersons. Other members of the task force include the heads of […]
(Eagle News) — Naghahanap ka ba ng budget-friendly get away ngayong summer? Hanap mo ba ay maputi at pinong buhangin, asul na tubig dagat at rock formation na perfect para sa iyong Instagram post? Halina’t pasyalan ang Buktot Beach sa Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. Tinawag itong “Buktot” dahil sa hugis ng bundok sa tabi nito na animo’y kuba. Pwede itong akyatin sa loob lamang ng sampung minuto at mula sa itaas ay makikita ang ganda ng […]
Full operations eyed in 2025 (Eagle News) — The country’s first subway is expected to be partially operational in 2022. The Department of Transportation made the announcement in a Facebook post on Thursday, Feb. 21. The DOTr said during that time, the first three stations of the Metro Manila Subway–Quirino Highway, Tandang Sora and North Ave.—will be operational. The remaining 13 stations of the subway system that is expected to link Mindanao Ave. in Quezon City […]
(Eagle News) — Binatikos ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si Senador Antonio Trillanes IV sa pagkakaugnay ng public perception sa pagbaba ng bilang ng mga drug addict na bahagi ng kampanya ng gobyerno kontra droga. Sinabi ito ng Pangulo sa kaniyang pagdalo sa isang pagtitipon sa Davao City. “Some critic, a senator, s****d Trillanes said there are no more [drug addicts] because they are dead and so? Are you not happy that I am doing it […]
(Eagle News) — A member of the Philippine Coast Guard was arrested after the officer allegedly extorted money from businessmen for supposedly lacking the necessary documents for the yacht they owned. In a statement on Thursday, Feb. 21, the Department of Transportation said Ensign Allison Tindog, operations officer of the Coast Guard District of Palawan, was nabbed in an entrapment operation conducted by National Bureau Investigation operatives in Puerto Princesa on Tuesday, Feb. 19. This […]
by Chris Lefkow A US Coast Guard officer who espoused white supremacist views and drafted a target list of Democratic politicians and prominent media figures has been arrested on firearms and drug charges. Christopher Paul Hasson, 49, an admirer of Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, was arrested last week and a powerful arsenal seized from his home in a Washington suburb, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. “The defendant intends to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely […]
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — A senior nun has spoken out for the first time about priests sexually abusing nuns in staunchly Catholic Poland following an an unprecedented public admission by Pope Francis. Mother Superior Joanna Olech was speaking after the pontiff earlier this month admitted that priest have used nuns as “sexual slaves” — and may still be doing so. “The problem of sexual abuse committed by priests against nuns has also existed in […]
