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Palace questions anew Facebook’s choice of Rappler as third party fact-checker

(Eagle News) –The Palace on Wednesday, Feb. 13, questioned anew Facebook’s choice of Rappler as its third party fact-checker. In a statement issued after Rappler’s chief executive officer and executive editor Maria Ressa was arrested for cyberlibel, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Palace found it “ironic” that Facebook, which he said has “transformed into a platform where netizens exercise their right to free speech” and has “resolve in combating disinformation, misinformation and all kinds […]

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National strike brings Belgium to standstill

  by Alex Pigman Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Belgium slowed to a standstill on Wednesday as a national strike closed airports, shuttered businesses and caused major disruption to railways. The strike, called by three unions, severely disrupted the country’s public transport, particularly in Brussels, where a meeting of NATO ministers was set to take place. The strike affected post offices, schools, hospitals, waste collection, but also companies and shopping centres. In the […]

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Thousands protest against job losses in South Africa

  DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) — Thousands of South African workers staged nationwide demonstrations on Wednesday to protest high unemployment and government policies that they say have failed to create jobs and are deepening poverty. Workers dressed in red t-shirts, showing their loyalty to the trade union movement, gathered in the southeastern port city of Durban, Johannesburg and other locations for open-air rallies three months ahead of the country’s general election. Companies in South Africa, […]

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Palace welcomes SC dismissal of Pamatong petition seeking Duterte’s ouster

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Feb. 13, welcomed the Supreme Court’s dismissal of Elly Pamatong’s petition that seeks to oust Rodrigo Duterte as president. “We have treated such petition at the outset as without basis in fact and in law. The Supreme Court has validated our view on the matter,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, Pamatong’s “allegation that he assumed the presidency last June 30, 2016 is nothing but fantasy.” “Neither can […]

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Comelec dismisses disqualification cases vs Pimentel

(Eagle News)–The Commission on Elections has junked the two disqualification cases filed against Senator Koko Pimentel, paving the way for him to run for a Senate seat unhampered in the May elections. In junking the cases filed by lawyer Ferdinand Topacio and former Rep. Glenn Chong against him, the Comelec ruled Pimentel’s term had been interrupted when Juan Miguel Zubiri served  for four years as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 elections. It was […]

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Updated: NBI arrests Rappler CEO Ressa for cyberlibel

(Eagle News) – Rappler’s CEO Maria Ressa was served an arrest warrant late Wednesday afternoon by the National Bureau of Investigation agents for a cyber libel case. Rappler, in a tweet, said that the NBI agents served the arrest warrant at around 5 p.m. Rappler also tweeted that they were prevented by the NBI agents from taking a video while the arrest warrant was being served. Chay Hofilena, head of Rappler’s Investigative Desk, said that […]

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Criminal raps to be filed vs suspects in San Fernando, Cebu Mayor Reluya ambush

(Eagle News) – Criminal charges are slated to be filed against a former village councilor and another for their alleged roles in the ambush of San Fernando, Cebu Mayor Lakambini Reluya. To be charged with murder and attempted murder were Jerome Labitad and former Maghaway, Talisay City village councilor Felix Abacajan Jr. The two are still at large. Reluya and several others were on board a vehicle in Talisay when they were ambushed by unidentified men on […]

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4.9-magnitude quake jolts Surigao del Norte

(Eagle News) — A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao del Norte on Wednesday, Feb. 13. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake struck 43 kilometers southeast of General Luna at 2:50 p.m. Depth of focus was 9 kilometers, PHIVOLCS said. According to PHIVOLCS, Intensity IV was felt in General Luna and Burgos in Surigao del Norte; Intensity III in Tandag, Surigao del Sur; and Intensity II in Butuan City; Mainit in Surigao del […]

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WHO notes record number of people with measles in Europe in 2018, even with increased immunization

(Eagle News) — The World Health Organization said that a “record number of people” were also affected by measles even in Europe last year, even as it noted increased vaccination of children that year. In a report, WHO is urging European countries to address the “immunization gaps” by targeted interventions as it noted that measles killed 72 children and adults in the European Region last year, and the virus infected more than 82,000 people in […]

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Masbate town mayor, vice mayor face raps after raids in their house, resort yield guns, explosives

(Eagle News)—Charges are slated to be filed against the mayor and vice mayor of a town in Masbate after raids of their residence and resort yielded firearms and explosives. The charges for illegal possession of the same are slated to be filed against Batuan Mayor Charmax Jan Yuson and his father, Vice Mayor Charlie Yuson III, who were not in  the mayor’s house nor in the Yuson Beach Resort when the searches were conducted there on […]

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Diokno to Andaya: Name gov’t official who supposedly received illegal commissions from contractors

(Eagle News) — Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday, Feb. 13, dared Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. to reveal the name of the supposed high-ranking government official who received illegal commissions from contractors who already won contracts. Diokno issued the statement after Andaya claimed the “favored contractors” who had made the advances to that official for the projects covered by the P75 billion in the proposed national budget for 2019  wanted the money returned […]

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CAFGU member wounded after mine explosion in Maguindanao

(Eagle News) — A member of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit was wounded after a mine exploded on Tuesday, Feb. 12, in Maguindanao. Major Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the 6th Infantry Division, did not identify the wounded but said the blast took place at 7:30 a.m., in Sitio Pansol, Barangay Macasampen, Guindulungan, where the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters operate. “The explosion was meant to inflict harm to our troops just [when] they were […]

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