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by Marc BURLEIGH Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Nearly a week after a dam storing mining waste collapsed in southeast Brazil, the human cost is clear, with nearly 350 killed or missing, but the environmental impact is still being evaluated. Authorities fear the mineral-laced slurry released by the collapse could eventually pollute the Sao Francisco River, the second-longest in Brazil, which hosts various species of fish and has many towns on […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Friday, Feb. 1, again refused to enter a plea in a drug-related case filed against her in a Muntinlupa court. This prompted the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 205 to enter a not-guilty plea on her behalf. De Lima, who is detained in Camp Crame, faces other drug-related cases in other Muntinlupa courts. She was charged in connection with her alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade in […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel has filed a bill seeking to integrate the subject of computer science in the curriculum of the K to 12 program. In filing Senate Bill No. 2143, which seeks to include the subject in as early as the kindergarten level, Pimentel noted what he said was the inadequacy of the current enhanced basic education program to meet the needs of the times. “Our ranking in the 2017-2018 Global Competitiveness […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kristaps Porzingis, who hasn’t played in almost a year because of injuries, was traded by the last place New York Knicks to the Dallas Mavericks in a multi-player NBA deal on Thursday. The Knicks also gave up Trey Burke, Courtney Lee and Tim Hardaway to the Mavericks for Wesley Matthews, Dennis Smith and DeAndre Jordan and two first round draft picks. The Knicks said Porzingis, of Latvia, asked to […]
(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Wednesday, Jan. 31, urged the Department of Transportation to suspend the operations of the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange because of what he said was an apparent absence of cohesive and synchronized planning. “Parang hindi naplano nang maayos. They should have conducted a synchronized planning first before they started operating the PITX. Kung talagang hindi handa, baka dapat itigil na muna,” he said. According to Ejercito, for instance, there […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The US and Chinese negotiators made “important progress” in their trade talks in Washington, China’s official Xinhua news agency said on Friday. The two sides held “candid, specific and fruitful” discussions, the agency said, citing a statement from the Chinese delegation. © Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, Jan. 31, expressed condolences to the family of the Filipino maid who was executed for murder in Saudi Arabia. “I would like to express our condolences to the bereaved family of the overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who has been executed,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. Panelo issued the statement hours after the Department of Foreign Affairs announced the 39-year-old, who has not been identified, was meted out the sentence by […]
(Eagle News) — Three children are in critical condition after being trapped inside a house in Caloocan that caught fire on Friday, Feb. 1. Authorities said Cedric James Valero, 8; Chloe Valero, 6; and Alexandra Valero, 4; were rushed to a nearby hospital after they sustained burns from a fire that hit their rented house in Barangay Bagong Barrio past midnight. Apart from the rented house, a clothing store was also affected by the blaze. According to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Thursday urged Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro to accept an amnesty offer from opposition leader Juan Guaido, whom Washington has recognized as president. “I wish Nicolas Maduro and his top advisors a long, quiet retirement, living on a nice beach somewhere far from Venezuela,” national security advisor John Bolton tweeted. “They should take advantage of President Guaido’s amnesty and move on. The sooner the better,” he said. Guaido […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street stocks finished a banner month on a mostly positive note Thursday on optimism over US-China trade relations, while European bourses were pressured following tepid economic data. The Dow finished the session a hair lower, but up 7.2 percent for all of January, in its best start to the year in 30 years. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished solidly higher as Wall Street continued to cheer the […]
(Eagle News)—-Authorities already have two persons of interest in the blast in a Zamboanga mosque that left at least two dead. Police are currently looking for the two, who have so far not been identified. Earlier, authorities said the attack that came days after the bombings in a Sulu cathedral that killed at least 21 people, could be an act of revenge. “But sabi nga, wag muba tayo gumawa ng ganitong konklusyon,” Armed Forces of […]
