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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The pound ticked up slightly in Asia on Wednesday after suffering heavy losses on worries about a possible no-deal Brexit, while regional equities were mixed ahead of crunch trade talks between China and the United States. MPs on Tuesday returned to Westminster to vote on a series of proposals dealing with Britain’s exit from the European Union after roundly rejecting Prime Minister Theresa May’s controversial deal two weeks ago. In […]
(Eagle News) — Bayan Muna condemned on Wednesday, Jan. 30, the killing of a National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant on a bus bound for Nueva Vizcaya. “We strongly and vehemently condemn this dastardly and cowardly act,” former Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares said in a statement issued after the death of Randy Felix Malayao. Malayao, who was also a columnist for the Baguio-based Northern Dispatch, was sleeping on the bus when he […]
(Eagle News) — A Quezon City barangay chair who had plans of running for a seat in the House of Representatives in May was shot dead on Wednesday, Jan. 30. According to Supt. Joel Villanueva, station 6 commander, apart from Crisell Beltran of Barangay Bagong Silangan, three others were killed after four men on board motorcycles shot at the vehicle the group was riding around 11:30 a.m. Beltran was rushed to the Far Eastern University […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippines’ ranking in the Corruption Perception Index 2018 has improved, with the country moving up 12 notches. Transparency International said the Philippines ranks 99th out of 180 countries, with a score of 36, or two points more than the 34 it got in 2017. The country shares the spot with Albania, Bahrain, Colombia, Tanzania and Thailand. According to Transparency International, there was “little to no progress on anti-corruption” in the Asia Pacific where the […]
(Eagle News) — Bumagsak sa 9.2 degrees Celsius ang temperatura sa baguio city ngayong araw, Enero 30. Ayon sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical And Astronomical Services Administration-Baguio, alas 5:00 ng umaga naitala ang naturang temperatura na mas mababa pa kumpara sa 9.8 degrees Celsius na naitala dalawang araw ang nakararaan. Ito na ang pinakamababang temperatura sa Baguio City na naitala ngayong Enero 2019. https://youtu.be/jM3Ml8OfSs8
(Eagle News)—The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency has filed charges against the parents of the minors who were rescued during anti-illegal drug operations in Navotas. Charges for violation of Section 10 of Republic Act 7610 or the Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act as well as violation of Article 59 of the Presidential Decree No. 603 or the Child and Youth Welfare Code were filed against Joland Fernandez Sta. Maria, Geralyn Gulles Patalita, […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi lamang sa probinsya ng Bohol mayroong man-made forest, kundi maging sa lalawigan ng Siquijor na nasa Central Visayas. Ang mahigit na dalawandaang ektaryang Salagdoong man-made forest ay matatagpuan sa Barangay Olang, bayan ng Maria. At alam ba ninyo na ang salitang “Salagdoong” ay mula sa Cebuano phrase na “salag sa doong” na ang ibig sabihin ay “pugad ng ibong doong.” Panahon pa ni dating pangulong Carlos Garcia at Ramon Magsaysay nang […]
(Eagle News) — Mga kababayan nating taga-South area ng Metro Manila ang nakinabang sa isinagawang Lingap sa Mamamayan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo nitong Martes, Enero 29. Libreng serbisyo tulad ng medical at dental ang ipinagkaloob ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa ating mga kababayan. (with a report from Earlo Bringas)
(Eagle News) — Tiwala si Solicitor General Jose Calida na papanig muli ang Korte Suprema sa kanila upang tuluyang katigan ang pagpapalawig ng martial law sa Mindanao. Ito ang paninindigan ng SolGen sa pagsisimula ng oral arguments sa Korte Suprema nitong Martes, Enero 29 tungkol sa mga petisyon na kumokontra sa ekstesyon ng martila law sa Mindanao. Walang bagong argumento sa halip kapareho lang aniya ng mga naunang batikos ng mga tutol sa batas militar […]
by Delphine TOUITOU Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Top US and Chinese trade officials return to the bargaining table on Wednesday, with extra tension in the atmosphere amid Washington’s sweeping prosecution of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. The world’s two largest economies are battling for nothing less than future dominance in critical high-tech industries, according to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the lead US negotiator. A little over three years ago, Beijing launched […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Tuesday urged its citizens to avoid all travel to crisis-torn Venezuela, citing risks of crime and arrest and the US embassy’s limited ability to assist. “Do not travel to Venezuela due to crime, civil unrest, poor health infrastructure and arbitrary arrest and detention of US citizens,” the State Department said in an updated travel advisory. “There are shortages of food, electricity, water, medicine and medical supplies […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Ben Simmons and current candidate Luka Doncic are among the young talents named Tuesday to play the All-Star weekend Rising Stars challenge. Australia’s Simmons and the Dallas Mavericks’ Slovenian sensation Doncic will play for the World Team in the game that pits 10 first- and second-year players from the United States against 10 counterparts from overseas. Utah’s Donovan Mitchell, runner-up to Simmons in […]
