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(Eagle News) — Isa sa dinarayong lugar ngayon sa lalawigan ng Bohol ang Habitat Butterflies Conservation Center. Matatagpuan ito sa munisipalidad ng Bilar, kung saan ito ang itinuturing na kanlungan o sanctuary ng may halos dalawandaang species ng paru-paro at mariposa at naglalayong paramihin pa ang populasyon nito sa lugar. Sa tulong ng tour guide, ipinaliwanag niya ang kaibahan ng paru-paru sa moth o mariposa. Sa butterfly sanctuary ipinakita rin kung anu-ano ang kinakain ng […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Australia gave its strongest hint yet on Wednesday that an 18-year-old Saudi woman in Bangkok would be granted humanitarian asylum, despite efforts by Riyadh and her family to force her return home. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun has documented her bid to flee her allegedly abusive family with minute-by-minute social media updates, intensifying the global spotlight on Saudi Arabia’s rights record. As public pressure heightened, an Australian minister appeared to go beyond Canberra’s […]
(Eagle News) — Nangako si Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief Lieutenant General Benjamin Madrigal Jr., na maisasagawa ng mapayapa ang nalalapit na plebisito para sa pagpapatibay ng Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). Ayon kay Madrigal, buo ang kanilang suporta sa pagsasagawa ng plebisito ngayong buwan. Sapat din aniya ang tropa na idedeploy sa ground para magkaloob ng seguridad. Ang plebisito ng BOL ay isasagawa sa Enero 21 para sa mga botante sa mga lugar […]
(Eagle News) — Opisyal nang bahagi ng gabinete ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si retired Armed Forces Chief General Carlito Galvez Jr. Nitong Lunes, Enero 7 ay nanumpa na ito kay Pangulong Duterte bilang Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. Kasama ni Galvez ang kanyang asawa, mga anak at si Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Kagabi ay dumalo na rin ito sa 33rd monthly cabinet meeting na isinagawa sa presidential palace. Pinalitan ni Galvez si Jesus Dureza […]
by Maria Isabel SANCHEZ / Alexander MARTINEZ Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will begin his second mandate on Thursday plagued by accusations of illegitimacy and increasing international isolation in a country crippled by an economic crisis. The 56-year-old leader will be sworn in by the Supreme Court rather than the sidelined — and opposition controlled — parliament having been reelected in May in a poll boycotted by the majority […]
by Carole LANDRY Agence France Presse UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — The year 2019 started off at the United Nations with Somalia brazenly kicking out the UN envoy, followed soon after by Guatemala ditching a UN-sponsored anti-corruption commission. After a tough year that saw the United States, the UN’s top financial backer, cut funding, pull out of the Human Rights Council and scrap UN-backed agreements, the United Nations is taking more hard hits. Some […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Top congressional Democrats on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of holding Americans “hostage” by refusing to strike a deal to fund shuttered government agencies, and using fear mongering to justify his demand for his much-hyped border wall. “President Trump must stop holding the American people hostage, must stop manufacturing a crisis, and must re-open the government,” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said in a curt rebuttal to Trump’s address to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump repeated his demand Tuesday for $5.7 billion to fund a wall on the border with Mexico, describing a “growing crisis” of illegal immigration hurting millions of Americans. In his first ever televised Oval Office address, the president stopped short of calling for a much-touted state of emergency, instead appealing to the need to slash the cost of the illegal drug trade, which he put at $500 billion […]
(Eagle News) — Pitong araw ang ibinigay ng Supreme Court sa Office of the Solicitor General upang isumite ang kanilang komento sa hiling na temporary restraining order ng Makabayan Bloc sa Korte Suprema noong Enero 4 sa pangungunguna ni Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman sa martilal law extention sa Mindanao. Paliwanag ni Supreme Court Spokesperson Midas Marquez, SolGen ang magbibigay ng komento sa petition ng mga kongresistang tutol sa martila law extention sa Mindanao dahil ang […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The situation along the US border with Mexico is a “growing crisis,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday, stressing that uncontrolled illegal immigration is hurting millions of Americans. “There is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border,” the president said in a rare live Oval Office address to the nation, adding that every day US Customs and Border Patrol agents “encounter thousands of illegal immigrants trying to enter […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Can a “high-tech” burger help save the planet? In one sense, it’s just a patty made from plant protein. But the founders of California-based Impossible Foods argue the product can have a big impact by reducing the amount of land needed for beef and other livestock production. Impossible Foods, which began in 2011, chose the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to launch […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is waging a major crack-down on fuel theft, announced Tuesday an investigation into the former security chief of state oil company Pemex. Army general Eduardo Leon Trauwitz, the man who was charged with fighting the large-scale tapping of Pemex’s pipelines by Mexican gangs, is under investigation for involvement in the multi-billion-dollar criminal industry he was supposed to fight. “He’s on a list of people […]
