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by Alice Ritchie and Dave Clark Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Theresa May told fellow EU leaders Thursday that she can get their Brexit divorce deal past British lawmakers if they promise new sweeteners — such as a target date for a broad free trade deal. The beleaguered British prime minister came to the EU summit one day after seeing off a challenge to her leadership from within her own party, desperate to […]
by Marc Antoine BAUDOUX and Adam PLOWRIGHT in Paris Agence France Presse STRASBOURG, France (AFP) — French police on Thursday shot dead a gunman who had been on the run since killing three people at Strasbourg’s popular market. More than 700 French security forces had been hunting for 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt since the bloodshed on Tuesday night. He was believed to have been injured after exchanging fire with soldiers during the attack, but managed to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Dec. 13, said the return of the Balangiga bells to the country was due to the “demand of the Filipino people.” “Let me be clear on this, here and now. The credit of the return of the Balangiga bells does not belong to any worker or officials of government,” Duterte said in a speech during the unveiling of the Las Pinas Drug Rehabilitation Center marker in Pulang […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) said that its whole force would be on high alert after the latest declaration from Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leadership of intensified offensives against government forces and other civilian targets following the extension of martial law in Mindanao. PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde said that latest order from CPP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison to the New People’s Army showed that the communist leadership was […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Thursday, Dec. 13, ratified the bicameral conference report on the cancer control bill that aims to establish a national framework to combat the disease. Under the measure–which reconciles Senate Bill No. 1850 or the National Integrated Cancer Control Act with House Bill No. 8636— a National Integrated Cancer Advisory Council shall be created to develop the National Cancer Control roadmap. The roadmap, a statement issued by Senator JV Ejercito said, will […]
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AFP) — Five foreigners have been arrested in Bali for drug trafficking, authorities said Thursday, with a German and Peruvian possibly facing execution if convicted under Indonesia’s strict drug laws. The accused smugglers — also including a Chinese, a Malaysian and a Briton — were arrested separately over the past two weeks, Bali police said. The arrests come less than a month after the first member of the Bali Nine heroin-trafficking gang […]
Singapore (AFP) — The editor of a Singaporean website was charged with defamation Thursday for publishing a letter alleging corruption among the city-state’s leaders, with rights groups criticizing the “heavy-handed” response from authorities. Singapore has long been criticized for restricting free speech and other political rights, as well as slapping critics with financially ruinous libel suits. The affluent financial hub is regularly ranked among the world’s least corrupt countries and its leaders are sensitive about […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard confiscated a shipment containing over 7,000 sacks of smuggled rice in Zamboanga City. Lt. Commander Noriel Ramos, Zamboanga Coast Guard Station commander said the smuggled rice may have an estimated market value of Php 11 million. The rice shipment was intercepted around 11 p.m. on Tuesday, December 11 after an informant revealed that sacks of rice were being unloaded in the area. The official said the contraband was […]
https://youtu.be/m3w_BgzdK_8 by Dave Clark Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Bloodied but not yet beaten, Prime Minister Theresa May comes to Brussels for the second time in three days on Thursday, battling to save her Brexit deal and her career. The British leader, who survived a confidence vote staged by her own party’s MPs late on Wednesday, now needs to turn a narrow victory on home turf into an unlikely away win. May’s […]
(Eagle News) – Critics of the extension of martial law in Mindanao were challenged to personally go there to see what is really happening in the region. This was according to Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III who offered this dare to those opposing martial law extension in Mindanao. He said these critics should bring their arguments to Mindanao where they should explain why they are against it. “I wish those against ML in Mindanao […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, Dec. 13, revealed only one third of the P977 million allotted as fuel subsidy for jeepney drivers and operators has been distributed to them. According to Poe, based on a report given to her, only 69,065 ‘Pantawid Pasada’ cards containing P5,000 subsidy each were turned over to the drivers and operators, for a total amount of P345 million. Poe said there are 171836 intended beneficiaries of the cards, […]
(Eagle News) — Sinalakay ng mga operatiba ng National Capital Region Police Office-Regional Drug Enforcement Unit ang isang bahay sa Brgy. Pio del Pilar sa Makati City Miyerkules ng gabi. Sa bisa ng search warrant, pinasok ng operatiba ang target ng operasyon na si Rolando Abuyo Jr., alyas “Bagyo” dahil sa talamak nitong pagbebenta ng shabu at iba pang kaso. Sa kanilang pagtungo sa tahanan nito, agad na pinapatukan ni alyas Bagyo ang mga pulis […]
