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(Eagle News)—-In these pictures released by the US Embassy in Manila, the two Balangiga bells housed in Wyoming are being readied for transport to the Philippines. The preparations took place after a ceremony at the F.E. Warren Air Force Base led by US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. It was President Rodrigo Duterte who called out the Americans for taking the bells from Samar, artifacts he said were part of national patrimony. Another Balangiga bell sits […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV will post bail for the libel case filed against him by former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte on Monday, Dec. 10. Trillanes issued the statement after Judge Melinda Alconcel-Dayanghirang of the Davao City Regional Trial Court Branch 54 issued a warrant for his arrest stemming from the charges filed after he linked the presidential son to the P6.4-billion shabu shipment that slipped the country recently, and accused him […]
Saudi oil minister said he is “not confident” about chances of a deal on oil production cuts after a long day of negotiations at OPEC headquarters in Vienna. OPEC ministers resumed talks Friday before further discussions with 10 key partner countries, including Russia, later in the day to thrash out an agreement on production cuts. Amid sharp differences over which way to go, the oil market continued under pressure. In early trade Friday, the […]
(Eagle News) — The Judicial and Bar Council has shortlisted ten individuals for the Supreme Court post to be left vacant by Associate Justice Noel Tijam when he retires on January 5. Topping the shortlist, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, JBC ex-officio member, said, were CA justices Manuel Barrios, Japar Dimaampao, and Amy Lazaro-Javier. The three got six votes each. Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang and CA justices Ramon Cruz, Ramon Garcia, and Mario Lopez received […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea issued a raft of measures Friday to try to reverse one of the world’s lowest birth rates, offering potential parents increased benefits as it faces a looming population decline. The country’s fertility rate — the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime — fell to 0.95 in the third quarter, the first time it has dropped below 1 and far short of […]
(Eagle News) – Dalawampu’t pitong mga tauhan ng Anilao Municipal Police Station sa Iloilo ang sinibak sa puwesto matapos mahuli sa isinagawang surprise inspection na karamihan sa kanila ay natutulog sa oras ng trabaho. Ang order sa pagsibak sa mga nasabing pulis ay ibinigay ni Police Regional Police Office 6 Head Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao. Ayon kay Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao, kabilang din sa sinibak ay si Senior Inspector Menrico Candaliza ang hepe ng nasabing […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants Congress to extend martial law in Mindanao until the end of 2019 as the previous extension for martial law is about to end this month. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed that President Duterte has already approved the recommendation of the military and the police to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year. The previous extension of martial law in the South will end by December 31, 2018. […]
(Eagle News) — It appears the prosecution will no longer appeal the Sandiganbayan’s acquittal of former Senator Bong Revilla for plunder. Ombudsman Samuel Martires himself said “it is an elementary doctrine in law that you cannot appeal a judgment of acquittal.” “It is not just a policy,” Martires said, noting that the “doctrine” has “its roots in Roman law that an ‘issue once decided cannot be tried again’.” It “is based on double jeopardy or the […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google said Thursday it was launching a radio-style, on-demand audio news feed available on smart speakers, personalized with the help of artificial intelligence. The technology giant said it had partnerships with more than a dozen news organizations to deliver an audio feed in the same manner as its smartphone news feed. “This new experience will bring you an audio news playlist assembled in that moment, for you,” Google product […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Nissan Friday announced plans to recall approximately 150,000 vehicles owing to improper tests on new units, dealing a fresh blow to the Japanese car giant following the shock arrest of former chairman Carlos Ghosn. “Nissan has recently found several non-conformities that may have caused inaccurate pass/fail judgments during the inspection process,” the company said in a statement, adding it would “promptly” recall as many as 150,000 units in Japan. It confirmed […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Microsoft said Thursday it was adopting a set of principles for deployment of facial recognition technology, calling on industry rivals to follow suit and for new laws to avert a dystopian future. Microsoft president Brad Smith made the announcement at a Brookings Institution speech and an accompanying blog post, saying it was urgent to begin placing limits on facial recognition to avoid the surveillance state described in George Orwell’s “1984.” […]
by Maria ANTONOVA Agence France-Presse OY, Russia (AFP) — Innokenty Tobonov sinks his harpoon into a long block of ice while his helpers expertly push it out of freezing lake waters onto the snow-dusted surface before sliding it towards an idling tractor. After an hour of cutting ice blocks out of the lake in temperatures of minus 41 degrees Celsius (minus 42 Fahrenheit), cold vapor has frosted his eyelashes. But this is no excuse for […]
