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Court finds Revilla’s former chief of staff Richard Cambe, Napoles guilty of the crime (Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan on Friday, Dec. 7, found former Senator Bong Revilla not guilty of plunder. The first division said Revilla “cannot be held liable” for the crime which he was charged with several years ago. “There was a split decision of the five (division) justices–three voted for (Revilla’s) acquittal for insufficiency of evidence, two for his conviction..By reason […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has accredited two other Transportation Network Companies. Accredited were Aztech Solution International Inc. and Ryd Global Inc. Based on their certificates of accreditation released to the media, the accreditation will be effective for two years from the date of approval. The certificates were signed by LTFRB chair Martin Delgra III and Board Member Ronaldo Corpus. They were attested to by LTFRB executive director Samuel Jardin.
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — Ecuador’s president said Thursday that conditions have been met for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to leave the country’s embassy in London, which would end a six-year standoff with British authorities. “The way has been cleared for Mr Assange to take the decision to leave in near-liberty,” President Lenin Moreno told reporters, explaining that he still had to answer in Britain for violating the terms of his bail. Moreno, however, said Britain […]
by Miwa Suzuki with Thomas Watkins in Washington Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — One US Marine died and five were missing Thursday after two American military aircraft crashed during a refuelling operation off the coast of Japan, officials said. Japanese and US military officials earlier said two of the seven crew of the planes had been found. “One is in fair condition and the other has been declared deceased by competent medical personnel,” […]
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.” […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan is expected to come out today, Friday, Dec. 7, with its verdict in the P224.5-million plunder case against former Senator Bong Revilla in connection with the P10-billion pork barrel scam. The First Division is also expected to rule on the cases filed against Revilla’s co-accused, his former chief of staff Richard Cambe and alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles. Apart from Revilla, former Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Juan […]
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — A charter bus carrying people with disabilities including children crashed in southwest Poland on Thursday, leaving one passenger dead and 20 others injured, rescue services said. The bus was carrying 51 people when it overturned, landing on its side in a ditch near the town of Kazimierzow, local Polkowice county rescue services said on their Facebook page. “One person is dead… the total number of participants in the accident is 51… […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has asked two courts to issue a hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who was recently allowed by a Makati court to travel abroad. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the motions were filed before the Davao court hearing the libel case filed against Trillanes, and the Pasay court hearing the inciting to sedition case filed against him. The libel case was filed by presidential son Paolo […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Cleveland center Tristan Thompson has been fined $15,000 for his “inappropriate gesture” toward a fan after the Cavaliers’ 99-97 victory over the Nets in Brooklyn, the NBA said Thursday. Thompson raised his middle finger toward hecklers Monday as he left the court immediately after the final buzzer. He had scored 19 points and 14 rebounds, and denied Spencer Dinwiddie’s attempt at a potential game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer. “Cleveland […]
(Eagle News) — A former vice mayor of Marilao, Bulacan has holed himself up in his house as authorities prepared to serve a warrant for his arrest. Authorities said Andre Santos, who has a pending warrant for qualified theft, has refused to go with them. Santos instead locked himself up on the second floor of his house and told authorities that he was armed. The police are currently negotiating for his surrender.
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House said Thursday it knew in advance that Canada planned to arrest an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei on the same day as a summit between Washington and Beijing. National security advisor John Bolton said he did not know if President Donald Trump was also aware of the operation to detain Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on a US request as she was changing planes in […]
by Malick Rokhy BA Agence France Presse DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) — A museum showcasing black heritage from the dawn of time to the modern era opened in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Thursday. The opening came as African countries press harder for the restitution of artwork from their former colonial masters — and as France made its first steps in that direction, pledging to return artworks to Benin. The Museum of Black Civilisations will foster […]
