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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Interpol named South Korea’s Kim Jong-yang as its new president on Wednesday, in a blow to Russia which denounced “unprecedented pressure” against its own candidate to lead the global policing body. There had been growing Western calls for Interpol to reject Alexander Prokopchuk — a Russian interior ministry official and current Interpol vice president — over fears Moscow could abuse the role to target political opponents US-backed Kim, Interpol’s […]
(Eagle News)– Tropical Depression “Samuel” has moved south of Cuyo archipelago and is now approaching Palawan, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, as of 7 p.m. the center of the tropical depression was located 85 kilometers southwest of Cuyo, Palawan, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 45 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 60 kilometers per hour. “Samuel” is expected to make landfall in Northern […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Southeast Asian nations may soon have to “choose sides” between the US and China in their ongoing trade war, the political heir to Cambodia’s strongman ruler Hun Sen warned Wednesday in rare public comments. Impoverished Cambodia has become an unlikely staging ground for geopolitical influence in Asia. In recent years it has turned into a key China ally, heading off criticism of the superpower over its claims to disputed seas […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara is seeking to change the name Polytechnic University of the Philippines to National Polytechnic University. In filing Senate Bill 2037, Angara noted that the PUP has “more than 20 campuses serving more than 70,000 students, making it the largest state university in the Philippines in terms of student population.” “It is high time that we strengthen the PUP and officially designate it as the ‘National Polytechnic University,’ which will […]
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) launched its newest media platform, E25 Records, on Sunday, Nov. 18, during the EBC Fun Run concert at the Philippine Arena. E25 Records is envisioned to promote positive values and themes through original musical compositions, according to E25 Records director Ernie Magtuto. This will give opportunity to aspiring composers, songwriters, musicians and singers so their music can be heard, he said. Magtuto said that E25 Records is not limited to […]
(Eagle News) — Far Eastern University clinched fourth place in the UAAP Season 81 men’s basketball tournament after beating Dela Salle University in a heart-stopping match on Wednesday, Nov. 21. Tamaraw Arvin Tolentino shot the game-winning three with only 3.1 seconds left. With the 71-70 win, the Tamaraws are slated to face the Ateneo Blue Eagles, who are currently at the top of the UAAP rankings. The University of the Philippines has already secured the […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Samuel” is now traversing the Sulu Sea and is headed toward the Cuyo archipelago. The Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal #1 over northern Negros Occidental, therefore, has been lifted. Signal No. 1, however, remains hoisted over Romblon, southern Occidental Mindoro, southern Oriental Mindoro, and Palawan including Calamian and Cuyo groups of islands, Guimaras, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, and Antique, as “Samuel,” whose eye is located 65 kilometers south southeast of Cuyo, Palawan […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — An armed gang abducted an Italian woman from a village in southeast Kenya, shooting and wounding five residents in the raid, police said Wednesday. “The attackers fired indiscriminately at residents” before kidnapping the 23-year-old, who worked as a volunteer at an orphanage, during the attack after dark on Tuesday evening at Chakama, a small village in the coastal Kilifi county, police said in a statement. Three children were among those injured, […]
ALES, France (AFP) — In the coming weeks, 71-year-old navigator Jean-Jacques Savin will attempt to cross the Atlantic in a barrel, using only the ocean’s currents to carry him across.
(AFP) — Emmy-nominated actress Millie Bobby Brown is announced as UNICEF’s newest and youngest Goodwill Ambassador on World Children’s Day.
(Eagle News) — Former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno on Wednesday, Nov. 21, hit President Rodrigo Duterte for the Philippines’ closeness to China, saying the Asian giant actually “opposes” and “crushes” the values which Filipinos uphold. “We as a nation, especially our President, should not forget what is most important to Filipinos – love of God, freedom and dignity of every human being, preservation of the Philippines for Filipinos..Why the closeness to China and the […]
(Eagle News) — The United States Embassy in Manila will be closed on Thursday, November 22 due to the observance of Thanksgiving which is a national holiday in the US. In an advisory, the US Embassy also said that its affiliate offices will be also closed tomorrow. Regular services at the US embassy and its affiliate offices will resume on Friday, November 23. https://youtu.be/3cmyxK0IqLs
