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(Eagle News) – The camp of former First Lady Imelda Marcos filed a motion for leave of court on Monday, Nov. 12, so the Ilocos Norte representative can still avail of legal remedies available to her after being convicted for graft by the Sandiganbayan on seven counts. The hearing for the motion was set on Friday, Nov. 16, at 8:30 a.m. While the 89-year old Marcos has already signified the intention of her lawyers to […]
(Eagle News)–The Alliance of Concerned Transport Organizations is opposing calls for a minimum jeepney fare of P9. According to ACTO, “ang panukalang ibalik sa dating pamasahe na P9.00 ay malabo na dahil naglabas ng permanent decision si Chairman Delgra III at si Board Member Ronaldo Corpus …” According to ACTO, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board allowed a P2 increase from the earlier P8 minimum fare. It said this was even less than the P4 increase […]
(Eagle News) – Pinag-aaralan na ng Department of interior and Local Government na magpatupad ng isang buwang natural healing sa mga tourist spots sa Pilipinas. Kabilang sa tinukoy ni DILG Secretary Eduardo Año ang Coron at El Nido sa Palawan at Panglao sa Bohol. Sa loob ng one month healing, hindi maaaring pasukin ng mga turista ang isang lugar na idedeklarang sarado ng Inter-Agency Task Force. Sinabi ni Año na nakipag-usap na sya kay Tourism […]
(Eagle News) — Tuloy na ang pagsasampa ng kaso ng Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) laban sa mga local government officials na dawit at protektor ng iligal na droga. Katunayan, sinabi ni DILG Secretary Eduardo Año na tuloy-tuloy ang case build up laban sa may siyamnapu’t anim na mga LGU. Kinabibilangan ito ng mga gobernador, kongresista at mga alkalde. Gusto raw nilang patunayan na may basehan ang kanilang mga report at hindi ito […]
PARADISE, United States (AFP) — A devastating blaze in northern California has become the deadliest wildfire in the history of the state, with 42 people killed, a sheriff said Monday. “As of today, an additional 13 human remains have been recovered, which brings the total number to 42,” Sheriff Kory Honea told a news conference. After originally saying it was the deadliest wildland fire in US history, Honea clarified that it was the deadliest ever […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Technology firms led a plunge in Asian markets Tuesday, tracking a deep sell-off in New York where Apple tumbled on worries about demand for its iPhones, while energy firms were also in free-fall with oil prices. After last week’s US elections-inspired mini-rally, global equities resumed their months-long slide as investors fret over a number of issues from the China-US trade war and Brexit to rising US interest rates and slowing […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Arizona Republican Martha McSally conceded her razor-thin US Senate race Monday, providing Democrats a key pickup in a state that has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in three decades. “I just called Kyrsten Sinema and congratulated her on becoming Arizona’s first female senator after a hard-fought battle,” McSally said in a video statement posted on her Twitter account. US networks Fox and CNN called the race in Sinema’s […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte will “reiterate the Philippines’ principled positions on matters concerning the South China Sea and transnational and transboundary issues..,” Malacañang said on Tuesday, Nov. 13. According to the Palace, these issues include “terrorism, violent extremism, trafficking in persons, illicit drugs and disaster risk reduction and management.” The Palace said the Philippines was looking forward to “discussions on regional and global developments that impact regional peace, security and stability.” Since President Duterte assumed […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Tuesday, Nov. 13, welcomed the imminent return of the historic Balangiga bells to the Philippines. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it was President Rodrigo Duterte himself who expressed his desire for the return of the three bells, which the Americans took as war trophies from Eastern Samar in 1901. “(The President explained) that they form part of our country’s patrimony and they were taken at the cost of […]
by Ivan Couronne Agence France Presse GREENBELT, United States (AFP) — Some 78 million miles (126 million kilometers) from Earth, alone on the immense and frigid Red Planet, a robot the size of a small 4×4 wakes up just after sunrise. And just as it has every day for the past six years, it awaits its instructions. Around 9:30 Mars time, a message arrives from California, where it was sent 15 minutes earlier. “Drive forward […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday implored foreign investors to take a punt on her country — Southeast Asia’s “final frontier” — but warned its resources are not open for exploitation at the cost of its people. Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader, has toured Asia in recent months beating the drum for her country’s economy, which the World Bank forecasts to grow at seven percent next year. A tangle […]
by Josh Edelson / Laurent Banguet Agence France Presse PARADISE, United States (AFP) — Thousands of firefighters spent a fifth day Monday digging battle lines to contain California’s worst ever wildfire as the wind-whipped flames cleaved a merciless path through the state’s northern hills, leaving death and devastation in their wake. The Camp Fire — in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains north of Sacramento — has killed 29 people, matching the state’s deadliest […]
