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by Jennifer GONZALEZ COVARRUBIAS / with Jerome CARTILLIER in Washington Agence France Presse HUEHUETAN, Mexico (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will start cutting aid to three Central American countries as a caravan of thousands of mostly Honduran migrants rolled on toward the US border. The United Nations said more than 7,000 people were now heading toward the United States, as more migrants joined the original group, including some Central Americans […]
MEXICO CITY (AFP) — Hurricane Willa was upgraded to a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 storm Monday off Mexico’s Pacific coast, where it was expected to produce life-threatening wind and flooding, the US National Hurricane Center said. The powerful hurricane was on course to slam into Mexico somewhere around the resort town of Mazatlan on Tuesday afternoon or evening, the NHC said in its 1500 GMT advisory. It now has maximum sustained winds of 260 kilometers […]
by Sara HUSSEIN Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a rare trip to China this week hoping improved relations will lead to new economic partnerships, as the two countries come under US pressure on trade. The visit is the first by a Japanese premier since 2011 and is part of a years-long process of repairing ties in the wake of a disastrous falling-out in 2012, when Tokyo “nationalised” […]
(Eagle NewS) — Bukas ngayon ang pamahalaan ng Israel para sa mga Pilipinong naghahanap ng trabaho. Nangangailangan ang Israel ng 5,000 Filipino hotel workers at may kaugnayan sa hotel and restaurant management. Bagaman wala pang job order at guidelines para sa naturang mga trabaho, sinabi ni Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III na aayusin na ito sa nobyembre. Maliban sa Israel, bukas din ang Germany at Japan na kumuha pa ng maraming Pilipinong manggagawa. Para sa […]
Ni Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service (eagle News) — Inihain sa Commission on Election ni Atty. Ferdinand Topacio ang petisyon na ipawalang-bisa ang kandidatura ni re-electionist Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III. Ayon kay Topacio, hanggang dalawang magkasunod na termino ang paninilbihan ng isang senador batay sa saligang-batas. Tumakbo si Pimentel noong 2007 elections pero idineklarang panalo si Senador Juan Miguel Zubiri na noo’y nasa pang-labing dalawang pwesto. Iprinotesta ni Pimentel sa Senate Electoral Tribunal ang […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly fell Tuesday as geopolitical risks pile up, from US tensions with Russia and Saudi Arabia, to trade issues and Italy’s budget stand-off with the European Union. Shanghai and Hong Kong saw deep losses, having soared over the previous two trading days after China’s top brass issued coordinated statements of support for the country’s markets and officials unveiled tax cut plans. The gains had provided some much-needed support […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Kanye West made a five-figure donation Monday to a little-known candidate running to become the mayor of his hometown Chicago, days after she was endorsed by fellow hip hop star Chance the Rapper. Kanye gave $73,540 to the campaign of Amara Enyia, who wants to be the first black woman to lead America’s third largest city. The amount is the exact figure state election officials fined Enyia’s campaign for a […]
(Eagle News) — Nanawagan si Senador Sonny Angara sa Department of Education (DepEd) upang ipatupad ang integrated history law sa lahat ng mga paaralan sa bansa. Ayon kay Angara, sa pamamagitan ng nasabing batas mailalagay bilang subject sa mga paaralan ang indigenous people history and culture sa mga kabataan. Aniya, dapat na isama ito sa curriculum sa mga paaralan sa basic at higher education sa buong bansa. “By including this subject in our education system, […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Nikola Vucevic weighed in with 24 points as the Orlando Magic defeated the Boston Celtics at the TD Garden on Monday in an Eastern Conference upset. Montenegrin center Vucevic also hauled down 12 rebounds to give Orlando their second win of the season in a 93-90 victory. Orlando surged into an early 28-19 lead at the end of the first quarter and held a 48-45 lead at half-time. The […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and Southeast Asian states kicked off their first joint maritime exercises on Monday in an effort to ease regional tensions linked to rival claims in the South China Sea. Eight warships set sail from the port of Zhanjiang, in China’s southern Guangdong province, with 1,200 military personnel taking part in the event, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Beijing’s expansive claims to the South China Sea have long been a […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two US warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, a military spokesman said, in a move bound to aggravate China amid heightened tensions with Beijing. The USS Curtis Wilbur and USS Antietam conducted a routine transit to demonstrate US commitment “to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” Colonel Rob Manning told reporters at a press briefing. It was the second time in the space of three months that American warships […]
by Luis Jaime CISNEROS Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru President Martin Vizcarra vetoed on Monday a law that would have spared disgraced former leader Alberto Fujimori from prison, confining criminals over 65 suffering from serious or chronic illnesses to house arrest. The law, passed by a Congress dominated by Fujimori’s former party, Popular Force, would have allowed the 80-year-old to avoid being sent back to prison once he leaves hospital, where he […]
