Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
by Eleonore Sens / with Jerome Cartillier in Washington Agence France Presse HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — “Big Night in Texas!” Donald Trump promised in his Monday morning tweet. Ted Cruz hopes it is as well. The US leader arrived in the Lone Star State in the evening to give a shot in the arm to the Senate campaign of Cruz, his fiercest rival for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Wearing black cowboy boots, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — World stocks were mixed to start the week on Monday, as investor enthusiasm in Asia failed to spread to Europe and Wall Street, where geopolitical worries weighed on indices. In Europe, stocks gave up early gains following a defiant reply to EU critics by Rome, which intends to stick to a controversial spending budget. The dollar rose against major rivals, while oil prices edged lower, as investors also tracked […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — More than 7,000 people have joined the migrant caravan headed toward the US border with Mexico, a UN spokesman said Monday, citing estimates of the International Organization for Migration. “IOM reports that large numbers of people are arriving in Mexico today and are likely to remain in the country for an extended period,” UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said, urging that they be treated with “respect and dignity.” “At […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Salty water just below the surface of Mars could hold enough oxygen to support the kind of microbial life that emerged and flourished on Earth billions of years ago, researchers reported Monday. In some locations, the amount of oxygen available could even keep alive a primitive, multicellular animal such as a sponge, they reported in the journal Nature Geosciences. “We discovered that brines” — water […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday held closed-door talks in Riyadh with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has faced a global backlash over journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder. The official Saudi Press Agency said they stressed “the importance of the Saudi-US strategic partnership” in a meeting on the eve of a key investment conference in Riyadh. Mnuchin is a among a wave of Western political leaders who pulled […]
by Alfredo ESTRELLA Agence France Presse EL ROSARIO, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico braced for the worst Monday as Hurricane Willa — upgraded to a maximum Category 5 storm — bore down on the Pacific coast, where it is expected to produce life-threatening wind and flooding. The powerful hurricane was on course to slam into Mexico somewhere around the resort town of Mazatlan on Tuesday afternoon or evening, the US National Hurricane Center, calling the storm […]
by Elaine YU Agence France Presse ZHUHAI, China (AFP) — The world’s longest sea-bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China will be launched Tuesday at a time when Beijing seeks to tighten its grip on its semi-autonomous territories. President Xi Jinping is expected to officiate at an opening ceremony in the mainland city of Zhuhai Tuesday morning, but details of the cloak-and-dagger event have been kept secret. The 55-kilometre (34-mile) crossing, which includes a […]
by Maria Antonova Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — White House national security advisor John Bolton on Monday began two days of meetings with senior Russian officials following Washington’s weekend announcement of its withdrawal from a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty. The Moscow visit by Bolton was planned before the Saturday announcement by President Donald Trump that the US was ditching the three-decade-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, known as the INF, a move […]
(Eagle News) – “This is just the beginning. This is not the end.” This was the pronouncement of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra after Makati Regional Trial branch 148 judge Andres Soriano “denied due course” to their motion seeking an arrest warrant and a hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on the coup d’etat case initially filed in the said Makati court. Gueverra said the Department of Justice will still elevate this to […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV thanked Makati regional trial court branch 148 judge Andres Soriano for what he said was his action of “singlehandedly upholding justice” when he dismissed the motion seeking his arrest earlier filed by the Department of Justice. Speaking to senate reporters shortly after receiving a copy of the court’s resolution, Trillanes said Soriano gave him hope that justice could still be attained in the country. “Singlehandedly, he upheld […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang said the Philippines Constitution needs to be amended first if the mandatory drug testing will be applied to candidates for national level positions for the upcoming 2019 elections. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that the mandatory drug testing of political aspirants for the next year’s election would violate the 1987 Constitution. He said that this is already beyond the provision of the Constitution, and needs additional qualifications in the Constitution if […]
Ni Anne Ramos Eagle News Correspondent BROOKES POINT, Palawan (Eagle News) – Pinasinayaan sa bayan ng Brooke’s Point kamakailan ang bagong Brooke’s Point District Jail na matatagpuan sa Brgy. Tubtub sa nasabing munisipalidad. Ang naturang gusali ay itinayo mula sa inilaang lupa ng pamahalaang lokal ng naturang bayan na ipinagkaloob ng Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) sa pamamagitan ng deed of donation. Ito ay sa bisa ng resolution no. 2017-87 ng pamahalaang bayan […]
