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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Far-right Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro led the count from a first round election Sunday with 48.4 percent of votes, electoral authorities said after counting ballots from two thirds of polling stations. If the 63-year-old former paratrooper scores under 50 percent, he will go on to an October 28 run-off against his nearest rival from a field of 13, leftwing Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad. Surveys suggest that round […]
by Sunghee Hwang Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Kim Jong Un has agreed to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump as soon as possible, Seoul said Sunday, after Washington’s top diplomat held “productive” talks on denuclearization with the North Korean leader in Pyongyang. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Kim on Sunday morning for around two hours of talks followed by a lunch in the North’s capital, […]
by Catherine TRIOMPHE Agence France Presse Twenty people have been killed after a limousine careened out of control in what investigators described Sunday as the most deadly transportation accident in the United States for nearly a decade. All 18 occupants of the SUV-style stretch limo died along with two pedestrians on Saturday afternoon in upstate New York, police deputy superintendent Christopher Fiore told a news conference. He said the 2001 Ford Excursion had failed to […]
by Amelie BARON Agence France Presse GROS-MORNE., Haiti (AFP) — A strong aftershock sent panicked residents fleeing into the streets on Sunday — hours after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake killed at least 12 people along Haiti’s northwest coast. AFP journalists in the Caribbean nation of 11 million reported strong shaking, felt around the coastal city of Port-de-Paix. It was not immediately clear if it had done any notable damage. Saturday’s quake, centered 12 miles (19 kilometers) […]
(Eagle News)–For the lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo, if President Rodrigo Duterte resigns it is not for him to decide who to succeed him. According to Barry Gutierrez, “Yung Konstitusyon na sinumpaan niyang tutuparin at ipagtatanggol, yun din yung Konstitusyon na nagsasabi na kung sakaling siya ay bababa sa pwesto, ang papalit sa kanya ay ang nahalal na bise presidente.” Gutierrez issued the statement after Duterte again belittled Robredo’s leadership capabilities, saying she was […]
(Eagle News)—Classes at the Arellano University in Legarda, Manila remain suspended on Monday, Oct. 8. In an announcement on Sunday, Oct. 7, the university also said work for teaching personnel was suspended. The university said the suspension of work for non-teaching personnel will be under the discretion of their superiors. On Saturday, Oct. 6, a cargo truck figured in an accident, causing the spilling of chemicals it was carrying on the road. Classes in that university […]
(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon urged President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint a career officer at the helm of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, instead of a military official. “The President should reconsider his decision to appoint a retired military officer as DSWD secretary. The DSWD is a very sensitive and crucial social welfare agency,” Drilon said in an interview with DZBB on Sunday, Oct. 7. He was referring to Lieutenant General Rolando […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Kiko Pangilinan on Sunday, Oct. 7, called for a full disclosure of the President’s state of health if he was serious when he made the “cancer” remark. “..But if not (serious), then it would be best that we stop such talk and focus our time and attention on looking for solutions to the serious problems of spiraling high prices of food, gasoline, and other basic commodities,” Pangilinan said in a short statement. In […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Francis Escudero believes President Rodrigo Duterte will be candid about his state of health. According to Escudero, it was, after all, Duterte himself who disclosed what medical tests he underwent “the denials of his spokespersons notwithstanding.” “I think he will be equally candid with respect to the “findings,” if any, and his spokespersons should take the cue from their boss with respect to this issue and not second guess him as regards his […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Sunday, Oct. 7, thanked the public for the very good satisfaction rating it gave the Duterte administration, based on a Social Weather Stations survey. “As the survey shows, in what Social Weather Stations calls its Governance Report Card, of the 14 specific subjects rated, we received the lowest rating in fighting inflation. Nonetheless, public satisfaction remains “very good” at +50 during the time when our people are feeling the hit of […]
By Jill Colvin Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — US President Donald Trump at a Kansas rally celebrated the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, condemning Democrats for what he called a “shameless campaign of political and personal destruction” against his nominee. To cheers of supporters at the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka, Trump declared it an “historic night,” not long after signing the paperwork to make Kavanaugh’s status official. “I stand before […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Britain has expressed concern over freedom of speech in its former colony Hong Kong after authorities refused to renew the work visa of a senior editor of the Financial Times. A statement dated Friday said Britain has asked for an explanation as to why Victor Mallet’s visa renewal application was rejected. “Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy and its press freedoms are central to its way of life, and must […]
