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(Eagle News)–The Communists are tapping students to oust President Rodrigo Duterte, the Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff said on Tuesday, Oct. 2. According to Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., who spoke during a Senate hearing on the Department of National Defense’s proposed budget, under the Red October plot, the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army mobilized 10 universities in Manila. “They are making a lot of information drive wherein they will […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Antonio Trillanes on Tuesday, Oct. 2, faced officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the first time since the amnesty granted to him for the Oakwood mutiny and Peninsula Manila siege was revoked by Presidential Proclamation No. 572. The proclamation had cited as bases Trillanes’ alleged failure to file an official application for the amnesty based on a certification issued by the military such a file was not available, and his […]
by Harry PEARL Agence France Presse PALU, Indonesia (AFP) — It was two agonizing days of searches through makeshift morgues and hospitals before Azwan found his wife Dewi alive and well after she was swept away in the tsunami that crashed into the Indonesian city of Palu. Recounting the story beside her at a small roadside stall in the quake-hit city, the 38-year-old civil servant struggled to keep his emotions in check, tears welling up […]
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — A team of ornithologists in Ecuador has identified a new species of hummingbird: a lovely blue-green creature that lives in a cold, barren highland area and is danger of extinction. Team leader Francisco Sornoza saw one of the birds through binoculars a year ago and had a hunch that it was a previously unknown species. The bird is about 11 cm (four inches) long and has a stunning, deep blue neck, […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s central bank held interest rates at a record low on Tuesday even as the economy grows strongly, with officials taking into account soft inflation figures and weak wages growth. The cash rate has been unchanged at 1.50 percent since the Reserve Bank of Australia last cut it in August 2016, to support non-mining industries as an unprecedented investment in resources waned. “The low level of interest rates is continuing to […]
Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Tatapusin na ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang preliminary investigation nito kaugnay sa maanomalyang dengvaxia vaccine kung saan maraming buhay ng bata ang nawala. Nitong Lunes, Oktubre 1 pinanumpaan ng mga kaanak ng unang siyam na kaso ng pagkamatay ng mga bata dahil sa dengue vaccine ang kani-kanilang rejoinder kaugnay sa kanilang reklamo laban kay dating health secretary Janeth Garin at mga opisyal ng Department of […]
HONG KONG, United States (AFP) — Oil prices held around four-year highs Tuesday after another blistering rally, supporting energy firms, but most markets were in retreat as traders brushed off a positive lead from Wall Street and the US-Mexico-Canada trade deal. Crude has motored in recent weeks on concerns about supplies after sanctions are imposed on Iran next month, while OPEC’s decision not to ramp up output, upheaval in Venezuela, a strong dollar and a […]
Isasailalim sa source code review ng mga local expert ang vote counting machines (VCMs) na gagamitin sa darating na eleksyon sa 2019. Ayon kay Commission on Elections Spokesperson James Jimenez, ang nasabing review ay makakatulong para matiyak ang integridad ng mga makina na gagamitin sa nalalapit na halalan. Katulad ng nagdaang eleksyon, ang Comelec ang magpapatakbo ng mga makina mula sa Smartmatic. Susundinng makina ang 25 percent shading threshold policy kapareho noong 2016 elections. Samantala, […]
by Daniel LAWLER Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Nearly half of women and one in three men are at risk of developing stroke or degenerative neurological diseases such as dementia and Parkinson’s during their lifetime, according to a study published Monday. Dutch researchers considered all three conditions “in order to grasp how big the problem of incurable brain diseases in late life really is,” said the study’s senior author Arfan Ikram. “We grouped […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — A male passenger’s body has been found inside an airliner that ditched and sank in a lagoon last week after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island, officials said. The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 was attempting to land at Weno airport in Micronesia on Friday morning but fell short of the runway and splashed down in Chuuk lagoon. The airline initially said all 35 passengers and 12 crew aboard […]
(Eagle News)–Typhoon “Queenie” continued to intensify as it moved northwestwards on Tuesday, Oct. 2. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said that as of 3 a.m., the typhoon was seen 1,250 kilometers east of Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. It is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 190 kilometers per hour and gustiness of up to 235 kilometers per hour. Although “Queenie” is not expected to make landfall, its trough will bring cloudy skies with scattered […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Billionaire Paul Allen, who founded US software giant Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, revealed on Monday he is in a new battle with cancer. Allen said in a tweet and at his website that non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma he fought into remission nine years ago has returned. Incurable cancer affects white blood cells. “My team of doctors has begun treatment of the disease and I plan on fighting this aggressively,” […]
