NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Fifty people died when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims plunged into a valley in southern India on Tuesday, one of the deadliest accidents on the country’s notorious roads in recent years. Road crashes in India claim the lives of more than 150,000 people each year. Most accidents are blamed on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving. The bus carrying 80 people was returning from the famous Hindu temple […]
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Duterte says he may recommend NFA Council abolition to Congress
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, said he may recommend the abolition of the National Food Authority Council. According to Duterte, he may make the recommendation to Congress. “It has not done any purpose. It only hinders the operation (of the NFA),” Duterte said. According to Duterte, “we need not have four or five” people who will make the decisions. He said “one” was enough. In the same speech, Duterte said […]
Leclerc replaces Raikkonen in ‘dream’ move to Ferrari
by Emmeline Moore Agence France Presse MILAN, Italy (AFP) — Young Monaco driver Charles Leclerc will replace Finnish veteran Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari next season with the former world champion returning to Sauber, both Formula One teams announced on Tuesday. The 20-year-old Leclerc — a Ferrari Driver Academy graduate — was the 2017 Formula 2 champion, and made his debut in F1 this season with the Sauber team. “Scuderia Ferrari announces that, at the end […]
Alibaba, Russian tech firm Mail.ru to launch new venture
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Russian technology group Mail.ru on Tuesday announced a deal to launch a joint venture in Russia and former Soviet countries. The two groups, along with the Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF and telecom operator MegaFon, announced the creation of “a new strategic partnership” as Russia hosts an economic forum in the far eastern city of Vladivostok. Alibaba and Mail.ru said in a statement this would “integrate […]
Duterte declassifies supposed proof of conspiracy among Trillanes, Communists, other opposition members to oust him
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, said he has evidence to prove that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Communist rebels and members of the political opposition were conniving to oust him from the presidency. In a nationally televised tête-à-tête with Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, Duterte said he had already ordered the evidence–“the conversation provided by a foreign country sympathetic to us”–declassified. He said the “connection” will be showed any day now. “It might […]
Duterte: New airports to be built in Sangley Point, Bulacan
(Eagle News) — There will be new airports in Sangley Point and Bulacan. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke with Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo in a nationally televised tête-à-tête on Tuesday, Sept. 11. Duterte did not provide details. He earlier said, however, that there was a need to decongest the existing airports.
Olivia Newton-John diagnosed with cancer for third time
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Olivia Newton-John, the Australian singer who found worldwide fame in the hit movie “Grease”, has revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer for the third time. The 69-year-old told Australian television broadcaster Channel Seven that doctors had discovered a tumour at the base of her spine. She has since undergone radiation treatment, and is also treating the disease with natural therapies such as the use of cannabis oil. “I’m still […]
Duterte: PHL to have its third telco player by December
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, said the country would have its third telecommunications player by December. In his nationally televised tête-à-tête with Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, Duterte said that in choosing the same, he would not follow the lowest bidder rule. “I will select (yung may) pinakamagandang record. I will choose the best. Pinakamahal, the best track record in the business,” Duterte said.
Duterte: Trillanes’ mother engaged in business with PHL Navy even when the now-senator, his father were still in naval service
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, lashed out at Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, saying it was his family who engaged in businesses with the Navy even when he and his father were in the naval service. “Ang problema kay Trillanes is he is crucifying (Special Assistant to the President) Bong Go for entering into business with government. But there was a time in the Navy’s history, ang tatay (ni Trillanes) nasa […]
Duterte says Jason Aquino has asked he be allowed to step down as NFA administrator
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, said National Food Authority Administrator Jason Aquino has “requested” that he be allowed to step down. “He said he is tired,” Duterte revealed in his tête-à-tête with Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo. According to Duterte, he would “scout for a new one.” Duterte’s revelations came amid an alleged rice shortage in parts of the country.
Duterte on why he believes amnesty granted to Trillanes is void ab initio: Grant of amnesty, pardon can only be done by President, not by Cabinet member
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, maintained the amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV was void ab initio because it was signed by then-Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and not by then-President Benigno Aquino III. In his tête-à-tête with Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, Duterte said the granting of pardon or amnesty was, after all, “an act of state.” “It cannot be delegated to anybody but to the … president itself..Yung.. Constitution […]
Guevarra: SC acknowledges Makati courts have “continuing jurisdiction” over rebellion, coup d’état cases vs Trillanes with its dismissal of the senator’s bid for TRO
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, Sept. 11, expressed elation at the Supreme Court’s decision to junk Senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s request for a temporary restraining order against Proclamation No. 572. In a statement, Guevarra said that with the decision, the SC “also acknowledged the trial courts’ continuing jurisdiction over the coup d’ etat and rebellion cases, notwithstanding the alleged ‘finality’ of the orders of dismissal based on the grant of amnesty” to […]
