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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — With a glittering ceremony marking the end of the 2018 Asian Games, here are five top moments from the world’s second-largest multi-sports event: Falling standards A flag blunder punctured Sun Yang’s joy at winning the 200m freestyle — and prompted the Chinese swimming star to demand a re-run of his victory ceremony. The triple Olympic champion was overjoyed at winning his first gold of the Games, and all was going swimmingly […]
(Eagle News)—–Several boats sustained damages after a blast ripped through Masbate early Sunday. The explosion took place near a Philippine Coast Guard station in Masbate Port at 12:30 a.m. Two aluminum boats were damaged and a newly procured rescue boat from the Philippine Army was destroyed, the PCG said. An investigation is ongoing.
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets started Monday on a negative note as trade tensions returned to the fore with Donald Trump eyeing fresh tariffs on a swathe of Chinese goods and NAFTA talks with Canada hitting a wall. The optimism that flowed through trading floors at the start of last week has been replaced by a now-familiar sense of dread after the US president hit out at Ottawa over the weekend as the […]
(Eagle News)—Catholic nun Patricia Fox on Monday, Sept.3, filed an application for a tourist visa before the Bureau of Immigration. The application was made following the BI’s denial of her appeal against the agency’s deportation order against her. The BI had ordered her deportation after ruling she went beyond the terms of her missionary visa when she participated in partisan political activities. Her missionary visa will lapse on Sept. 5. Fox is also slated to […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened lower on Monday, weighed down by investor caution over US trade tensions with Canada and China. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.21 percent or 48.60 points to 22,816.55 in early trade while the broader Topix index was also down 0.21 percent or 3.64 points at 1,731.71. After American markets closed mixed on Friday, news emerged that US-Canada talks ended without an agreement on rewriting the North American […]
BEIJING, China (AFP)–More than 38,000 pigs have been culled across China, state media said Sunday, as the world’s largest pork producer scrambles to contain an outbreak of African swine fever. The disease has been discovered in five Chinese provinces, the official Xinhua news service reported, quoting statistics from the country’s ministry of agriculture. China reported its first case of the disease in August in northeast Liaoning province. Since then the disease has moved south, with […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — A massive fire gutted the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil’s oldest, authorities said Sunday, but no injuries were immediately reported. The cause of the fire, which broke out around 2230 GMT, was not yet known, according to local media. Television footage showed the building engulfed by a raging blaze that firefighters had not brought under control. The museum was founded in 1818 by King Joao […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro has accepted the resignation of Atty. Theodore Te as head of the Supreme Court’s Public Information Office and as spokesperson of the high court. Te’s position as Supreme Court spokesperson is coterminous with that of ousted chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. But his appointment was extended prior to De Castro’s appointment during the time that Senior Associate Justice Antonio […]
(Eagle News)——President Rodrigo Duterte has allayed fears of a rice shortage in the country. Speaking before the Filipino community in Israel on Sunday night, Duterte said “marami namang bigas.” In fact, he said “paparating pa nga dito eh. Ngayon sumobra nga” “Those are politics. I would like to remind you that I won because of the vote of the Filipino,” Duterte said. Several people have called for the head of Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol amid […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Supreme Court Spokesperson Theodore Te has resigned. Te’s resignation is effective Sept. 7. His term was co-terminous with Maria Lourdes Sereno’s, but it was extended under the term of acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio after Sereno was ousted by the Supreme Court via a quo warranto petition in May. His extended appointment, which would last until a new Chief Justice was appointed, had been signed by three chairpersons including […]
(Eagle News) — Supreme Court employees and officials came out in full force on Monday, Sept. 3, the first flag ceremony of the Supreme Court under the new Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo De Castro. The even dubbed as “Blue Monday” saw many of the officials and employees wearing blue, including De Castro herself, who wore a blue dress. Of the 12 other justices of the Supreme Court, only Associate Justice Benjamin Caguioa was not […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, Sept. 3, condemned the second blast in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat that left at least one dead and several others injured. “We strongly denounce the latest attack in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat..We are deeply saddened by the death of one innocent victim, per initial report, and pray for the swift recovery of those injured,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, President Rodrigo Duterte, who is on a four-day official visit […]
