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JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel welcomed Saturday a US decision to end funding for the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), accusing the organisation which supports some five million Palestinians of perpetuating the Middle East conflict. Israel and the United States have accused the nearly 70-year-old agency of maintaining the idea that many Palestinians are refugees with a right to return to the homes from which they fled or were expelled during the 1948 war that accompanied […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, Sept. 1, visited the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Escort Flotilla Four as it docked at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Olongapo. The fleet — composed of Japanese Ship (JS) Kaga (DDH-184) with five SH-60K patrol helicopters, an Akizuki-class destroyer JS Suzutsuki (DD-117), and a Murasame-class destroyer JS Inazuma (DD-105) — is in the country for a five-day goodwill visit. The President was accorded foyer honors upon his arrival. The […]
by Hossam Ezzedine Agence France Presse RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Palestinians reacted angrily Saturday to a US decision to end all funding for the UN agency that assists millions of refugees, seeing it as a new policy shift aimed at undermining their cause. Washington, which until last year was by far the biggest contributor to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), announced on Friday that it would no longer […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar’s military has released 75 child soldiers, a UN agency said, its first discharge this year as part of a gradual process to end decades of forced recruitment of underage fighters. There are no concrete figures on how many children are still among the estimated 500,000 troops that serve in Myanmar’s military, or the ethnic rebel armies that it battles in the country’s border regions. The state’s army — also referred […]
(Eagle News)— Rogen Ladon bagged the Philippines’ second silver in the 2018 Asian Games after competing in the Men’s Boxing 52-kilogram tournament on Saturday, Sept. 1. The Philippine Sports Commission made the announcement in a Tweet. Ladon, who swept to the finals round after a unanimuos decision victory against Thailand’s Yuttapong Tongdee, fell, however, to Uzbekistan’s Jasurbek Latipov in the final match, with a 3-1 score. With his silver-medal finish, the Philippines now has four gold medals, […]
(Eagle News)—-Another typhoon may enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Sunday, Sept. 2, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. PAGASA said, however, that “Jebi,” whose eye was seen 1815 kilometers east of extreme northern Luzon as of 11 a.m., poses no direct threat to any part of the country. It said “no significant enhancement of the southwest monsoon” was also expected. “Jebi” may exit PAR on Monday morning.
(Eagle News)—-The national government’s debt in July registered an increase from the previous month’s level, the Bureau of Treasury reported on Friday, Aug. 31. In a statement, the BTr said the P7043.59 billion registered as of the end of July was a P27.4 billion increase, or a 0.4 percent increase. It said the increase was “due to net availments on both domestic and foreign obligations.” “Of the total stock, 34.68 percent were sourced externally, while […]
by Paulina Abramovich Agence France Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Scores of new cases of priestly sexual abuse of minors have come to light in Chile, public prosecutors said Friday, deepening a crisis in the country’s Catholic Church that has embroiled its Pope Francis. The country’s chief prosecutor’s office said the number of cases it was investigating had soared to 119 as more victims came forward. A total of 167 bishops, priests and lay […]
by Rob Woollard Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — USA Gymnastics said Friday it has requested the resignation of senior coach Mary Lee Tracy just days after her appointment, following an outcry by victims of jailed former team doctor Larry Nassar. A statement from USA Gymnastics sent to AFP confirmed that the organization was seeking Tracy’s resignation after a furor erupted in the wake of her appointment as elite development coordinator on […]
by Germain Moyon with Jan Hennop in The Hague Agence France Presse AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AFP) — Dutch police were investigating Saturday a suspected terror attack at Amsterdam’s Central Station, in which two people were stabbed before the knifeman was shot by police. The assailant was identified as an 19-year-old Afghan man with a German residency permit. “We are seriously taking into account that there was a terrorist motive,” Amsterdam police spokesman Frans Zuiderhoek told AFP. […]
(Eagle News)–The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan has eight “very possible” senatorial candidates for 2019. According to Senator Koko Pimentel, PDP-Laban president, these were: 1. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go 2. Rep. Karlo Nograles 3. Secretary Francis Tolentino 4. Senator Koko Pimentel 5. Rep. Monsour del Rosario 6. Rep. Dakila ‘Dax’ Cua 7. Rep. Dong Mangudadatu 8. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque He said these were the names that were “introduced” in the PDP-Laban […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will not attend regional summits with Asian allies in November but will send Vice President Mike Pence instead, the White House announced Friday. Pence will travel to Singapore to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit and the East Asia Summit, it said. He will then go on to Papua New Guinea for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, the White House said. […]
