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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in two years in the first quarter of the year amid weak consumption, official data showed Wednesday. The world’s third-largest economy contracted by 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter in the January-March period, compared with growth of 0.1 percent at the end of 2017, the Cabinet Office said. Private consumption was flat after an uptick of 0.2 percent in the final quarter of last year. Private […]
by Miriam Ramírez © Agence France-Presse CULIACAN, Mexico (AFP) — A Mexican journalist was murdered Tuesday, the fourth of 2018, as the country mourned acclaimed reporter and writer Javier Valdez on the first anniversary of his killing. Juan Carlos Huerta was shot dead as he left his home in a suburb of Villahermosa, the capital of the southern state of Tabasco, the state government said. The 45-year-old radio and television journalist had a wife and two […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said Tuesday it was moving ahead with preparations for a much-anticipated summit next month between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after Pyongyang appeared to cast doubt over the event. “We will continue to plan the meeting,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters, adding that Washington had received “no notification” of a position change by North Korea. “We have not heard anything from that […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Wednesday called into question a much-anticipated and unprecedented summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump. Pyongyang also cancelled high-level talks due Wednesday with Seoul over the Max Thunder joint military exercises being held between the US and the South, Seoul said. “There is a limit to the amount of good will and chances we can give,” the North’s official news agency KCNA […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Iran’s foreign minister on Tuesday hailed talks with the EU to try to find a way to rescue the Iran nuclear deal after the US pulled out as a “good start”. “I believe it’s a good start. We’re not there, we’re beginning the process,” Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters after meeting his French, British and German counterparts in Brussels. The three European signatories to the landmark 2015 deal are leading international efforts to […]
By Patrick Palugod EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – One of the worst days of traffic in New York City was the absolute best day of the year for cyclists – the TD Five Boro Bike Tour. Approximately 32,000 participants at North America’s largest cycling event got to pedal their way through all five boroughs of NYC on a 40-mile route, completely free of traffic. The usual scene of cars, buses, and […]
(Eagle News Service) — Only a month after the opening of the Simferepol Airport which was Crimea’s infrastructure showcase, the peninsula, once again, takes the global center stage as Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin unveiled the megabridge that connects the Crimean city of Kerch with the Krasdonar region in southern Russia. Called the Crimean Bridge, it is longer than the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon, making it not only the longest bridge in Russia […]
(Eagle News) — United Kingdom witnessed a united Worldwide Walk against Poverty conducted by members of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) coming from various places such as Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Flintshire, Manchester and London to name a few. All were excitedly determined to be part of the global charity walk in which UK was one of the more than 300 sites that participated. INC members and guests in the United Kingdom started […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 15, approved on third and final reading a bill seeking for the abolition of the Presidential Commission on Good Government. With a vote of 162-10, the Lower House approved House Bill No. 7376 that transfers the powers of the PCGG to the Office of the Solicitor General instead. The powers of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel were also transferred to the OSG under the bill authored […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Rise is ours. President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 15, reiterated this as he sent off a group of Filipino scientists to the submerged continental shelf off the province of Aurora. The President also dispelled information he would jet ski to the area which China has said houses “Chinese second-chain islands,” choosing to hold the send-off ceremonies on board the BRP Davao del Sur instead. The ship was at that time off […]
(Eagle News) — A group of lawyers on Tuesday, May 15, staged a protest in front of the Supreme Court to condemn the high court’s decision to oust Maria Lourdes Sereno from the chief justice post. Former Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares, Atty. Edre Olalia and Free Legal Assistance Group chairman Jose Manuel Diokno joined the protest staged by the National Union of People’s Lawyer. Protesters wore black armbands and held up black posters to […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Chief Silvestre Bello III has applied for the Ombudsman post which will be vacated this year by Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales. Bello submitted his application and completed his supporting documents submitted to the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) Tuesday, May 15. Aside from Bello, a former lawyer for President Rodrigo Duterte and former First Gentleman Mike Arroyo, Atty. Edna Batacan, also applied for the Ombudsman position. Former presiding justice of Sandiganbayan, […]
