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by Ian Geoffrey Timberlake © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Top US officials insisted Sunday that they could still push forward the troubled Israeli-Palestinian peace process despite outrage across the Arab world over the opening of the new American embassy in Jerusalem. Speaking on the eve of the embassy opening, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was hopeful of success in efforts to end the decades-old conflict while National Security Advisor John […]
PARIS, France (AFP)–A friend of the Chechen-born man who killed one person during a stabbing spree in Paris on Saturday night has been arrested in the eastern French city of Strasbourg, a source close to the inquiry said Sunday. The attacker, whom official sources have named as Khamzat A., grew up with his family in Strasbourg, home to a large community of refugees from the Muslim Russian republic of Chechnya.
(Eagle News)—Daanbantayan, Cebu Mayor Vicente Loot, who was named a narco-general by President Rodrigo Duterte, survived a strafing incident on Sunday, May 13. The nanny of his grandchild and his two drivers were however wounded when five men carrying high-powered firearms shot at them at a port in Barangay Maya, Daanbantayan. The mayor and his family, who had just arrived from Malapascua around 7 a.m., were unhurt because they were on a pumpboat at that […]
(Eagle News)—Former Senate President Edgardo Angara passed away on Sunday, May 13. He was 83 years old. According to his son, Senator Sonny Angara, his father died of an “apparent heart attack.” “We are still arranging funeral arrangements for my father, but will keep everyone posted too,” he said. The older Angara served as Senate President from 1993 to 1995, during the administration of then-President Fidel Ramos. Under the Duterte administration, he was appointed […]
(Eagle News)–House justice committee chair Rep. Rey Umali said he would move to stop impeachment proceedings against Maria Lourdes Sereno. “Ako, ‘yan ang posisyon na ibibigay ko sa Rules Committee na tuldukan na natin ito,” Umali said in an interview over dzbb on Sunday, May 13. According to Umali, it would be “worse” if there would be a vote in the House on the committee report and articles of impeachment against Sereno, and if these […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP)–At least two people were killed and 13 others injured in bomb attacks, including a suicide blast, targeting churches in Indonesia’s second biggest city Surabaya, police said Sunday. “There have been three attacks at three churches,” East Java Police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said. The deadly blasts all occurred within 10 minutes of each other, police said, with the first explosion at 7.30 am (0030 GMT).
Kerry Sheridan Agence France Presse MIAMI, Florida, United States (AFP) — It’s not easy having a green thumb in space. Without gravity, seeds can float away. Water doesn’t pour, but globs up and may drown the roots. And artificial lights and fans must be rigged just right to replicate the sun and wind. But NASA has decided that gardening in space will be crucial for the next generation of explorers, who need to feed […]
(Eagle News) — In its landmark decision against Maria Lourdes Sereno, the Supreme Court explained when a quo warranto petition can be resorted to against public officials, and made a distinction between the legal resort and impeachment, which some have argued was the only constitutional way to remove an impeachable official like the Chief Justice. In its 153-page decision, the Supreme Court said a quo warranto petition “as a remedy to oust a public official” […]
(Eagle News) — Associate Justice Samuel Martires denied Maria Lourdes Sereno’s allegations he “faith-shamed” her during oral arguments on the quo warranto petition filed against her. “Basahin man nang pabali-baliktad ang mga tanong ko noong oral argument, maliwanag pa sa sikat ng araw na wala akong sinabi na o binigkas na salita na nagpapahiwatig na ‘baliw’ si Gng. Sereno dahil sa kaniyang masidhing paniniwala sa Panginoon,” Martires said in his 47-page concurring opinion. According to […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Saturday, May 12, said there could be a “constitutional crisis” with the Supreme Court decision to declare the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice nullified. According to Pimentel, this would happen if “in the eyes of the SC,” Sereno was no longer the Chief Justice, but in the eyes of Congress, this was not the case. He said the next steps of the House of […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Saturday, May 12, said it was “out of character” for President Rodrigo Duterte to intervene in the affairs of a separate branch of government. Panelo made the pronouncement in a radio interview following insinuations by some Duterte had a hand in the Supreme Court decision that nullified Maria Lourdes Sereno’s appointment as Chief Justice. “Unang-una, ni hindi nga siya nakikialam sa kaniyang mga departamento, sa kaniyang […]
President Rodrigo Duterte met with 27 members of the ISIS-Maute group who surrendered to the government, vowing to provide them shelter and livelihood assistance as long as they commit to peace. Talking to the members of the rebel group on Friday, May 11, inside Kampo Ranao, the Chief Executive expressed intentions to give the members of the rebel group idle lands in Lanao del Sur, adding that they can cultivate rubber tree and palm […]
