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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte appeared to have rejected the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ call for Australian nun Patricia Fox to be allowed to stay in the country. “Karaming madre diyan. May mga madre pa sa bukid,” Duterte said on Wednesday, May 2, after he was reported to have met with lawyers from his alma mater San Beda College. The lawyers were allegedly asked by the CBCP to appeal the Bureau of Immigration’s […]
Ni Dia Marmi Bazar Misamis Occidental News Bureau OZAMIZ, Misamis Occidental (Eagle News) — Narecover ng Philippine National Police-Ozamiz ang iba’t ibang high powered firearms sa hotel at security agency na pagmamay-ari ni dating Misamis Occidental Provincial Board Member Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog kamakailan. Dala ang isang search warrant, ni-raid ng mga operatiba ng PNP sa pangunguna ni Police Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido ang Dottie’s Inn at ang MROP Security Agency sa Banadero. Nakumpiska ang sumusunod: […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Most Asian markets dipped Thursday following a sell-off in New York as investors keep an eye on top-level talks between China and the United States on trade, while the dollar’s latest rally lost a little steam. The tariff spat between the world’s two biggest economies returns to the fore as a US delegation — including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross — sit with Chinese officials in […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Utah Jazz started strong then held their nerve to beat the top-seeded Houston Rockets 116-108 on Wednesday and level their NBA playoffs second-round series at one game apiece. Forward Joe Ingles scored 27 points and star rookie Donovan Mitchell added 17 as Utah used a big fourth quarter to thwart a second-half comeback bid by superstar James Harden and the Rockets in Houston. Ingles drained seven of nine […]
Ni Miriam Timan Eagle News Correspondent CALBAYOG CITY, Samar (Eagle News) – Pinagbabaril ang asawa at biyenan ng kumakandidatong Barangay Konsehal na si Jaquilia Francisco ng Brgy. San Jose, Calbayog City, Samar ng mga hindi pa nakikilalang armadong kalalakihan sa Sitio Inawacan, San Jose, Lower Happy Valley, Calbayog City. Sa inisyal na imbestigasyon ang mga biktima ay nasa kanilang farmland na may layong dalawang kilometro ang sa Brgy. Poblacion ng Brgy. San Jose. Nang dumating […]
(Eagle News) — Communications Secretary Martin Andanar will be among those being investigated in connection with the P60-million Department of Tourism advertisements placed in the PTV program of the brothers of Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo. This is according to Special Assistant to the President Bong Go, who spoke in a radio interview on Wednesday. “Sa ngayon po, inaalam pa po ng Malacañang iyong buong istorya at nag-aantay ho kami ng report dito, hindi naman masasabing […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Magpapatupad ng mahigpit na seguridad ang Philippine National Police, kasabay ng annual meeting ng Asian Development Bank na isasagawa sa bansa. Ito na ang ikalimang pagkakataon na pangungunahan ng Pilipinas ang nasabing event, kung saan libu-libong delegado mula sa 67 na bansa ang inaasahang dadalo. Inaasahang tatagal ito ng apat na araw na magsisimula ngayon at matatapos sa Linggo, Mayo 6. Ayon kay PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde, nasa 7,500 na mga […]
(Eagle News) — Ambassador Renato Villa returned to the Philippines on Wednesday, May 2. This was after he was expelled by the Kuwaiti government in protest of the Philippine embassy’s rescue of Overseas Filipino Workers there. Overseas Workers Welfare Administration deputy administrator Arnel Ignacio said Kuwait deems the move illegal since Kuwaiti authorities were not informed about the same. According to Villa, he looked forward to the two countries working together “in securing and providing […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Cambridge Analytica, the British marketing analytics firm, announced Wednesday that it was closing and would file for insolvency in Britain and the United States after failing to recover from the Facebook data scandal. The decision follows weeks of intense pressure on the company, hired by Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, after allegations emerged it may have hijacked up to 87 million Facebook users’ data. It claimed it has been “vilified” by […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump added a top impeachment attorney to his legal team Wednesday after the lead White House lawyer for the Russia meddling investigation stepped down. The recruitment of Emmet Flood, who represented President Bill Clinton when he was impeached by the House of Representatives and tried by the Senate in 1998-99, signaled that the White House is going on the offensive as […]
(Eagle News) — Nasa 490 million pesos ang nakatakdang i-release ng Department of Budget and Management (DBM) sa Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) para sa rehabilitasyon ng circumferential road sa isla ng Boracay. Ayon kay Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, ang nasabing pondo ay nakatakdang ibigay sa DPWH sa susunod na linggo. “I am pleased to announce that DBM will release 490 million pesos to DPWH for the rehab of the whole boracay’s circum […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Forty-nine people were listed as still missing Wednesday after a 24-storey building occupied by squatters in central Sao Paulo was engulfed in fire and collapsed, the Brazilian city’s fire department said. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster on Tuesday only three were declared unaccounted for, including one man who was seconds from being successfully rescued by firefighters before the building suddenly crashed down. “The fire department is continuing to […]
