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by Mike Smith Agence France Presse JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address Monday he had new “proof” of an Iranian nuclear weapons plan that could be activated at any time, as the US considers whether to pull out of the atomic accord with Tehran. But while Netanyahu accused Israel’s main enemy Iran of lying about its nuclear ambitions, he did not provide evidence that it had actively […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The number of sexual assaults reported in the US military increased last year by 10 percent, Pentagon officials said Monday, attributing the spike to the fact that victims feel freer to come forward. The number of sexual assaults brought to the attention of military authorities was 6,769 in 2017, up from 6,172 in 2016, according to the report from the Defense Department’s sexual assault prevention and response office. For […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain and the United States on Monday launched a research program billed “the most detailed and extensive examinations of a massive Antarctic glacier ever undertaken” to gauge how quickly it could collapse. Teams from Britain’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) will visit the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica to assess if its cave-in could begin in the next few decades or centuries. […]
by Mushtaq Mojaddidi Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — Ten journalists including Agence France-Presse’s chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, were among dozens killed in attacks across Afghanistan Monday, the deadliest day for the country’s media since 2001. The attacks highlight the dangers journalists face in the war-torn country, where violence is increasing as the resurgent Taliban step up their campaign while the Islamic State group makes inroads. A double suicide blast in […]
(Eagle News)—The Supreme Court has dismissed a Makati judge for gross ignorance of the law and gross misconduct when he downgraded the charges of the two men accused of the 2012 killing of a US Marine officer from murder to homicide allegedly without citing legal bases and by ignoring existing jurisprudence. In dismissing him in a 13-page decision, the SC said Judge Winlove Dumayas of the Makati City Regional Trial Court’s Branch 59 “acted with conscious indifference […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the deployment ban of overseas Filipino workers to Kuwait stays until a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the minimum terms and conditions of employment of Philippine nationals in Kuwait is reached or signed. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that Philippine and Kuwaiti officials are also continuing negotiations and talks on the matter, as he stressed that the Philippines was still trying to normalize ties with the Gulf […]
A senior Kuwaiti official on Monday sought to calm a crisis with the Philippines over the treatment of domestic workers in the oil-rich Gulf state. President Rodrigo Duterte in February prohibited workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in her employer’s freezer. The resulting row deepened last week after Kuwaiti authorities ordered Manila’s envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee […]
(Eagle News) — Senate officials want to investigate those behind the uploading in social media of the controversial rescue operation of distressed Filipino workers in Kuwait. This came about as some lawmakers said that officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs workers who were behind this should be fired. Senator Nancy Binay said she is planning to file a resolution seeking an investigation on the matter. “Baka maganda sa pagbalik namin sa Senado sa May […]
(Eagle News) — A rice watchdog opposed the plan of President Rodrigo Duterte to lift restrictions on the rice imports. Cathy Estavillo, Spokesperson of the Bantay Bigas group, said that President’s plan was only a band-aid solution. She said government should instead focus on the strengthening of local rice production to avoid rice shortage in the future. Estavilo said the lifting of restriction on rice imports will be a disadvantage to the farmers, as it […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the President Rodrigo Duterte’s appeal for Filipino workers in Kuwait to come home is not compulsory, as he clarified that there was no permanent ban on the deployment of Filipino workers in Kuwait. Roque made this clarification after the President announced on Sunday that the deployment ban to Kuwait will stay until a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the protection of Overseas Filipino Workers in Kuwait is […]
(Eagle News) – As part of the celebration of its 50th anniversary, Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s bureaus in the United States conducted outreach activities that included helping Samaritan House, an organization in Virginia that helps homeless families and victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. The event, spearheaded by EBC’s Washington D.C. Bureau in partnership with the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ), a global church active in community service and outreach programs, was lauded […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Monday, April 30, accredited another Transport Network Company following Uber’s exit from the Southeast Asian market. Micab Systems Corp. became the fifth TNC accredited this year, after Golag Inc. Hirna, Hype and Ipara, after its accreditation order was signed by LTFRB Chair Martin Delgra III, LTFRB Board Members Aileen Lizada and Ronaldo Corpus. The order was attested to by Executive Director Samuel Jardin. Micab’s accreditation will be […]
