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by Javier Tovar Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — More than two dozen superheroes. One big baddie. Let the mega-battle begin — and watch the box office receipts pile up. This week, Marvel Studios unleashes the highly-anticipated “Avengers: Infinity War” on theaters worldwide, almost 10 years to the day that it introduced movie fans to its ever-expanding comic book world with “Iron Man.” The film, set to hit US theaters on Thursday […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has forfeited the missionary visa of Australian missionary Patricia Fox and ordered her to leave the country. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente said this was after the BI’s board of commissioners (BOC), which he chairs, found her “to have engaged in activities that are not allowed under the terms and conditions of her visa.” Associate Commissioners J. Tobias Javier and Aimee Torrefranca -Neri are members of […]
DUBLIN, Germany (AFP) — Ireland’s government on Tuesday said it was signing a deal with Apple for the US tech giant to pay 13 billion euros ($16 billion) in back taxes as ordered by the European Commission. The formal signature is expected later on Tuesday and the money will go into an escrow account, a type of third-party account used in transactions, the finance ministry said in a statement. The money is expected to be […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook has been fined $10,000 and handed a retrospective technical foul after a clash with Utah’s Rudy Gobert, the NBA said Tuesday. A statement from NBA basketball operations executive Kiki VanDeWeghe said Westbrook had been sanctioned after an incident in the fourth quarter of Monday’s stormy playoff duel. The Jazz won the game, 113-96, to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and […]
by Olivia Hampton Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former US president George H.W. Bush was being treated for a blood infection on Tuesday after being admitted to a Texas hospital shortly after the funeral of his wife, Barbara. President Donald Trump wished the 93-year-old former president a “very speedy recovery” as he welcomed French leader Emmanuel Macron to the White House. Bush’s office said he was “responding to treatments and appears to […]
by Scott Williams Agence France Presse STUTTGART, Germany (AFP) — Maria Sharapova crashed out in the opening round of the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Tuesday as French sixth seed Caroline Garcia staged a fightback to win 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4. “This was not the result that I wanted, but I can take a lot out of this match,” Sharapova said. “I’ve not competed for a few weeks, but I played pretty solid and did all […]
by Robin Millard Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prince Charles voiced his joy Tuesday at the arrival of his third grandchild, as Britain waited to discover what Prince William and his wife Kate will call their new baby son. Cannons were fired in London to mark the arrival of the little prince, who is fifth in line to the throne, and the bells of Westminster Abbey rang out in celebration. The boy, […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump and French counterpart Emmanuel Macron called for a “new” deal with Iran Tuesday, looking beyond divisions over a landmark nuclear accord that now hangs in the balance. Trump pilloried a three-year-old agreement designed to curb Iran’s nuclear program as “insane” and “ridiculous,” despite European pleas for him not to walk away from the accord. Instead, Trump eyed a “grand bargain” […]
by Dave Clark Agence France Presse TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — A Canadian man who apparently had a grudge against women was charged with murder Tuesday after allegedly plowing a rented van onto a crowded Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people — an incident that shocked the nation. Police said the suspect, 25-year-old Alek Minassian, was not known to them before Monday’s carnage in Canada’s most populous city, which also left 14 people injured. Most of the […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano apologized to the government and people of Kuwait on Tuesday, April 24, “for some actions taken by the Philippine embassy,” particularly a posted and shared video of embassy staff helping Filipinos fleeing from their allegedly abusive employers in Kuwait. “I apologize to my counterpart and we apologize to the Kuwaiti government, the Kuwaiti people and the leaders of Kuwait if they were offended by some […]
(Eagle News) — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, April 23, admitted the Liberal Party was urging former presidential candidate Mar Roxas to run for senator in 2019. He said, however, that Roxas, who has since moved away from the public eye since losing the 2016 presidential elections to then-Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, has not yet decided. “He is also enjoying his private life,” he said. He said that so far, they were still […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, April 24 advised the Department of Interior Local Government (DILG) to conduct entrapment operations to nab barangay officials who are reportedly demanding exorbitant fees in exchange for Boracay Identification cards (IDs). “I am sure the barangay official/s concerned know who they are. I thought it wise to expose with an advice to DILG to set up entrapment operations, para itigil nila ang kalokohan nila,” he said […]
