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by Yann Schreiber Agence France Presse The new chief of German auto giant Volkswagen was Friday set to outline his plans for steering the company out of the cloud of the “dieselgate” scandal and into a future of electric cars and “sustainable mobility.” Herbert Diess — the Austrian 59-year-old head of the VW Group’s flagship Volkswagen brand — was appointed late Thursday to take over from Matthias Mueller as CEO of the world’s largest automaker […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Thousands of Islamist fighters and their relatives left the Syrian town of Douma they once controlled as the last evacuations from Eastern Ghouta continued Friday, a monitor said. The fighters from the Jaish al-Islam group left overnight and thousands of civilians onboard 85 buses that took them to areas of northern Syria still held by rebels. The evacuations are part of a deal brokered by Damascus’s Russian ally to re-establish regime control […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – A Moscow court on Friday ruled to block the popular messaging app Telegram in Russia, after it refused to give state security services access to private conversations, an AFP reporter at the court said. The Roskomnadzor telecoms watchdog, which brought the case, had earlier demanded the service be blocked as soon as the verdict was announced. Telegram’s self-exiled Russian founder Pavel Durov has long said he will reject any attempt by […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The election gun ban in connection with the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections begins early Saturday, April 14, at exactly 12:01 a.m. This means that all permits to carry firearms outside residences and permits to travel were suspended. Only uniformed policemen, soldiers and other members of enforcement units are exempted from the gun ban, which coincides with the start of the election period. “(There will be) joint (Philippine National […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, April 13, issued a public apology to Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi Friday, a week after describing the military crackdown on the country’s Rohingya minority as a “genocide.” “I will apologize to you, but if you have noticed, my statement was almost a satire,” Duterte told a pre-dawn news conference in Davao on Friday. He said his original comments were intended as a dig at European countries […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III wants the rates of political ad placements in traditional media slashed by up to 50 percent In a statement, Pimentel said this was to prevent elected politicians from engaging in corrupt activities. “The reason we have campaign spending limits is due to the temptation for corruption generated by excessive expenses during a campaign. Some politicians think it entitles them to ‘recoup’ their ‘investment’ using […]
by Paul Handley and Dave Clark Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to become Washington’s top diplomat pledged Thursday to work with US allies to strengthen the Iran deal and played down fears he is bent on regime change in North Korea. Mike Pompeo, the outgoing director of the Central Intelligence Agency, disavowed his reputation as a “war hawk” and an anti-Muslim hardliner as he sought to woo support […]
Also secures P4.13-billion grant from Asian neighbor (Eagle News) –-The Philippines has secured an estimated US$9.8 billion worth of investments from nine business agreements signed with China during President Rodrigo Duterte’s official visit. Duterte himself made the announcement in his arrival speech in Davao City on Friday, April 13. The President said the signing of the business letters of intent (LOI) between the Philippine government and Chinese firms were expected to generate more than 10,000 […]
JOLO, Sulu (Eagle News) – Patay sa pamamaril ang isang kawani ng Sulu Integrated Provincial Health Office sa Jolo, Sulu. Ayon kay Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana, Commander ng Joint Task Force Sulu, nakilala ang nasawi na si Edmiraldo “Emerald” Sollano Wee, isang human resource (HR) officer sa nasabing health office. Nagtamo ito ng tama ng bala sa kaniyang ulo na naging dahilan ng agaran nitong pagkamatay. Batay sa imbestigasyon, sakay ng kaniyang motorsiklo pauwi ng […]
by Paul Handley Agence France Presse Former FBI director James Comey says in a new book that President Donald Trump reminded him of a mafia boss who demanded absolute loyalty, saw the entire world against him, and lied about everything. According to excerpts of the book leaked by US media on Thursday, Trump was also obsessed with the alleged existence of a video in which Russian prostitutes said to be hired by Trump urinated […]
Ni Nelson Lubao Eagle News Service OSLOB, Cebu (Eagle News) – Pansamantalang isasara ng halos isang linggo ang isla ng Sumilon upang linisin ang mga dumi nito. Ayon sa lokal na pamahalaan ng Oslob, dapat lamang na bigyan ng panahon ang paglilinis dito bago pa ito matulad sa naging problema ng Boracay Island. Bagamat dinarayo ng mga turista, kapansin-pansin naman ang mga naiipong mga dumi na lumulutang sa tubig. Unang nakilala ang Oslob dahil sa […]
LIANGA, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Muling nagpositibo sa red tide toxin and baybayin ng Lianga, Surigao del Sur. Ito ay ayon sa huling pagsusuri ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Dahil dito ipinagbabawal muna ang pagkuha at pagbebenta ng anumang shellfish at maging ang alamang sa apektadong lugar. Base sa pagsusuri ng BFAR mataas ang antas ng red tide toxins na nakuha sa mga water sample na kinukuha nila kada lingo. […]
