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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Monday that the United States would regret violating the nuclear deal and that Iran would respond in “less than a week” if that happened. “We will not be the first to violate the accord but they should definitely know that they will regret it if they violate it,” Rouhani told a conference to mark National Nuclear Technology Day in Tehran. “We are much more prepared than they […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Thousands of students across Bangladesh staged protests and sit-ins Monday after clashes at the country’s top university left at least 100 people injured. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at Dhaka University students fighting what they consider “discriminatory” government job quotas in favor of special groups. It was one of the biggest protests faced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her decade in power. A minister was due to meet […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, April 9, said there was no plan for a casino project in Boracay, adding the island would be placed under land reform and given to farmers after its 6-month rehabilitation. The President made the revelation in a press conference prior to his departure for China at the Davao International Airport. Duterte is slated to attend the Boao forum, a meeting of business leaders. “Wala akong plano diyan […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has banned exports to North Korea of 32 “dual-use” items that can be applied in the development of weapons of mass destruction, the commerce ministry said. The list of items, which include radiation monitoring equipment and software that can be used to model fluid dynamics or neutrons, is in line with a UN Security Council resolution adopted in September to curb North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs. The ban […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Consumer and activist groups called Monday for an investigation into Google-owned YouTube for allowing advertising to be targeted at children in apparent violation of US law. The organizations said that although YouTube claims that the site is only for users 13 and up, Google generates significant profits from kid-targeted advertising on the video-sharing service. Twenty-three organizations signed a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), arguing that YouTube is among […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Walang plano si incoming Philippine National Police Chief, Oscar Albayalde na palitan ang mga programa ni PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa. Sinabi ni Albayalde na sa mga nakalipas na panahon, walang naging epektibong programa sa peace and order dahil sa kawalan ng continuity. Kapag may nauupo aniyang bagong PNP Chief, babaguhin ang programa na may bagong acronym para maisunod lamang sa kani-kanilang pangalan. Ayon kay Albayalde, ipagpapatuloy lamang […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets fluctuated on Monday as easing concerns about a sharp rise in US interest rates were tempered by growing fears about a potentially catastrophic China-US trade war. US markets plunged on Friday after Donald Trump warned of tariffs on an additional $100 billion worth of Chinese imports, which Beijing responded to by saying it would stand firm. The president’s announcement comes weeks after his decision to tax imports of […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sisimulan na ngayong araw ang unang foreign trip ngayong taon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Umalis patungong Hainan Province, China ang Pangulo para dumalo sa “Boao forum for Asia” na dadaluhan din ng ibang world leaders. Ito na ang magiging ikatlong pagbisita ng Pangulo sa China matapos ang kanyang pulong kay Chinese President Xi Jinping noong October 2016. Layunin nito na patatagin at palalimin ang bilateral relations ng dalawang bansa. Matapos […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police joined the nation in celebrating the Day of Valor, noting the “unbroken tradition of a true Filipino valor thirsting for freedom.” In a statement, PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. John Bulalacao said the PNP was “giving honors to the Filipino soldiers who gave their lives and treasure so that we may all live in peace and freedom.” “We pay respect to the heroes whose lives were sacrificed and whose […]
(Eagle News) — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has ordered a review of all “traditions” of cadets in the Philippine National Police Academy following the mauling of six of its recent graduates, and stressed the need for more uniformed personnel who will supervise them. Año, a cum laude graduate of the Philippine Military Academy, ordered Philippine Public Safety College president Ricardo de Leon and PNPA director Chief Superintendent Joseph Adnol to “institute the necessary systematic reforms […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A 5.6-magnitude quake hit western Japan early Monday, injuring five people and damaging buildings and roads, as officials warned stronger tremors could come in the days ahead. The shallow tremor was gauged as magnitude 5.6 by the US Geological Survey and 6.1 by Japan’s meteorological agency on the Richter scale. It rocked the west of the main island of Honshu, 96 kilometers (60 miles) north of Hiroshima, at 1:32 am (1632 […]
(Eagle News) — Senators on Monday called on the public to continue to be brave in defending the country, noting the heroism of war heroes and veterans. Senate President Koko Pimentel said in a statement this was “a time when the country needs all its citizens, not to fight in trenches, but to make the Philippines better for Filipinos.” “Filipinos never failed to respond to the call of duty when their country needed them..It’s time to […]
