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Aguirre: No basis for PACC recommendation to suspend prosecutors in Espinosa case

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said there was no basis for the  Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission’s recommendation to suspend the prosecutors who dismissed the drug complaint against Kerwin Espinosa and others. According to Aguirre, “(the PACC does) not know the workings and procedure of the DOJ when conducting preliminary investigation.” Aguirre issued the statement days after he apologized to Assistant State Prosecutor Michael John Humarang,  Acting Prosecutor General Jorge Catalan, Senior Deputy State Prosecutor Rassendell Rex Gingoyon, […]

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UPDATED: 7 killed, several injured after truck plows through eatery, parked vehicles in Batangas

(Eagle News) — Seven people were killed and several others were injured after a truck plowed through a roadside eatery and parked vehicles in Taal, Batangas on Wednesday. Cheche Aninio, Susan Hombre, Melencio Atienza, Jennifer Atienza and Babylyn Atienza, and two others who have yet to be identified were killed in the incident that took place past 5 a.m. Many of the fatalities were reportedly having  a meal in the eatery at that time. Based on […]

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LP to form “resistance” coalition in time for 2019 polls

(Eagle News) — The Liberal Party is eyeing to form a coalition that would reportedly “vigorously resist the slide to authoritarian and anti-democratic rule” in time for the 2019 polls. In a statement, LP President Senator Francis Pangilinan said they hope to “help build together the broadest coalition of groups and individuals united behind defending our freedoms and our civil and political rights.” He said for this, “we will need to work with other groups […]

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Banta ng terorismo, hindi palulusutin ngayong long holiday – PNP

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na hindi makalulusot ngayong long holiday ang banta ng terorismo. Sa press briefing sa Malacañang, sinabi ni National Capital Region Police Office spokesperson, Police Supt. Kim Molitas na bagaman abala ang mga otoridad para sa bakasyon hindi rin naman sila nagpapakampante sa target-hardening measures. Sa ngayon, wala pa naman umano silang natatanggap na anumang banta ng terorismo sa Metro Manila. Para matiyak ang seguridad, […]

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Mama bear keeps cubs longer as shield against hunters

by Hazel Ward Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Female brown bears have learned to protect themselves from being shot by spending more time caring for their young as they adapt to legislation banning the hunting of mothers with cubs. The finding, published on Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, was made by a team of international researchers who spent 22 years studying data on the reproductive strategy and survival of Scandinavian brown bears. […]

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Xi accepted Kim’s invitation to visit N. Korea: KCNA

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping accepted an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Pyongyang when they met for the first time in Beijing, the North’s state media said Wednesday. On behalf of the North’s ruling party and government, Kim invited Xi “to make an official visit to the DPRK at a convenient time and the invitation was accepted with pleasure,” KCNA reported, using the country’s official acronym. © Agence […]

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Kim visit to China is his ‘solemn duty’: KCNA

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that it was his “solemn duty” to make Beijing his first overseas destination as he made his maiden foreign trip as leader, Pyongyang’s official news agency reported Wednesday. The relationship between the North and its key protector has soured in recent years, with China increasingly exasperated by its neighbor’s nuclear antics, and recently showed a new willingness to enforce United […]

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Apple goes back to school with new iPad, apps

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Apple on Tuesday unveiled new applications and a discounted iPad tablet aimed at the education market as it tries to regain momentum lost to Google in the world of classroom technology. At an event in Chicago, the California-based Apple showcased a new, free curriculum called Everyone Can Create that enables teachers to integrate drawing, music, filmmaking or photography into their lessons. Apple also announced Schoolwork, a new app that helps […]

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President Duterte meets with Moro leaders, others in Davao

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met with members of the Bangsamoro Transition Committee and Moro Islamic Liberation Front leaders on Tuesday night. The President’s Davao meeting which also saw members of the government negotiating panel present took place a day after he said he was “worried” about what would happen if the Bangsamoro Basic Law was passed. “Would it do well to mix it all in one pot? Meaning to say, are you Joloanos […]

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Kim said N. Korea ‘committed to denuclearization’: Xinhua

BEIJING, China (AFP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un told China’s President Xi Jinping his nuclear-armed regime was “committed to denuclearization,” the official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday, as he visited Pyongyang’s ally Beijing for the first time, ahead of proposed summits with Seoul and Washington. “The issue of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula can be resolved, if South Korea and the United States respond to our efforts with goodwill, create an atmosphere of peace […]

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Kim held talks with Xi in Beijing: Xinhua

  BEIJING, China (AFP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un made his first-ever foreign trip as a leader to meet China’s president in Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency said Wednesday, ahead of proposed summits with Seoul and Washington that could unsettle nuclear-armed Pyongyang’s sole ally. During the visit from Sunday to Wednesday which came at the invitation of Xi Jinping, Kim held talks with the Chinese president who hosted a banquet to welcome the North […]

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Zuckerberg turns down British MPs for data privacy grilling

by Dario Thuburn Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday turned down a request by British lawmakers to appear before them to respond to concerns about data privacy as the European Union set a deadline for the US social media giant to respond to its own questions. Zuckerberg instead offered to send one of his deputies as the US company comes under new pressure from the EU to […]

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