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CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Egypt, known worldwide for its ancient pyramids, is the Arab world’s most populous country and has been under military control for decades. It is ruled by ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is assured of a second term in elections next week. Here is some background about the country. Army’s grip on power After a period of British rule, Egypt gained independence in 1922 under King Fuad I. In 1952, charismatic army […]
By Vivem Soriano Eagle News Service Magnolia climbed up from a 20-point 2nd half deficit to grab a 105-103 upset victory over the San Miguel Beermen in Game 1 of the Philippine Cup Finals at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. Ian Sangalang led Magnolia in the comeback win with 29 points and 9 rebounds, shocking the heavily-favored San Miguel squad who is gunning for a historic 4th straight Philippine Cup title. Magnolia kept […]
Husband and wife surface on Friday night By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group said it was studying what charges to file the operators of Dimple Star Transport, who surfaced on Friday night. Nilda and Hilbert Nabat made their first public appearance after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered their arrest three days after one of their company’s buses fell into a cliff in Occidental Mindoro, killing 19. The couple arrived around […]
by Remi Zaka with Pauline Talagrand in Paris Agence France-Presse Trèbes, France (AFP) — At least two people were killed after a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group opened fire and took hostages at a supermarket in southwest France on Friday. A security source said the two were killed in the attack at a Super U store in the town of Trebes. Armed police were also responding to the earlier shooting of a policeman in […]
PERTH, Australia (AFP) — At least 135 short-finned pilot whales died Friday after a mass beaching in Australia as rescuers worked to herd those still alive back out to sea. The stranding of 150 whales at Hamelin Bay, some 315 kilometres (195 miles) south of Perth, was spotted by a commercial fisherman at daybreak, with fears the carcasses will attract sharks. Western Australia state’s Parks and Wildlife Service said its staff were on site and […]
by Frankie TAGGART Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Fresh from his confirmation as the crown prince of feel-good fantasy, Guillermo del Toro is cranking the volume up to 11 as producer of the sequel to smash-’em-up blockbuster “Pacific Rim.” “Pacific Rim: Uprising” — an altogether brasher, more rambunctious sci-fi tentpole than the Mexican filmmaker’s Oscar-winning 2017 opus “The Shape of Water” — is tracking to top the domestic box office with upwards […]
(Eagle News) – The Judicial and Bar Council issued a certification that Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio had submitted all the required Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) contrary to the claim of on-leave Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Sereno, in her comment to the quo warranto petition filed against her before the tribunal, claimed that Carpio was among the associate justices and other lawyers who were listed as applicants […]
(Eagle News) — The mother of Horacio Castillo III on Friday welcomed the voluntary surrender of the 10 accused in his death in September last year. ” I’m very happy they surrendered. They are facing the (consequences of) the crime they committed,” she said in an interview over CNN Philippines. According to her, she wanted to see the 10 young men in jail. She said they, after all, “disregarded the life of (her) son.” “You know, […]
A gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group fired shots and took hostages at a supermarket in southwestern France on Friday, a local prosecutor said. Security forces were responding to two separate incidents, one at a supermarket in the town of Trebes and the second, a 15-minute drive away, in the town of Carcassonne where a policeman was shot. It was unclear if the two incidents were linked. In Trebes, the man “entered […]
(Eagle News) — Janet Lim Napoles has accused a raiding team of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology of harassment. Napoles made the accusation in an attempt to convince the Sandiganbayan, where she faces a plunder case in connection with the pork barrel scam, that she needed to be moved to a safehouse from Camp Bagong Diwa where she is detained. According to the undated incident report submitted by Napoles, the incident took place […]
https://youtu.be/OTpTGHuMY9I QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte gave the green-light signal to the proposal of the National Food Authority (NFA) Council to import 250,000 metric tons of rice. According to Jonas Soriano, Deputy Executive Director of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, the move is to increase the current NFA rice inventory or buffer stock. “Even with the sufficient supply of rice for the entire country to date, the NFA management is […]
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said that the Palace is open to listen to the testimony of former Metro Rail Transit (MRT) general manager Al Vitangcol III on the allegation of corruption in the controversial P3.8-billion deal for the maintenance of the MRT-line 3. Roque revealed that he had a meeting with undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Procurement Reinier Paul Yebra regarding this. He said that the statement of Vitangcol could help the government to […]
