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by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump named ultra-hardline Fox News pundit and former UN ambassador John Bolton as his new national security advisor Thursday, ousting embattled army general HR McMaster. McMaster’s exit is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the White House that started with national security advisor Michael Flynn and has also included chief of staff Reince Priebus, chief strategist Steve Bannon, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday, March 21 said he opposed the proposal to make the Philippine Marines a separate entity from the Philippine Navy. “The Philippine Marine Corps is basically a ground force and as such, they are now deployed as an infantry force in Mindanao. Making them a separate service doing the same function as the Army will mean there will be two ground forces in the country,” Lorenzana […]
by Adam PLOWRIGHT and Joseph SCHMID Agence France-Presse PARIS, France – An estimated 200,000 protesters took to the streets of France on Thursday in a showdown between trade unions and President Emmanuel Macron that could be decisive for his reform agenda. Seven unions representing staff in the public sector led strikes and protests, and a third of railway workers walked out to join the demonstrations against 40-year-old Macron’s bid to shake up the French state. […]
by Damian WROCLAVSKY Agence France-Presse BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil’s top court convened Thursday to rule on whether former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should face jail if he loses an appeal next week or if he can pursue other legal remedies. A court in Porto Alegre is to give its verdict on Monday on Lula’s appeal against a 12-year jail sentence for money laundering and corruption. But first, the Federal Supreme Court — sitting […]
by Glenn Chapman / with Robin Millard in London Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States – A public apology by Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg failed Thursday to quell outrage over the hijacking of personal data from millions of people, as critics demanded that the social media giant go much further to protect user privacy. Speaking out for the first time about the harvesting of Facebook user data by a British firm linked to Donald Trump’s […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Foreign Affairs said undocumented Filipino workers in Kuwait have only until April 12 to register for repatriation, and is urging them not to wait until the last minute to do this. The department announced the new deadline after it noted a drop in the number of undocumented Filipino workers registering for repatriation after Kuwait announced a two-month extension that expires on April 22. The DFA said it is […]
(Eagle News) — A lawyer has filed a disbarment complaint against the man who filed an impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Wilfredo Garrido Jr. wants lawyer Larry Gadon disbarred over his allegedly perjurious statements and dishonesty in House hearings on the impeachment complaint against Sereno. In his complaint filed on March 15, Garrido cited Gadon’s claim that his source on the allegation that Sereno falsified court documents in 2013 was reporter Jomar […]
(Eagle News) — Thirteen drug suspects were killed in police operations in Bulacan from Tuesday to Wednesday. Senior Supt. Romeo Caramat Jr., Bulacan police director, said the operations were conducted from Tuesday midnight to Wednesday noon. The operations, he said, included 57 buy-bust operations, and services of warrants of arrest and search warrants. “Unfortunately, 13 of the suspects were killed when our officers fired in self-defense shortly after the suspects who were armed with concealed […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang is not ordering the closure of Boracay island just yet for tourists. This was according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque who stressed that the possible closure of Boracay “will not happen during the upcoming peak season.” “Proceed to Boracay,” Roque said, citing the peak season this long summer break. I don’t think any closure will happen during the peak season of Boracay,” he said in a press briefing on Thursday, […]
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — At least six people died and several others were seriously injured in an explosion Thursday at a Czech chemical plant in the northern town of Kralupy-nad-Vltavou, fire fighters said. “We have received information about six dead and several others seriously injured,” regional fire fighter spokeswoman Vladimira Kerekova said, quoted by the CTK news agency. © Agence France-Presse
Katipunan Ave., among others, to have “non-exclusive” motorcycle lanes, one approved proposal says (Eagle News) — The Metro Manila Council on Thursday approved several traffic-related proposals made by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to curb traffic in several major thoroughfares. In a statement, the MMDA said the MMC, composed of Metro Manila Mayors, approved the resolution amending the uniform light truck policy that bans cargo trucks with a gross capacity weight of 4500 kilograms and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Dashcam footage of the first fatal self-driving car crash involving a pedestrian shows the Uber vehicle operator appearing to be distracted, then gasping in horror seconds before the impact. The driver can be seen looking down at something for nearly five seconds before finally gazing up the instant before the car hit a woman in Tempe, in the US state of Arizona on Sunday. Police there released the footage […]
