Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
PARIS, France (AFP) — World landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building will go dark this weekend to support the fight against climate change and highlight the dangers mankind poses to nature. The 11th edition of Earth Hour, an annual bid to raise awareness about climate change caused by burning fossil fuels, will see iconic structures cut the lights at a time when global temperatures are the highest on record. “Climate change […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski announced his resignation Wednesday in an address to the nation, the day before he was to face an impeachment vote in Congress. The 79-year-old former Wall Street banker, under fire over his links to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, denied allegations of bribe-taking but said his resignation was “the best thing for the country.” Kuczynski is the first president to lose his job over the scandal in […]
by Glenn CHAPMAN / with Rob Lever in Washington and Robin Millard in London Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg vowed Wednesday to “step up” to fix problems at the social media giant, as it fights a snowballing scandal over the hijacking of personal data from millions of its users. “We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can’t then we don’t deserve to serve […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May will urge EU leaders Thursday to unite against a Russian threat that could last for “years to come”, following the nerve agent attack in Britain. At a summit in Brussels, May will say that the attempt to kill former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in the city of Salisbury — which she has blamed on Moscow — could have happened anywhere. “The challenge of Russia […]
by Mark Henricks © Agence France-Presse AUSTIN, United States (AFP) — A man suspected of carrying out a series of parcel bombings in the Texas capital Austin blew himself up Wednesday as police closed in, easing tensions in a city that had been on edge for weeks. Police said they surrounded Mark Conditt, a 23-year-old white male, outside a hotel in city suburbs, where a series of bombings that began on March 2 killed two people […]
by Emmeline Moore © Agence France-Presse MILAN, Italy (AFP) — Italian veteran Carolina Kostner outshone newly-crowned Olympic champion Alina Zagitova to grab a slender lead after the women’s short programme at the world figure skating championships in Milan on Wednesday. Zagitova, 15, bidding to top a golden debut to her first senior season in which she has won every competition, including gold in Pyeongchang four weeks ago, trails the 31-year-old Italian by a slim […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Catalonia’s parliament is to hold a debate and vote Thursday on a new candidate for regional president, Jordi Turull, who risks being disqualified from holding office over his role in the region’s separatist drive. “I will propose to the chamber that Jordi Turull be candidate for president,” Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent told reporters late Wednesday, just hours after Turull was summoned to appear in court on Friday. Turull, a former […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump is poised to unveil sanctions against China for the “theft” of US intellectual property Thursday, a White House official said, teeing up a second potential trade war in as many months. Spokesman Raj Shah told AFP that Trump will announce actions following an “investigation into China’s state-led, market-distorting efforts to force, pressure, and steal US technologies and intellectual property.” Beijing has already warned the Trump administration against the move, urging […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday has finalized the country’s demands for the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Kuwait. The President said he wanted the bilateral deal that Philippines and Kuwait will sign to be a “government-to-government“ contract. The Chief Executive also demanded that the agreement should include some mandatory provisions like allowing OFWs to sleep at least seven hours a day and that they should “be fed with nutritious food.” […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Department of Transportation (DOTR) Undersecretary and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) general manager Tim Orbos said that they would also include old trucks in the government’s plan to phase-out dilapidated and smoke-belching vehicles plying the country’s roads. He said this as he clarified that the department had not stopped its “Tanggal Usok, Tanggal Bulok” campaign. This campaign will not only cover old jeepneys for phaseout, but trucks and other […]
Nina Rhizzalyn Bautista at Anjanette Ocampo Eagle News Correspodents QUEZON CITY, Metro Manila (Eagle News) – Isang sunog ang nangyari kanina umaga bandang 9:30 sa No. 32 Cooper St., Brgy. Paraiso, Quezon City. Ayon sa batang saksi na si Gion, sampung taong gulang na unang nakakita na sunog ay nagsimula sa imbakan ng spare parts ng assakyan na nasa loob ng compound nagsimula ang sunog. Ang mga spare part na ito ay pagmamay-ari ni Joel […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed cases of plunder and graft against former Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson and 33 others, including former and current officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways region 12 and other private individuals. This was in connection with a right-of-way alleged scam in General Santos City that had allegedly defrauded the government of at least […]
