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by Carlos Mandujano Agence France Presse LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A Peruvian court ordered former president Alberto Fujimori on Monday to stand trial for the 1992 killings of six farmers, arguing that he lacks immunity despite a recent pardon for a different crime. The National Criminal Court said the pardon granted to Fujimori in a human rights case for which he was serving a 25-year sentence did not apply to the murders of the group. […]
(Eagle News)–The Senate committee on ethics junked on Tuesday the cases filed by former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon against Senators Panfilo Lacson and Antonio Trillanes IV. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon moved to dismiss the ethics cases that were filed after Lacson and Trillanes accused Faeldon of being linked to corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Drilon said Faeldon’s move against Lacson was a “clear case of forum shopping” since the Lacson’s allegations the former […]
(Eagle News) – Hanggang sa susunod na buwan na lamang ang natitirang buffer stock ng bigas ng National Food Authority (NFA) sa buong bansa. Ayon sa tagapagsalita ng NFA na si Director Rex Estoperez, tinatayang nasa 1.5 milyong sako ng bigas ang natitira sa mga warehouse ng NFA sa kasalukuyan. Pero ang natitirang bigas ay nakalaan na lamang para sa emergency relief operation ng Department of Social Welfare and Development, gaya ng nakaimbak sa warehouse […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ang mga iligal na umookupa sa forest land ng Boracay ang susunod na magiging target ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Ayon sa DENR, 174 na show-cause orders na ang nalagdaan at nakatakdang ilabas sa mga illegal forest occupant na nasa forest land ng Boracay. Sabi ni DENR-Western Visayas Regional Director Jim Sampulna, mula noong Hulyo nang nakaraang taon, umabot na sa 842 ang iligal na umookupa […]
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore said Monday it would impose a carbon tax from next year to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and make companies more competitive as global agreements on climate change take effect. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said the tax would be levied on all facilities producing 25,000 tons or more of greenhouse gas emissions a year. The tax, to be applied to all sectors, will be Sg$5.0 ($3.8) per ton of […]
by Frank Zeller Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — The counter-terrorism plot seems more far-fetched than many action thrillers, yet “7 Days in Entebbe,” which premiered at the Berlin film festival Monday, depicts a real-life airline hijack drama. The movie recounts what is often called the most audacious hostage rescue mission ever staged, Israel’s 1976 “Operation Thunderbolt” in Uganda, but aims to be more than a tale of military heroism. Instead, Brazilian director Jose Padilha […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ibinunyag ng Bureau of Internal Revenue o BIR na may discrepancy ang tax records ni Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Sa ika-labing-apat na pagdinig ng House Committee on Justice, sinabi ni BIR Deputy Commissioner Arnel Guballa na lumitaw na may discrepancy sa 2004 hanggang 2010 tax records nito batay sa kanilang isinagawang imbestigasyon. Pero tumanggi si Guballa na ibunyag sa komite ang kanilang findings ukol sa mga nasabing […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — World-famous guitar maker Gibson, whose instruments have been played by the likes of John Lennon and Elvis Presley, is facing serious financial problems that threaten its very existence. The mythical company — in Nashville, Tennessee since 1894 — on Monday brought in a new financial director, Benson Woo, to try to rescue the ailing group. Gibson Brands, which also sells audio systems for both professionals and the general public, […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Archaeologists who have been exploring the world’s largest underwater cave — recently discovered in Mexico — presented their findings Monday, including fossils of giant sloths and an elaborate shrine to the Mayan god of commerce. Researchers discovered last month that two large networks of underwater caves in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, the Sac Actun and Dos Ojos networks, are in fact connected, forming the largest such structure on Earth. Diving with […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isang babaeng piloto mula sa Philippine Air Force ang napili na makapasok sa Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) na isang scholarship program ng United States Air Force para sa mga piling opisyal sa buong mundo. Siya si Second Lieutenant Catherine Mae Gonzales, ang kauna-unahang babaeng piloto mula sa Philippine Air Force. Ayon sa US Embassy, ang scholarship program ay binubuo ng 164 oras na flight training sa T-6A Texan II aircraft, […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakatakdang dumalaw si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa burol ng namatay na overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) na si Joanna Demafelis sa Sara, Iloilo ngayong Linggo. Kinumpirma ito mismo ni Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, pero hindi pa inihayag kung kailan ang eksaktong petsa. Gayunman, tiniyak ni Roque na magbibigay ng financial at burial assistance ang gobyerno sa pamilya ni Joanna. Nitong Biyernes, Pebrero 16, dumating sa bansa ang labi ni Demafelis na […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night reiterated the country had sovereign rights over its claims in the South China Sea. The President made the assertion before the Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua and Filipino-Chinese businessmen, among others. “It has been the claim of the Republic of the Philippines na atin ‘yan… which we call before the China Sea, now the West Philippine Sea,” Duterte said. He also noted that the Philippine Rise was ours. “So […]
