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POMPANO BEACH, United States (AFP) – US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited a Florida hospital Friday to offer their respects to the victims of a mass shooting that claimed 17 lives at a nearby high school. The first couple visited Broward Health North Hospital, where a White House official said they would thank medical staff “for their life-saving assistance.” The pair are also expected to visit the Broward County sheriff’s office “to meet […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday said it had asked Kuwait for an extension of its amnesty program for Filipino workers illegally staying there. Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said it had asked Kuwaiti Ambassador to the Philippines Saleh Ahmad Althwaikh for a three-month extension in a “candid, frank discussion” on Thursday. He said there were still 10,000 overstaying Filipinos in the Middle Eastern country who had to be brought back home. […]
by Jorge Svartzman Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazil’s President Michel Temer on Friday handed the military full control of security in Rio de Janeiro in an increasingly desperate fight to tame runaway gang violence. Army patrols are already used in Rio’s gang-ruled favelas, but a decree signed by Temer will now give the military full control of security operations in Rio state, which the president said had virtually been seized by organized crime gangs. The […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – US Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday indicted 13 Russian nationals and three companies accused of running a secret campaign to tilt the 2016 presidential election. The unsealed indictment details a stunning operation that began in 2014 and aimed to sow social division inside the United States, influence US politics “including the presidential election of 2016.” Mueller alleges the campaign — under the direction of Yevgeny Prigozhin, a […]
by Leila Macor with Chris Lefkow in Washington Agence France-Presse PARKLAND, United States – The FBI admitted Friday that it had received a detailed warning from a tipster over a month ago that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz might be planning such a massacre — and that it failed to take any action. The stunning admission by the top US law enforcement agency came two days after Cruz, a 19-year-old with a long history of troubling behavior, killed […]
The Philippines and China are discussing joint mineral exploration in the South China Sea despite an ongoing territorial conflict over the strategic waterway, the foreign secretary said on Friday. The two countries, long embroiled in a dispute over their competing claims to the area, are hoping talks will open the door for them to jointly tap its resources, Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said. “We are pushing it aggressively because we need it,” Cayetano told […]
(Eagle News) — Foreign Affairs secretary Alan Peter Cayetano welcomed the appointment of Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo as he noted how the INC has a “very organized system” of coordination that can greatly help concerns of overseas Filipinos abroad. He also observed how the INC leader had been conducting pastoral visitations of many of the INC’s local congregations abroad. “One reason is they have churches in several countries around […]
(Eagle News) –Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III expressed support for the appointment of Iglesia Ni Cristo Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo as Special Envoy for Overseas Filipinos’ Concerns. Bello said this move by President Rodrigo Duterte would greatly help the cause of overseas Filipinos. “Malaking bagay, madami silang congregation. (it’s a big deal. They have many congregations.) He would be a great help to our effort to provide protection to our OFWs,” he […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday extended its condolences to the family and friends of National Artist Napoleon Abueva, who passed away at 88 years old. “We join the entire nation in mourning the passing of an exemplary artist,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement. He said Abueva, who was the youngest national artist awardee at 46 years old, “paved the way for the recognition of authentic Filipino talent in the global […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Friday said the leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, Apollo Quiboloy, is a private individual and can take care of himself. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement after news reports said Quiboloy had been detained in Hawaii following the discovery by authorities of $350,000 in cash and gun parts on a private plane he was on. Quiboloy was later released, but one of his companions, Felina Salinas, […]
(Eagle News) — El embajador de los Estados Unidos en filipinas Sung Kim visitó al Ministro Ejecutivo de la Iglesia, el hermano Eduardo V. Manalo, el lunes, el 12 de febrero, 2018. El embajador llegó a Central antes de las 8 de la mañana. La visita del embajador Kim sucedió al mismo tiempo que la Iglesia se prepara para las celebraciones de su 50 aniversario en el oeste. La primera congregación de la Iglesia de Cristo se […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines is committed to peace. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was the statement given by President Rodrigo Duterte during his meeting on Thursday night with Idun Tvedt, Norwegian special envoy for the peace process between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. Duterte made the statement even after peace talks between the two parties collapsed last year. According to Roque, Tvedt “reiterated the commitment of the Norwegian […]
