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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US cable company Comcast, which in December dropped an attempt to acquire 21st Century Fox, is considering relaunching that bid even though Walt Disney Co. has reached a deal, the Wall Street Journal reported. The report, based on sources close to the matter, comes as Disney works to complete a $66.1 billion acquisition of part of Rupert Murdoch’s empire. If approved by antitrust authorities, Fox would add the 20th Century […]
Ni Norberto Delfino Eagle News Service CABUYAO CITY, Laguna – Isang Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) ang sinundo sa airport ng mga kawani ng City Government of Cabuyao bilang bahagi ng kanilang proyektong “OFW Hatid-Sundo.” Kasama ang biyenan at kaanak ay sinalubong nila si Karen Mapa, OFW sa bansang Malaysia, na nakaranas ng pagmamaltrato umano ng kaniyang amo. Si Mapa ay nangibang bansa noon lamang Agosto 2017. “Sa unang buwan po, okey lang sa akin yong […]
Nina Aser Bulanadi at Godofredo Santiago Eagle News Service TARLAC CITY, Tarlac (Eagle News) – Isang 33 anyos na babae na pansamantalang pinalaya dahil sa kasong may kinalaman sa droga ang naaresto sa ikalawang pagkakataon. Sa ulat ni Police Supt. Eric B. Buenconsejo, hepe ng Tarlac City PNP, kay Tarlac Provincial Director Police Senior Supt. Ritchie Medardo Posadas, ang naaresto ay si Mary Herlene Caballero, mas kilala sa tawag na “Tootsie.” Naaresto si Caballero sa […]
(Eagle News) – Over 300 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who were granted amnesty in Kuwait arrived in two flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 in Pasay City on Monday, February 12, 2018. The 317 OFWs were welcomed by officials from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA). OWWA Administrator Atty. Hans Leo J. Cacdac told the OFWs the government would shoulder their travel expenses. “Mayroon po […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and the Vanguard of the Philippine Constitution Inc. filed on Monday a criminal complaint against former President Benigno Aquino III and several others over the Dengvaxia mess. Apart from Aquino, facing the complaint for technical malversation, criminal negligence, violation of the Revised Penal Code and other violations were former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad; former Health Secretary Janette Garin; Health Undersecretaries Carol Tanio, Gerardo […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Senate has approved on final reading a bill that bans any form of hazing. Nineteen senators voted in favor of Senate Bill 1662 which effectively amends Republic Act 8049, the existing anti-hazing law that merely regulates the acts. The bill, which was endorsed by Senator Panfilo Lacson, expands the definition of hazing, which includes paddling, whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, forced exposure to the sun, forced intake of any drug […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment has officially ordered a total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III signed on Monday the administrative order that puts in place the ban, which came after the discovery of the gruesome death of Joanna Demafelis. Demafelis was found inside the freezer of an apartment left abandoned since 2016. It also came amid investigations into the deaths of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Could the International Space Station become a commercial venture run by private industry? That is the wish of the White House, which hopes to end funding for the costly program within a few years, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The US plan, the paper said, involves privatizing the ISS, a low-orbit space station piloted by the US space agency NASA and developed jointly with its Russian counterpart. The station has […]
by Anna Malpas with Thibault Marchand in Moscow Agence France Presse STEPANOVSKOYE, Russia (AFP) — Investigators will examine Monday numerous possible causes of one of Russia’s worst ever aviation accidents that saw a passenger plane carrying 71 people crash near Moscow minutes after take off, killing everyone on board. Russia’s Investigative Committee said it would consider explanations including human error, technical failure and weather conditions, as the country has experienced record snowfall in recent […]
Notes she is “very active” in impeachment hearings against CJ Sereno (Eagle News) — Cebu Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia on Monday questioned the timing of the Ombudsman’s release of the order dismissing her from service. “An act that was done when I was still governor several years ago, you’d rather wonder whether this was purposely done. As you saw, I’m very active in this impeachment hearing against Chief Justice Sereno,” Garcia said. She said “it does […]
by Peter Stebbings Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Vicious winds caused a string of crashes as America’s Jamie Anderson survived the chaos to clinch her second straight slopestyle snowboarding Olympic gold in treacherous conditions on Monday. Nearly all the athletes — including Anderson — tumbled at some point at Pyeongchang’s Phoenix Park, where strong winds forced Sunday’s qualifiers to be scrapped and also delayed the final for more than an hour on […]
(Eagle News)– Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales has ordered the dismissal of House Deputy Speaker Gwendolyn Garcia from service after she allegedly purchased a P98.9-million property when she was the governor of Cebu without authority from the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. The Ombudsman said the Cebu representative committed grave misconduct when she entered into contracts with Supreme ABF Construction for the acquisition of the 249,246-square-meter Balili property in Tinaan, Naga in Cebu. “She failed to point out the specific provision […]
