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Also tells military to “discontinue” $233-million contract with Canadian company for 16 combat helicopters (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines to “discontinue” its $233-million contract with a Canadian company for 16 combat helicopters, and to stop buying arms from the country in general. Duterte said the AFP should also stop buying the same from the United States. “From here on now, I am directing AFP since […]
President makes announcement following discovery of a Filipina in an apartment freezer in oil-rich country (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said that the ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers to Kuwait would continue, noting that he was “ready to take drastic steps” to preserve OFW lives. “If a ban is what is needed then let it be so,” a visibly angry Duterte said in a speech following news about the […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of former President Benigno Aquino III will “discuss ways forward” following the Supreme Court’s order to temporarily halt proceedings in connection with the cases filed against him because of the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. In an interview with CNN Philippines on Friday, Abigail Valte, Aquino’s spokesperson, said this was because “at this point, we can’t really tell (if the order is a positive development).” Earlier, Aquino asked the Sandiganbayan […]
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AFP) — After hours of painstaking search efforts, Taiwanese rescue workers pulled two more bodies from the flattened remains of a hotel Friday, bringing the death toll from a deadly 6.4-magnitude quake to 12. Scores of emergency responders combed the rubble of the lower floors of the 12-storey Yun Tsui apartment block, which housed the Beauty Stay Hotel and had pancaked during the quake, leaving the building leaning at a 50-degree angle […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — The Pacific nation of Tuvalu — long seen as a prime candidate to disappear as climate change forces up sea levels — is actually growing in size, new research shows. A University of Auckland study examined changes in the geography of Tuvalu’s nine atolls and 101 reef islands between 1971 and 2014, using aerial photographs and satellite imagery. It found eight of the atolls and almost three-quarters of the islands […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima on Friday hailed the International Criminal Court’s decision to conduct a “preliminary examination” of the allegations against the drug war. “The decision of the prosecutor of the (ICC) to start a preliminary examination on the Philippine situation—preliminary to an investigation that will eventually charge this government, its leaders and all those complicit in the mass murder of thousands in its so-called drug war—is the fulfillment of a hope […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North’s ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam met and shook hands Friday ahead of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Kim Yong Nam, who is officially leading Pyongyang’s diplomatic delegation to the Games, met Moon at a leaders’ reception ahead of the opening ceremony in Pyeongchang. Moon and his wife received their guests one by one and the two men smiled as […]
by Hwang Sunghee Agence France-Presse PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister joined athletes and officials from around the world at the South’s Winter Olympics Friday, the first member of Pyongyang’s ruling dynasty to set foot in its rival since the Korean War. Kim Yo Jong was part of a diplomatic delegation led by the ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam — the highest-level North Korean official ever to […]
(Eagle News) — Marawi City Mayor Majul Usman Gandamra said there are no reports of recent recruitment for would-be members of the ISIS-inspired group in the city. Gandamra however, told reporters during a press briefing on Friday, February 9, that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported there are possibilities of recruitments in other municipalities. “…But ito po ay na-address na ng ating security forces,” he said, noting that martial law extension in Mindanao was […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has ordered a halt to the arraignment of former President Benigno Aquino III and two others in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. In a three-page resolution signed by First Division Clerk of Court Edgar Aricheta, the SC effectively ruled in favor of the petition of the kin of Special Action Force commandos who died who wanted Aquino, former Philippine National Police Chief Alan Purisima […]
Money to fund WFP program for schoolchildren, “vulnerable laborers, farmers” (Eagle News) — The Australian government has given more than P42 million in assistance to people affected by the Marawi crisis. With the P42.7 million (AUD1.1 million), the World Food Program will be able to provide six months of school meals for 50,000 pupils, a joint statement from the WFP and the Australian embassy said. Australian Ambassador Amanda Gorely said in the statement that the “emergency […]
CEBU CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Nasa 68 na katao ang isinugod sa iba’t ibang ospital sa Cebu City matapos mabiktima ng food poisoning kamakailan. Ang mga nalason ay kinabibilangan ng mga estudyantre, magulang at mga guro na dumadalo sa isang skills exhibition sa Ecotech Center sa Barangay Lahug sa Cebu. Ayon kay Nagiel Bañacia, pinuno ng City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, nakaranas ng pananakit ng tiyan, diarrhea, at pagsusuka ang mga biktima. […]
