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PANTAR, Lanao del Sur (Eagle News) — Patay ang tatlong natitirang miyembro ng Maute-ISIS terrorist group sa isinagawang operasyon ng militar at pulisya sa Barangay Lumba Punud, Pantar, Lanao Del Norte. Kinilala ang isa sa tatlong nasawi na si Omar Daiser, habang inaalam pa ang impormasyon ng dalawa pang miyembro ng Maute-ISIS. Batay sa ulat, nakuha agad ng PNP-Pantar ang bangkay ng mga terorista at agad itong naibigay sa kustodiya ng municipal councilor ng Pantar […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III has asked the Sandiganbayan to suspend all proceedings related to his Mamasapano case pending resolution of his motion to dismiss. In a 3-page manifestation with motion filed before the fourth division on Monday, the lawyers of Aquino–who is supposed to be arraigned on February 15—argued such proceedings would only be “moot” if his “motion to quash amended information” was granted in the end. Aquino also asked the Sandiganbayan […]
by Jung Ha-won Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s increasingly influential sister has become one of his closest confidantes in a country where power has always been a family affair. Kim Yo Jong made history Friday as the first member of the North’s ruling dynasty to set foot in the South since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. The two sides technically remain at war since […]
(Eagle News) — The woman who was discovered in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait has been identified. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that based on a DNA test, the body was Joanna Daniela Dimapilis’. Dimapilis’ body was found during an inspection of the premises of justice staff in compliance with a court order to re-possess the apartment. Media reports in Kuwait said the unit had been vacant since November 2016. A […]
by Victoria Loguinova-Yakovleva Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Weary of local officials dismissing the deadly smog that covers their city, citizens of Siberia’s industrial hub Krasnoyarsk decided to take action and monitor air quality themselves. But they quickly came up against those same authorities in the remote region 4,200 kilometers (2,600 miles) east of Moscow. Krasnoyarsk boasts dozens of factories as well as one of the world’s biggest aluminium plants. The natural resources […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Two Reuters journalists detained for two months by Myanmar authorities were arrested over their investigation of a massacre of 10 Rohingya men, the news agency said in a report that detailed the grisly killings. It is the first time Reuters has publicly confirmed what Myanmar nationals Wa Lone, 31, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 27, were working on when they were arrested on December 12 on the outskirts of Yangon. The pair […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Kyrie Irving scored 13 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and overtime on Thursday as the Boston Celtics edged the Wizards 110-104 to maintain their hold on first place in the NBA’s Eastern Conference. The Celtics bounced back from a loss to Toronto on Tuesday to maintain a one-game lead over the Raptors atop the East. But Boston didn’t make it easy on themselves. Trailing at halftime, they […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The New York Knicks’ life without injured star Kristaps Porzingis got off to a predictably ugly start on Thursday as they fell 113-88 to the Raptors in Toronto. Jonas Valanciunas scored 18 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Raptors, pacing a balanced attack that saw seven players score in double figures. Pascal Siakam added 14 points and a career-high six assists off the bench and Serge Ibaka […]
(Eagle News) — A Manila court has deferred the arraignment of two accused in the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa reset the arraignment of Mark Taguba and Eirene May Tatad to February 23, pending resolution of a petition for review of the drug importation charges filed against them at the Department of Justice. The judge also asked the prosecution to comment on Tatad’s motion to quash. Estacio-Montesa […]
by Abhaya Srivastava Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Electric cars bask in the limelight at India’s flagship auto show, where an ambitious plan to phase out polluting clunkers has manufacturers racing to lure millions of new drivers to their green vehicles. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government wants all new cars on India’s roads to be electric by 2030 to combat smog that routinely eclipses dangerous levels in the nation of 1.25 billion. Some […]
by Laurence Thomann Agence France-Presse BUDAPEST, Hungary (AFP) — It was written in the stars that one day, Spanish star Antonio Banderas, who used to walk to school every morning past Pablo Picasso’s childhood home, would have to play the great painter. For years Malaga’s second most famous son has been turning down offers to play its greatest, knowing that he “would be looked at with a magnifying glass.” But finally, Banderas has said yes […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government on Thursday was assured of careening into a shutdown at midnight after the Senate adjourned with no vote on a measure to extend federal funding beyond the 12:00 am deadline. The upper chamber of Congress struggled to overcome roadblocks to passing a government funding bill and budget plan when a conservative senator objected to a swift vote, and leadership opted to close up shop and then reopen […]
