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By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service P01 Rey Boy Abrea is excited to receive his first pay for the year. It’s because starting this month, he will be receiving more than his original salary, as promised by President Rodrigo Duterte. P01s like him will now receive P29,668 as base pay every month. The figure is exactly double their salaries the year before and perhaps the years before that. “Malaking tulong po ito sa pagdagdag ng […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s Fast Retailing said Thursday that sales at its Uniqlo stores abroad had outstripped domestic demand for the first time, as Asia’s biggest retailer delivered quarterly earnings that beat market expectations. Driven by a strong performance in China and the wider Asia region, overseas sales at the cheap-chic Uniqlo chain soared by nearly one third to 258 billion yen ($2.3 billion), just beating the 257 billion yen from domestic sales. Uniqlo […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — A series of moderate earthquakes shook Iran on Thursday but there were no immediate reports of victims or damage. The strongest of the three quakes, measuring magnitude 5.6, hit the western province of Kermanshah near the border with Iraq at 10:29 a.m. (0659 GMT), according to the Iranian seismology center. It was followed by a 5.4-magnitude tremor in the same region. Earlier in the morning, a 5.1-magnitude quake had rattled Kerman […]
Says he has “no personal knowledge” of matters he was being asked to talk about By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has declined the House justice panel’s invitation for him to testify against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno in impeachment hearings. In a Jan. 10 letter to Rep. Rey Umali, chair of the committee, Carpio said this was because he has “no personal knowledge” of the matters he would be […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A retired Japanese crime boss has been arrested in Thailand ending more than 14 years on the run after photos of his ‘Yakuza’ tattoos and a missing little finger went viral. The fugitive, Shigeharu Shirai, 72, was arrested by a SWAT team on Wednesday in the sleepy central Thai market town of Lopburi while he was out shopping. Japanese authorities have called for his arrest over an alleged role in the […]
by Miwa Suzuki Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — As Japan celebrates the year of the dog, electronics giant Sony on Thursday unleashed its new robot canine companion, packed with artificial intelligence and internet connectivity. The sleek ivory-white puppy-sized “aibo” robot shook its head and wagged its tail as if waking from a nap when it was taken out of a cocoon-shaped case at a “birthday ceremony” held in Tokyo. Seven-year-old boy Naohiro Sugimoto […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China warned on Thursday that American protectionism was on the rise after congressional documents showed that Chinese tech giant Huawei’s designs on the US market were causing national security concerns in Washington. Huawei, which appeared to lose a deal with AT&T that would have given it an improved foothold in the US handset market, faced criticism from US lawmakers over its intellectual property protection and its ties to Chinese intelligence, according […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea is preparing to shut down cryptocurrency exchanges in the country, its justice minister warned Thursday, sending prices of bitcoin and other virtual units into a tailspin. A series of measures have failed to curb overheated virtual currency speculation in the country and Justice Minister Park Sang-Ki said it would be “devastating if the bubble bursts.” “The ministry is preparing legislation that basically bans any transactions based on a […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Thursday proposed to amend the Charter via a Constitutional Convention instead. Poe issued the statement after her colleague, Senator Panfilo Lacson, proposed to make amendments by convening the Senate as a Constitutional Assembly separate from the House of Representatives. “Given the extent of the proposed changes in the Constitution, I maintain that having a constitutional convention is the best and most acceptable mode to take, even if it […]
By Agence France Presse VATICAN CITY (AFP) — The Vatican has taken control of a Catholic movement in Peru whose founder is accused of sexual abuse, just days before the pontiff visits the country. Pope Francis has been “following with concern” developments at the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV) and the investigation into its scandal-hit founder Luis Fernando Figari, the Vatican said Wednesday. Figari and several other high-ranking figures in the lay organisation have been […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Lou Williams scored a career-high 50 points as the Los Angeles Clippers spoiled a milestone night for Kevin Durant with a 125-106 victory on Wednesday. Durant became the 44th player in league history to score 20,000 career points, reaching the achievement with a pull-up jump shot late in the second quarter. NBA finals MVP Durant needed 25 points to get to 20,000 and that is the number he finished […]
(Eagle News) – Opisyal nang umupo bilang vice mayor ng Davao si 3rd District Councilor Bernard Al-ag kapalit ng nagbitiw sa puwesto na si Paolo Duterte. Isinagawa ang oath-taking ceremony ni Al-ag sa pangunguna ni Mayor Sara Duterte noong Miyerkules, ika-10 ng Enero. Disyembre 25 nang magbitiw sa puwesto ang presidential son. Sa kaniyang pahayag, sinabi ng batang Duterte na nagbibitiw siya sa ngalan ng delicadeza. Binanggit din niya ang pagkakadawit ng kaniyang pangalan sa […]
