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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif ridiculed US President Donald Trump on Saturday over what he called the foreign policy “blunder” of trying to raise its recent protests at the UN Security Council. The Security Council “rebuffed the US’ naked attempt to hijack its mandate”, wrote Zarif on Twitter. “Majority emphasised the need to fully implement the JCPOA (nuclear deal) and to refrain from interfering in internal affairs of others. Another […]
(Eagle News)– The management of Metro Ayala said on Saturday that the fire that hit Metro Ayala Mall in Cebu started in a stockroom. In a brief statement, mall authorities said smoke was first seen in that room of the toys department. Firefighters are trying to put out the fire that began past 9 p.m. on Friday and has reached the Task Force Alpha. The mall management said the Metro Ayala Emergency Brigade Team and […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Education on Saturday condemned the rape-slay of a Grade 7 student in Camarines Sur. According to the DepEd, the victim from Tinawagan High School in Tigaon was found lifeless at a banana plantation around 50 meters from her house. According to the DepEd, the victim’s younger brother said that on December 7, 2017, he and his sister were walking home when she walked ahead of him, “made a turn to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twitter announced Friday it would not block the accounts of world leaders even if their statements are “controversial,” citing a need to promote a “public conversation” on political issues. The announcement came just days after a tweet from President Donald Trump hinting at the use of US nuclear weapons sparked criticism that the social network was allowing threats of violence. “Twitter is here to serve and help advance the global, public conversation. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Point guard Isaiah Thomas will make his first start for Cleveland on Saturday as the Cavaliers seek a bounce-back win against the Magic in Orlando. Thomas, traded to Cleveland from the Boston Celtics prior to the season, was idle until this week as he recovered from a nagging hip injury. Thomas scored 17 points in 19 minutes off the bench in a win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday and […]
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AFP) — Eighteen people were killed and another 14 injured in the small west African state of Guinea-Bissau late Friday when a minibus collided with a truck, police and hospital sources said. One witness said the truck appeared to have been speeding when the driver lost control and collided head-on with the minibus near Bissauzinho, around 15 kilometres (15 miles) from the capital Bissau. Sources said the bus had been overloaded and that at least […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse President Donald Trump’s freeze on aid to Pakistan could be worth almost two billion dollars, a senior US administration official said on Friday — substantially more than first thought. The move — designed to force Pakistan’s military and intelligence apparatus to cut support for the Taliban and other Islamist groups — will include both US military assistance and Afghanistan coalition funding to Islamabad. It is “approximately two billion worth […]
(Eagle News)– Former Palawan Governor Joel Reyes has been released from jail. This was after the Court of Appeals ruled that the regional trial court had erred in filing the murder complaint against him. The complaint was in connection with the death of environmentalist Gerry Ortega in 2011. Apart from Ortega, also indicted were his brother, former Coron Mayor Mario Reyes, and others previously connected with the provincial government.
by Park Chan-Kyong Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North and South Korea agreed on Friday to hold their first talks in more than two years, hours after Seoul and Washington decided to defer joint military exercises which always infuriate Pyongyang until after the Winter Olympics. The meeting, the first since December 2015, will take place in Panmunjom, the truce village in the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula. South […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Millions of dollars of cocaine packed in a plastic drum has washed up on a seashore in the eastern Philippines, an anti-narcotics official said Friday. A local fisherman in the town of Matnog found the drum on Wednesday and reported it to authorities, not knowing what was inside, said Christian Frivaldo, a regional director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. Inside the drum, anti-drug agents found about 24 kilograms (53 […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has no copy of the proposed compromise agreement between the Marcos family and the government submitted by Atty. Oliver Lozano. “That has not been tackled in the Cabinet. I could not say anything about it because I have never seen it yet,” Aguirre told reporters in a press conference. Aguirre added that he cannot make an action […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Fiery Cross, also known as Kagitingan Reef, is now a Chinese military base. Part of the disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea, China Central Television reported the base has a runway for warplanes able to accommodate strategic bombers. The base is also equipped with communication facilities. Also according to the report, more than 200 soldiers are also stationed on Fiery Cross.
