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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The experimental R&B singer Solange has revealed a struggle with an autonomic disorder as she cancelled a New Year’s Eve performance in South Africa. Solange, the younger sister of pop superstar Beyonce, said doctors had advised her not to make the long journey from the United States. “The past five months I have been quietly treating, and working through, an autonomic disorder. It has been a journey that hasn’t […]
SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States (AFP) — Apple’s board has instructed chief executive Tim Cook to use only private aircraft “in the interests of security and efficiency” at the world’s most valuable company, regulatory documents show. A filing with securities regulators this week said the board determined that its CEO must use private aircraft for “all business and personal travel.” The policy was implemented in 2017 “in the interests of security and efficiency based on […]
(Eagle News) — Families of the fire victims killed in the 32-hour NCCC mall blaze in Davao said they plan to file charges against the mall management. Jimmy Quimsing, father of Jim Benedict Quimsing, who was killed in the fire, said that the charges to be filed stem from the management’s supposed negligence. Reports said that there were not enough fire exits, extinguishers, sprinkles and designated fire escapes in the NCCC mall. But the local […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) will start the implementation of the government’s public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program next week. DOTr undersecretary for roads and transport network and general manager of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Tim Orbos said that they will not totally phase out the jeepneys. Only the old and dilapidated units will be phased out as part of “the three-year transition beginning January,” he said. He […]
(Eagle News) — A “harassment suit.” This was how Senator Antonio Trillanes IV described on Thursday the civil case filed against him by Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio. “..Because our corrupt and co-opted justice system have become the refuge of the Duterte scoundrels,” Trillanes said. “Just be sure that you’d be in power forever because I have made it my life’s mission to make your murderous and corrupt clan accountable for your actions,” he added. Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s son and son-in-law have sued Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for damages over his statement linking the two to the entry of a P6.4-billion shabu shipment in the country via Customs express lanes in May. Quoting a Davao court official, a GMA 7 report said Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio filed the charges on December 27. The filing comes days after the younger Duterte resigned from his post as vice […]
Ni Ferdinand Libor Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Lalo pang pinaigting ng police units ng Zamboanga Del Norte at Zamboanga Sibugay ang kanilang isinagawang search and rescue operation sa apatnapu’t-apat (44) na indibidwal na nawawala pa rin matapos mawashed-out dahil sa baha na idinulot ng bagyong Vinta sa siyam na munisipyo ng Zamboanga Del Norte at 2 munisipyo ng Zamboanga Sibugay. Base sa report ng Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Region 9, nitong […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Patuloy na binabantayan ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ang posible pang banta mula sa mga terror group ngayong holiday season. Ayon kay Colonel Romeo Brawner, Deputy Commander ng Joint Task Force Ranao, hindi nila isinasantabi ang posibilidad na may mga galamay pa ng Maute-ISIS sa Marawin City kaya lagi silang naka-alerto. Aminado si Brawner na kahit mahirap ay sanay na silang hindi kapiling ang pamilya sa pagdiriwang kapag […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Dumulog sa Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region 1 ang may-ari ng jeep na bumangga sa isang bus na ikinasawi ng 20 tao. Ayon kay Ronald Dicusin, hiniram sa kanya ng driver ang jeep. Ipinaalam umano ng driver na pupunta sila ng kanyang mga kaanak sa Manaoag, Pangasinan. Nilinaw din ni Dicusin na hindi inarkila ang kanyang jeep at wala siyang tinanggap na bayad. Hindi naman ito pinaniniwalaan […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called an explosion that tore through a Saint Petersburg supermarket, wounding 13 people, “an act of terror.” “As you know, an act of terror took place in Saint Petersburg yesterday,” he said at a meeting of military officers in the Kremlin. The homemade bomb went off in a locker at the supermarket on Wednesday evening, officials said. Anna Mityanina, vice governor of Saint Petersburg, […]
By Mushtaq Mojaddidi Agence France Presse KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — At least 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded in multiple blasts at a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul on Thursday, officials said, in the latest deadly violence to hit the Afghan capital. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Taliban was quick to deny involvement in the assault near the Afghan Voice Agency, a media outlet which earlier reports had […]
(Eagle News) –The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Thursday admitted that the “faceless” P100 bills were due to a “printing error.” “We have resolved the mechanical cause of printing error that led to the faceless notes,” BSP managing director Carlyn Pangilinan said. According to Pangilinan, the error was “isolated.” She said 33 misprinted P100 bills were released to the public. Of the 33, 19 have been recovered. She said that the “affected machine” has been identified […]
