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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least two people have been killed following a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java, an official said Saturday. The quake struck at a depth of 91 kilometres (56 miles) just outside the coastal town of Cipatujah on Java island late Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor was felt across the island including in the capital Jakarta, some 300 kilometres (190 miles) from the epicentre. A 62-year-old man […]
by Fiachra Gibbons © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — It is already the fairy tale of this year’s Oscars race: A little film about homeless children living in the shadow of Walt Disney World in Florida that threatens to turn the tables on the big-budget favourites. Director Sean Baker, who shot his last film on an iPhone, has scored a surprise hit with a gritty yet heartwarming tale, “The Florida Project”. It has already been showered […]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Chilean voters will decide their next president on Sunday in a run-off election whose outcome is far from certain after an unexpectedly strong surge for the left. Sebastian Pinera, a conservative billionaire former president who ruled from 2010-2014, is trying for a comeback to succeed center-left incumbent leader Michelle Bachelet, who is constitutionally excluded from standing again. But his plan could be upset by Alejandro Guillier, a senator and veteran TV presenter who […]
by Michel Moutot © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An estimated 40,000 people traveled from around the world to take up arms for the Islamic State group as it occupied territory in Syria and Iraq and declared a caliphate in 2014. A few hundred are believed to still be fighting as IS struggles to survive, having lost most of its territory to campaigns by Western-backed Syrian and Iraqi coalition armies. But what happened to the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan plans a record $46 billion defence budget for the next fiscal year to strengthen its missile defence against the threat posed by North Korea, a report said Saturday. The government is expected to set aside 5.19 trillion yen for defence in the country’s initial budget proposal for the fiscal year starting April 2018, the Nikkei daily said. It will mark the sixth straight year of increases in defence outlays, topping the 5.12 trillion yen […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Russell Westbrook tallied 27 points, 17 rebounds and 15 assists to lift the Oklahoma City Thunder to a dramatic 119-117 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, capping a heart-pounding three overtime NBA contest. Westbrook, an American, posted his 10th triple-double of the season and the 89th of his career on Friday night in front of 20,600 at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center arena. “This is what we live for,” said Westbrook. “On the […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo is set to appoint Kariton Klasrum founder Efren Peñaflorida as a commissioner of the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor. Duterte made the announcement days after he fired commissioners of the agency, including its chair, left-leaning Terry Ridon. Duterte made the move after Ridon traveled seven times outside the country since he was assigned to the commission in September. The President said the PCUP just met two to three times […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Storm “Urduja” continues to move westward as it prepares to make landfall in the Northern-Eastern Samar area either this afternoon or evening. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration said as of 7 a.m., the center of the tropical storm was estimated at 125 kilometers east northeast of Borongan City, Eastern Samar. “Urduja” is packing maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 95 […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) –A Pasay City regional trial court issued a decision allowing Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to travel abroad for vacation and official business. Judge Jesus Mupas of Pasay City Regional Trial Court Branch 112 issued the decision allowing the former President to go to Japan, Hong Kong and Myanmar from December 26, 2017 to January 12, 2018. Mupas approved Arroyo’s request after her lawyers Ferdinand Topacio and Joselito Lomangaya submitted a […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Officials of the previous Aquino administration are not yet off the hook regarding the Dengvaxia vaccine controversy, according to Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque. Roque said that that after the investigation being conducted by Congress and the Department of Justice, those who are found to be liable will be charged. “Basta ang sabi ni Presidente, ituloy ang imbestigasyon ng DOJ, ituloy ang imbestigasyon ng Senado, at kung merong dapat managot, pananagutin […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III believes that his testimony in the Senate hearing regarding Dengvaxia is already sufficient and that he would not be attending further hearings on the matter. “I think I clarified it, especially to everybody who listened to it and to those listening to it that have an open mind. If there were people who were listening to it who have closed minds, I cannot change their […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The number of Filipinos without jobs went down to 18.9% or an equivalent of almost 9 million Filipinos in the third quarter of 2017, specifically from July to September this year. According to the latest survey conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS), this is an improvement from the 22.2% or 10.5 million jobless Filipinos in the second quarter of 2017, or from April to June 2017. The September’s […]
