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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Singapore is increasingly using harsh laws to severely restrict freedom of speech and assembly, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, urging authorities to let people publicly debate matters of national interest. A report from the New York-based rights group said that while the financial hub was an economic success, it was time to relax tough regulations which are not in line with international human rights standards. “Singapore promotes itself as a modern nation […]
By: Ferdinand C. Libor Jr. Eagle News Service DIMATALING, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Dead on the spot ang isang barangay kagawad matapos pagbabarilin sa loob ng kaniyang bahay sa Zamboanga del Sur. Kinilala ang biktima na si Arao Bonga, 58 taong gulang, isang peace and order chairman sa Brgy. Poblacion, Dimataling. Base sa inisyal na imbestigasyon, habang nanunuod ng telebisyon sa loob ng kaniyang bahay ang biktima noong Lunes, bandang alas 8:00 ng […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-In began his first state visit to China on Wednesday to soothe relations strained by the US deployment of an anti-missile system that has angered Beijing. Moon is also expected to discuss the North Korean nuclear crisis during his four-day trip, which includes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. The US military installed the powerful THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system in the South […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Kawhi Leonard made his long-awaited return from injury but could not stop San Antonio from an upset defeat in Dallas on Tuesday as LeBron James led the Cleveland Cavaliers to a ninth straight win. Leonard, who missed the first 27 games of the season due to a thigh muscle injury, made an impressive cameo in his 15 minutes on court, scoring 13 points and pulling down six rebounds. But when Leonard exited […]
(Eagle News) — Congress on Wednesday voted to approve President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal for a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. The approval pushed through with a vote of 14-4-0 in the Senate, and a vote of 226-23-0 in the House of Representatives, with joint results of 240-27-0. The four senators who voted against the 1-year martial law extension were Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros and Francis Pangilinan. The votes of Senators Cynthia […]
by Leila Macor Agence France Presse FAJARDO, Puerto Rico (AFP) — Until Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, Jose Figueroa did brisk business renting kayaks to tourists itching to see a lagoon that lights up by night thanks to millions of microorganisms. Today, things are so dire he’s considering selling water to motorists stopped at red lights. “Now we are trying to survive,” the 46-year-old tour guide said. It used to be that visitors had to […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Google announced Wednesday that it will open a new artificial intelligence research center in Beijing, tapping China’s talent pool in the promising technology despite the US search giant’s exclusion from the country’s internet. Artificial intelligence, especially machine learning, has been an area of intense focus for American tech stalwarts Google, Microsoft and Facebook, and their Chinese competitors Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu as they bid to master what many consider is the […]
(Eagle News) — Solons from Mindanao on Wednesday expressed support for the one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao. Speaking before the joint session of Congress that will determine the fate of President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal, 1st District Lanao del Norte Rep. Mohamad Dimapora said that in his area of jurisdiction, “we feel safe, we feel secure,” with martial law in place. “You have our 101 percent support,” he said. He noted, however, that the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy lamented his team’s “embarrassing” performance after they slid to a seventh straight defeat in a 103-84 rout against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday. The Pistons have tumbled down the Eastern Conference standings after a losing streak that has left them with 14-13 record for the season. On Tuesday, the Pistons were outgunned by Nuggets star Jamal Murray who poured on 28 points while […]
MONTGOMERY, United States (AFP) — Democrat Doug Jones scored a stunning upset victory Tuesday in a fiercely contested US Senate race in conservative Alabama, defeating a controversial Donald Trump-backed Republican who failed to overcome damaging accusations of sexual misconduct. The Democratic victory in the most contentious US election of 2017, and in one of the reddest of deep South states, marks a bitter blow to the president, who gave his full endorsement to Republican Roy […]
(Eagle News) — Among those fired by President Rodrigo Duterte from the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor is a cousin of his partner, Honeylet Avancena. “Pati siya tinanggal ko. I told my wife, ‘You call your cousin… Alis na sila,’” Duterte was quoted as saying in a report. He was apparently referring to Melissa Avancena Aradanas, who has been working for the PCUP since 1996. She was appointed as commissioner in 2016. President Duterte […]
Guevarra notes, however, that extension of 60-day martial law rests in Congress as provided for also in Constitution (Eagle News) — Rep. Lito Atienza on Wednesday said that approving a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao would be tantamount to circumventing the Constitution which said that martial law could be imposed for a period of 60 days. “I’d like to be enlightened again…How can the extension be longer than the original,” he said before […]
