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NEW DELHI, India (AFP) – New Delhi banned all construction, barred lorries from entering the city and announced stringent restrictions on private car use on Thursday, seeking to combat a massive spike in pollution across large swathes of India and Pakistan. Tens of thousands of schools in Delhi and surrounding states remained closed as a hazardous fog of toxic pollution cloaked the region for a third day, bringing growing calls for urgent government action to tackle […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – Bowing to public pressure, the UN’s labor body agreed Thursday to stop accepting funding from tobacco companies, a decision that cut the last remaining ties between the world body and the industry. The International Labor Organization (ILO) said it would adhere to a June resolution passed by United Nations Economic and Social Council “preventing tobacco industry interference.” The ILO’s governing body “agreed that no new funding shall be accepted by the […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – Some 400 civilians are in urgent need of medical evacuation from Syria’s Eastern Ghouta region, including 29 who will die if they are not allowed to leave immediately, the United Nations warned Thursday. “Around 400 men, women, children… need to be evacuated now,” Jan Egeland, head of the UN’s humanitarian taskforce for Syria, told reporters in Geneva, adding that 29 of them, including 18 children “will die if they are not […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Salome” has made landfall over San Juan, Batangas, and is expected to bring heavy rains in Metro Manila up to past midnight. In its 8 p.m. press conference on Thursday, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Salome” made landfall an hour earlier, and is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 55 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 90 kilometers per hour. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said the administration of the drug war would be back in the hands of the Philippine National Police if the illegal drugs proliferated again in the market. “Sabi ko, o sige (the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency) nalang. Pag magtaas nanaman, balik nanaman ang pulis. Alangan namang pabayaan ko bayan ko,” he told members of the Filipino community in Vietnam. He noted that Filipinos “never realized” the country was […]
Avid fans of hand-woven fabrics would have had the time of their lives in the two-day exhibit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations textiles recently held in Pasay City. “Tela ASEAN,” which was organized prior to the country’s hosting of the 31st ASEAN Leaders’ Summit next week, also showcased natural dyes and naturally dyed products used by people from those member-states. The event–held from Nov. 7 to Nov. 8–was made possible by the Department of […]
(Eagle News) — To ensure prosperity, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday proposed that businesses adopt an “inclusive business model” and that policies be adopted that will allow developing countries to “get a larger share of the global value chain.” The President made the suggestions in a speech before businessmen during the Association of Pacific Economic Cooperation chief executive officers summit session 7 in Da Nang, Vietnam. Duterte was one of the keynote speakers in his […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Seven out of some 20 world leaders will arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Sunday, November 12, to attend the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Meetings in Manila. According to reports, these seven foreign leaders who will arrive in the country aboard their official aircraft are US President Donald Trump, Premier Li Keqiang of China, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Moon Jae-in […]
Special teams of immigration officers were recently formed to assist Association of Southeast Asian Nations delegates and other foreign visitors who are expected to arrive aboard chartered or special flights in time for the ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings next week. Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente reported that some 50 immigration officers were deployed to international airports to augment manpower in preparation for the ASEAN Leaders summit which will be held in Pasay City and Pampanga. […]
The 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting is aimed at looking for ways to push forward regional economic development amid a rising sentiment of anti-globalization and trade protectionism. This was according to Dr. Alan Bollard, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat. “We are expecting to see ministers and then leaders sign up to a program of deliverable that will continue the story that APEC has been doing, which is helping the region get together economically, and as […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte said he will not tackle the issue of human rights with President Donald Trump during their first bilateral meeting. “That is my business. I take care of my country and I will nurture my country to help,” President Duterte in a press briefing said. The President then said he will prioritize discussions about US-Philippines business relations and the status of the security relationship between the two countries in the […]
(Eagle News) — Six soldiers were killed and four others were injured after they clashed with Abu Sayyaf members and sympathizers in Basilan on Wednesday. Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez, Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao Command, made the announcement in a press statement released on Thursday. According to Colonel Juvymax Uy, commander of Joint Task Force Basilan, the soldiers were members of the 18th Infantry Battalion, who conducted a strike operation against the Abu Sayyaf under Siar […]
