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Nicaragua signs Paris climate agreement

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) — Nicaragua signed the Paris climate agreement Monday, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two holdouts on the global climate pact. The government of President Daniel Ortega said the global 2015 pact represented “the only international instrument that offers the conditions to face global warming and its effects,” according to a statement read out by Vice President Rosario Murillo. Monday’s announcement leaves the United States and Syria as the only countries holding […]

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Venezuelan governors bow to assembly they call illegitimate

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Four newly-elected opposition governors reluctantly pledged allegiance Monday to Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly, which until now they had dismissed as illegitimate. The assembly was elected July 30 in polls called by unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro that were boycotted by the opposition. The Constituent Assembly, packed with government supporters, replaced the opposition-dominated national assembly. Its stated job is to overhaul the constitution of the oil-rich country, but it has been handed sweeping powers to override […]

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Widow of US soldier killed in Niger says Trump ‘made me cry’

by Thomas Watkins Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The pregnant widow of an American soldier killed in an ambush in Niger said Monday that Donald Trump struggled to remember his name during a condolence call, in an account the president immediately disputed. Trump’s call to Myeshia Johnson, whose husband Sergeant La David Johnson was one of four US soldiers killed in the October 4 jihadist attack, has generated a storm of controversy and comes as […]

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NBA: Curry fined $50,000 for hurling mouthguard at official

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry was fined $50,000 but has escaped a suspension for hurling his mouthguard at a game official, the NBA said on Monday. Curry was ejected after the flashpoint late in the fourth quarter of the Warriors’ 111-101 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday. The 29-year-old point guard could be seen tossing his mouthpiece after a disputed call. Team-mate Andre Iguodala was fined $15,000 for verbally abusing […]

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Mattis to discuss N. Korea threat on Asia trip

CLARK, Philippines (AFP) — US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Monday that curbing military threats from North Korea would be high on the agenda on his Asian tour this week, ahead of a visit by Donald Trump. Tension has been high on the divided peninsula for months with Pyongyang staging its sixth nuclear test and launching two ICBMs that apparently brought much of the US mainland into range. Trump and the North’s leader Kim […]

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After Marawi liberation, salary increase for soldiers and police to easily pass Congress, says lawmaker

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — House Appropriation Committee Chairman Karlo Nograles said that the proposed salary increase for members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be easily passed in Congress. Nograles said that the members of the AFP and the PNP have proven that they are deserving of the increase when they ended the crisis in Marawi City. “Our men and women in uniform proved […]

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Trillanes protests probe, possible treason charges vs him for US trip discussing EJKs with US senator

(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV criticized Malacanang as he protested the planned investigation against him to be conducted by the Department of Justice and the filing of possible charges of treason against him for his recent trip to the United States. In the US meeting, he allegedly briefed a US senator, and other US officials, on the alleged widespread extrajudicial killings under President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. But Trillanes said that when he met […]

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Green Company of the Year recognized at the 2017 Asia CEO Awards

By Caesar Vallejos Eagle News Service First Gen Corporation was recognized as the “Green Company of the Year” by ADEC Innovations at the 2017 Asia CEO Awards at the Marriott Grand Ballroom held last October 17, 2017. ADEC Innovations Chief Operating Officer for Asia, David Young and General Manager-Philippines, Jurgen Tanpho were present at the ceremony to honor the winner. Now on its fourth consecutive year, the ADEC Innovations Green Company of the Year award […]

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8 senators now in UK to strengthen bilateral ties

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — A delegation of eight senators are now in the United Kingdom to attend the British Inter-Parliamentary Union and to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries. The delegation is headed by Senate President Koko Pimentel and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon. “We are guests of the British Parliament. We will discuss the status of the PH-UK relations and find ways on how to improve it. Government to government, people […]

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Dating Transportation. Sec. Abaya at iba pa, sinampahan ng reklamong graft ng DOTR

(Eagle News) — Sinampahan ng reklamong graft ng Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTR) si dating Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya dahil sa palpak na serbisyo ng Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3). Batay sa 29 pahinang reklamong inihain ng DOTR sa Ombudsman, nasa kabuuang 649 service interruptions ang naitala ng MRT-3 sa taong 2016. Binanggit din sa complaint ang maintenance service provider ng MRT na Busan Universal Rail Incorporated (BURI) kung saang sinabing baguhan lamang […]

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Isang bahay sa Pigcawayan, Cotabato, sinalpok ng cargo truck; isa patay, dalawa sugatan

PIGKAWAYAN, Cotabato (Eagle News) – Isang bahay ang nabangga ng isang cargo truck na may kargang sako ng mais sa may Midpapan Crossing, Tubon Hiway, Pigcawayan, Cotabato nitong Lunes, October 23 bandang 4:00 ng madaling araw. Ang nasabing truck ay minamaneho ni Ibrahim Asiz Amirol, 49 taong gulang, kasama nito ang nagngangalang Walid Baring Maruhom, kapwa residente ng China Town Malabang, Lanao del Sur. Napag-alaman din na walang driver’s license si Amirol. Ayon sa inisyal na imbestigasyon, galing […]

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President Duterte accepts COMELEC chair Bautista’s resignation “effective immediately”

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the resignation of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) chairman Andres Bautista, but said that his resignation will be effective immediately, and not by year-end as what had been written by Bautista in his earlier resignation letter. The letter from Malacanang dated October 23 read: “We refer to your letter tendering your resignation as Chairman of the Commission on Elections. Upon the instruction of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, […]

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