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World’s first floating wind farm opens off Scotland

ABERDEENSHIRE, Scotland (Reuters) — Norway’s Statoil expects floating wind power costs to fall to 40-60 euros per megawatt-hour (MWh) by 2030, the company said on Wednesday (October 18) after launching the first floating wind farm off Scotland. The 2-billion-crown ($251.34 million) Hywind pilot project will generate power at a cost of nearly 190 pounds ($250.12) per megawatt-hour (MWh), four times the current UK market price. The 30-megawatt-(MW)-capacity project has been granted support under Britain’s Renewable […]

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President Duterte: PHL to no longer accept EU aid

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday stood by his earlier pronouncement the Philippines will no longer accept grants from the European Union. In a speech at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Taguig, Duterte said this was because the aid comes with strings attached. He said for instance, when they offered an amount, “i-specify nila na para ito sa Bureau of Fire kasi magbigay sila ng truck. Pero, gusto nila bilihin mo […]

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Trump team ‘dispels’ EU doubts on data protection deal

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – US President Donald Trump’s administration has “dispelled” doubts over whether it will stand by a hard-won personal data protection accord with Europe struck during Barack Obama’s presidency, the EU said Wednesday. But Brussels said it still wanted Washington to improve on a deal to protect European personal data transferred to the US by internet giants like Google and Facebook. Last year’s deal replaced a previous arrangement struck down by the bloc’s top court, […]

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Police arrest suspect in double shooting that killed three

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Police arrested a gunman suspected of killing three people and wounding two Wednesday at a suburban Maryland business park before shooting another man in neighboring Delaware. “The suspect in this incident has been located and is in police custody,” the Wilmington, Delaware police department said of Radee Prince, 37. Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy earlier told reporters that Prince “is a dangerous individual. This person shot six people in one day” in […]

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Trump accused of disrespecting family of slain US soldier

by Thomas Watkins Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US President Donald Trump was snarled in fresh controversy Wednesday after he was accused of being disrespectful to a US soldier slain in an ambush in Niger, as well as showing insensitivity to the grieving family. Trump moved quickly to dispute descriptions of his conversation with the pregnant widow of Sergeant La David Johnson, 25, who was one of four US service members killed in a jihadist ambush […]

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PSG’s Khelaifi to be quizzed in Swiss World Cup probe on October 25 – lawyer

PARIS, France (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain president and beIN Media chief Nasser al-Khelaifi will be questioned by Swiss prosecutors on October 25 in a World Cup media rights probe, his lawyer told AFP Wednesday. Khelaifi, a Qatari, “wanted to be heard as soon as possible by the Swiss attorney general’s office,” the lawyer said, adding that his client “denies any corruption” over the sale of rights for future World Cups. Swiss prosecutors revealed last week that Khelaifi, […]

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Texas delays serial killer execution amid last-minute revelations

by Nova Safo Agence France-Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) – Texas delayed a confessed serial killer’s execution Wednesday to investigate last-minute revelations that potentially connect him to another murder for which someone else is awaiting execution. Anthony Shore was to be put to death for raping, torturing and murdering three girls and a young woman in Houston between 1986 and 1995. But prosecutors feared he was going to posthumously via a note — and falsely — confess […]

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At least 13 terrorists killed in Marawi since Thursday night; authorities confirming if Dr. Mahmud Ahmad among dead

(Eagle News) — At least 13 terrorists were neutralized by government troops in Marawi in operations that began on Thursday night. Col. Romeo Brawner, deputy commander of Task Force Ranao, said those killed were 13, but Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Major General Restituto Padilla said in a radio interview that the figure amounted to 20. Padilla said of the 20, 13 were killed on Thursday, while the remaining were neutralized on Friday morning. […]

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Lorraine Badoy appointed as PCOO undersecretary, Social Welfare OIC says

(Eagle News) — Social Welfare  Assistant Secretary Lorraine Badoy has been appointed to the Presidential Communications Operations Office. Undersecretary Emmanuel Leyco, officer in charge of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, confirmed her new appointment as undersecretary in the PCOO on Wednesday. “…(She) is now in the process of completing and turning over her responsibilities which is expected to last until the end of the month,” Leyco said. He also thanked Badoy for her contributions to […]

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LOOK: Excerpts of Aegis Juris frat members, alumni online exchange showing alleged cover-up of Castillo’s hazing death

Here are some excerpts from what the Manila Police District said was an online exchange among members and alumni of the Aegis Juris fraternity. Some of those who participated in the exchange are already full-fledged lawyers. Their identities have been concealed, pending the MPD’s filing of additional charges against them. The quotes are also not in order. “May news na kung nalinis na frat (library)? “If worse puntahan ka, just deny it, for me, let […]

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BFAR: Narra, Palawan may pinakamalinis at masaganang karagatan sa Mimaropa

NARRA, Palawan (Eagle News) — Tatanggap ngayon ng dalawang milyong pisong halaga ng tulong pangkabuhayan ang mga mangingisda sa bayang ito dahil sa pagkahirang ng bayan bilang regional winner ng malinis at masaganang karagatan 2017. Ang nasabing gantimpala ay magmumula sa Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ng Mimaropa, na nagsagawa ng search for outstanding coastal community sa buong rehiyon. Sa naging panayam ng Eagle News team kay Narra Mayor Lucena Demaala, ipinadala sa […]

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