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(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV asked then-Davao Mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte to support his bid for the vice presidency a year before he ran for the post in the 2016 elections. This is according to the President’s daughter, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who took to Facebook to challenge the senator who has been hurling accusations ranging from ill-gotten wealth to murder at her father and other family members. According to Carpio, at […]
by Nova Safo Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — A Texas inmate convicted of the murder of a prison guard was executed late Thursday after the US Supreme Court denied a last-minute appeal. Robert Pruett, 38, maintained his innocence until the end, in the 1999 fatal stabbing of prison guard Daniel Nagle, even though other inmates testified against him. Pruett was executed at 6:46 p.m. (2346 GMT), about an hour after his […]
https://youtu.be/a_js7N-SouQ (Eagle News) – The Senate is eyeing the last week of November as the start of the impeachment trial of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chair Andres Bautista. Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said that they would still have to prepare a lot of things for the impeachment trial such as drafting the rules, hiring additional staff members, and getting a trial practitioner as consultant for the senators. He said they would also […]
HENGILL, Iceland (Reuters) — A Swiss company will start to extract carbon dioxide from thin air in Iceland on Thursday (October 12), seeking to transform the gas into rock far below ground in a first test of a costly technology meant to slow climate change. The engineering experiment, by Swiss firm Climeworks with Reykjavik Energy, will cost hundreds of dollars to extract each ton of greenhouse gases from nature and entomb it permanently underground. Climeworks plans […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Isang ginang na ayon sa pulis ay nagnakaw kamakailan ng mahigit kumulang na P12000 mula sa kaniyang amo ng anim na oras pa lamang, ang sumuko sa mga awtoridad nitong Huwebes ng gabi, ika-12 ng Oktubre. Kinilala ng mga pulis ang suspek na si Margie “Gigi” Teodoro, na naging viral sa social media nang nakawan niya umano si Yrrah Jean Pineda. Anim na oras pa lamang ang nakalipas mula ang […]
LUCENA CITY, Quezon (Eagle News) – Pormal nang nanumpa sa Partido ng Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) ang 18 alkalde sa lalawigan ng Quezon nitong Huwebes ng umaga, ika-12 ng Oktubre. Kasama ng mga alkalde— o 40 porsyento ng mga alkalde sa probinsiya—ang mga lokal na opisyal ng mga barangay sa kanilang panunumpa sa lungsod ng Lucena. Pinangunahan ni Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez ang nasabing panunumpa. Ang PDP-Laban na ruling party ngayon ay pinamumunuan sa Quezon […]
Samsung Electronics said Friday it expected profits to hit an all-time high in the third quarter, as booming semiconductor sales boost the South Korean IT giant. The company estimated operating profits of 14.5 trillion won ($12.8 billion) in the July-September period, a record for quarterly profit and nearly three times the 5.2 trillion won earned a year earlier. Sales are expected to have surged 29.65 percent on-year to 62 trillion won. Samsung did not announce […]
SUBANG, Malaysia (Reuters) — Defense ministers from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines on Thursday (October 12) launched a joint air patrol initiative at Subang Air Base on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, as part of an effort to enhance air and maritime security in the region. The joint patrol is a move taken by the three countries to combat non-traditional threats such as piracy, kidnapping, terrorism and other transnational crimes. A city-wide siege by Islamic militants […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Odette” intensified into a tropical storm on Thursday night, but is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility soon and go toward China. The center of “Odette” this Friday morning was seen in the vicinity of Calanasan, Apayao, as it continued to move west southwest at 24 kph, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. “Odette” is packing maximum sustained winds of up to 75 kilometers per […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — The men of pop and hip hop led the nominations for the American Music Awards (AMA) on Thursday (Oct. 12), while female artists were left out of most categories. Bruno Mars led with eight nominations, including Artist of the Year, the top accolade of the night. He will face hip hop stars Drake and Kendrick Lamar, British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and electro-pop DJ duo The Chainsmokers – each of whom […]
BANGUED, Abra (Eagle News) – Sinuspende na ni Gov. Jocelyn Joy Bernos ang klase ng ilang estudyante sa Abra nitong Biyernes, ika-13 ng Oktubre dahil sa Bagyong “Odette.” Walang pasok ang mga bata mula preparatory hanggang high school sa mga pribado at pampublikong paaralan. Pinapayuhan naman ang mga mamamayan na nakatira sa mga nasabing lalawigan na gawin ang ibayong pag-iingat lalo na sa mga nakatira sa lugar na prone ng landslide at flash flood. Samantala, nakahanda […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Donald Trump will unveil a more aggressive strategy to check Iran’s growing might Friday, withdrawing presidential backing for a landmark nuclear deal and targeting the country’s missile program and militia proxies. During a White House speech at 12:45 pm (1645 GMT), Trump is expected to declare a 2015 deal, which curbed Iran’s nuclear program in return for massive sanctions relief, is no longer in the US national […]
