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(Eagle News) — Arestado ang limang miyembro ng termite gang na sinasabing nasa likod ng pagnanakaw sa isang branch ng China Bank sa Fairview noong weekend. Natiklo ang mga suspek sa tulong ng impormante na nagtimbre sa panibagong pagnanakaw na gagawin umano ng grupo sa branch ng BDO sa New York, Cubao. Kinilala ang mga naarestong suspek na sina: • Jordan Duldulao • Malebert Bautista • Allyson Aligan • Gearldine Bawas • Ambrose Layao Tatlo […]
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Wednesday, October 4, gave his condolences to Mr. Horacio Castillo, Jr. and Mrs. Carminia Castillo, the parents of University of Sto. Tomas (UST) law freshman Horacio Castillo III who died during hazing rites, in a meeting at the Music Room in Malacañan Palace. Castillo III was killed during the rites committed by members of the Aegis Juris Fraternity last September 16, 2017.
(Eagle News) — The House Committee on Justice on Thursday found sufficiency of grounds in the impeachment complaint filed against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Twenty-five members of the committee headed by Rep. Rey Umali voted to approve the motion of Misamis Occidental Rep. Henry Oaminal finding such sufficiency of grounds in the complaint filed by lawyer Larry Gadon. Gadon had accused Sereno of culpable violation of the Constitution, corruption, other high crimes, and betrayal of […]
by Maya Gebeily Agence France-Presse “Don’t close your eyes. Stay awake!” the anti-jihadist Syrian fighter yelled at his injured comrade as a Humvee whisked them across the Islamic State group’s former stronghold Raqa. With the battle drawing closer to the city center, the distance to the nearest medical facilities is lengthening, making its increasingly difficult to keep injured fighters and civilians alive. The military vehicle carrying the wounded Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter whipped around […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) – A surge of failed Afghan asylum seekers “forcibly” returned from Europe are at risk of torture, kidnapping and death in war-torn Afghanistan, Amnesty International said Thursday. Almost 9,500 Afghans went back to their homeland in 2016 after their applications for asylum in Europe were rejected, compared with nearly 3,300 a year earlier, the human rights group said. The figure covers asylum seekers who were detained and then deported from European countries, and those […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Emergency workers pulled the last victim’s body Wednesday from the rubble of Mexico’s September 19 earthquake, officials said, as the country turned to rebuilding after a disaster that claimed more than 360 lives. After 15 days of searching, workers found the final victim’s body beneath the mountain of rubble left by the collapse of a seven-story office building in Mexico City’s hard-hit Roma district, tweeted the interior ministry official overseeing […]
by Daniel Bosque and Michaela Cancela-Kieffer Agence France Presse Will Catalonia’s separatist leaders go ahead with a unilateral declaration of independence? What would Madrid’s reaction be, and what are the consequences? Independence declaration on Monday? It is all down to Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont. He’s the one who decides when to press the “nuclear button” of an independence declaration. Such a move could come after the publication of the final results of the independence […]
by Cyril Julien Agence France-Presse The girlfriend of the Las Vegas shooter said Wednesday she had no idea he was planning the attack, describing her boyfriend as a “quiet, caring man” as President Donald Trump declared the United States a nation in mourning. In her first public comments over the shooting at a country music concert that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured, Marilou Danley said she had hoped for a quiet future […]
by Marianne Barriaux with Roland Lloyd Parry in Madrid Agence France-Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – Spain’s government defiantly rejected calls for mediation Wednesday over Catalonia’s push for independence, which the country’s king warned was endangering national stability. As the European Union urged dialogue to ease the standoff between separatists in the northeastern region and Madrid, Catalan leaders said they could unilaterally declare independence as early as Monday. The tone of the crisis sharpened with Catalonia’s president denouncing […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse US congressional Republicans turned their focus to tax reform Wednesday, but they face a similar hurdle that doomed President Donald Trump’s failed efforts to repeal Obamacare: rebels within his own party. With Trump still lacking a major legislative accomplishment in his first nine months in office, Republican leaders are hustling to pass tax reform by December. The House of Representatives shifted from the disastrous health reform bid and launched into […]
by Glenn Chapman Agence France-Presse San Francisco, United States (AFP) — Google on Wednesday unveiled new versions of its Pixel smartphone, the highlight of a refreshed line aimed at weaving artificial intelligence deeper into modern lives. Google software and artificial intelligence were common threads in the gamut of new devices it unveiled to step up its challenge on the hardware front to rivals such as Apple and Amazon The new Pixel 2 and larger Pixel 2 XL are […]
by Cyril Julien Agence France-Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump declared the United States “a nation in mourning” Wednesday, as he traveled to Las Vegas to meet survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Eulogizing parents and spouses who “used their own bodies to protect their loved ones,” from a ballistic onslaught that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured, Trump visited with survivors and first responders. Trump toured […]
