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LAAMU ATOLL & MALE, Maldives (Reuters) — Game of Thrones star and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau visited the Maldives earlier this week to highlight climate change issues. Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister, one of the main characters in the popular television show ‘Game of Thrones’, visited climate change mitigation initiatives in Laamu Atoll and Male and had a first-hand glimpse of the negative impact of climate change on the island nation […]
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (Reuters) — Hollywood actor Jake Gyllenhaal met scores of excited fans on the green carpet of the Zurich Film Festival on Tuesday (October 3) before picking up a Golden Eye award recognizing his achievements in film. The U.S. actor, known for roles in movies including ‘Donnie Darko’ and ‘Brokeback Mountain’, signed autographs and posed for selfies with fans ahead of the gala screening of his latest film ‘Stronger’. The film revisits the infamous […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday named the source of the supposed bank documents attached to Senator Antonio Trillanes’ complaint against him. Duterte said it was “Abad” of the Anti-Money Laundering Council who gave the documents to the senator, who then gave the same to Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao Rodolfo Elman. Elman, Duterte said, then gave the same to Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang. Carandang, who said he has been given the go-signal […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that impeachment complaints would be filed against Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales and Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. In a press conference on Wednesday, Duterte said the grounds for the impeachment case against Morales would be “selective justice,” for failing to act on cases involving mostly members of the Liberal Party, and “falsification of documents.” Duterte was referring to what he said were “falsified” documents on the President’s family’s bank […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Roy Cimatu as environment secretary. “Mr. President, it is my great pleasure and honor to report to the Commission, to the President, to the men and women of the (Department of Environment and Natural Resources), and to the whole nation, of the overwhelming ‘yes’ votes of the members of this Commission, confirming and affirming (the ad interim appointment of Cimatu)..,” Manny Pacquiao, […]
PUERTO GALERA, Oriental Mindoro (Eagle News) — Naaresto sa Oriental Mindoro ang riding in tandem na suspek sa pagpatay sa isang konsehal ng bayan ng Puerto Galera at sa kanyang anak nitong Miyerkules. Positibong kinilala ng isang witness sina Tirso Manlangit Tito, 39 anyos, at Rogelio Sotto Sto. Tomas, pawang mga residente ng Lipa City, Batangas, na siyang bumaril kay Melchor Arago at sa kanyang anak na si Kenneth sa tapat ng kanilang bahay sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Solicitor General on Wednesday said there were ongoing “black operations” against President Rodrigo Duterte. In a press conference, Solicitor General Jose Calida said the operations “began as color yellow,” and were now “white” and even “red.” “One, the political losers can’t accept they lost. It’s a matter of political lust. They want to regain again their power,” he said, without naming names. He said those behind the “black […]
SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh (AFP) — Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh amid a fresh exodus from strife-torn Myanmar have described whole villages being emptied and thousands marching to the border as security forces redouble efforts to drive the remaining Muslims from their homes. More than 500,000 Muslim Rohingya have fled ethnic bloodshed in Myanmar in the past month and numbers are again swelling, with Bangladesh reporting 4-5,000 civilians now crossing the border each day after a brief […]
by Cyril Julien with Frankie Taggart in Mesquite Agence France Presse LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — The girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock arrived back in the United States Tuesday evening and was met by FBI agents eager to hear whatever she might know about the motive behind his slaying of 58 people and wounding of more than 500 in the worst mass shooting in US history. Although the FBI wants to talk […]
(Eagle News) — Hinamon ni Philippine National Police Chief Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa ang Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) na iharap sa Senado ang umano’y mga pulis na umamin sa kanila na sangkot diumano sila sa extrajudicial killings ng pamahalaan. Ayon kay Gen. Dela Rosa, kung totoo ang sinasabi ng umano’y mga pulis ay mas maganda kung makuhanan ang mga ito ng kanilang affidavit at dalhin sa Senado. Kailangan din daw na masiguro […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia invited bids on Tuesday for a “utility-scale” 300-megawatt solar project, a first for the world’s top oil exporter. “Today’s bid opening represents a significant milestone for the National Renewable Energy Program, and an important step on the way to diversifying Saudi Arabia’s domestic energy mix and building a cutting edge domestic renewable energy sector,” Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said. Bidders for the Sakaka solar energy project — to […]
(Eagle News) — Bistado na ng Malakañang ang pagpapagamit umano ng Office of the Ombudsman sa mga grupong nais ibagsak ang Duterte Administration. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, nawala na ang impartiality sa Office of the Ombudsman. Ayon kay Abella ipinakita na nila—mula kay Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales at kay Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang—ang kanilang tunay na kulay pulitika. Ipinahayag ni Abella isang matibay na ebidensiya ng pagiging biased ng Ombudsman nang ipakita […]
