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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Republican US lawmaker Steve Scalise made a spirited return to Congress Thursday for the first time since being gravely wounded in a mass shooting at a June baseball practice. A beaming Scalise drew loud cheers, fist bumps, and multiple prolonged standing ovations from colleagues when he walked using crutches onto the floor of the House of Representatives and addressed the chamber, three and a half months after he nearly died in an attack […]
by Rana Moussaoui Agence France Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The Islamic State group released a recording Thursday of what it says is its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, calling on jihadists under pressure in Syria and Iraq to “resist” their enemies. In his first alleged message in nearly a year and following reports of his possible death, the elusive jihadist leader called on his supporters to target the “media centres” of countries fighting his group. […]
(Eagle News) — The Anti-Money Laundering Council denied on Thursday that it had provided the Ombudsman with a report detailing the transactions of bank accounts President Rodrigo Duterte allegedly jointly owned with his children from 2006 to 2016. In making the denial, the AMLC effectively belied what Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Carandang was reported as saying—that the anti-graft body received the report that was used for a fact-finding probe into the President’s family wealth from the […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Airlines on Thursday said it would “continue to cooperate with any and all agencies to resolve” issues in relation to what the government said were its unpaid navigational charges. In a statement, PAL said the “issue…involves complex legal issues which PAL has been trying to thresh out with the (Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines) for years.” PAL said it was CAAP which, in August 2016, “sent letters to the company […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday threatened to have Senator Koko Pimentel removed as Senate President if he allowed Senator Richard Gordon to remain as Senate blue ribbon committee chair. “I will put the responsibility kay Senator (Pimentel) kapag hindi nila tinanggal si Senator Gordon..,” Trillanes said at the Kapihan sa Senado. He said Gordon, who has filed an ethics complaint against Trillanes for his supposed malicious remarks against him during a […]
(Eagle News) — The United Arab Emirates has enacted a new labor law that the Department of Foreign Affairs said will be beneficial to some overseas Filipino workers. The new law provides for payment of wages within 10 days from the day they are due, 12 hours of rest per day; medical insurance, including 30 medical leaves per year; a round-trip ticket home every two years; one day of paid rest per week; and possession […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Buhay Party-List Representative Lito Atienza challenged the Duterte administration to sack or fire the officials of the Metro Rail Transit. This was in connection with the repeated and continuous setbacks faced by the transport system, and that causes untold misery to commuters. In the system’s most recent “breakdown,” one of the MRT-3 trains experienced technical difficulties on Wednesday, September 27. This was the sixth time the MRT-3 broke down […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday filed economic sabotage and graft raps against former Bureau of Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and several others over the alleged smuggling of rice valued at $680,000 through the Cagayan de Oro port. Lacson also charged National Food Authority Administrator Jason Aquino; lawyer Tomas Alcid, former district collector of the Port of Cagayan de Oro; lawyer Geniefelle Lagmay, customs liaison officer to NFA of the Office of the […]
by Marion Thibaut with Julien Girault in Beijing Agence France-Presse BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) – Battered by global outrage over an army crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, Myanmar has found comfort in an old friend –- China, an Asian superpower whose unflinching support is tied to the billions it has lavished on ports, gas and oil in violence-hit Rakhine state. Close to half a million Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in the last month after a militant attack sparked […]
(Reuters) — New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees said on Wednesday (September 27) that U.S. President Donald Trump left black athletes very little choice but to protest at NFL games last weekend. Trump ramped up his fight with the National Football League on Tuesday, calling on the league to ban players from kneeling in protest at games while the U.S. national anthem is played. This came after a weekend of games where hundreds of NFL […]
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) – An Australian pizzeria that hung a taxidermied dairy cow from its ceiling to call attention to the industrialization of the farming industry has been criticized on social media for cruelty. Owners Federico and Melissa Pisanelli, who are passionate about animal welfare, defended their decision to hang the large Friesian-Hereford cow from its hind legs, saying they wanted to remind patrons of how meat was sourced. “We have worked hard to educate […]
