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MILAN, Italy (Reuters) — Dolce & Gabbana, Italian fashion’s most famous duo, played their trump card on Sunday (September 24) with their Spring/Summer 2018 collection themed around the queen of hearts in one of the final shows at Milan’s Fashion Week. Wearing glittered, embroidered or chiffon dresses, with eye-catching crowns on their heads or red roses in their hair, Dolce & Gabbana’s queens of hearts came in all colours, shapes and textures. Models opened the […]
by Shatha Yaish Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) – Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah will travel to Gaza on October 2 as part of a fresh push to end a decade-long split between Fatah and Hamas, which runs the enclave, his government said Monday. The visit follows concessions by Islamist group Hamas after discussions with Egypt, which has urged it to take steps towards reconciliation with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah, based in the occupied West Bank. Fatah […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The House of Representatives stood firm in its decision to retain the Php 900-million budget for the Philippine National Police’s “Oplan Double Barrel” for 2018. For this, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Karlo Nograles junked the opposition’s argument that the money would be used to fund what they said was the police’s killing spree, noting instead that it was not the government’s policy to kill criminals in the first place. “As […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Stop and Go coalition has called off a transport strike it was supposed to hold on Tuesday, September 26. Jun Magno, president of the transport group, made the announcement after the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board said that members of the group who participated on the first day of the transport strike on Monday, September 25, may face a suspension of their franchises. Atty. Aileen Lizada, LTFRB board […]
By Richard Carter Agence France Presse Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called a snap election, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world’s third-largest economy as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever-pitch. Abe hopes to capitalize on a weak and fractured opposition to sweep back into power, as polls show him regaining ground after a series of scandals. “I will dissolve the House of Representatives on the 28th” of September, […]
KARANGASEM, India (AFP) — Nearly 50,000 people have evacuated their homes amid fears of an imminent volcanic eruption on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, disaster officials said Monday. Mount Agung, about 75 kilometers (47 miles) from the tourist hub of Kuta, has been rumbling since August, threatening to erupt for the first time in more than 50 years. Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency said Monday 48,540 people had fled, although the number was expected to rise […]
(Eagle News) — A plane crashed off the waters of Romblon on Monday morning. Authorities said the plane crashed 50 kilometers from Tablas Airport. It was still unclear how many were on board the plane, and where the plane came from in the first place. Authorities have yet to locate the plane.
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Naharang ng tropa ng pamahalaan ang planong pambobomba sa Zamboanga City ng dalawang miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), na naaresto. Ito ay matapos ikasa ang counter-action ng Joint Task Force Zamboanga at Zamboanga City Police Office laban sa ASG member na si Omar Askali o mas kilala bilang “Ayub” nitong Sabado. Naaresto si Askali sa Governor Lim Ave. bandang alas 10:30 ng umaga. Narekober kay Askali—na kilalang tagasubaybay ni Furuji […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Monday assured Vietnam it would conduct a “fair and thorough” investigation into the deaths of two Vietnamese fishermen on Saturday, September 23, 2017. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano gave the assurance to Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh during an informal meeting of Southeast Asian foreign ministers at the United Nations headquarters in New York, a Department of Foreign Affairs statement said. “We would […]
by Neil Sands Agence France-Presse WELLINGTON, New Zealand | (AFP) – New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English said Monday he expects two or three weeks of “tense” negotiations with maverick MP Winston Peters to break the country’s general election deadlock. Peters emerged as kingmaker in Saturday’s election after English’s conservative National Party and the Labour opposition led by Jacinda Ardern both failed to win an outright majority. English was expected to struggle amid the “Jacinda-mania” hype surrounding the charismatic […]
(Eagle News) – Customs “broker” Mark Taguba revealed several text messages containing conversations about millions of pesos in “tara” or bribe money given to Customs officials, and said that he also has the bank documents that will support his allegations. In his Senate testimony, Taguba, presented as a witness by Senator Panfilo Lacson, read and showed specific text messages sent to and received from various Customs men, or so-called collectors tasked to get “tara” money […]
SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) — Christie’s Shanghai auction season got underway on Sunday (September 24), with 35 offerings from the contemporary art world going under the hammer. Zao Wou-ki’s 24-12-2002-Diptyqe was sold for $5.09 million, which reached the highest bidding price for a single collection by Christie’s in mainland China. Collections from Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol were also up for bidding. Pablo Picasso’s Tete d’homme was sold for $200,000. Andy Warhol’s Monkey was […]
