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SINGAPORE (AFP) — An establishment stalwart was named Singapore’s first female president Wednesday but the milestone was overshadowed by criticism her selection was undemocratic after she was handed the job without a vote. Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament from the Muslim Malay minority, did not have to face an election for the largely ceremonial post originally due this month after authorities decided her rivals did not meet strict eligibility criteria. It was not the […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson won Aus $4.5 million ($3.6 million) in damages on Wednesday following a lengthy defamation case against an Australian publisher that portrayed her as a serial liar. The 37-year-old “Pitch Perfect” star successfully sued Bauer Media over magazine articles which claimed she had lied about her age and background to further her acting career — walking away with what is said to be Australia’s largest-ever payout for defamation. Bauer […]
CUPERTINO, United States (AFP) — Apple unveiled an updated version of its smartwatch Monday, as it claimed the device had become the top-selling watch in the world ahead of rivals such as Rolex and Fossil. The Apple Watch Series 3 has its own mobile connectivity which allows the user to remain connected without a smartphone for phone calls, music and other functions. “The Apple Watch is now the number one watch in the world,” Apple chief […]
by Hwang Sunghee Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea vowed Wednesday to accelerate its weapons programs in response to the “evil” sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council following its latest and most powerful nuclear test. The respected 38 North website in the US raised its estimate for the yield from the explosion, which Pyongyang says was a hydrogen bomb small enough to fit onto a missile, to around 250 […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea said on Wednesday (September 13) traces of radioactive xenon gas were confirmed to be from a North Korean nuclear test earlier this month, but it was unable to conclude whether the test had been for a hydrogen bomb as Pyongyang claimed. North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test on September 3, prompting the United Nations Security Council to step up sanctions with a ban on the reclusive regime’s […]
(Eagle News) — The Iloilo mayor being tagged as a narcopolitician by President Rodrigo Duterte has filed a sick leave. In a radio interview, Jed Mabilog’s spokesperson and lawyer Mark Piad said the mayor’s leave was effective Sept. 11. “He filed the leave purposedly to recuperate physically because of the stress he underwent,” Piad said. He noted that his client had also been diagnosed with stage 2 diabetes long before he left the country for […]
DAGUPAN CITY, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Ipinag-utos ng Dagupan City Agriculture Office sa lahat ng mga operator sa lungsod na iparehistro ang kani-kanilang mga bangkang pangisda upang makaiwas sa aberya. Ayon kay City Agriculture Officer Emma Molina, ito ay kaugnay ng ipatutupad na City Ordinance No. 1768 series of 2003 na nagre-require na dapat iparehistro ang lahat ng mga motorboat na ginagamit sa pangingisda o passenger vessel na nag-ooperate sa siyudad. Alinsunod ito sa ibinabang […]
by Kirill Kudryavtsev Agence France-Presse BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) – Two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut docked at the International Space Station for a five month mission on Wednesday following a night-time launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said that the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft “successfully docked” at the ISS at 0255 GMT in a statement on its website. The Soyuz rocket carrying Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos, NASA first-time flyer Mark Vande Hei […]
(Eagle News) — The House committee on justice on Wednesday dismissed the impeachment complaint filed by the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption and the Vanguard of the Philippine Constitution Inc. against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. Voting 28-5, the panel said the complaint filed by VACC founding chair Dante Jimenez and Vanguard president Eligio Mallari was “insufficient in form” for making use of a verification form that was not intended for complaints filed by private individuals. […]
(Eagle News) — Despite questions about his identity, the boy whose lifeless body was found in Gapan, Nueva Ecija on Sept. 6 was laid to rest as 14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman on Wednesday. “Talagang sa amin po, anak po namin dahil kamukha ng tatay yung buong kabuuan ng mukha. Talagang sa amin talaga po ‘yan,” Lina, De Guzman’s mother, told reporters after quick burial rites held at Pasig City Cemetery. Lina made the comment even […]
METRO MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakipagtulungan ang Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) sa Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) at pribadong sektor para patuloy na masuplayan ng malinis na tubig ang Metro Manila. Sa pamamagitan ito ng pagsasaayos ng Mwss sa sewerage systems at sanitation services nito upang matiyak ang kalusugan at kaligtasan ng publiko. Alinsunod ito sa mandatong inilabas ng Korte Suprema noong 2008, kung saan, ang MWSS ang isa sa […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sa kasagsagan ng malakas na buhos ng ulan kahapon, Setyembre 12, pumailalim ang isang motorsiklo sa truck sa Mindanao Avenue, Quezon City. Ayon sa driver ng motorsiklo, magpapaayos sana siya ng sasakyan nang hindi niya napansin ang isang truck na nag-Uturn. Ayon naman sa driver ng truck, hindi rin aniya niya napansin ang motorsiklo dahilan upang pumailalim ito sa unahang bahagi ng truck. Nagtamo ng bali sa tuhod ang […]
