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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Commission on Population said that from formerly being ranked at the 12th place, the Philippines is now down one rung, sliding to the 13th place in the list of countries with the largest population in the world. The Philippines is listed as having 103,796,832 or an estimated 103.8 million people. “On July 1, 2017, Ethiopia overtook our spot, making the Philippines the 13th largest country in the world,” […]
LIMAY, Bataan (Eagle News) – Inabandona ng apat na mangingisda ang kanilang bangkang sinasakyan matapos makipaghabulan sa Philippine National Polcie-Maritime Bataan sa karagatang sakop ng Barangay Lamao, Limay, Bataan. Ito ay matapos maaktuhan ang apat na mangingisda na maghahagis sana ng dinamita sa karagatan noong Huwebes, Hulyo 27. Narekober ng PNP Maritime sa loob ng inabandonang bangka ang sampung bote ng dinamita, isang set ng kompresor at nasa 200 metro na hose. Kinilala ni PSInps. Joseph […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain will try to keep as many aspects of its European Union membership in place as possible during a transition period of up to three years after Brexit, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday. But Hammond told BBC radio that EU nationals would have to register with the authorities starting from the expected departure date of March 2019 as the government comes up with a new immigration system. “Many […]
(Eagle News) — Magdalo party-list Representative Gary Alejano appealed to his fellow congressmen to prioritize the creation of an Emergency Management Agency as outlined by President Rodrigo Duterte himself in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). He said this should be among the priority bills in Congress. The proposed emergency management agency will be under the Office of the President and will be responsible for disaster mitigation and preparedness measures as well as […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Alliance of Concerned Teachers party-list Representative France Castro asked Education Secretary Leonor Briones to expedite the giving of permits to Lumad schools, adding that many permits for application were still pending with the Department of Education. Castro dared DepEd Secretary Briones to act on their applications. “Hinahamon ko si DepEd Secretary Liling [Briones] na magsalita. Ilang araw na ang nakalipas pero hindi siya nagsasalita kaugnay ng mga permit,” Castro […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China said it was on high alert to statements from countries “playing up” tension in the South China Sea after Britain said it planned to send a warship to the disputed waterway next year to conduct freedom of navigation exercises. Britain would increase its presence in the waters after it sent four British fighter planes for joint exercises with Japan in the region last year, Defense Minister Michael Fallon said on […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States Republicans failed spectacularly Friday in their latest effort to dismantle Obamacare, leaving the party shocked and in disarray and signaling the potential death knell for President Donald Trump’s dream of repealing his predecessor’s health reforms. The vote — held in the dead of night — came down to the wire, with the decisive moment resting with Senator John McCain, recently diagnosed with […]
by Josep Lago with Diego Urdaneta in Madrid Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — A commuter train slammed into the end of the platform during the morning rush hour at a busy station in the Spanish city of Barcelona on Friday, leaving 54 people injured, emergency services said. One person was seriously injured, 19 were injured “less seriously” including the driver and 34 were lightly injured, local emergency services said on Twitter. The regional […]
(Eagle News Service) — Gorio intensified into a typhoon on Friday, as it moved toward Taiwan and continued to enhance the southwest monsoon, triggering rains over parts of the country. Signal Number 2 has been raised over Batanes, and Signal Number 1 over the Babuyan Group of Islands, where rains and maximum sustained winds of 30 to 60 kilometers per hour are expected in 36 hours. In its 5 p.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (July 28) – World Hepatitis Day is celebrated every 28th of July to raise people’s awareness about the risk of hepatitis, which is one of the leading causes of death globally. Hepatitis alone is responsible for 1.34 million deaths per year. Eighty percent of liver cancer cases in the world are also caused by the hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C. With “Eliminate Hepatitis” as this year’s theme, the World Health Organization (WHO), […]
by Khurram Shahzad Agence France Presse ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from public office over long-running corruption allegations, a decision that ousts him from the premiership for the third time in a chequered political career. “He is disqualified as a member of the parliament so he has ceased to be holding the office of Prime Minister,” Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan told the packed courtroom in Islamabad. […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte dared Jose Maria Sison, his former professor and founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) to come home to the Philippines, leave the comfortable life he has in Utrecht, and fight the struggle he had lectured about here in his home country. The 72-year old Duterte called the 78-year old Sison “duwag” and “talawan,” the Filipino and Cebuano term respectively for “coward.” He said the […]
