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by Glenn Chapman Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the United States tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing speculation about its strategy for mobile. Users of Windows-powered phones — which have failed badly against rivals from Apple and Google Android — were invited to upgrade to its latest Windows 10 version after Microsoft officially stopped supporting the earlier version on […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump is willing to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House, but not yet, according to official remarks released on Thursday. During a conversation aboard Air Force One flying into Paris, Trump said he was willing to engage the Russian leader despite controversy over the country’s involvement in the 2016 US election. Asked whether he would invite Putin, Trump said he would “at the right […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Chen Guangcheng, one of China’s best-known activists who fled to the United States, charged Thursday that Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo was “deliberately killed” by the country’s rulers, urging the international community to maintain pressure on Beijing. Liu, a veteran of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 who was jailed in 2009 for “inciting subversion of state power” with his Charter 08 manifesto calling for democratic reforms, died Thursday at […]
By: EBC Sports International, New York Bureau Tennie Sumague Joanne Blanco Soriano Carlo Valdez LONDON,ENGLAND- Age is definitely nothing but a number at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships at the All-England Club. At 35 and a father of four, Roger Federer marches on to his 11th Wimbledon Final after easily defeating Tomas Berdych 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 6-4 Friday afternoon. Federer has yet to drop a set at the tournament and is seeking to make history on Sunday […]
A Vietnamese sailor being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu was killed during a gunbattle between the militants and troops, a military official said Thursday. Van Viet Tran was found dead on Saturday following the clash with members of the kidnapping group in the strife-torn island group, Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana said. A soldier was also killed and 15 other troops wounded while the Abu Sayyaf suffered undetermined casualties, said Sobejana who heads a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte assured residents of quake-hit Ormoc, Leyte the government was there to help them get back on their feet, as he expressed satisfaction over government relief efforts there. “Narito kami kasi tutulong kami sa inyo. Meron nang programa ang gobyerno kung paano ang gagawin sa mga tulong na dumating,” he said in a brief interview with Palace communications office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson. According to the President, the government would […]
(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections Director Benjamin delos Santos announced his resignation on Thursday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte admitted there was a resurgence in the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. In a statement, Delos Santos said the “issue about the resurgence has made me irrelevant.” As such, he said his “irrevocable resignation effective immediately” was filed through the Secretary of Justice. “I will refrain from further comments and take the […]
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (Eagle News) – Gumawa ng malakihang vegetable salad ang ilang mga residente ng La Trinidad, Benguet. Ito ay bilang bahagi ng pagdiriwang ng kaarawan ng pagkakatatag ng industriya ng pagtatanim ng gulay sa La Trinidad. Inorganisa ng League of Associations of La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Area Inc. ang paggawa ng dambuhalang vegetable salad, na sinasabing kayang magpakain ng hanggang 3,000 katao. Ang salad–na tinatayang may bigat na 1.2 tonelada—ay inilagay sa higanteng bowl […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Thursday said the military was still verifying claims made by the Turkish ambassador on the presence of Turkish terrorists in the country. “The military is verifying the statement of Turkish Ambassador Esra Cankorur regarding the presence of..particularly the Fetullah Gulen Movement, in the Philippines,” Palace spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement. Cankorur was quoted by reports as saying that the group, which was responsible for an instigated failed coup […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate minority leader Franklin Drilon said it was impossible for any senator to support Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez’s proposal to extend martial law in Mindanao for five years. “The Senate, you know, we will stand as one and I don’t think any senator will agree to five years,” Drilon said. He admitted, however, that “theoretically,” Congress could approve the same. “But…I don’t think any senator in his right mind will […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The head of the ways and means committee in the Senate said they would carefully examine the proposal of the Department of Finance to lift value-added tax (VAT) exemptions on socialized and low-cost housing, noting that doing so could exacerbate the existing “housing backlog.” “Medyo tingin ko baka dapat pag-isipin mabuti ng ating DOF at ating mga mambabatas kung kailangan lagyan ng VAT yung socialized and low-cost housing dahil […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — House Sergeant-at-Arms Roland Detabali has said they would heighten security measures in the Lower House, as he revealed they were monitoring “minor threats” slated on President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24. “Definitely meron (threat), pero not very serious. Panggulo lang..,” Detabali said in a press conference. Asked to clarify, he said, “As of now, ‘yung protesters pa lang ang natanggap namin but we […]
