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(Eagle News) — The Philippine government and communist rebels on Wednesday, April 5, signed an interim ceasefire agreement which both parties hailed as a big step toward achieving a just and lasting peace in the country. The interim ceasefire will boost ongoing peace talks aimed at ending one of the world’s longest insurgencies, a joint statement said. The temporary truce would take effect after the two sides iron out the guidelines and ground rules, they said […]
by Bryan McManus Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — International donors on Wednesday pledged $6.0 billion in aid for Syria this year at a conference overshadowed by a suspected deadly chemical attack blamed by the West on Damascus. The countries further pledged $3.73 billion in aid for 2018-20 at the Brussels meeting, which was co-chaired by the European Union and United Nations and follows a conference in London last year which raised $12 billion […]
by Yanan Wang BEIJING, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has spent the past four years putting brash, wealthy politicians and businessmen in jail. On Thursday he will have to sit down and negotiate with one. The first face-to-face meeting between Xi and Donald Trump at the United States president’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida will be a key test of whether the two leaders can overcome their vast differences and develop a personal bond. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea has successfully test-fired a home-developed ballistic missile with a range long enough to hit any part of North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported Thursday. It comes a day after the North fired its own ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan — which analysts dubbed a warning ahead of a China-United States summit, at which Pyongyang’s accelerating atomic weapons program is set to top the agenda. South Korea […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday (April 6) that he and United States President Donald Trump agreed in a telephone call that North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch was “a dangerous provocation and a serious threat.” Pyongyang test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday (April 5), a day before the Trump-Xi summit, where North Korea’s increasingly defiant arms program was set to take […]
(Eagle News) — Dismissed Interior Secretary Mike Sueno on Thursday said he was retiring from politics for good, even as he reiterated he had done nothing wrong and that he was only “a willing victim” in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drive against corruption. “Ayoko na. Out na talaga ako… Malaki kris ni misis ko. Baka mamaya gamitin niya. Promise ko sa kanya di na ako babalik sa pulitika,” Sueno said when asked if he had plans of running for governor in Mindanao […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Promoters refused to declare Manny Pacquiao’s fight with Australia’s Jeff Horn official on Thursday, saying “there is no event to be announced” until all contracts had been signed. The Philippine world boxing champion’s camp announced in Manila on Wednesday that Pacquiao would challenge undefeated Horn in Brisbane in July. But the consortium backing the fight, including the Queensland state government, and promoters Duco Events and Top Rank Boxing, were not ready […]
BANGA, Aklan (Eagle News) – Dumagsa sa bayan ng Banga, Aklan, ang napakaraming ibon na tinatawag nilang ‘salimbabatang’ o ‘barn swallows’ na naglalagi sa mga gawad ng kuryente. Naging tila agarang ‘tourist attraction’ ang mga nasabing ibon ngunit abala naman para sa ilang mga dumaraan at mga residente na malapit sa crossing ng Banga Rotonda sa Brgy. Poblacion. Nagbabala si Ms. Ma. Corazon Teodosio, Senior Ecosystem Management Specialist ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources […]
(Eagle News) – “Hindi ako galit sa Presidente. (I am not angry with the President).” This was the statement of dismissed Interior Secretary Ismael “Mike” Sueno during Thursday’s (April 6) send-off ceremony by the Department of the Interior and Local Government to him, insisting he has no ill feelings against President Rodrigo Duterte for firing him at the end of Monday’s cabinet meeting in Malacanang, nor against the three department undersecretaries who wrote the Palace complaining […]
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay (Eagle News) – Isang malaking pawikan ang nalambat ng mga mangingisda na mayroong bigat na 180 kilograms. Ang nasabing pawikan ay kabilang sa species ng green sea turtle na isa umanong endangered species. Ayon kay Felix Badon, Ipil MENRO, nahuli ng lambat ng mangingisda ang pawikan sa Sibakya, Barangay Sanito ng Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. Agad itong ipinagbigay-alam sa kanilang tanggapan. Ito na ang ika-98 marine sea turtle na narescue ng LGU-Ipil mula noong taong […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Iniharap ng National Bureau of Investigation sa media ang dalawang suspek na nagpapakilalang may kaugnayan sa Malacañang. Nahuli sa entrapment operation sa Maynila ang mga salarin na sina Aira Enriquez at Robert Tesorero ng mga operatiba ng NBI Anti-Fraud Division. Ito’y makaraan magsumbong ang isang complainant dahil sa paniningil ng dalawa ng halagang dalawampung libong piso (Php 20,000) kapalit ng pag-aasikaso ng aplikasyon para makakuha ng pwesto bilang Regional Director […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James scored 36 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers pounded rivals Boston to regain control of the Eastern Conference on Wednesday, while Russell Westbrook’s bid for NBA history was delayed. The titanic battle between Cleveland and Boston — neck and neck at the top of the conference — never materialized as a fired-up Cavs roared to a 114-91 rout against a shellshocked Celtics. The win completed a 3-1 season series […]
