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(Eagle News) — A court has ordered the arrest of Edgar Matobato. A radio report said Matobato, who claimed before a Senate inquiry last year that President Rodrigo Duterte was behind the alleged Davao Death Squad,was ordered arrested by Judge Dorothy Gonzaga of Davao del Norte’s Panabo City Regional Trial Court Branch 4. The warrant stems from the charges filed against him by the Department of Justice in January in connection with the kidnapping of alleged terrorist Sali Makdum. Also […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Leading South African anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada, who was one of Nelson Mandela’s closest colleagues, died early Tuesday aged 87, Kathrada’s charity foundation said. Kathrada was among those tried and jailed alongside Mandela in the Rivonia trial in 1964, which drew worldwide attention and highlighted the brutal legal system under the apartheid regime. Kathrada spent 26 years and 3 months in prison, 18 of which were on Robben Island.
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Jeanie Buss will remain the controlling owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers under an agreement reached with her brothers, her lawyer confirmed on Monday. Attorney Adam Streisand also said that Jeanie Buss has removed one of her siblings, Jim Buss, as a trustee and replaced him with her younger sister, Janie Buss. The agreement ends a dispute that surfaced in court this month after Buss brothers Jim and […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court is holding the third round of oral arguments on detained Senator Leila de Lima’s petition questioning the warrant of arrest issued against her in February.De Lima’s camp filed the petition against Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court Branch 204 Judge Juanita Guerrero, who issued the warrant that stems from a case filed against the senator in connection with her alleged involvement in the illegal drug trading in the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice […]
(Reuters) — The Oleo Sponge can soak up oil in water super quick. It could one day help clean up major spills like the one at Deepwater Horizon seven years ago. Developed at Argonne National Laboratory, it’s made of a polyurethane foam like that used in mattresses. The foam’s interior surfaces are covered with oleophilic, or oil-attracted, molecules that draw oil from the water. The material can be wrung out in order to be reused. […]
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(Eagle News) — Arestado ang apat na miyembro ng Kidnap for Ransom group na nambibiktima ng mga Indian National sa Nueva Ecija at iba pang probinsya sa Luzon. Ang dalawang leader ng grupo na pawang mga Indian National din ay dati na raw nakulong dahil sa iba pang kaso ng kidnapping.
(Eagle News) — Ikinasaya ng Malacañang ang pangunguna ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa paunang resulta ng online poll ng Time Magazine para sa pagpili ng Most Influential People in the World ngayong taon. Ayon kay Chief Presidential Legal Council Salvador Panelo, patunay lamang ito na maganda ang pagtanggap ng tao sa buong mundo sa magandang pamumuno ni Duterte lalo na sa paglaban sa iligal na droga. Ayon pa kay Panelo, nangangahulugang positibo ang pagkilala ng […]
AYR, Australia (AFP) — Cyclone Debbie made landfall in northeast Australia Tuesday, with lashing rain and howling winds battering the area as local towns went into lockdown. The category four storm — on a scale of five — began crossing the Queensland state coast, packing destructive wind gusts of up to 270 kph (167 miles) near its wide core, the Bureau of Meteorology said.
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (Reuters) — A San Francisco-based start-up company is producing shoes made of recycled water bottles responsibly sourced rubber and stars like Gwyneth Paltrow are loving the Eco-friendly fashion trend. The idea of developing a line of woman’s flats from recycled water bottles is the brainchild of two men, Roth Martin and Stephen Hawthornwaite who, up until 4 years ago, didn’t know the first thing about shoes and now have a thriving […]
Chinese Ambassador presents a portrait of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the Ambassador of China to the Philippines, H.E. Zhao Jianhua, in a meeting at the Presidential Guest House in Panacan, Davao City on March 27, 2017. The Chinese ambassador presented to him two paintings for the President. The first was a painting of a rooster, and the second was a family portrait with President Duterte, his common-law-wife Honeylet Avancena, and daughter […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The popular bronze statue of a young girl staring down a bull on Wall Street will stay in place until March 2018, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. Initially installed on March 7 for one week, the “Fearless Girl” sculpture appeared in media around the world, seen by many as a defiant symbol of women’s rights under the new administration of President Donald Trump, who has bragged […]
