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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump is clearly confident he’ll achieve his campaign promise to “Make America Great Again.” Never straying far from his business roots, Trump has already submitted an application to trademark the slogan he plans to use for his 2020 re-election run: “Keep America Great.” Records from the United States Patent and Trademark Office show that the president applied on Wednesday — before he was even sworn into office — […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao said Tuesday the details of his next fight have yet to be determined, despite widespread reports he will face Australian Jeff Horn. Asked in an interview with ABS-CBN television about a Horn fight, Pacquiao, said “not yet done, the negotiation is not yet done”. “We are still negotiating about that. Nothing is really final, the date, who is the opponent. There are a lot of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House on Tuesday confirmed that President Donald Trump believes millions of people voted illegally in the November election, but declined to provide evidence to support that claim. Hours after Trump told congressional leaders that as many as five million people could have voted illegally, White House spokesman Sean Spicer confirmed the president’s belief. “The comment he said was three to five million people could have voted illegally based […]
by Mike Smith Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) – Israel has approved 2,500 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, officials said Tuesday, marking a major settlement expansion following the election of US President Donald Trump. The planned new homes approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman may be the largest number to have been given the green light since 2013, said settlement watchdog Peace Now. Settlements in both the West […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte on Tuesday, January 24, leads the launching ceremony and unveiling of the ASEAN 2017 Committee on Business and Investment Program (CBIP) audio-visual presentation at the Rizal Hall in Malacañang Palace.
MUMBAI, India (AFP) — What do you get when Hong Kong martial arts expert Jackie Chan collaborates with a host of Indian film actors? An action-adventure movie titled “Kung Fu Yoga” of course. Screen legend Chan was in Mumbai this week to promote his latest flick — a slapstick comedy by Hong Kong director Stanley Tong that also features Bollywood’s Sonu Sood. “Kung Fu Yoga”, which is released in China this weekend and in India […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP ) — Scientists will take the tape measure to Mount Everest to determine whether a massive earthquake in Nepal really did knock an inch off the world’s tallest peak. India’s top surveyor said Tuesday a team of scientists would be sent to neighbouring Nepal to measure Everest in the hope of putting to rest a debate about the true height of the towering mountain. A deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal in […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China warned Washington Tuesday that it would not back down over its claims in the disputed South China Sea, following vows by the Trump administration to defend US and international interests there. Comments by White House spokesman Sean Spicer about China’s artificial islands in the Sea, some capable of military use, have upped the ante in the dispute. “China has indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands and their adjacent waters,” […]
DAVAO ORIENTAL – The Davao Oriental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Executive Committee has recommended to put the whole province under a state of calamity following the continuous heavy rains,causing floods and landslides. The said recommendation has been forwarded to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for adoption, thus, would allow local government units to make quick interventions for relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of affected areas that have suffered from severe damages, particularly in terms of infrastructures […]
MANILA, Jan. 24 (PIA) – A new online remittance is now available in Australia as the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) launched a new online remittance service called AussiePadala. AussiePadala enables anybody maintaining an account with any bank in Australia to remit funds online to their beneficiary maintaining an account with any bank in the Philippines. “We are committed to providing overseas Filipinos with a remittance service that is convenient, secure, and offers great value […]
TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, January 24(PIA) – On his fifth visit to the region since his assumption of the highest post of the land, President Rodrigo Duterte is again set to visit here, this time to inspect the conditions of the “Yolanda” victims who are now settled in their permanent shelters. To be ferried by seven buses to the President’s engaging site at New Hope Village, barangay Sta. Elena, about 15-kilometers away from the city proper, […]
Over in New York, thousands joined the post inauguration women’s march. (Reported by EBC New York Bureau, Elle Aguilar) https://youtu.be/YbJDMaLtGqM
