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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump told Americans Thursday that he will “unify” the nation after a bruising election campaign, as he prepared for his inauguration the following day at the US Capitol. “We’re going to unify our country,” Trump told a crowd of thousands in front of the Lincoln Memorial after a pre-inauguration concert. “We’re going to do things that haven’t been done for our country for many, many decades,” he added. “It’s […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday commuted the sentences of 330 people, mostly drug offenders, a record number issued in a single day, on the eve of his departure from the White House. It is Obama’s second such measure this week, including his surprise decision to commute the sentence of transgender army private Chelsea Manning, imprisoned for 35 years for handing more than 700,000 classified US documents to WikiLeaks. Originally set […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump jetted into the US capital Thursday on the eve of the most consequential moment of his life — his inauguration as the nation’s 45th president and the setting of a four-year course of American political reform. The Republican billionaire’s arrival caps an extraordinary and improbable run for the White House that, once he takes the reins from President Barack Obama at noon […]
by Christina NEUHAUS Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – Former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn said Thursday that he did not know the beleaguered German auto giant was engaging in systematic emissions cheating until shortly before the scam broke. Winterkorn told a parliamentary committee into the “dieselgate” scandal that “total clarity was and is the order of the day”, and that he was still trying to understand how the scandal could have happened. The 69-year-old resigned […]
by Johannes MYBURGH Agence France-Presse NATAL, Brazil (AFP) – Stick-wielding inmates hurled stones and lit fires Thursday in a Brazilian jail where dozens were previously massacred, as authorities struggled to contain a spreading wave of gang violence. Police fired rubber bullets to try to separate two groups of inmates as they fought a pitched battled in the courtyard of the Alcacuz prison in the northern town of Natal, AFP reporters overlooking the facility saw. The […]
by Siavosh Ghazi Agence France-Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) – Rescue workers in Tehran were desperately hunting for firefighters trapped under the rubble after a fire Thursday led to the collapse of Iran’s oldest high-rise, the 15-storey Plasco building. Officials had yet to confirm if anyone had been killed, but Tehran mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told state television that between 20 and 25 firefighters were thought to be inside when the building fell. Three people were […]
MEYCAUAYAN, Bulacan (Eagle News) – Inilatag na sa Meycauayan City ang mga dapat gawin sa operasyong ilulunsad nila na “Oplan Anti-Ingay” matapos ang pagpupulong nila ilang araw ang nakaraan. Nais ni Mayor Henry R. Villarica ng Meycauayan City na isagawa na ang implementasyon ng mga ordinansa sa lungsod. Layunin nito na mabawasan ang ingay na dala sa ating kapaligiran. Para na rin ito sa kaligtasan ng mga motorista gayun din sa mga mamamayan. Ang operasyon […]
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng clearing operations ang apat na Mobile group sa Davao City nitong Huwebes ng umaga sa pangunguna ni Police Chief Inspector Ramil Macarampat. Isinagawa nila ito sa mga kalye ng Quimpo Boulevard, Quirino Street, Ilustre, Rizal, San Rafael at El Rio Street. Ayon kay Inspector Macarampat, layunin nito na lumuwag at malinis ang lahat ng daan upang mapagaan ang daloy ng trapiko sa pagbisita ng mga kandidata ng Miss Universe sa […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Matapos magpahayag ng pagkabahala ang Pilipinas sa paglalagay ng mga weapon system ng China sa mga artipisyal na isla sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea, nagpulong sina Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin at Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa Malacanañg. Hindi na idinetalye pa ng mga opisyal ng Palasyo ang napag-usapan sa nasabing pagpupulong. Pero ayon kay Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella, mismong ang Chinese official ang nag-request ng pakikipagkita sa Pangulo. […]
LIMAY, Bataan (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng Press Conference ang Limay Concern Citizen Inc. at Coal Free Bataan Movement sa Brgy. Lamao, Limay, Bataan na sinuportahan ng iba’t-ibang organisasyon tulad ng Coal Free Central Luzon Movement. Isinisigaw ng militanteng grupo ang mahigpit na pagtutol nila sa mga Plantang patuloy na gumagamit ng coal bilang panggatong para makalikha ng enerhiya. Ayon sa Press statement ng grupo, ang paggamit ng coal ay pinakamaruming pinagkukunan ng enerhiya at nagiging sanhi ng pagkasira ng […]
(Eagle News) – Masayang tinanggap ng Malacañang ang positibong pagtaya ng International Monetary Fund (IMF) sa takbo ng ekonomiya ng bansa ngayong taon. Una nang inihayag ni IMF Resident Representative to the Philippines Shanaka Jayanath Peiris na naniniwala silang makakamit ng Pilipinas ang target nitong Gross Domestic Product (GDP) na 6.8% ngayong 2017 dahil sa matatag na fiscal spending ng bansa. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Ernersto Abella, magiging posible ito sa pamamagitan ng mas pinalakas […]
(Eagle News) — Iginiit ng China na lehitimo at legal ang paglalagay nila ng mga military facility sa mga artipisyal na isla sa South China Sea. Ayon kay Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying, may karapatan ang China na magtayo ng mga pasilidad lalo’t may soberenya sila sa mga ito. Gayunman, nangako ang China na makikipagtulungan sila para resolbahin sa mapayapa at maayos na pamamaraan ang mga hindi pagkakaunawaan ng mga bansang may claim sa […]
