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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The outgoing Barack Obama administration announced Tuesday a contribution of half a billion dollars to the UN Green Climate Fund, just three days before Donald Trump takes over the White House. The $500 million payment, announced by State Department spokesman John Kirby in a statement, is the second from the United States to support the United Nations Green Climate Fund, which aims to mitigate the effects of climate change in […]
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, appeared an Oakland, California court on Tuesday (January 17), accused of misleading authorities investigating the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Noor Salman faces up to life in prison on a charge of aiding and abetting husband Omar Mateen’s attempt to provide material support to a terrorist organization and is also accused of […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek says he’s willing to “look at everything” in a bid to find a winning formula, but Knicks watchers were looking beyond lineup changes Tuesday in a bid to parse the future of the NBA franchise. A meeting between veteran star Carmelo Anthony and team president Phil Jackson was described variously in US media reports as “contentious” and “calm and business-like” with the New […]
by Johannes MYBURGH Agence France-Presse NATAL, Brazil (AFP) – Brazil’s government Tuesday ordered the armed forces to help secure the country’s overcrowded jails as police fought to separate rival gangs of inmates in one prison following a massacre. Inmates climbed on the roof and set up barriers of furniture in a northeastern jail inhabited by warring rival drug gangs vowing to behead each other. Police fired rubber bullets to try to keep apart two rival […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Tuesday commuted the sentence of transgender soldier Chelsea Manning, who is serving 35 years behind bars for handing classified US documents to WikiLeaks. Obama pardoned 64 people and commuted the sentences of 209 others, including Manning, in one of his final acts as president. Manning was convicted in August 2013 of espionage and other offenses after admitting to leaking 700,000 […]
BANJUL, Gambia (AFP) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Tuesday declared a state of emergency just two days before he was due to step down, denouncing what he called dangerous foreign meddling in the country’s post-electoral crisis. The measure was prompted by the “unprecedented and extraordinary amount of foreign interference in the December 1 presidential elections and also in the internal affairs of The Gambia,” Jammeh announced on state TV. The 15-nation Economic Community Of West […]
by Glenda Kwek SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — The massive underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was called off Tuesday, leaving unsolved one of the most enduring mysteries of the aviation age. Nearly three years after the airliner vanished, distraught relatives refused to accept the idea that the 239 passengers and crew might now never be found after the failure of one of the most expensive undersea operations ever. “Despite every effort using […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The European Union is considering giving financial assistance to the anti-drug campaign of the Philippines. EU Ambassador to the Manila Franz Jessen said that EU is conducting a study into funding the drug rehabilitation of drug dependents in the country. EU was one of the earlier critics of the anti-drug campaign in the Philippines due to the numerous cases of extra judicial killings.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Senator Sonny Angara said that the Department of Finance will no longer remove the exemptions of senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) from value-added tax despite the comprehensive tax reform program of the Duterte administration. The aim of the comprehensive tax reform is to reduce the income tax rate while increasing the excise tax on oil products. https://youtu.be/MqyyOQ1-d4g
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In an exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, Cagayan De Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno talks about the water level in Cagayan De Oro City after strong rainfalls induced flash flooding in the city. According to Mayor Moreno, there are no more rains and the water level is already going down. Families are also returning to their homes from the evacuation centers.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Internal Revenue will put a stop on its “shame campaign” called “Run After Tax Evaders” or RATE. Revenue Deputy Commissioner for Legal Services Clint Aranaz said that they want to give taxpayers the opportunity to settle their accounts with the BIR and to pay their back taxes without being meted the penalties. https://youtu.be/1k0Pd8YCu_I
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Cabinet will meet this week in order to lay down projects that will be funded by the 1 trillion yen or Php 441 billion official development assistance (ODA ) and investments from Japan. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said that the Cabinet will study the details of the projects to be funded by the ODA before submitting the same to Japan. https://youtu.be/HetheZWQ10g
