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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The United States on Thursday charged Fiat Chrysler with using software on its trucks to evade emissions standards on about 104,000 vehicles, an accusation the company immediately denied. The Environmental Protection Agency said the undisclosed software on the 2014 to 2016 models of Grand Cherokees and Dodge Ram 1500 trucks sold in the United States allowed the vehicles to emit more nitrogen oxides than permitted. Trading of FCA shares was […]
by Ben Simon / Fulya Ozerkan Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) – A deal to end decades of division in Cyprus is close, UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday, as he led a crunch conference on solving one of the world’s longest-running political crises. Guterres was undertaking his first foreign trip as the United Nations’ secretary general seeking a breakthrough at a Geneva summit that involves rival Cypriot sides as well as Greece, Turkey and […]
by Ilgin KARLIDAG Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – Turkish lawmakers on Thursday brawled and threw chairs as parliament approved three more articles in a hugely controversial bill bolstering the powers of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Lawmakers have since the start of the week been debating the first reading of the 18-article bill to change the constitution to create an executive presidency. The articles approved covered lowering the minimum age limit of members of parliament […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – President-elect Donald Trump tapped Thursday former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to advise his administration on cyber security amid an outcry over Russian hackers’ apparent attempt to meddle in the US election. Giuliani, 72 and a key Trump surrogate, was last year a candidate for secretary of state but subsequently came under scrutiny in the US media over business dealings that posed potential conflicts of interest. Trump on Thursday called […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed in Malacanang on Thursday (January 12) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who is in the Philippines for a two-day official visit, becoming the first state leader to visit the country since the Philippine leader took office last year. “I am pleased to welcome Prime Minister Abe to Manila. As you all must and should be aware, he is the very first head of government to officially visit […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Public Works and Highways re-opened Road 10 in Tondo, Manila after completion of Road 10 widening project. From just two lanes for northbound and southbound vehicles, there are now four to five lanes for southbound vehicles and six lanes for northbound vehicles.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group deployed 79 escort and convoy personnel for the Miss Universe pageant which will be held on January 30. According to HPG Spokesperson Police Superintendent Elizabeth Velasquez, their personnel were already deployed at the different locations that will be visited by the Miss Universe candidates like Vigan, Baguio, Boracay, Cebu, Batangas and Davao City. In Manila, the HPG had already begun their operations since the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Metro Manila Development Authority guaranteed that it will not conduct a big beautification drive in order to hide squatter areas during the Miss Universe pageant. According to MMDA General Manager Thomas Orbos, there are no plans to conduct traditional clean-up drives in contrast to previous administrations. Orbos also said that this is the true face of Metro Manila and that the truth should not be hidden from the […]
BOSTON, United States (AFP) — It’s a good thing the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards were able to settle their differences Wednesday, so Isaiah Thomas didn’t have to call on his friend Floyd Mayweather. The former champion boxer was sitting in the front row when NBA teams had words at the final buzzer. But Thomas got the last word in as he scored 20 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter and the Celtics […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The government will resume giving coupons to public transportation providers once the proposed increase on excise tax on fuels will be implemented. According to Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno, the implementation of the higher excise tax on fuels will be made to coincide with the lower income tax so that the public will not be overly burdened. An increase of Php 6.00 on the excise tax imposed on diesel, kerosene […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines sent an initial force composed of 500 military personnel to augment Task Force Haribon stationed in Davao City as part of the preparation for the Association of South East Asian Nation summit to be held in the country. The ASEAN Summit will be launched on Saturday, January 15, 2017 while the main event will be on November 2017. The initial augmentation force is […]
