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by Max DELANY with Susan STUMME in Washington Agence France-Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) – Russia on Friday eyed retaliatory measures against the US after President Barack Obama kicked out dozens of suspected intelligence agents and imposed sanctions in a furious dispute over alleged election interference. The barrage of punishment against Moscow over cyberattacks dragged ties between Russia and the United States — already at their worst since the Cold War — to a fresh low […]
JHARKHAND, India (Reuters) — At least three men were killed and dozens trapped, after a pile of mine waste collapsed in a mine in eastern India run by state-run miner Coal India Limited, state police said on Friday (December 30). The collapse took place in Jharkhand state on Thursday (December 29) evening at the Lalmatia mines owned by Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), a subsidiary of the world’s largest miner. Several vehicles engaged in the mining […]
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) –Australian counter-terror officers arrested a 40-year-old man at Sydney Airport, after he disembarked from a flight from London on Thursday (29 December), and charged him with making online threats “relating to New Year’s Eve” festivities in Sydney, police said on Friday (30 December). The arrest follows police raids across the southern city of Melbourne a week ago, which authorities said foiled an Islamic State-inspired plot to attack prominent sites in the city […]
MONROE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) — A winter storm that snarled traffic on highways in Pennsylvania is expected to bring heavy snows and fierce winds to New England on Thursday evening (December 29) and into Friday morning, the National Weather Service said. The storm triggered traffic accidents that blocked highways in northeastern and central Pennsylvania on Thursday for hours, according to local media. The system is forecast to bring more than a foot of snow (30 […]
BOCAUE, Bulacan (Eagle News) — Dalawang araw bago sumapit ang bagong taon, halos wala ng maparadahan ang mga sasakyan sa compound ng mga nagbebenta ng paputok at pailaw sa Bocaue, Bulacan. Ayon sa isang tindera, bagamat dagsa ang mga taong namimili ng mga paputok ngayon ay mahina pa rin ang kanilang bentahan kumpara noong nakaraang taon. Ni hindi pa nila naabot ang kalahating porsyento ng kanilang kinita noong Disyembre atrenta, 2015. Kilala ang Bocaue, Bulacan […]
After just one day without her beloved daughter Carrie Fisher, America’s sweetheart Debbie Reynolds passed away from a stroke at the age of 84. She was brought to the Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 28th. “The last thing she said this morning was that she was very, very sad about losing Carrie and that she would like to be with her again,” her son, Todd Fisher, shared to the public […]
QUEZON CITY (Eagle News)– Brethren from the Iglesia Ni Cristo Locale Congregation of Pasong Tamo, District of Central gathered on Monday (December 26) to celebrate their year-end get-together as the year of 2016 draw to a close. Before the event started, Brother Benjamin A. Licmuan, the locale Minister led the year-end congregational prayer inside the house of worship. Soon after, brethren headed at the locale compound to join in the celebration of the year-end socializing. […]
(Reuters) Mexico, for years the front line of a U.S.-led war on drugs that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, is still mired in prohibitionist policies even as the United States and Canada step up the liberalization of marijuana. California in November became the first border state to vote for comprehensive cannabis legalization, and shortly afterward Mexico’s Senate made its first move to catch up – but only with a medical marijuana bill still […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, United States (Reuters) — A man shot and killed a woman in the parking lot of a research facility at the University of Utah on Thursday (December 29) before turning the gun on himself, according to local media. A local television station, citing police, said the man walked up to the woman in the parking lot of the building and shot her multiple times. They said the man then shot himself […]
QUEZON CITY, Dec. 30 – The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) member agencies met to prepare for TY Nina Post Disaster Needs Assessment, on December 29, at the NDRRMC Conference Room, Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. NDRRMC Executive Director and Civil Defense Administrator Usec Ricardo B Jalad chaired the meeting attended by representatives from member agencies namely, DILG, DSWD, NEDA, DA, DOH, DSWD, DTI, DepEd, CHED, BFAR, NIA, DOH, DPWH, NCIP, DOE, […]
MANILA, Dec. 30 – Malaking mga hakbangin at pagbabago ang naisulong ng pamunuan ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) laban sa child labor, kabilang ang hindi katanggap tanggap na anyo nito sa loob lamang ng pitong buwan ng panunungkulan ni Pangulong Rodrigo R. Duterte, ayon kay Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III. “Nagkamit tayo ng malaking pagbabago upang labanan ang laganap na child labor sa mga mahihirap na komunidad, higit lalo ang mga mapanganib pang […]
MAKATI CITY, Dec. 30 – The Board of Investments (BOI) recently approved the application of Tondo Holdings Corporation (THC) as a new developer of affordable housing. The Php10.18 billion project falls under the Preferred List of Economic and Low-Cost Housing under Book I of Executive Order No. 226, otherwise known as the Omnibus Investments Code of 1987 and complies with the guidelines set by the current Investment Priorities Plan (IPP). “The inclusive growth strategy in […]
