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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said that President Rodrigo Duterte and the Founding Chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines have agreed to push through with the peace talks between the government and the CPP. “Yes, it went through. It was mostly a conversation between friends,” Abella said. “No references were made to political issues. Both agreed on moving peace process forward,” he added. In a Facebook post, Jose […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Leila De Lima is now back in the Philippines, after her trip to United States and Germany. She went to the USA to receive recognition as one of the 100 foreign policy thinkers in Washington D.C. while the senator went to Germany for a speaking engagement. Senator De Lima did not show up before the members of the media who awaited her arrival at the airport. The Qatar […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas released Php 8.25 billion worth or a total of 27 million pieces of new bank notes featuring President Rodrigo Duterte’s signature. The BSP released 100 boxes containing Php 20, Php 50, Php 100, Php 500 and Php 1000 bills. Each denomination has five million pieces released in the National Capital Region, the rest of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Under Section 53 of Republic Act […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Property tycoon Andrew Tan’s group promised to donate an additional Php 1.2 billion for the construction of additional drug rehabilitation centers in various places around the country. https://youtu.be/hnGK__sH9xU
(Eagle News) – The Department of Justice filed criminal charges against Senator Leila de Lima before a Quezon City court for advising her then driver-bodyguard Ronnie Dayan to ignore the summons of the House of Representatives to its inquiry on the illegal drug trade. The DOJ found probable cause in the complaint filed by House leaders who had earlier recommended that charges for obstruction of justice be filed against the senator. The formal complaint for […]
Joint task force Sulu and its naval component, Naval Task Group Sulu are tracking down the still unidentified armed bandits who abducted the three crewmen of a fishing boat FB Ramona 2 in the Celebes Sea Tuesday (December 20) early morning. The three abducted crewmen were identified as Reyjim Rocabo, the captain, Roy Ramos, marine diesel mechanic and Roel Liones, another crewman. https://youtu.be/8X8K9xP34P4
(Reuters) — Denzel Washington is excited. Not so much because he is an Oscar front-runner for his role in “Fences,” but because bringing the award-winning stage play about blue collar African-Americans to the big screen has been a long-held dream. “It’s brilliant. It’s like, why would they make ‘Hamlet’ a movie? Why would they make ‘Death of a Salesman” a movie? Because it is some of the greatest writing in the 20th century,” the actor […]
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Reuters) — Two-times Wimbledon champion and world number 11 Petra Kvitova was attacked in her home on Tuesday (December 20) and is receiving medical attention, Czech news agency CTK reported, citing her spokesman. “It was a random criminal act,” the agency cited spokesman Karel Tejkal as saying. “She was assaulted in her apartment and is in the care of doctors, but her injuries are not life threatening.” The spokesman gave no […]
(REUTERS) – A minute’s silence was held before a Bundesliga match in Dortmund on Tuesday (December 20) for the victims of an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin. Both sets of players from Borussia Dortmund and Augsburg stood in silence around the centre circle at the Westfalenstadion. Christmas markets in Berlin stayed shut on Tuesday as the city mourned the victims of the previous evening’s truck rampage, while security measures were stepped up at […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A monthly global climate report by US government scientists Monday offered more evidence that 2016 is likely to be the warmest year in modern times, as sea ice at both poles hit record lows. Climate scientists say the continued burning of fossil fuels is spewing greenhouse gasses that trap heat in the atmosphere, making the planet warm up. In addition, a strong El Nino trend in the first half of the […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Four crew from a Philippine-flagged fishing vessel have been snatched in waters off the country’s south where Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants have previously taken hostages, the military said Wednesday. A sister vessel found the unmanned FB Ramona 2 in the Celebes Sea early Tuesday, two hours after the crew of both vessels made their last radio contact, regional military spokesman Major Filemon Tan said. Tan told reporters that seamen from the […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — An underwater robot has captured a rare glimpse beneath the Antarctic sea ice, revealing a colourful world filled with coconut-shaped sponges, dandelion-like worms, pink algae and spidery starfish. The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) took footage on a camera attached to a Remotely Operated Vehicle sent down by scientists through a small hole drilled in the ice as they recorded the acidity, oxygen, salinity and temperature of the seawater. “When you think […]
