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QUEZON City, Philippines – Solicitor General Jose Calida declared Senator Leila De Lima as “public enemy No.1” due to her alleged destabilization plans against President Rodrigo Duterte for waging a war on illegal drugs. In a news conference, Calida said that he will use his department to ensure that justice is served against the lady senator. “Senator De Lima should not be left to her own devious devices. High priestess of hypocrisy. Patron saint of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is open to the issue of a joint oil exploration with China in disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea, and he had told this to Chinese President Xi Jinping before. “I have this arbitral award. And I have to push it,” he said as he recalled what he had said. “Kung gusto n’yo, let’s just develop what’s the oil there. Hati-hati na lang tayo. […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Monday (December 19) that he believed problems with doping in professional sports goes beyond athletics. Speaking in front of the UK’s Culture, Media and Sport select committee, Craig Reedie said, “When I found out what had happened on the retesting done by the IOC I was pretty furious. I still think the Games were great Games but it’s a huge blow that […]
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Dec. 20 (PIA) – – The Department of Health (DOH) recently launched the Online National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (ONEISS) to orchestrate real time reporting of firecracker-related incidents during the Yuletide and New Year’s celebrations. Dr. Romulo Turingan, chief of the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit, said the system aims to fastrack the generation of reports on firecracker-related injuries nationwide. He said hospitals are required to register all the firecracker-related injuries including cases of […]
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — The United States on Tuesday closed its missions to Turkey for the day after a shooting incident overnight outside the American embassy in Ankara that followed the assassination of the Russian ambassador in the Turkish capital. “An individual approached the US Embassy Ankara main gate and discharged a firearm,” the embassy said in a statement, adding no-one was hurt and the individual was detained. As a result, the embassy and consulates in […]
NAVUA DISTRICT, Fiji (Reuters) — Thousands of Fijians sheltered in evacuation centers and tents on Tuesday (December 20) as heavy rain and floods cut roads, covered sugarcane fields and caused landslides, said the South Pacific nation’s disaster office. Across the archipelago nation 1,716 people sought refuge in 46 evacuation centres and another 1,817 were living in tents, said the national disaster management office director, Akapusi Tuifagalele, in a video statement posted on the Fijian government’s […]
(Reuters) — Republican Donald Trump prevailed in the U.S. Electoral College voting on Monday (December 19) to officially win election as the next president, easily dashing long-shot hopes by a small movement of detractors hoping to block him from gaining the White House. The president-elect posted a tweet about the Electoral College vote. “We did it! thank you to all of my great supporters, we just officially won the election, (despite all of the distorted […]
Sa patuloy na pakikipagkaisa ng mga kapatid natin sa Cairo GWS sa bansang Egypt-Distrito ng Africa sa mga aktibidad na inilulunsad ng ating Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan ay hindi nila alintana ang mga panganib na kanilang nararanasan. Ayon sa mga kapatid, noong magkaroon ng rebolusyon noong January 2011 hanggang February 2012 ay lalong sumigla ang mga kapatid sa pagsamba. Kahit binabawalan sila ng kanilang pinagtatrabahuhan, maging ng mga awtoridad na lumabas ng bahay ay hindi napahadlang ang […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Heavy haze enveloping many parts of north China is seriously disrupting people’s daily life. In Beijing, Tuesday marks the fifth day of a red alert warning against air pollution. As of 06:30, a total of 169 flights had been canceled due to low visibility of less than 300 meters. The visibility is expected to rise to one kilometer after 10:00. The government has increased its public transport capacities and implemented the […]
by Adem ALTAN with Stuart WILLIAMS in Istanbul Agence France-Presse ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — A Turkish policeman crying “Aleppo” and “Allahu Akbar” shot dead Russia’s ambassador to Turkey in Ankara on Monday, prompting a vow from President Vladimir Putin to step up the fight against “terrorism.” Andrei Karlov died of his wounds after the shooting in an Ankara exhibition center, which came on the eve of a key meeting in Moscow between the Russian, Turkish […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Simula sa susunod na taon, magbibigay na ang Department of Health (DOH) ng libreng pa-ospital at gamot para sa mga indigent, walang trabaho at mga senior citizen. Ito ang inanunsyo ni Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial kung saan sinabi nitong tumaas ang budget ng ahensiya para sa pagpapaospital ng mga mahihirap. Ayon kay Ubial, wala nang iba pang kakailanganin para makuha ang serbisyong ito ng DOH, dahil basta umano Pilipino […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isasailalim sa maintenance shutdown ang Malampaya Natural Gas Facilty sa loob ng 25-araw simula sa buwan ng Enero. Ayon sa Department of Energy (DOE) tatagal ang maintenance shutdown ng nasabing pasilidad mula January 28 hanggang February 16, 2017. Inaasahang maaapektuhan ang suplay ng kuryente kasama na ang suplay sa Metro Manila. https://youtu.be/UM76N2Z8ZM4
