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COLIMA, Mexico (Reuters) — Mexico’s Colima volcano continued with intense activity, spewing columns of gas and ash as well as incandescent material during five explosions between dusk on Tuesday (December 13) and early on Wednesday (December 14). Five overnight explosions were recorded with ash reaching between 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) to 2,000 (4,921 feet), which headed towards the west and southwest with ash falling in near-by communities, with most falling in Comala and the city […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher on Thursday as the dollar soared against the yen in response to the US central bank’s move to hike interest rates. The greenback was trading at a 10-month high of 117.63 yen — a plus for shares of Japanese exporters — after the Federal Reserve deemed the US economy strong enough to absorb higher borrowing costs. It was only the second rate rise in a decade. The […]
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — Military officials on Wednesday (December 14) briefed reporters on the planning underway ahead of next month’s presidential inauguration on January 20, 2017 Members of the Joint Task Force for the National Capitol Region displayed a large map with scale models of key points of interest for the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump as the 45th Commander in Chief. Mock-ups of the U.S. Capitol, the White House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial […]
(Eagle News) — Ipinatawag na ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang mga pulis na sangkot sa pagkamatay ni Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa para sa pagsisimula ng pagdinig sa mga reklamong isinampa laban sa kanila. Batay sa subpoena na ipinadala ng DOJ Panel of Prosecutors, itinakda ang unang preliminary investigation sa susunod na Martes, December 20. Nagtakda rin ng ikalawang pagdinig ang DOJ sa January 8, 2017 para naman sa posibleng paghahain ng kontra- salaysay ng […]
(Eagle News) — Nanawagan ang isang partylist group sa Korte Suprema na maglabas ng kautusan upang imbestigahan ang transparency server ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) Ito ay dahil sa nabawasan umano ang boto ng Partylist group na CONSLA o Confederation of Non Stock Savings and Loans Association nang halos kalahati sa nakalipas na May elections.
(Eagle News) — Maglalagay na ng mga complaint form ang Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) sa mga mall hindi lamang dito sa Metro Manila kundi sa buong bansa. Bahagi ito nang inilunsad na oplan-isnabero ng LTFRB. Batay sa tala ng LTFRB, ang pinaka maraming reklamo na kanilang natatanggap sa pamamagitan ng hotline ng ahensya ay tungkol sa mga pasaway at isnaberong mga taxi driver. Ayon naman kay LTFRB Chairman Martin Delgra, nakipag usap […]
NAGATO, Russia (AFP) — Russia and Japan kick off a summit Thursday aimed at reaching a deal over a group of small islands that have prevented the countries from formally ending their World War II hostilities. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will host Russian President Vladimir Putin in the former’s ancestral city of Nagato in hopes of achieving a breakthrough over the territory off Japan’s northern coast seized by Soviet troops in 1945. The four […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — New satellite imagery shows China has apparently installed “significant” defensive weapons on a series of artificial islands it built in the South China Sea, a US-based think tank said Wednesday. Beijing has created seven islets in the Spratly Islands in recent years, built up from much smaller land protuberances and reefs. Although Beijing has said it does not intend to militarize the contested waters of the South China Sea, ongoing satellite […]
(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre na magbibitiw siya sa pwesto sakaling maramdaman niyang wala nang tiwala si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa kanya. Ito ay sa harap ng isyu ng katiwalian sa Bureau of Immigration na nasa ilalim ng Department of Justice at kinasasangkutan pa ng mga “ka brod” nila ng Pangulo sa fraternity. Pero sinabi ni Aguirre na sa ngayon ay naniniwala siya na kumpiyansa pa rin sa kanya ang Presidente.
(Eagle News) — Nais ni House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez na limitan lamang sa panahon ng Duterte administration ang pagpapataw ng death penalty. Ayon kay Suarez, isa pangunahing may-akda ng panukala, sa oras na magsimula na ang period of amendments ay magsisingit siya ng tinatawag na sunset provision sa death penalty bill. Samantala, ang mga anti-death penalty sa minorya naman ay umapila na idaan ang panukalang ito sa conscience votes ng mga kongresista. Ayon kina […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) — Paris turned off the famed lights of the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday (December 14) as a gesture of solidarity with the citizens of the Syrian city of Aleppo. “This symbolic measure at a building known worldwide will aim to once again alert the international community to the need for urgent action,” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in a statement. Thousands of people fled the frontlines of fighting in Aleppo on […]
WASHINTON, United States (AFP) — US intelligence officials now believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin was personally involved in hacking during the American election campaign as part of a vendetta against Hillary Clinton, NBC News reported late Wednesday. Putin personally instructed how material hacked from US Democrats was leaked and otherwise used, the US television network said, quoting two senior officials with access to this information. The officials said they have a “high level of […]
