Manila, Philippines (PIA) — The United States Congress approved on November 30, 2016, the Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional gold medal Act of 2015. The bill unanimously passed the Senate on July 13, 2016 and is now one step closer to becoming a law, pending President Barack Obama’s signature. The Senate version (S.1555) was sponsored by Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Dean Heller (R-NV), Harry Reid (D-NV), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Brian Schatz (D-HI). The […]
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1,300 migrants rescued in Mediterranean, 16 found dead
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Over 1,300 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean over the past 48 hours with 16 bodies recovered, the Italian coastguard said Monday. On Sunday, the Italian coast guard ship Diciotti discovered 11 bodies on a boat which had run into difficulty, while a commercial vessel intervening at another boat found three dead. The Aquarius, a relief vessel chartered by the NGOs SOS Méditerranée and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), meanwhile, said efforts […]
Relocation projects mas pinalakas ngayon sa Davao City
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Mas pinalakas ngayon ng Local Government ang development ng maraming relocation projects sa pamamagitan ng Davao City Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Ito ay dahil sa dumaraming bilang ng informal settlers. Nakasaad sa nasabing MOA na kailangang gawin ang mas maraming housing units upang maisaayos ang kondisyon ng mga maralita at homeless sa pamamagitan ng mura at maayos na pabahay. Saylan Wens at Haydee Jipolan – EBC Correspondents, Davao City
Tanging Pagtitipon at Panunumpa, sabay-sabay na isinagawa sa Distrito ng Compostela Valley
Sabay-sabay na nagdaos ng Tanging Pagtitipon ang mga kaanib sa Iglesia ni Cristo mula sa apat na lokal sa Distrito ng Compostela Valley, nitong Sabado, Disyembre 2 sa ganap na ika-ala sais ng gabi Masiglang nakipagkaisa at tumugon ang lahat ng mga kapatid at maytungkulin sa panawagan ito na maaga pa lamang ay kanila nang pinaghandaan. Ginanap ang nasabing pagkakatipon sa apat na areas ng kanilang distrito, ito ay ang mga lokal ng Nabunturan, Mawab, […]
“Panata sa Karapatang Pantao” isinagawa sa Camp Panacan, Davao
DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) – Nakipag-kaisa ang Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC) sa commemoration ng Human Rights Consciousness Week 2016 sa pamamagitan ng recitation ng “Panata sa Karapatang Pantao” ng lahat ng military personnel ng EMC at Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao (NFEM) na isinagawa sa Naval Station Felix Apolinario, Camp Panacan, noong Lunes ng umaga, December 5. Pinangunahan ito ni Colonel Gilbert I. Gapay, bagong Deputy Commander at Chief ng Human Rights Office ng EMC. Pinalitan ni Gapay […]
Trump says Philippines fighting drugs ‘the right way’: Duterte
US President-elect Donald Trump told Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte that Manila was conducting its drug war campaign “the right way”, Duterte says, in stark contrast to the criticism he received from President Barack Obama.
Italy’s Renzi to quit after budget
by Angus MACKINNON Ella IDE ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi formally resigned Monday after a crushing referendum defeat that has sent shockwaves around Europe — though his departure will be delayed by a final task, passing a budget. Renzi handed his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella after Italians resoundingly rejected his constitutional reform proposals in Sunday’s referendum, to the delight of the country’s populist leaders, fresh after Brexit and Donald Trump’s […]
Chicago Bulls vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
By Josh Tolentino EBC Sports Bulls upset King James and Cavs 111-105 CHICAGO — LeBron James arrived Friday evening at the United Center dressed in Cubs pinstripes, as part of a World Series bet made with former teammate Dwayne Wade. The King was greeted by hundreds of reporters and plenty of laughs. James’ smile and the laughs ended soon after as the Chicago Bulls went on to hand the defending NBA Champion, Cleveland Cavaliers a […]
Abe to make first Pearl Harbor visit by Japan leader
by Natsuko FUKUE TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to become the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor, announcing Monday a trip to the site of his country’s surprise attack that launched World War II in the Pacific. News of the journey comes just two days ahead of the 75th anniversary of the deadly December 7, 1941 assault on the US naval base in Hawaii. The war ended in August 1945 […]
Japanese navy veteran recalls Pearl Harbor 75 years on
by Shingo ITO OSAKA, Japan (AFP) — Navy aircraft mechanic Kuniyoshi Takimoto watched as Japanese planes roared off the aircraft carrier Hiryu to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The shock assault 75 years ago Wednesday in Hawaii sparked patriotic celebration in Japan but left Takimoto feeling uneasy. “I wondered if such a poor country would be all right fighting such a big one,” the former real-estate agent, now 95 and one of the […]
Duterte to opposition: “Maghintay na lang kayo. You’ve had your days”
(Eagle News) – While Vice-President Leni Robredo has claimed that there might be plans from Malacanang to oust her, President Duterte hinted that it is the other way around: It is the opposition who could not wait to get him out of office. In his speech Monday night (December 5) at the Malacanang grounds, Duterte advised the opposition to just wait. He however did not make any mention of Robredo’s earlier resignation as chairwoman […]
Fake US embassy in Ghana shut down — after 10 years
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Fraudsters posing as consular officers operated a fake American embassy in the Ghanaian capital Accra for about a decade and printed counterfeit visas, a US official said Monday. US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said no one was believed to have entered the United States with one of the fake visas, which were reproductions based on genuine travel documents the con-men had obtained. “This fake embassy made and printed counterfeit […]
