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HONG KONG, China | AFP | — Asian markets climbed Tuesday as mixed readings on the US economy and comments from a top Federal Reserve official raised expectations that US interest rate rises would be gradual. The gains came despite a negative lead from New York and Europe where traders are awaiting key events this week, including Chinese growth data, the last presidential debate and a European Central Bank policy meeting. A below-par reading […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law the bill that postpones the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections scheduled on October 31, 2016 to October 23 next year. This was announced at a press briefing in Malacanang by Assistant Secretary Marie Banaag of the Presidential Communications Office, quoting Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. “According to Executive Secretary Medialdea, it was already signed by the President but he would have to wait […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Starting November 15, 2016, the newly-built rehabilitation center inside Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija will be receiving drug “surrenderees” and drug dependents. President Rodrigo Duterte will also be the guest of honor at its formal opening.
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Senate is deliberating several measures to strengthen the government’s campaign against illegal drugs. One of the proposals is the creation of an independent body that will investigate police personnel who will abuse their mandate. https://youtu.be/HlxbNG_z5F8
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte warned those who plan to unseat him from power. He said he would fight those planning a coup d’etat against him. He said he would oppose any violent takeover of his government.
(Eagle News) — The planned burial of the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani will not materialize just yet. This was after the Supreme Court extended until November 8 the status quo ante (SQA) order that had initially stopped the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from preparing for the burial. The latest decision of the high court was announced by Supreme Court information chief […]
CANNES, France (AFP) — YouTube has signed up the world’s highest paid actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Doug Liman, the director of “The Bourne Identity”, to make shows for its subscription service, it said late Monday. The Google-owned video giant said that former wrestler Johnson, who shot to fame in “The Fast and the Furious” films, will produce a series called “Lifeline” about an insurance company that sends its agents 33 days forward in […]
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur (Eagle News) – Nagsagawa ng Blood Letting Activity ang mga personnel ng Tandag City Police Station sa pangunguna ni PSInsp Darwin Yu at sa pakikipagtulungan ng Adela Serra Ty Memorial Medical Center Laboratory Personnel. Ang nasabing aktibidad ay bilang suporta at pagtugon sa panawagan ng Department of Health (DOH) ukol sa National Voluntary Service Program na may temang “Dugo Mo, Buhay Ko”. Layunin din nito na matulungan ang publiko sa mga […]
by Jerome TAYLOR BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thais should “socially sanction” those who defame the monarchy following King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s death, the junta’s justice minister said Tuesday, as fresh videos emerged of mob justice against people accused of insulting the institution. The death of the world’s longest reigning monarch on Thursday has left the nation bereft of its key pillar of unity and seen a remarkable mass outpourings of grief from black-clad Thais. But it […]
LONDON, England, UK (Reuters) — British musician Phil Collins is returning to the stage with his first set of live shows in nearly 10 years, saying his children helped him cut his retirement short. Collins, who announced in 2011 he was bowing out of music, will perform for five nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall next June before heading to Cologne and Paris where he will play two concerts in each city as part of […]
Qionghai, China (CCTV) — Typhoon Sarika brought gale and heavy downpour to Qionghai City of south China’s island province of Hainan Tuesday morning. According to local observatory, the maximum rainfall reached 236 millimeters in the town of Huishan within three hours from 05:00 to 08:00. The gale triggered huge waves in the sea. Sarika, the 21st typhoon of the year, made landfall at 09:50 Tuesday in the town of Hele in Wanning City, around 50 […]
by Karam al-Masri with Maya Gebeily in Beirut ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) — Russia has announced an eight-hour “humanitarian” ceasefire in Aleppo later this week, as the EU warned that the Syrian regime’s Moscow-backed assault on the city could amount to a war crime. The United Nations and European Union welcomed the announcement, but said Thursday’s planned pause in fighting needed to be longer to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid. Meanwhile, dozens of civilians including […]
