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MANILA (Eagle News) – Inanunsyo na ng Commission on Elections (COMELEC) na hindi muna itutuloy ang pagbubukas ng voter’s registration nitong Lunes, October 3. Ayon kay COMELEC Spokeperson James Jimenez, nagpasya silang huwag munang simulan ang pagpapatala ng mga botante para sa 2017 Barangay at Sanguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) dahil hindi pa lubusang naipapasa ang batas na nagpapaliban sa 2016 Barangay at SK Election. Umaasa si Jimenez na makapaglalabas sila ng opisyal na Resolusyon sa […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The top state prosecutor in New York has ordered Republican nominee Donald Trump’s charitable foundation to stop fundraising in New York immediately, saying that it was operating without proper certification. The office of Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told the Donald J. Trump foundation last Friday that it must “cease and desist from soliciting contributions” in New York. The notice was made public on Monday. The notice of violation informed […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The UN Syria envoy voiced deep disappointment Monday at the collapse of US-Russian talks to revive a Syria ceasefire, but vowed to keep working for a political solution. “The UN will continue to push energetically for a political solution of the Syrian conflict regardless of the very disappointing outcome of intense and long discussions among two crucial international stakeholders,” the office of Staffan de Mistura said in a statement. © 1994-2016 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton has firmed up her lead over rival Donald Trump one week after their bruising first head-to-head debate, new polls released Monday showed. Results from a nationwide poll by Politico and Morning Consult has Clinton surging, with 42 percent support from likely voters compared to 36 percent for Trump in a four-way race that includes two lesser-known candidates. The result is a four-point climb for […]
by William EDWARDS with Pauline Talagrand in Paris NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Reality star Kim Kardashian jetted home to the United States on Monday to be comforted by husband Kanye West, after being tied up at gunpoint in Paris and robbed of jewelry worth $10 million. The multimillionaire mother of two and wife of the American rap superstar, was holed up at a luxury apartment in New York’s swish Tribeca neighborhood “badly […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – by Carole LANDRY The UN Security Council on Monday was considering a draft UN resolution imposing a ceasefire in Aleppo and putting an end to all military flights over Syria’s war-battered city. The French-drafted text obtained by AFP on Monday was circulated to the Security Council at the weekend and a vote could take place this week, diplomats said. The measure was the latest bid to pile pressure on Russia […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – by Mariëtte Le Roux Autophagy, the little-understood method by which human cells dispose of harmful waste and unwelcome intruders, may one day be central to therapies for longer, healthier living, experts said. Japanese cell biologist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded the 2016 Nobel Medicine Prize Monday for discovering genes involved in autophagy, a non-stop housecleaning process that keeps cells healthy, and is thought to spur ageing and disease when disrupted. Scientists are […]
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (AFP) – by Edouard GUIHAIRE Katherine HADDON “Divorces always cost you a lot of money,” sighed Charlie Mullins, one of many British bosses pushing ministers for more details on life post-Brexit at the Conservative Party’s annual conference. Dressed in an electric blue suit, Mullins is the charismatic founder of Pimlico Plumbers, whose vans are a common sight in the British capital and whose clients reportedly include Richard Branson. Fronting his company’s stall at […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre confirmed that the four high-profile inmates in the New Bilibid Prison will be transferred to Camp Crame in Quezon City. Said inmates were involved in the NBP riot. https://youtu.be/__SgQ1EwbH0
(Eagle News) – A senior police officer earlier tagged by Senate witness Edgar Matobato as being allegedly involved in extrajudicial killings in Davao City, branded Matobato as a liar and that “politics” could be behind him. Senior Police Office 3 Arturo Lascanas angrily denied at the Senate all allegations made by Lascanas against him, including his alleged involvement in the so-called Davao Death Squad. He denied that there was a Davao Death Squad, and […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese sushi chain is being accused of ‘wasabi terrorism’ after it admitted to heaping excess dollops of the pungent root into foreign customers’ food. Osaka-based Ichibazushi issued an apology on its website Sunday, owning up to the charges but denying discrimination was at play. It insisted that the wasabi-laced sushi was a response to many foreign-born patrons ordering extra portions of the fiery green paste used a condiment for the raw […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – More than 22,000 men were arrested in the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign. In the report made by Police Chief Supt. Augusto Marquez of the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management of the Philippine National Police, he said 2,066 were killed in the operations, 1,375 of which were due to legitimate police operations where the suspects resisted arrest and fought with the police. All in all, 22,474 were arrested by the police […]
