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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Samsung said Thursday it would resume sales of new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in South Korea this week, hoping to turn the page on the troubled device after an ongoing global recall prompted by battery explosions. The company on September 2 suspended sales of the oversized “phablet” and recalled 2.5 million units shipped worldwide after faulty batteries caused the phones to explode while charging. With the recall underway in 10 […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Bahrain warned Thursday that the United States would be the loser from Congress’s vote to override President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. “The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act is an arrow launched by the US Congress at its own country,” Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said on Twitter. “Are there no rational people among you?” he asked. Bahrain […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least 33 people are missing a day after landslides swept through two east China villages, state media reported Thursday, as rescuers combed through rubble for survivors. Heavy wind and rains brought by Typhoon Megi triggered the landslides around 5:30pm (0930 GMT) Wednesday, which struck the villages of Sucun and Baofeng in eastern Zhejiang province, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Thirteen people had been rescued by early Thursday and 33 […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Senators expressed their condolences to the family of former Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago after she passed away Thursday morning (September 29). According to Senator Panfilo Lacson, Defensor-Santiago is a great loss for the country and that he admires her strength during debates. Former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile also expressed his condolences, saying that he has no hard feelings with the late senator; Senator Cynthia Villar said that the late senator was a […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – In an exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Director Grace Malic discusses the devaluation of old currency by December 31, 2016.
QUEZON City, Philippines — House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said that the House of Representatives will not include the stabbing incident in the New Bilibid Prison in its investigation. Instead the House will concentrate on the alleged drug trade in the NBP in order to formulate new laws regarding the matter and will leave the issue of the NBP riot to the Department of Justice. https://youtu.be/FkEGyIyapm8
QUEZON City, Philippines – Police now have in their possession the CCTV footage of the stabbing incident that happened inside the New Bilibid Prisons. This is now being analyzed in the ongoing investigation of the Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on the controversial riot and stabbing inside the NBP’s maximum security compound that resulted in the death of convicted drug lord Tony Co and the wounding of three others, including inmates […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The New Bilibid Prison has suspended visitations to its maximum security compound. Bureau of Corrections Officer-In-Charge Superintendent Rolando Asuncion said that this was the decision of the Philippine National Police – Special Action Force after the stabbing incident that occurred in the said compound. The NBP’s medium and minimum security compounds, however, will continue to receive visitors.
by Martin Abbugao SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — OPEC shocked markets with a deal to cut oil output after kingpin Saudi Arabia allowed bitter rival Iran to be exempted, but analysts warned Thursday the move would not likely have a lasting impact. The cartel’s announcement of the first reduction in eight years sent crude prices surging up to six percent Wednesday, while energy firms in the US and Asia followed suit with huge gains. At the […]
BATAAN (Eagle News) – Nakararanas na ng baha ang Barangay Almacen, Hermosa, Bataan dahil sa magdamag na pag-ulan na sinabayan pa ng high tide. Sa kasalukuyan ay umabot na sa tuhod ang tubig. Bagamat ang pagtaas ng tubig ay karaniwan na sa mga nakatira sa Brgy. Almacen dahil sa ito ay pinakamababang lugar sa Bayan ng Hermosa. Patuloy namang nakaalerto ang Pamahalaang Lokal sa anumang maaring maging pinsala ng ulan sa nasabing barangay. Sa bayan […]
(Eagle News)– The House of Representatives on Wednesday (September 28) finally signed the subpoenas for Ronnie Dayan, the former driver-bodyguard of Senator Leila de Lima, and two others summoning them to give their testimonies on the alleged proliferation of illegal drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP). Aside from Dayan, the two others issued subpoenas are former Bureau of Corrections director Franklin Jesus Bucayu, and former Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) executive director Reginald Villasanta. […]
TAGUIG CITY, Philippines — The Embassy of Israel announces with great sadness and sorrow the passing of Israel’s ninth President and Prime Minister, Mr. Shimon Peres – one of the founding fathers of the State of Israel, and one of the world’s most influential leaders in our time. A condolence book will be opened in honor of late President Peres at the Embassy of Israel, on September 30, Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; […]
