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Summer Favorites!
By Lynn Pence Eagle News Washington D.C. Bureau IT’S that time of the year where all heavy jackets, thick sweaters, and head caps are hung up and stored away. Summer is that moment when everyone hopes to build fun memories. For many families, summer is the time to go to your favorite destinations or even check out new exciting places be it a neighboring location or somewhere where it takes a few hours […]
Summer scenes in Europe
(Eagle News) — It’s summer time in Europe! Here is a collection of photos of various parts of Europe this summer as taken by our Eagle News Europe correspondents. Enjoy! (Photos courtesy Eagle News Service Europe Bureau) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbOkpxfHNh8&feature=youtu.be
Pres. Duterte cancels first foreign trip
MANILA, Philippines (AFP)–Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte cancelled Saturday his first foreign trip to Brunei following a deadly blast in his home town, his spokesman said. An improvised explosive device tore through a night market in the southern city of Davao on Friday, killing at least 14 people and leaving another 67 injured. Duterte, who was in Davao at the time of the bombing, visited the blast site and has been monitoring the situation there with his […]
Hangzhou shuts down for G20
(Reuters) — Hangzhou is looking like a ghost town, as authorities have closed down shops and ramped up security checks to ensure its first-ever G20 summit passes off perfectly As of Friday (September 3), highways around the G20 venue were virtually empty except for a few cars. Reuters journalists were warned by men who identified themselves as “neighbourhood watch volunteers” not to film in a residential area not far from the G20 venue. In […]
South China Sea, militants and trade top agenda of upcoming ASEAN summit
(Reuters) — Laos is set to host the annual ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and East Asia summits that will bring together state leaders from over 20 nations and international organisations next week in the capital, Vientiane, with maritime security and cross-border trade expected to top the agenda at the annual meetings. Ahead of the meetings, newly-elected Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte said he had no intention of bringing up the International Court ruling […]
PNP appeals for public calm and vigilance after deadly Davao blast
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police appealed to the public on Saturday (Sept. 3) to remain calm and vigilant after the deadly bombing of a night market in Davao City that killed at least 14 persons and injured more than 60 others. PNP chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said it was important for the public to remain calm and continue on with their normal lives as it was the aim of those behind the […]
Davao City Mayor Duterte: Abu Sayyaf Islamists behind bombing
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (AFP)–The Abu Sayyaf Islamic militant group carried out a bomb attack in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s home town that killed at least 14 people, the city’s mayor said Saturday. “The office of the president texted and confirmed that was an Abu Sayyaf retaliation. For the city government side, we are working on that it is an Abu Sayyaf retaliation,” Davao city mayor Sara Duterte, who is also the president’s daughter, told CNN Philippines. […]
South African children who are proud to be INC
South African INC members jubilant in meeting INC Executive Minister
Deadly Philippine bomb attack ‘terrorism’: Duterte
by Dennis Santos DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday branded the bombing of a night market in his home town that killed at least 14 people an act of terrorism, and announced extra powers for the military to combat the threat. Duterte said there were no confirmed suspects for the attack in the southern city of Davao just before 11:00pm (1500 GMT) on Friday, although he named two Islamic militant groups and […]
President Duterte declares nationwide state of lawlessness
DAVAO CITY (Sept. 3) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte has placed the country under a “state of lawlessness” hours after the deadly blast in a night market here in Davao City, as he authorized the police and military to conduct security searches in cars and frisking of individuals in checkpoints. Duterte clarified the state of lawlessness is not martial law and does not involve the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. “State of […]
