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KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) — Like many other young artists her age, 16-year-old Robaba Mohammadi dreams of holding international art exhibitions. The only difference — she draws not with her fingers but with her mouth. She was born with partial paralysis of her limbs and is unable to control her hands and feet, except for a few toes. Mohammadi came from a poor family in Ghazni province who moved to Kabul when she was three after […]
MEYCAUAYAN, Bulacan (Eagle News) – Isa sa mga pangunahing agenda ng Punong Lungsod Atty. Henry R. Villarica ay bigyan ng isang mabilis na solusyon ang trapiko sa Lungsod ng Meycauayan. Dahil ito ay nakakaapekto sa pamumuhay, ekonomiya at transportasyon sa lungsod. Kung saan nababawasan ang oras ng bawat mamayanan na maging lalong produktibo sa kanilang mga gawain sa trabaho at pamumuhay. Upang matugunan ang suliraning ito ang Punong Lungsod Atty. Villarica ay humingi ng tulong sa […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court issued on Tuesday (August 23) a status quo ante order for 20 days on the controversial plan to bury the late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. In a press briefing, SC spokesperson Atty. Theodore Te announced the issuance of the status quo ante order (SQAO) that effectively barred all parties from proceeding with any activities connected to the planned burial of the late President for 20 days, […]
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) — An explosion at a chemical fertilizer factory left at least 200 people needing medical treatment after toxic gas spread across large parts of Bangladesh’s second city Chittagong, officials said Tuesday. Police and fire officials said hundreds of residents were also evacuated from their homes near the di-ammonia phosphate (DAP) plant in the port city where a 500-tonne capacity ammonia tank exploded late Monday. Mesbah Uddin, the district’s chief administrator, said that […]
(Eagle News)– Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa stated his distress during the Senate hearing on Tuesday about the involvement of more than 300 police personnel in illegal drug trade. “Sa standard ko, marami na (ang involved) dahil gusto ko zero drug tolerant ako. Ayaw ko kahit isang pulis ko involved sa droga. Pero ito sobra sa 10, sobra 100, sobra 300. ” Dela Rosa stressed. In his presentation, Bato […]
(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II told on Tuesday that they have been huddling witnesses and evidence to find out if Sen. De Lima and her cohorts allowed the expansion of drug syndicates inside New Bilibid Prison during her time as DOJ secretary. Aguirre revealed this month that at least two former Justice officials from the past administration, along with religious personnel and NBP authorities, are being investigated for their involvement in the drug […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Authorities in the southern US state of North Carolina said Monday they are investigating the death of a deaf man who was fatally shot after a trooper tried to pull him over for speeding. Daniel Harris, 29, who used sign language to communicate, led trooper Jermaine Saunders on an eight-mile (13-kilometer) chase on Thursday that started on an interstate highway and ended outside his home in Charlotte, local television station […]
(Eagle News)– Suspected drug lord Kerwin Espinosa is under a bigger boss. Albuera, Leyte Mayor shared this info to the police during a meeting on Monday. Officials declined to identify who’s the “bigger boss”, saying that this information should be first relayed to the higher-ups at the Philippine National Police. Kerwin, who is still in hiding, had been allegedly sighted in a hospital in Cebu City to visit his father. This report is being verified […]
PASIG CITY, August 23 (PIA) — In line with the celebration of the 2016 International Humanitarian Law Month, the Department of Education (DepEd) iterates the need to uphold the rights of children in times of armed conflict and to help them return to their normal and secured state immediately. These guidelines for the protection and management of children in times of armed conflict and other difficult situations are contained in the DepEd Order No. 18, s. […]
ALEPPO, Syria — The doctor who treated Ali Daqneesh, the brother of the Syrian boy whose image after an air strike shocked the world, explained why they were unable to save him. Ten-year-old Ali was wounded in Wednesday’s air strike (August 17) in Aleppo. A still photograph of Ali from his hospital bed shortly before his death has been released. The doctor who treated Ali said the boy had suffered serious injuries as he had […]
OSLO, Norway, Aug. 23 (PIA) — The Philippine government (GPH) on August 22, resumed its formal negotiations to seek peace with the National Democratic Front (NDF), seeking to forge a political settlement anchored on sweeping social, economic, and political reforms that were deemed crucial in ending Asia’s longest running insurgency. Two Cabinet officials of the President Rodrigo Duterte led the five-member government panel that met in Oslo with top leaders of the NDF, some of whom flew […]
MANILA, Aug. 23 (PIA) – The following is the opening statement of Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa during the Senate Probe on “extrajudicial killings.” “To the Honorable Chair, the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Senator Leila de Lima, the Vice Chair, and members of the committee, good morning. Salamat po sa pagkakataon na maipahayag ang mga adhikain ng Pambansang Pulisya sa pakikipaglaban sa illegal na droga. Sa pag-upo pa […]
