WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) by Laurent BARTHELEMY The FBI announced Monday it was investigating the embarrassing hack of Democratic National Committee emails — a breach the Clinton campaign blamed on Russia, accusing Moscow of seeking to influence the US presidential election. The emails leaked by WikiLeaks, which reveal that party leaders sought to undermine the campaign of Hillary Clinton’s rival Bernie Sanders, threw the Democratic National Convention into disarray on its first day and prompted the […]
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BP logs $1.4bn loss, draws line under oil disaster
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – BP faced another net loss in the second quarter but has now drawn a line under the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, the British energy giant said Tuesday. The company posted a loss after taxation of $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) for the three months to June, which however compared with a far larger loss of $5.8 billion for the second quarter of 2015. BP also booked a net […]
N. Korea warned of ‘real consequences’ over weapons programme
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) – The United States warned North Korea Tuesday that it faces “real consequences” over its internationally condemned nuclear and missile tests, which have inflamed tensions in East Asia. “Together we are determined… to make absolutely certain that DPRK (North Korea) understands that there are real consequences for these actions,” US Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of Asian nations in Laos. Tensions have soared since Pyongyang carried […]
Twin suicide bombs kill 13 near Mogadishu airport
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP) – At least 13 people were killed on Tuesday in twin bombings near UN and African Union buildings adjoining Mogadishu’s airport, police said, in what the jihadist Shabaab group claimed as a suicide attack. The Al-Qaeda aligned Shabaab group is blamed for a string of bloody assaults in Somalia and neighbouring Kenya, and is fighting to overthrow Mogadishu’s internationally-backed government. “At least 13 people were confirmed to have died in two explosions, […]
9 Filipino militants may face death in Malaysia: lawyer
A Malaysian court has convicted three locals and 14 Filipinos of terror-related offences, some punishable by death, following an armed incursion that left scores dead and paralyzed a remote corner of Borneo for weeks. The 2013 siege, inspired by a self-proclaimed Filipino sultan who tried to resurrect long-dormant land claims, saw clashes between Malaysian forces and some 200 Filipino militants who had arrived by boat in the eastern state of Sabah on Borneo Island. The […]
President Duterte to Congress: Enact laws pushing for welfare of OFWs
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A number of social issues have also been tackled at President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s First State of the Nation Address. One of which is his promise to ask lawmakers to create a bill that will strengthen organizations that are looking after the welfare of Filipino workers abroad. “I may ask congress to create a bill consolidating agencies that have anything to do with overseas Filipinos,” Duterte said. “Moreover, a […]
Peaceful SONA ni Pangulong Duterte, dahil sa tiwalang ibinigay sa mga militanteng grupo
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ang tiwalang ibinagay ng pambansang pulisya sa mga militanteng grupo na nagprotesta sa katatapos na State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte ang naging umano’y susi upang maging mapayapa ang nasabing SONA. Ayon kay Quezon City Police District chief Police Senior Superintendent Guillermo Eleazar, naniniwala sila na dahil sa respeto at tiwalang ibinigay nila sa mga raliyista ay naiwasan ang marahas na engkwentro sa pagitan ng […]
No blame game’ sa unang SONA pinanindigan
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Walang halong paninisi ang talumpati ni Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte sa kanyang unang State of the Nation Address (SONA). Ito ang unang beses na walang narinig na pagtatanim ng galit sa mga nakalipas na administrasyon ang pangulo sa nakalipas na anim na taon. Ayon kay pangulong duterte, hindi niya nais mag-aksaya ng oras sa paninisi sa kamalian ng mga nagdaang administrasyon. Mas dapat aniyang magsilbing leksyon ang mga pagkakamali […]
Duterte SONA: Unang SONA na walang karahasan – NCPRO
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ang unang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Rodrigo R. Duterte ay unang SONA rin sa kasaysayan na walang karahasan. Ayon kay NCRPO Director Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde, mapayapa ang SONA at walang bayolenteng insidente sa pagitan ng pulisya at mga raliyista. Sinabi rin ng opsiyal na ikina-lugod ng mga raliyista ang pagpa-pahintulot ng pangulo na gawin ang kanilang programa malapit sa Batasan Pambansa Complex. Bago ang […]
Angara, umapila sa mga kapwa mambabatas na iprioridad ang pagtalakay sa Tax Reform System
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Umapela si Senador Sonny Angara sa kanyang mga kapwa mambabatas sa Senado at Kamara na samantalahin ang pagkakataon para talakayin at ipasa ang Tax Reform System. Ayon kay Senador Angara, ipapa-prioritize nya ang panukala sakaling muli syang matalagang Chairman ng Senate Committee on Ways and Means. Pero paalala ni Angara , kailangan din ang mabilisang pagkilos ng mga kongresista. Batay aniya sa konstitusyon, sa Kamara dapat magsimulang talakayin at ipasa […]
Masayang Umaga Po : Dagsin
Iba’t-ibang pelikulang Pilipino ang muli nating mapapanood sa nalalapit na pagbubukas ng Cinemalaya Film Festival 2016. Kabilang sa siyam na pelikula sa full length film category ang “Dagsin”. Kaya nakasama natin si Direk Atom Magadia, ang co-writer and producer na si Ms. Anne Prado- Magadia at ang batikang aktres, Ms. Lotlot de Leon.
“Run to Celebration,” isinagawa ng mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Kanlurang bahagi ng Leyte
Eagle News — Kaugnay sa ika-102 anibersaryo ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ay nagsagawa ang mga kaanib nito sa kanlurang bahagi ng Leyte ng isang aktibidad na tinatawag nilang “Run to Celebration”. Sabay-sabay nila itong isinagawa sa limang dako na sentro ng kanilang mga sub-district na kinabibilangan ng Ormoc City, Baybay City, Isabe, Villaba at Naval. Alas 4:00 ng madaling araw nitong Martes ay nagsipagdatingan na sila sa kani-kanilang mga dako. Bago nila sinimulan ang pagtakbo ng tatlong kilometro ay nagsagawa muna ng […]
