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Former Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Edilberto Sandoval said the plan of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales to appeal the victorious ruling of the Supreme Court for former president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is a waste of time. At the weekly news forum, Usaping Balita at Serye Restaurant in Quezon City, Sandoval said Morales should learn to accept the SC ruling being a former member of the chamber. Morales, in a press conference Wednesday, said that […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sinuspende ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board ang pag-bibigay ng franchise para sa Transport Network Vehicle Services gaya ng Grab, Uber at U-Hop. Batay sa order na ni-lagdaan ni Chairman Martin Delgra, ipinasya ng lupon na itigil muna ang pagbibigay ng franchise para pag-aral ang mga issue at polisya ng TNVS category. Inatasan din ng lupon lahat ng regional officers na huwag tumanggap ng TNVS application na may panukalang […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Umapela sa publiko si Interior and Local Government Sec. Ismael “Mike” Sueno na iwasan ang test at prank calls sa hotline number 911 ang pinaka-bagong emergency hotline number. Ayon kay Sec. Sueno, nakasasagabal ang prank calls sa mga totoong gumagamit ng hotline at nangangailangan ng tulong. Nakatakda ring makipag-usap ang kalihim kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ukol sa apelang ito sa publiko. Ayon naman kay DILG under-Secretary Jesus Hinlo Jr., kailangang […]
(Eagle News) – Aabot sa dalawang milyong piso ang gagastusin ng pamahalaan para sa kauna-unahang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Finance Undersecretary Paola Alvarez at siya ring spokesperson ng SONA’s preparations, kapareho lamang ito sa budget ng huling SONA ng dating pangulong Aquino . Nakapaloob na aniya ang budget ng SONA sa 2016 national budget na inaprubahan ng dating pangulong Aquino at ng 16th Congress. Ayon pa kay […]
(Eagle News) — Sang-ayon si Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) President and CEO Emigdio Tanjuatco III sa balak ni Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade na ilipat ang ilang domestic flight sa kanila mula sa Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Sinabi ni Tanjuatco na walang magiging problema dito, basta tulungan sila ng gobyerno na magpatayo ng karagdagang pasilidad. Maituturing din aniya itong “welcome development” basta magkaroon lamang ng well-planned at coordinated program. Noong nakaraang araw ay na-divert […]
CCTV — The president of the United Nations (UN) Security Council told reporters Thursday that all the 12 announced candidates for the post of UN chief will be informed of the outcome of the first round of a secret straw poll by the 15-nation council. Ambassador Koro Bossho of Japan, this month’s president of the Security Council, made the statement less than two hours after the polling started at 10:00 at the UN headquarters, New […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — The following is a selection of reaction on Twitter to New York billionaire Donald Trump’s speech on Thursday accepting the Republican Party nomination for president: Bernie Sanders, former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination @BernieSanders Trump: “I alone can fix this.” Is this guy running for president or dictator? Laura Ingraham, conservative host of the Laura Ingraham Show @IngrahamAngle This is @realDonaldTrump broadening the base of the GOP. The inner […]
by Jennie MATTHEW CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Ivanka Trump stepped out as a potent surrogate for her father on Thursday promising he would be a compassionate leader who would fight for women’s rights and affordable childcare. The 34-year-old businesswoman and mother of three, a loyal fixture on her dad’s campaign trail, introduced the 70-year-old mogul as he accepted the Republican nomination for president that few imagined ever possible. “My father not only has the […]
by Maria ANTONOVA MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s practice of leaving massive wildfires to burn out of control in sprawling stretches of Siberia puts at risk a key global resource for absorbing climate-warming emissions: its trees. The blazes are consuming millions of hectares of pristine Boreal forests in Russia, which are second only to the world’s tropical jungles in capturing planet-warming carbon emissions. At the same time, the drier and harsher conditions associated with a […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton fired off a icy rebuke Thursday to her rival Donald Trump after he savaged her record upon accepting the Republican nomination for president, telling him: “We are better than this.” Clinton’s one-line tweet came midway through a sweeping acceptance speech in which Trump attacked the Democratic former secretary of state for a legacy of “death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.” © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
by Martin ABBUGAO Jerome TAYLOR VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Southeast Asian nations are in unparalleled disarray over Beijing’s sabre-rattling in the South China Sea, analysts and insiders say, with the fractures set to deepen as staunch China ally Laos hosts top regional diplomats this weekend. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi are among the delegates due to fly in from Sunday for two days of meetings in Vientiane, the […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump told party delegates Thursday that his foreign policy would put Americans first if he is elected to the White House in November. “The most important difference between our plan and that of our opponents, is that our plan will put America First. Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo,” he said. “The American people will come first once again,” he said. © 1994-2016 […]
