JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) – Jakarta rejected Thursday the findings of an international panel of judges that declared Indonesia had committed crimes against humanity in anti-communist killings during the 1960s in which it claimed the US, Britain and Australia were complicit. At least 500,000 people died in the months-long purge across the Southeast Asian archipelago that started after General Suharto put down a coup blamed on the communists on October 1, 1965. Suharto took power on […]
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Police in Florida shoot black man lying on ground
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A unarmed black man trying to help a patient with autism was shot and wounded by Florida police while lying on the ground with his arms raised in the air and pleading with officers to hold their fire. Charles Kinsey was wounded in the leg in the incident Monday in Miami, which came as he was trying to help a disoriented autistic man who had wandered away from a group […]
Spain seeks ‘urgent’ answers from London after nuclear sub collision
MADRID, Spain (AFP) – by Marianne BARRIAUX Spain said Thursday it had asked London for “urgent” explanations after a British nuclear submarine collided with a vessel off the coast of Gibraltar, forcing it to dock in the disputed territory. The incident sparked environmental fears as well as concerns it could lead to yet another diplomatic row between London and Madrid, which wants Gibraltar back centuries after it was ceded to Britain in 1713. The HMS Ambush […]
Unilever spruces up profits but sees gloomy global outlook
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) – Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever posted Thursday a rise in sales for the first half of 2016, boosted by mens’ grooming products, but warned of “no sign of an improving global economy”. Total sales clocked in 2.6 percent higher at 26.3 billion euros ($29 billion) and net profit stood at 2.7 billion euros, up by 2 percent from 2015. Unilever said the first half of the year was marked by “a period […]
The ‘Gulenists’ Erdogan blames for Turkey coup
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – by Nicolas GAUDICHET Since surviving last week’s coup attempt, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has escalated his battle against his arch-enemy, US-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen whom he accuses of orchestrating the failed putsch. Once close allies, the two fell out several years ago, and Erdogan now labels Gulen’s supporters “terrorists” who run a shadowy “parallel state” in Turkey and tried to bring him down with military force. Erdogan has demanded the […]
France probes possible security failings in Nice attack
PARIS, France (AFP) – by Andrea BAMBINO with Catherine MARCIANO in Nice French President Francois Hollande on Thursday promised “truth and transparency” from an inquiry into allegations of lax security the night of the Bastille Day attack in Nice that killed 84 people. “When there is a tragedy, or in this case an attack with many dead… there will naturally be questions,” Hollande said during a visit to Dublin, adding that the conclusions of the police probe […]
Nearly 100 dead or missing from China rains: officials
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Torrential rain lashing northern China in recent days has left nearly 100 people dead or missing, official figures showed. At least 24 people in the provinces of Hebei, which surrounds Beijing, Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi have been confirmed dead in a rainstorm that has been pounding the region since Monday, according to figures from the civil affairs ministry. Hebei was the worst hit, with 14 dead and 72 missing, it said […]
Protests as S. Korea president defends US anti-missile system
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Several thousand South Koreans staged an angry protest Thursday against the planned deployment of a US anti-missile system near their hometown, but President Park Geun-Hye insisted the move was a national security imperative. South Korea’s defense ministry announced last week the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, will be installed in Seongju — a rural county about 200 kilometers (135 miles) southeast of Seoul — by the end […]
Livelihood projects para sa mga PWD palalakasin
Kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation week tiniyak ng lokal na pamahalaan ng San Jose City ang pagpapalakas sa mga programang pangkabuhayan para sa mga PWD.
China slams US Republicans for ‘groundless accusations’
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Thursday warned the Donald Trump-fronted US Republican Party against making “groundless accusations” after it accused Beijing of cultural genocide and said its economy was based on piracy. The GOP said in its 2016 platform that Beijing made “a preposterous claim to the entire South China Sea”, adding that “cultural genocide continues” in the regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. “The currency is manipulated, our technology is stolen and intellectual property […]
Demand ng tuna sa Gen. Santos City, bumaba
GENERAL Santos City, Philippines (Eagle News) –Bumaba ng sampung porsyento ang bagsakan ng tuna sa General Santos City sa unang kalahati ng taon. Ito ay dahil sa pagbaba umano ng demand ng frozen raw materials mula sa local tuna canneries. Sa datos ng Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA), umabot lang sa higit isang daang libong metriko tonelada ang bagsakan ng sariwa at frozen tuna kumpara sa higit isang daan at labing-apat na libo noong 2015. […]
Bagong gusaling sambahan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa lalawigan ng Capiz, pinasinayaan
DULUNGAN, Capiz (Eagle News) — Isa na namang gusaling sambahan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang pinasinayaan sa lalawigan ng Capiz sa pangunguna ng District Supervising Minister ng Capiz na si kapatid na Jose Pascua. Ang malayo at mabulubunduking lugar ng barangay Bughaan, Dulangan, Capiz ay pinatayuan ng INC ng isang maganda at maayos na gusaling sambahan upang may magamit ang mga kaanib dito sa kanilang paglilingkod. Ipinagpasalamat naman ng marami ng mga kaanib sa lugar […]
