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Anti-Balimbing Bill isusulong sa Senado

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isinusulong ni Senate President Franklin Drilon ang panukalang batas na nagbabawal sa pagiging balimbing o political butterfly ng mga pulitiko. Itoy sa pamamagitan ng Senate Bill 226 o ang Political Party System Act na siyang magpapatatag sa loyalty o katapatan at ideological principles ng isang partido pulitikal. Nakasaad sa nasabing panukala na pagbabayarin ang isang pulitiko ng 25 porsyentong surcharge kung aalis sa kanyang partido maliban pa sa pagsasauli ng […]

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Gov’t workers na sosobra sa lunch break, sibak

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na tanggal agad sa trabaho ang mga opisyal at empleyado ng gobyerno na lumalagpas sa kanilang lunch break at tumatakas para mamasyal sa mga mall. Sinabi ni Pangulong Duterte na dapat isipin lagi ng mga manggagawa sa national at local government offices na binabayaran sila ng mga mamamayan para magtrabaho ng walong oras. Ayon kay Duterte, ang mga empleyadong wala sa kanilang tanggapan pagkatapos ng […]

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Beijing to hold South China Sea war games after ruling

BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing will close off access to part of the South China Sea for military drills, officials said Monday, after an international tribunal ruled against its sweeping claims in the waters. An area off the east coast of China’s island province of Hainan will host military exercises from Tuesday to Thursday, China’s maritime administration said on its website, adding that entrance was “prohibited”. The area of sea identified is some distance from the […]

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Ilang lugar sa Nueva Ecija mawawalan ng kuryente bukas

GAPAN, Nueva Ecija (Eagle News) — Pansamantalang mawawalan ng suplay ng kuryente sa sa ilang baranggay sa bayan ng San Antonio, San Isidro at Gapan sa Nueva Ecija bukas, Hulyo 19. Sa inilabas na advisory ng Nueva Ecija Electric Cooperative o NEECO 1, ang power interruption ay magsisimula ng 8:30 ng umaga hanggang alas 6:00 ng hapon. Ito ay para bigyang daan ang pagsasaayos ng mga poste at linya ng kuryente sa mga nasabing lugar.

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World’s top bikers compete for downhill championship in central China

CCTV – The world’s top downhill bikers gathered on a scenic mountain in the picturesque Zhangjiajie City in central China’s Hunan Province this weekend to compete in a downhill bike racing championship. The 13 international riders, who came from the United States, France, Italy, Spain, Canada and Brazil, raced down a challenging course remodeled from a 999-step staircase on the mountain. The riders also performed impressive stunt jumps to the admiration of the gathered crowds. After […]

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Links between Nice attacker and IS not yet established: minister

PARIS, France (AFP) — Links between the Nice truck attacker and “terrorist networks”, including the Islamic State group which has claimed the killings, “have not yet been established by the investigation”, France’s interior minister said Monday. “We cannot exclude that an unbalanced and very violent individual” has been “through a rapid radicalisation, committed to this absolutely despicable crime,” which killed 84 people, Bernard Cazeneuve told France’s RTL radio. Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian, rammed a 19-tonne […]

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Turkey needs rule of law ‘for sake of country itself’: EU’s Mogherini

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Turkey must protect the rule of law following the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday, after authorities detained 6,000 in a ruthless crackdown. “We are the ones saying today rule of law has to be protected in the country, there is no excuse for any steps that take the country away from that,” Mogherini said as EU foreign ministers met in Brussels. “As […]

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Johnson says Britain not abandoning ‘leading role’ in Europe

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) –New British foreign minister and top Brexit backer Boris Johnson pledged Monday Britain would continue to play a leading role in Europe as he met his European Union peers for the first time. “We have to give effect to the will of the people and leave the European Union but… we are not going in any way to abandon our leading role in European participation,” Johnson said. He said he had had […]

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Open the document in a new window A city on the rebound, Cleveland shines as RNC opens

by Michael Mathes CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — As an American city, Cleveland has suffered its share of distressing jokes — the river famously caught fire, after all. But the urban center is undergoing unprecedented revival that is transforming downtown, and this week’s Republican National Convention is the feather in this Ohio city’s cap. The community of nearly 400,000 was known for its steady population decline, as manufacturing jobs fled in the 1980s and 1990s […]

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Taiwan arrests three foreigners in $2.5m ATM cyberheist

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan has arrested three foreign suspects over a $2.5 million cyberheist which used malware to hack into a major local bank’s ATM network and steal bags of cash, police said Monday. The attack, the first of its kind in Taiwan, targeted the First Commercial Bank’s ATM network last week, using malware to withdraw more than Tw$81 million ($2.5 million) from dozens of machines in three cities. A Latvian suspect, identified as […]

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SpaceX propels cargo to space station, lands rocket

by Kerry SHERIDAN MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A SpaceX rocket blasted off Monday toward the International Space Station, carrying a load of supplies including a docking adapter that future spaceships will use to park at the orbiting outpost. “Falcon 9 is on its way,” said a commentator at SpaceX mission control as the white rocket launched under a dark night sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 12:45 am (0445 GMT). Following the launch, the […]

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