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RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Sunday announced that his country wanted to rejoin the African Union, 32 years after quitting the bloc in protest at its decision to accept Western Sahara as a member. “For a long time our friends have been asking us to return to them, so that Morocco can take up its natural place within its institutional family. The moment has now come,” the monarch said in a […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — It was truly a blessed Sunday morning last May 29, 2016 as hundreds were baptized in the the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) in the ecclesiastical district of Quezon City. The said baptism was held in the locale congregation of San Francisco and was officiated by Brother Arnel T. Verceles, Quezon City District Minister. He emphasized in his preaching the value of the true baptism done in the […]
MANILA, Philippines — Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Sunday said the Task Force on Media Killings will recommend to the President that past cases should be reviewed. “You know what they say, justice denied is certainly injustice,” he said, adding that “it’s about time, I believe the current Secretary of Justice would also agree, that we should hasten all of the past cases and give justice to those families who have been […]
QUEZON CITY, July 17 – To ensure that only legitimate claims for asthma cases will be paid for, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) recently released new policy statements on the diagnosis and management of asthma in adults. The policy statements, which are in compliance with the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG), will be used as PhilHealth’s reference in ensuring quality of care for all its members. The release of the statements is also among the key strategies […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Victims of the Nice truck attack included three generations of a family out for a stroll, a Frenchman protecting his pregnant wife and a former Soviet soldier. The Bastille Day assault killed 84 people of all ages — including 10 children — who had been out enjoying a fireworks display on a warm summer evening. The dead came from at least 12 countries. More than 300 people were also injured when […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Philippines island has the world’s largest collection of unique mammal species, scientists have discovered, as the area’s habitats face danger from hunting and logging. Twenty-eight new species of cloud rats and earthworm-eating mice have been discovered by US and Filipino scientists in a 15-year study, boosting the number of non-flying mammal species on Luzon to 56, the Chicago Field Museum said in a statement released Friday. The team, which published […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — President Rodrigo Duterte met with a businessman he accused of being one of the Philippines’ top drug lords and threatened to kill him to his face. In the bizarre meeting held Friday that evoked scenes from a gangster film, the hardline anti-crime president warned Peter Lim to steer clear of narcotics. “I will execute you…. I will finish you off,” Duterte said during the meeting. A video of the sitdown was […]
MANILA, July 18 – President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his dismay over the inability of mayors and governors to manage garbage in their areas. Last Friday, July 15 the President vowed to create a special body to look into the intelligence and discretionary funds of local officials that may be misspent. “Many localities in the country are so dirty and yet the mayors are not doing anything about it,” he said. “There is trash and garbage […]
by Céline AGNIEL with Pauline TALAGRAND in Paris NICE, France (AFP) — The Nice truck attacker staked out the seafront for two days before striking, it emerged Sunday as investigators pieced together details of the Islamic State-claimed massacre and questioned possible accomplices. A source close to the investigation told AFP that Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian, sent a text message just before the attack in which he “expresses satisfaction at having obtained a 7.65-millimetre pistol […]
by Fulya OZERKAN Raziye AKKOC ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish authorities pressed on Sunday with a ruthless crackdown against suspects in the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with 6,000 people detained as he vowed to stamp out the “virus” of the putschists. Erdogan said Turkey could consider reinstating the death penalty following the putsch bid, despite concerns in the international community. World leaders including US President Barack Obama have strongly condemned Friday’s attempted […]
by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A black gunman shot dead three police officers in the Louisiana capital of Baton Rouge on Sunday, in the latest spate of violence involving law enforcement. The shooting, which also wounded three other officers, took place in a city scarred by high racial tensions and numerous protests against police brutality since the death July 5 of Alton Sterling, a black man shot at point-blank range by police. […]
By Ernest Hernandez CUBAO, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Meralco Bolts maintain their hot start with a win over the short-handed Alaska Aces, 100-96, to grab the early lead in the 2016 PBA Governor’s Cup standings at 2-0. The Aces went running with with a balanced attack with nine players scoring at least two points for their team while the Bolts had 14 of their 20 first quarter points from their import, Allen Durham. Alaska […]
