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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A seven-year-old boy missing since his parents abandoned him in a bear-inhabited forest in northern Japan as a punishment nearly a week ago was found alive on Friday, officials said. The boy, apparently unharmed and in good health, was discovered inside a military base at about 7:50 am (2250 GMT Thursday), a police spokesman said. “A Self-Defence Force official who was on a drill found a boy whose age appeared to […]
CHINA’s claim to more than 80% of the South China Sea, which includes overlapping claims with the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam, took another hit recently when Dr. Tran Duc Anh Son, a Vietnamese historian and Deputy Director at the Da Nang institute for Socio-Economic Development, visited Yale University in New Haven, Ct. A report in Forbes said that Vietnamese historian and Deputy Director at the Da Nang Institute for socio-Economic Development, Dr Tran Duc […]
PRESIDENT-elect Rodrigo Duterte reiterates his stand on increasing the social security pension. Duterte already vowed to reverse President Aquino’s decision to veto a congress-approved bill that would grant SSS pensioners additional PHP 2, 000 in monthly pension. He emphasized that the government must treat retired government and private sector workers justly by providing enough pension funds to cover urgent necessities like medicine, whose prices have gone high, and to assure smooth and shorter processes in […]
by Jim SLATER OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Anticipation was building Thursday for the start of an NBA Finals rematch between the defending champion Golden State Warriors, sparked by sharpshooter Stephen Curry, and the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers. From signs around the Bay Area to people wearing caps and shirts with the Warriors’ yellow and blue colors and a mounting buzz of activity at Oakland’s Oracle Arena, there was a sense that the 70th edition […]
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (AFP) 6/2/2016–The season premiere of former British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s new Amazon Prime show will be filmed in South Africa in July, the streaming service announced Thursday. Clarkson, who was dropped from hit BBC motoring show “Top Gear” in 2015 for punching a producer, is reuniting with his co-stars to make a new series about cars for Amazon Prime. The show, called The Grand Tour, will follow Clarkson, James May and […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Madonna on Thursday triumphed in a copyright case concerning her song “Vogue,” in a victory for artists seeking to use samples. The lawsuit concerns a brief horn riff that appears five times in the radio version of “Vogue,” a dance track that was a major hit for the pop superstar in 1990. The Salsoul Orchestra funk ensemble first recorded the horns in the early 1980s on the song “Ooh […]
(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Philippine National Police (PNP) na haharapin ng kanilang mga tauhan ang mga kasong kriminal at kasong administratibo na umano’y isasampa ng Commission on Human Rights (CHR). Kaugnay ito ng madugong dispersal sa mga nagprotestang magsasaka sa Kidapawan City noong Abril na ikinasawi ng dalawang indibidwal. Ayon kay PNP spokesperson PC/Supt. Wilben Mayor, bibigyan nila ng sapat na legal support ang mga pulis para harapin ang kanilang kaso. Sa kabila nito, […]
(Eagle News) — Tiniyak ni incoming Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano na agad nitong pagtutuunan ng pansin ang pamamahagi sa mga magsasaka ng parte ng Hacienda Luisita oras na makaupo na aniya siya sa puwesto. Ito ay matapos kumpirmahin ni president-elect Rodrigo Duterte ang kaniyang appointment sa nasabing kagawaran. Ayon kay Mariano, aalamin niya kung paano ang naging implementasyon ng DAR sa distribusyon ng mahigit 4, 000 ektaryang lupa sa mga farmer-beneficiaries ng nabanggit […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi kinatigan ng Office of the Ombudsman sa pamamagitan ng Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) ang mosyon na inihain ni Senador Jinggoy Estrada na pansamantalang makalabas sa kaniyang detention cell sa Sabado, Hunyo 4 para dumalo sa birthday celebration ng kaniyang ina. Sa apat na pahinang opposition paper na inihain sa Sandiganbayan Fifth Division, sinabi ng OSP na lilikha ng hindi magandang impresyon sa publiko kung papayagan si Estrada na makalabas sa […]
(Eagle News) — Hiniling ni Makati City mayor-elect Abby Binay sa Commission on Elections (Comelec) na ibasura ang petisyon na inihain ni incumbent city mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña. Matatandaang sa petisyon ni Peña, hiniling nito sa Comelec na magsagawa ng vote recount dahil sa umano’y vote buying at iba pang iregularidad na naganap sa nakaraang May 9 elections. Pero ayon naman kay Binay, bigo si Peña na magpakita ng ebidensya para patunayan ang kaniyang mga paratang […]
(Eagle News) — Muling nagpatawag si Pangulong Benigno Aquino III ng pulong ng cabinet security cluster sa Malacañang. Kabilang sa dumalo sina Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, mga kalihim ng Department of National Defense (DND), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Department of Justice (DOJ) at mga kinatawan ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Philippine National Philippines (PNP). Napag-alamang tampok sa pinag-usapan sa meeting ang isyu ng West Philippine Sea at security situation sa Mindanao. Matatandaang […]
(Eagle News) — Positibo sa MDMA methylene homolog at methylenedioxycathinone ang isa sa limang namatay sa close up concert na ginanap sa Mall of Asia (MOA) open field sa Pasay City noong Mayo 22. Una nang sinabi ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) na “not fit for human at animal consumption” ang MDMA o homolog na siyang nakita sa 18 taong gulang na namatay sa nasabing concert. Kinunan ng blood sample mula sa kidneys, brain at stomach ang biktima. Ayon sa NBI, […]
