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(Reuters) Television journalist Morley Safer, who made his reputation as a Vietnam War correspondent for CBS and then became a mainstay on the network’s “60 Minutes” show for 46 years, died at age 84 on Thursday, a few days after his retirement, the network announced. Safer, who retired in what CBS described as declining health, died at his home in Manhattan. “60 Minutes” had paid tribute to his work on Sunday’s show. In a […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) – by Laurent Lozano Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looked set on Thursday to form the most right-wing government in Israeli history, with Avigdor Lieberman, a hardliner loathed by Palestinians, expected to become defence minister. Netanyahu aides were in talks with officials of Lieberman’s hawkish Yisrael Beitenu party on terms for its entry to the ruling coalition, which would boost its currently wafer-thin majority in parliament. Leaks to the Israeli media from both sides […]
CARACAS Venezuela (AFP) – by Maria Isabel Sanchez and Marc Burleigh Venezuela’s opposition leader met with foreign mediators in Caracas on Thursday in a bid to up the pressure for a recall referendum against embattled President Nicolas Maduro. The closed-door meeting between Henrique Capriles and former leaders of Spain and Panama came after Maduro threatened to strengthen a state of emergency imposed this week following anti-government protests. The demonstrations that took place in two dozen […]
(REUTERS) An EgyptAir senior official told CNN the wreckage of the Cairo-bound jet was located. Greek authorities said they found “floating material” that is likely to be debris from the plane. Here is the latest post from the EgyptAir airline Facebook page. It says that Cairo’s foreign ministry has confirmed finding the aircraft’s wreckage. EgyptAir flight MS804: Here’s what we know: Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo missing soon after entering Egyptian airspace Airbus A320 […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Google said Thursday it feared for free speech if France succeeded in forcing it to apply the right to have information about a person removed from its search engines not just in France, but worldwide. Lodging an appeal against a 100,000-euro ($112,000) fine imposed by a French regulator, Google argued that French authorities should not have the right to decide beyond the country’s jurisdiction. France’s National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) […]
(Eagle News) — Bagaman tatlong batches ng upper class sa Philippine Military Academy ang naungusan, hindi umano magdudulot ng demoralisasyon sa hanay ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang pagkakahirang kay PC/Supt. Ronald dela Rosa bilang susunod na pinuno ng Pambansang Pulisya. Ayon kay PNP spokesperson PS/Supt. Wilben Mayor, inirerespeto aniya ng lahat sa hanay ng kapulisan ang sinumang ilagay ng pangulo sa posisyon maging nasa underclass man nila. Kaugnay nito, magreretiro na rin sa serbisyo […]
(Eagle News) — Ipinaaaresto ngayon ng Sandiganbayan (SB) si former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima at 10 iba pa kaugnay ng kasong graft na isinampa sa mga nabanggit matapos ang umao’y maanomalyang courier deal na kinasangkutan ng PNP noong 2011. Napag-alamang nag-award ng kontrata ang PNP sa Werfast Documentary Agency, Inc. noong Mayo 2011 para sa delivery ng firearms licenses ng mga aplikante sa kabila ng kawalan ng public bidding at kakulangan ng […]
(Eagle News) — Nagpahayag ng pagkabahala ang mga parent leader at mga miyembro ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) o Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) sa balak ni incoming President Rodrigo Duterte na ibigay sa Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) ang posisyon sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) at Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Anila, kontra ang mga miyembro ng CPP sa pagpapatuloy ng CCT program dahil […]
(Eagle News) — Hinimok ng grupong Philippine Legislator’s Commitee on Population and Development (PLCPD) si incoming President Rodrigo Duterte na lutasin ang suliranin ng kagutuman at malnutrisyon sa bansa. Ayon kay PLCPD Director Romeo Dongeto, dito masusubok ang susunod na administrasyon at ang kongreso mula sa kanilang ipinangako na paglutas sa mga suliranin ng bansa kabilang na ang kagutuman at malnutrisyon. Binigyang diin pa ni Dongeto ang kahalagahan ng pagrepaso sa mga umiiral na batas […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi kumportable ang National Press Club(NPC) sa napipintong pagtatalaga ni incoming President Rodrigo Duterte kay Atty. Salvador Panelo bilang Presidential Spokesman nito. Tulad ng mga pamilya ng mga nasawing mamamahayag sa November 23, 2009 Maguindanao Massacre. Sinabi ni Paul Gutierrez ng NPC, na hindi sila kumportable kay Panelo na isa sa malalakas na pangalan na bubuo sa gabinete ni incoming President Rodrigo Duterte. Sa panayam ng programang Liwanagin Natin, sinabi ni Gutierrez […]
(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections has already proclaimed the 12 winning senatorial candidates in the May 2016 elections This was based on the 166 certificates of canvass which were tabulated by the COMELEC that had served as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC) Five are newcomers in the Senate. They are former TESDA director general Joel Villanueva, boxing champion and former Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao, former Party-List Rep. Risa Hontiveros, and former Valenzuela […]
BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) — Five Chadian peacekeepers were killed and three others wounded in a shootout during an ambush in northeastern Mali, the United Nations said Thursday. “Five… peacekeepers were killed and three seriously wounded during an ambush,” which occurred on Wednesday, according to a statement posted on the UN Mali mission’s social media accounts. The attack in Aguelhok, in the Kidal region, occurred when the soldiers were escorting a convoy, according to the statement. […]
