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PARIS , France (AFP) — French President Francois Hollande confirmed Thursday that the EgyptAir flight that disappeared from radar screens over the Mediterranean had “crashed”. “We must ensure that we know everything on the causes of what happened. No hypothesis is ruled out or favored,” he said in a televised address. ha-cha/er/gd/jm © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
(Eagle News) — Nakatakdang higpitan ang seguridad kay Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte. Ito ay makaraang muntik nang matumba si Duterte kahapon matapos na dumugin ng mga taong nais na magpakuha ng picture dito. Ayon kay Chief Inspector Milgrace Driz tagapagsalita ng PNP-Davao city kinakailangang ipatupad ang bagong protocol upang matiyak ang kaligtasan ng Incoming President.. Kabilang dito ang pagpapatupad ng masinsinang “Screening Process” sa mga nais na bumisita kay Duterte. At paglilimita sa bilang ng […]
BEIJING ,China (AFP) — Beijing on Thursday rejected Pentagon accusations that a Chinese aircraft made an “unsafe” intercept of a spy plane in international air space, as tensions rise in the strategically vital South China Sea. Rivalry between China and the United States is mounting in the disputed waterway, an important shipping route thought to be home to vast energy deposits, and which Beijing claims almost in its entirety. The US Department of Defense (DoD) […]
by Juliette MICHEL Tangi QUEMENER PARIS , France (AFP) — Several scenarios could explain the mysterious disappearance of the Egyptair flight between Paris to Cairo early Thursday, but experts say a terrorist attack is the most likely. Both France and Egypt have been leading targets for Islamist extremists in recent months. In October, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing an A321 plane belonging to Russian charter company Metrojet that crashed into the Sinai […]
(Eagle News) — Pinalaya na ng bandidong Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) ang Filipino-Chinese sa Zamboanga City na dinukot ng naturang grupo noong Marso. Kinilala ng militar ang biktima na si Rian Tan Nuñez, 21. Matatandaang dinukot si Nuñez at ang lolo nitong si Antonio Tan, isang negosyante, sa Lapuyan Zamboanga del Sur noong Marso 23 sa pangunguna ng ASG sub-leader na si Alhabsy Misaya. Napag-alamang dinala sa Sulu ang mga biktima ngunit nagkahiwalay at hindi na […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines must immediately return millions of dollars recovered from a high-profile hacking theft, Bangladesh’s ambassador said Thursday in Manila, but Filipino officials warned resolving the embarrassing case could take months. On February 5, unidentified hackers shifted $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank’s account with the US Federal Reserve to a nondescript bank in Manila, from where it was funnelled into local casinos. Filipino authorities now say they have tracked […]
NEW DELHI , India (AFP) — India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party claimed victory in Assam elections Thursday, marking the first time the Hindu nationalist party has won control of a state in the country’s restive northeast. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was a historic victory and promised to “fulfil the dreams and aspirations” of people in Assam, where ethnic and religious tensions and a myriad of rebel insurgencies have held back development. The win […]
Acclaimed Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza is back at Cannes this year with another gritty take on his homeland, this time exploring drugs, poverty and corruption through shopkeepers trying to make ends meet. https://youtu.be/ZHUxkWhcIxQ
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — The French and Egyptian foreign ministers exchanged “condolences” over an EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo that is feared to have gone down in the Mediterranean on Thursday, Egypt said. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault “expressed condolences over the plane incident involving the EgyptAir airplane that went down, and Shoukry in turn expressed condolences for the French casualties who were on board the plane,” the Egyptian foreign ministry said. se/kir © […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte has asked high-profile Lawyer Vitaliano Aguirre II to serve as Justice Secretary under his administration. Aguirre, a fraternity brother and classmate of Duterte at the San Beda Law School, said he had only asked for an audience to congratulate Duterte for winning the presidency and was surprised that the latter offered him the justice portfolio. Aguirre, a private prosecutor, is famous for being the lead counsel of […]
The White House said, the United States wants to further incentivize the people and government of Myanmar to pursue democratic reforms—-in introducing “re-calibrated sanctions” against the country. The U.S. plans to renew the bulk of its sanctions against Myanmar when they expire next week, but, White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said they will make some changes aimed at boosting investment and trade. The comments come after the United States eased some sanctions on Myanmar earlier […]
Philippine anti-poaching patrols have detained two Chinese and three Vietnamese fishing vessels along with more than three dozen crew members in the extreme north of the country. The arrests near tiny islands off the main island of Luzon came as a maritime dispute between Manila and Beijing simmers in the South China Sea. Coastguard and fisheries officials on Monday said that two Chinese fishing vessels that were fraudulently flying the Philippine flag were detained along […]
