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by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — Donald Trump crushed his Republican rivals in Indiana’s primary Tuesday, bringing him to the brink of outright victory in the presidential nomination race and dashing the hopes of a movement bent on stopping him. The billionaire trounced Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich, his two remaining competitors in a roller-coaster nomination race that appears increasingly likely to see Trump go head-to-head with presumptive Democratic […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) by Carole LANDRY The UN Security Council on Tuesday demanded that hospitals and clinics be protected in war zones, in a resolution that draws attention to the rise in attacks on medical workers in conflicts worldwide. Less than a week after air strikes on a hospital in the Syrian battleground city of Aleppo killed at least 30 people, the council unanimously adopted the measure that strongly condemned the targeting of […]
(Eagle News) — Binuksan na ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ang kanilang National Election Monitoring Center (NEMC) anim na araw bago ang halalan. Sa naturang pasilidad umano isasagawa ng AFP ang monitoring sa election-related incidents na maaaring maganap sa gitna ng ginagawang preparasyon mula sa delivery ng vote counting machines (VCM’s), sa sitwasyon sa mismong araw ng halalan, at hangang sa isasagawang canvassing. Ayon kay AFP Public Affairs Office deputy chief Captain Celeste […]
(Eagle News) — Sa halip na dalawa ang pawalan, tatlong sundalo at isang miyembro ng paramilitary na bihag ng New People’s Army (NPA) ang pinakawalan ngayong araw ng rebeldeng grupo sa Agusan Del Sur. Una nang inisyu ng NPA ang release order nina Private First Class Diven Tawide at Private First Class Glenn Austria ng 23rd Infantry Battalion nang ipahayag ng custodial officer ng mga bihag na si “Ka Omar Ibarra” na pawawalan din ng […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – France on Tuesday took aim at a vast but controversial EU-US pact to create a free-trade zone covering 850 million people, with President Francois Hollande threatening to veto it as it stands. Hollande warned that Paris would reject the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) “at this stage” because his country opposes “unregulated free trade.” “Never would we accept the undermining of the essential principles of our agriculture, our culture, of mutual access […]
STUTTGART, Germany (AFP) Tuesday 5/3/2016 – US Defence Secretary Ash Carter warned Tuesday that NATO would defend its allies against Russian “aggression” as he presided over the passing of the alliance’s European command to a new general. Carter said NATO would “keep the door open for Russia” for cooperation on global security challenges if Moscow abandoned its “sabre-rattling”. “But it’s up to the Kremlin to decide. We don’t seek a cold, let alone hot, war with […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine presidential favourite Rodrigo Duterte’s vague economic plans and threats to kill thousands of criminals are spooking the financial markets, with one business leader warning Tuesday the trash-talking politician would bring anarchy. The key Philippine Stock Exchange index fell on Tuesday for the fifth consecutive day, a stretch that began after Duterte made a speech before top business leaders in which he joked about his penis and vowed to pardon himself […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean prosecutors pushed ahead Tuesday with embezzlement charges against the former director of Asia’s top film festival, despite widespread criticism that the allegations are politically motivated. The future of South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) has been threatened by a bitter dispute which organisers say is rooted in political anger over the screening of a film in 2014 that was critical of the government’s handling of the Sewol ferry […]
SOUTH COTABATO (Eagle News) — Isang non-partisanship oath ang nilagdaan ng kapulisan sa South Cotabato kaugnay ng nalalapit na halalan sa Mayo 9. Layunin anila ng naturang hakbang ang paalalahanan ang mga alagad ng batas na bawal sa kanilang hanay ang lumahok sa kahit na anong gawain ng mga pulitiko. Bukod dito, tinitiyak din anila sa sinumpaan ng mga pulis ang pagbibigay ng proteksyon sa mga balota maging ang seguridad sa mga mamamayan. Samantala, kasabay […]
CEBU CITY (Eagle News) — Pito na ang naitalang namatay sa Cebu City dahil sa heatstroke kaugnay na rin ng nararanasang matinding init ng panahon bunga ng El Niño phenomenon. Ayon sa Cebu Provincial Rapid Assessment Team o CPRAT, halos nagmula sa first district ng Cebu ang mga biktima, partikular sa bayan ng San Remegio at Daanbantayan. Samantala, ayon naman sa Provincial Health Office, karaniwan sa mga biktima ang dati nang may mga sakit at nagkakomplikasyon lamang […]
SOUTH COTABATO (Eagle News) –Tumaas ng 31.1% ang naitalang kaso ng typhoid fever sa South Cotabato sa first quarter ng 2016. Ayon sa Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU), mula noong Enero 1 hanggang Abril 23 nitong taon, 270 na ang biktima ng naturang sakit. Batay rin sa pag-aaral ng nabanggit na ahensya, 93-anyos ang pinakamatanda sa mga tinamaan ng naturang sakit habang pitong buwang sanggol naman ang pinakabata sa mga ito. Samantala, wala namang […]
(Eagle News) DAVAO DEL SUR– Patay ang isang barangay captain sa Davao del Sur habang sugatan naman ang kasama nitong tribal leader nang pagbabarilin ng hindi pa nakikilalang suspek sa Barangay Marber ng naturang lunsod kaninang ala-una ng hapon. Ayon sa mga otoridad, agad na namatay sa naturang pamamaril si Edison Alisoso, kapitan ng Brgy. Altavista, Bansalan, Davao del Sur habang malubha namang nasugatan ang kasama nitong si Emilito Angga, isang tribal leader. Dagdag pa ng […]
