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MANILA, Philippines — Vice Presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., today called on the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to lay down the rules in cases where there are discrepancies in the vote receipts from the actual votes cast. Marcos made the call in the light of mounting reports over alleged discrepancies in vote receipts in the ongoing Overseas Absentee Voting. The Senator urged the Comelec to explain the process that voters should undertake […]
by Carole LANDRY UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — World leaders gather at the United Nations on Friday to sign the Paris climate deal and get the ball rolling on a quick entry into force to start beating back global warming. French President Francois Hollande and Canada’s Justin Trudeau will join US Secretary of State John Kerry for the ceremony attended by more than 165 governments, the largest ever one-day signing of an international agreement. […]
LOS Angeles, United States (AFP) — Pop icon Prince was treated for a drug overdose in the week before his death on Thursday, entertainment website TMZ reported, citing multiple unnamed sources. The 57-year-old was treated at a hospital after his private jet made an unscheduled landing in Moline, Illinois last Friday following a gig in Atlanta, amid reports that he had been battling influenza. “Multiple sources in Moline tell us Prince was rushed to a […]
Japanese authorities raided the research center of Mitsubishi Motors after the company admits to improper testing of fuel efficiency.
Heavy showers fell on earthquake-battered southern Japan, adding to the woes of residents already rattled by continuing aftershocks.
QUITO,Ecuador (AFP) — Earthquake survivors take shelter at a camp in the devastated resort town of Pedernales in Ecuador after a powerful quake killed more than 500 people and injured over 5,000. https://youtu.be/d8FqUcifeyc
The Iglesia Ni Cristo held its Unity E-Games in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Raissa Mangilit reports from EBC’s Canada bureau
QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — A magnitude 6.0 aftershock struck near the coast of Ecuador Thursday, as the country struggled to recover from a devastating quake that killed almost 600 people, US experts said. The tremor hit at 10:03 pm (0303 GMT Friday) some 20 miles (33 kilometers) north-northwest of Bahia de Caraquez and 36 miles north-northwest of Tosagua, the US Geological Survey said. AFP reporters in the region felt some shaking but there were no […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — A warehouse storing chemicals and fuel exploded and caught fire in the eastern Chinese city of Jingjiang on Friday, media reports said, with possible casualties unknown. The accident was at the premises of a company called Jiangsu Deqiao Storage, which is authorized to keep hazardous chemicals, reports said. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
by Ignacio Carvajal Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz State, Mexico (AFP) — Anguished relatives nervously awaited news of their loved ones Thursday outside a Mexican petrochemical plant where an explosion killed at least 24 people and sent toxic smoke billowing into the air. Starting at dawn, family members flocked to a military cordon set up around the plant after Wednesday’s explosion, which blew out the windows of nearby stores and homes and triggered panic among locals still haunted […]
SINGAPORE,Singapore (AFP) — Oil prices climbed in Asia on Friday, heading for their third weekly gain after OPEC said it was open to fresh calls on freezing output despite the failure to reach a deal at the weekend. The exporting group’s Secretary-General Abdalla El-Badri said it could revive the discussion among members and hold further talks with non-members. OPEC holds its next twice-yearly meeting on June 2. A much-vaunted meeting Sunday in Doha collapsed after […]
QUEZON CITY, April 22 — There’s another reason to celebrate this year’s Earth Day. Celebrity and former National Youth Commissioner Jose Sixto “Dingdong” G. Dantes III asserts that the Earth Day this 2016 marks the success of young Filipino climate advocates who led and signed up for the #NowPH movement, in order to push for the approval of the Paris Agreement in France last year. Launched by the National Youth Commission (NYC) and the Climate Change […]
