Tag: Canada

Two Africans with fake Canadian visas nabbed at NAIA

(Eagle News)–Immigration agents arrested two Africans for using fake Canadian visas, the Bureau of Immigration announced on Sunday, Feb. 17. In a statement, the BI said Cameroonian Etienne Makang Nformem, 35, was arrested on Feb. 9, upon his arrival via a Gulf Air flight from Bahrain at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. He had said he was going to Toronto, Canada after three days. Four days later, Sudanese Abdelmotalab Idris Himat Mohamed, 29, was apprehended at NAIA […]

Canadian woman jailed for attack in name of IS group

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A Canadian woman found guilty of terror crimes for trying to join the Islamic State group and in its name attacking staff at a department store was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison. Rehab Dughmosh, 34, was arrested in June 2017 and later convicted of leaving the country for the purpose of joining a terror group, and assaults with a golf club and a butcher knife, and carrying an archery […]

Eastern Canada digs out from major snow storm

by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A huge snowstorm blanketed eastern Canada on Wednesday, closing schools, grounding hundreds of flights and forcing many workers to stay home as tens of thousands of plows toiled to clear roads. Big fluffy snowflakes began falling Tuesday afternoon, with more than 30 centimeters (12 inches) accumulated on the ground by the next morning and more on the way, according to weather forecasts. Wind gusts up […]

Bitcoin exchange president’s death puts millions out of reach

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — A Canadian cryptocurrency exchange was granted bankruptcy protection on Monday after its president took passwords for accounts containing Can$180 million ($137 million US) to his grave when he died suddenly. In a statement, QuadrigaCX said it sought protection from creditors after weeks of attempting to “locate and secure our very significant cryptocurrency reserves” following the death of its president Gerald Cotten. Nova Scotia’s high court granted the application made by Cotten’s […]

China decries ‘political manipulations’ behind Huawei case in US

BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Tuesday decried the “political manipulations” behind the US case against Huawei as Washington indicted the tech giant’s chief financial officer and leveled sweeping charges against the company. “For some time, the US has used state power to discredit and crack down on specific Chinese companies in an attempt to strangle the enterprises’ legitimate and legal operations,” China’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “There are strong political motivations and […]

US charges Huawei in technology theft, sanctions violations

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Justice Department on Monday unveiled sweeping charges against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in two cases likely to ratchet up tensions between the two superpowers — including that of a top executive arrested in Canada on a US warrant. The department unveiled 13 charges against Huawei Technologies, its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou — the daughter of the company’s founder who is currently out on bail in Canada — […]

‘Glass’ stays full in N. American box offices

HOLLYWOOD, United States (AFP) — Universal’s thriller “Glass” has kept clear of the competition in North American box offices for a second straight weekend, taking in an estimated $19 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. Financed and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, “Glass” is a sequel to his “Unbreakable” (2000) and “Split” (2016). It stars Bruce Willis as a superhuman locked in a psychiatric ward with a mass murderer — “Mr. Glass” — played […]

Iglesia Ni Cristo members give relief goods to Safe Harbor Homeless Shelter in Red Deer, Canada

  (Eagle News) — Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) members recently helped the Safe Harbor Homeless Shelter in Red Deer, Canada by donating relief goods. INC members who volunteered to help during the event expressed their happiness in helping other people, and fulfilling God’s teachings to do good whenever you possibly can to those who need it. The Church Of Christ has been doing such events, like INCGiving, and INC Aid for Humanity, to […]

Canada will host Lima meeting on Venezuela: official

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) – Canada will host the next meeting of the Lima Group on the Venezuela crisis, a senior government official told AFP Thursday. No date has been set for the talks, but the official said on condition of anonymity that “sooner would be better given the escalating crisis in Venezuela.” Most members of the Lima Group — a bloc of 14 Latin American powers and Canada — has urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro […]

Ex-diplomats, scholars urge China to release Canadians

by Elizabeth LAW Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — A group of more than 100 former diplomats and academics have signed an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for the release of two Canadians who have been detained on allegations of espionage. Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were on December 10 arrested for activities that “endanger China’s security” — a phrase often used by Beijing when alleging espionage. Their […]

17 Filipino seafarers rescued from burning ship off Nova Scotia now in Halifax

(Eagle News) — All 17 Filipino seafarers who were rescued from a burning ship off Nova Scotia have arrived safely in Halifax, the Philippine Embassy in Canada reported. In a Facebook post, Halifax vice consul Elizabeth Eustaquio-Domondon said the seafarers were “in high spirits” and were being assisted by their fleet manager in their return to the Philippines. She said members of the Filipino community have also met with the seafarers and provided them with food and […]

US in criminal probe of China’s Huawei: report

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US authorities are in “advanced” stages of a criminal probe that could result in an indictment of Chinese technology giant Huawei, a published report said Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, said the Justice Department is looking into allegations of theft of trade secrets from Huawei’s US business partners, including a T-Mobile robotic device used to test smartphones. The Justice Department declined to comment on the report. Huawei […]