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https://youtu.be/EyzvG1xhACI (Eagle News) – Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said he would continue his investigation of the latest attempt by the House of Representatives to insert what he termed as “pork barrel” in the 2020 proposed national budget. Lacson said that while the lawmakers had alleged withdrew the alleged “pork” insertions in the proposed budget, he is still questioning why the House had created a so-called “small group committee” regarding the budget after it had […]
by Alexandre Grosbois Agence France Presse HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba’s new president Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday became the country’s first leader in nearly 60 years who is not named Castro, pledging continuity for the Caribbean island during the historic transition of power. The silver-haired Diaz-Canel — a top Communist Party figure who has served as first vice president since 2013 — assumed power from Raul Castro, who himself took over from his elder […]
by Rigoberto DIAZ Agence France Presse HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Despite being in the upper echelons of Cuba’s government for the past two decades, new President Miguel Diaz-Canel is not exactly well known. Most people on the island of more than 11 million know that, unlike the Castro brothers, he wasn’t part of the 1959 revolution. Some aren’t sure. But that hasn’t stopped Cubans from welcoming their new president, hopeful he will advance reforms to […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) – by Laurent THOMET Massive crowds of Cubans streamed onto Havana’s iconic Revolution Square to pay tribute to Fidel Castro on Monday, kicking off an emotional, week-long farewell to the divisive Cold War titan. Long lines of mourners, many of whom had been waiting since before dawn, filled the square as the memorial began with a salvo of 21 cannon shots from a colonial fort overlooking Havana harbor. They filed silently past […]
by Andrew Beatty HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Edging back from the podium during a joint press conference with Barack Obama, Cuban President Raul Castro began to fidget with his headphones and look around the room quizzically. “What did you say about political prisoners? Can you repeat that question about political prisoners?” the 84-year-old Castro asked. Obama and Castro talked up a new era in US-Cuba relations Monday, but two cultures, two political systems and two […]
