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Kyiv, Ukraine | AFP | The Ukrainian government has banned senior public servants and lawmakers including women from travelling abroad during the war with Russia. Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s border guard service, told AFP on Monday that the measure — adopted last week — had entered force. “They can now only leave as part of a work mission,” he said. After Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24 last year, Ukrainian […]
Kyiv, Ukraine | AFP | Tuesday 1/24/2023 by Daria ANDRIIEVSKA Several senior Ukrainian officials announced their resignations Tuesday as the defence ministry was shaken by accusations of food procurement fraud, in the country’s largest corruption scandal since the start of Russia’s invasion. Ukraine has a history of endemic corruption, including among the political elite, but efforts to stamp out graft have been overshadowed by Moscow’s full-scale war that began in February. Kyiv’s Western allies, which […]
Moscow, Russia | AFP | The head of the Russian-controlled region of Kherson in southern Ukraine said Wednesday that pro-Kremlin officials were evacuating from the region’s main city but vowed Moscow’s forces would keep fighting. “The entire administration is already moving today,” to the left bank of the Dnieper river, the region’s Moscow-installed head Vladimir Saldo, said on Russian state television. He said the measure, along with the organised movement of civilians from the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h8d2fDbEoQ&feature=youtu.be (Eagle News) – Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Martin Diño defended on Thursday his directive asking barangay officials to submit a list of drug personalities and suspected criminals in their respective areas of responsibility. Amid criticisms from human rights advocates, Undersecretary Diño said in an interview that the list will undergo a strict verification process. He also said the agency will not solely base its actions on reports from the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnBU_qPHuiA QUEZON CITY (Eagle News) — The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) newly appointed undersecretary Martin Diño said Tuesday that he will order all barangay executives to submit a list of drug personalities in their areas of responsibility. According to him, this was to ensure that local officials are involved and cooperative in the government’s war against illegal drugs. “I will make sure that all the barangays all over the Philippines will be […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte has asked the cooperation of local officials in Mindanao in his war against terrorism and drugs, saying he might be forced to declare martial law there if they do not help the government. “I am asking you because I don’t want the trouble in Mindanao to spin out of control because then as president, I will be forced, I will be compelled to exercise extraordinary powers,” the President said. […]
