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(Eagle News) — “Kung ano lang ang tama sa iyo, gawin mo.” This was what President Rodrigo Duterte said he told his son Paolo, who resigned as vice mayor of Davao on Monday. According to the President, he gave this reply on Sunday night, after his son asked him about what he thought about the vice mayor resigning from his post. “Sabi ko sa kanya, ‘Ikaw. You… you are in a position to do […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte knew beforehand that his son, Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, would resign from his post. But Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, the President’s daughter, said that the chief executive has yet to accept the vice mayor’s decision. “Once the resignation is accepted, it is deemed effective,” she said. She said while awaiting the President’s decision, her brother would be “on leave” from the Office of the Vice Mayor. “I can […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Miss America pageant’s CEO resigned on Saturday after dozens of former beauty queens demanded he step down over leaked internal emails that contained misogynistic, fat- and slut-shaming language. “This afternoon, the Board of Directors of the Miss America Organization accepted the resignation of Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sam Haskell, effective immediately,” interim chairman of the board Dan Meyers said in a statement. HuffPost published leaked emails two […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday accepted the resignation of her deputy Damian Green, who announced he was stepping down following a probe into his conduct. “It is therefore with deep regret, and enduring gratitude for the contribution you have made over many years, that I asked you to resign from the government and have accepted your resignation,” May wrote in a letter addressed to Green, the First Secretary of State. […]
by Susan Njanji and Reagan Mashavave Agence France-Presse HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe’s incoming president Emmerson Mnangagwa was preparing Thursday to take power after the shock resignation of Robert Mugabe brought 37 years of authoritarian rule to an end. Mnangagwa, who has close ties to the army and the security establishment, returned to the country on Wednesday to take the reins and told adoring crowds in Harare that they were witnessing “unfolding full democracy.” He […]
by Rana Moussaoui Agence France Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Wednesday he was suspending his surprise resignation, pending talks, providing a potential way out of a political crisis that has rocked the country. In a rousing address before large crowds of supporters gathered outside his Beirut home, he pledged he would stay in the country and protect its “stability.” Lebanon has been thrown into turmoil by Hariri’s shock November […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Hundreds of Zimbabweans who fled their homeland for South Africa during the despotic rule of Robert Mugabe took to the streets of Johannesburg to celebrate the resignation of the hated president. Blowing vuvuzelas, waving Zimbabwean flags and stamping their feet, Zimbabweans danced their way through Hillbrow, a cosmopolitan Johannesburg neighborhood with a strong community of African immigrants. “We want to go back home, even tomorrow, even now at night. I’m […]
by Susan Njanji, Fanuel Jongwe, Reagan Mashavave and Ben Sheppard Agence France Presse HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday, finally swept from power as his 37-year reign of autocratic control and brutality crumbled within days of a military takeover. The move looks set to end Zimbabwe’s worst political crisis since it won independence from Britain in 1980. The bombshell announcement came at a special joint session of parliament convened […]
by Susan Njanji Agence France Presse HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Robert Mugabe clung on as Zimbabwe’s president Sunday, using national TV to insist he still holds power despite a military takeover and mounting pressure for his autocratic 37-year rule to end. Crowds who gathered in bars and cafes in Harare to watch the address, which was widely expected would end in the 93-year-old’s resignation, were left stunned and disconsolate. Some wept openly. “The (ruling ZANU-PF) […]
by Susan Njanji Agence France Presse HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest head of state, refused to resign during a crunch meeting Thursday with military generals who have seized control of the country. The talks in Harare came after tumultuous days in which soldiers blockaded key roads, took over state TV and put the veteran leader under house arrest. “They met today. He is refusing to step down. I think […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Saad Hariri pledged on Sunday he would return to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia “very soon,” in his first television interview since his shock resignation as prime minister eight days ago. In an exclusive interview from Riyadh with his party’s Future TV, Hariri brushed aside rumours that he was under de facto house arrest in Saudi Arabia. “I am free here. If I want to travel tomorrow, I will,” Hariri told journalist […]
(Eagle News) — Isko Moreno has resigned as chief executive officer of the North Luzon Railways Corp. In his resignation letter dated Oct. 27 and submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte, Moreno, whose real name is Francisco Domagoso, said he was resigning as member of the Board of Directors and as chairman of the NLRC for personal reasons. Moreno said his resignation was “effective immediately.” “I am truly honored and deeply grateful for the opportunity to […]
