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(Eagle News) — The Makabayan bloc of the House of Representatives has urged a probe into the government’s list of supposed terrorists who are alleged members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). The left-leaning group said the House Committee on Human Rights, through Resolution 1807, should also condemn the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) list that was attached to the government petition seeking to declare the CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization, and […]
UNITED STATES (AFP) – Iraq has asked the United Nations to assist it with gathering evidence of crimes committed by the Islamic State group and said it was working with Britain to draft a Security Council resolution to establish an investigation. In a letter dated August 9 but given to the press Wednesday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafaari, congratulating his country’s army on its “brilliant military victories” against the militant force that once controlled vast […]
(Eagle News) — A Senate investigation into the Ozamiz raids that led to the deaths of Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. and several others could be in order after Senator Leila de Lima filed a resolution for such. “I haven’t read the resolution yet. If witnesses are willing to face the Senate to testify on the probability of summary executions or excesses in the police operations conducted, I believe that an investigation is in order,” […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a resolution expressing support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao. The approval of the Lower House convening as a Committee of the Whole was made after 249 congressmen attended an executive session, which saw defense officials explaining the situation in Marawi, and the basis for the President’s proclamation. The approval came a day after the Senate approved an amended resolution that […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Britain, France and the United States on Tuesday presented a draft resolution to the United Nations Security Council condemning the suspected chemical attack in Syria and demanding a full investigation as soon as possible. The text, obtained by AFP, called on the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to report quickly on its findings on the attack earlier in the day on the rebel-held town of Khan […]
(Eagle News) — Irked senators on Friday lashed out at the European Parliament, with one saying the body exhibited a “display of arrogance, of power” when it called for the release of Senator Leila de Lima who is detained in connection with several drug cases filed against her, and another saying it should “mind (its) own business” in the first place. “Its action in demanding the release of (Senator) De Lima is a clear display of arrogance, of power, […]
UNITED NATION, United States (AFP) — Russia and China on Monday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a seven-day ceasefire in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo. Venezuela also voted against the text, while Angola abstained. The 11 other council members voted in favor. The vote marked the sixth time Russia has blocked a council resolution on Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, and the fifth for China. A close ally […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea’s parliament on Wednesday (February 10) passed a resolution condemning North Korea’s rocket launch. The resolution urged North Korea to stop its provocations such as a long-range missile launch as well as a nuclear test and become a responsible member of the international community, according to the National Assembly. It also called for the South Korean government to work with the international society so that strong sanctions can come […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (December 31) – 2016 is charging with all its might, faster than our realizations that we are getting a year older and there will be a lot of things that will surely happen. As humans, we tend to adapt, and to adapt, we need to change. Some of us may have wrote a couple or three resolutions we plan to do next year, having the clichés such as “losing weight”, “be a […]
