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by Paulina ABRAMOVICH Agence France Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — The death toll from violent unrest in Chile rose to 23 on Friday as the country entered its fifth week of social unrest. Looting and demonstrations took place in cities across the South American nation, and an agreement on a political roadmap that will see Chile draft a new constitution has halted neither the anger, nor the bloodshed. Furious Chileans have since October 18 been […]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Dressed in black, marching silently and raising one fist, around a thousand women on Friday demanded justice for those killed and injured during the last two weeks of social unrest in Chile. Their march started off a day of demonstrations on a long weekend in the country, expanding later as tens of thousands answered social media calls to match last Friday’s huge protest that attracted more than a million people. Santiago […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte conferred the Quezon Service Cross to the late the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, in a historical posthumous awarding ceremony in Malacanang on Monday, December 3. “I am deeply honored to lead the Filipino people in conferring to the late Senator the Quezon Service Cross — the highest recognition for outstanding civilian service by the Republic of the Philippines,” Duterte said. Accepting the award is the late Senator’s husband, […]
(Eagle News) – -The Santiago City government in Isabela has suspended government and private work on Friday, Sept. 14, as “Ompong” threatens parts of the country. Classes were also suspended in the city, Memorandum Order 2018-42 signed by Mayor Joseph Salvador Tan said. The suspension applies to all levels, in both public and private schools. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Ompong” is set to make landfall over northern Luzon early Saturday. […]
by Catherine MARCIANO Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) – Pope Francis admitted Monday he was frightened by the prospect of an accidental nuclear apocalypse, as he began a weeklong visit to Chile and Peru to bolster a local Catholic Church riven by sex abuse scandals. “I think we are at the very edge,” the pope told reporters aboard his plane when asked about the threat of a nuclear war in the wake of a recent string of […]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Six people — among them four firefighters and two police — have now been killed battling vast forest fires in central Chile, officials said Wednesday. “I can now say officially that there are two more fatalities — two Chilean police who were found in the Maule River,” said Interior Minister Mario Fernandez, raising the total death toll to six. Earlier in the day a firefighter died after getting stuck while trying […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 8) – Let’s get to know more about the presidential candidates for the 2016 elections. She’s got the pick-up lines, the “witty”-cisms, and the masungit-but-charismatic appeal. Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago’s announcement of her run for the presidency is as spontaneous as ever, during her October 2015 book signing. Her name is regarded as formidable by her co-runners, she’s got the majority of youth’s support. According to her, she wants to end […]
Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago grilled resigned Philippine National Police director general Alan Purisima, Special Action Forces chief Getulio Napenas, and Moro Islamic Liberation Front chair Mohagher Iqbal as the senate resumed its inquiry of the Mamasapano incident. Santiago told Purisima that he should not have involved himself in the Mamasapano incident and questioned why he had been meeting with President Aquino regarding the Mamasapano operation, when he was already suspended at the time. Santiago, who […]
