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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12, 2023 (AFP) – Malaysians in six states went to the polls Saturday to vote for state assembly members in elections widely seen as a barometer of support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government. While the elections are unlikely to immediately affect Anwar’s current two-thirds majority in parliament, analysts said his hold on power could weaken if his Pakatan Harapan coalition suffers a setback, especially among Malay Muslim voters in the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte still has no specific plans to visit the United States so far. When asked on Friday, March 1, about whether Duterte would finally make the visit, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said “specific dates will have to wait for the end of the elections.” Locsin noted the President, after all, was busy endorsing his candidates for the polls slated in May. In any case, he said he has already conveyed […]
(Eagle News)–Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Monday, Aug. 28, alleged President Rodrigo Duterte was the “number one enemy of his own state,” accusing him of “deceptive and murderous methods of Oplan Tokhang in Oplan Kapayapaan,” among others. According to Sison, Duterte has “turned the police and military into his private criminal instruments” as they act “like death squads” who are “emboldened to fulfill their kill quotas because of presidential guarantees of impunity […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said Tuesday it was moving ahead with preparations for a much-anticipated summit next month between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, after Pyongyang appeared to cast doubt over the event. “We will continue to plan the meeting,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters, adding that Washington had received “no notification” of a position change by North Korea. “We have not heard anything from that […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday (June 13) it was “grateful” for the release of Otto Warmbier, a U.S. university student held captive in North Korea for 17 months. Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati, was on his way back to the United States. State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Warmbier was “in the air” and would not comment further on his physical condition, […]
