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(Eagle News) — Former Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago succumbed to cancer this morning (September 29). Santiago, 71, peacefully died in her sleep in their La Vista residence, according to her husband, Atty. Jun Santiago. The former senator, who ran for president in the May 9 elections, has been battling lung cancer since she announced that she had the disease in July 2014. She, however, revealed last year that she was undergoing a clinical trial for a […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Widely used prescription and non-prescription painkillers are associated with an increased risk of hospital admission for heart failure, according to a study released Thursday. The drugs in question are so-called NSAIDs, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, including several known as COX-2 inhibitors. Many are among the most commonly used drugs to alleviate pain and inflammation, and some were introduced over a century ago with minimal safety checks. The broad link between the use […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The probe into the alleged illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) is set to resume on October 5 to October 7 even without the presence of key witness Jaybee Sebastian. In an interview, Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali said other witnesses were set to testify next week, including Ronnie Dayan, Sen. Leila De Lima’s driver and reported lover; Joenel Sanchez, De Lima’s security aide and alleged […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — After Senator Leila De Lima’s emotional outburst during her press conference in Senate, President Rodrigo R. Duterte advised her to take a break. The president, during his speech at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), said contrary to De Lima’s accusations, Duterte said, he is actually the one being oppressed. Duterte said De Lima had in fact, asked the United Nations to investigate him on alleged extra judicial killings in […]
ALBUQUERQUE, United States (AFP) – by Thomas WATKINS The United States is sending about 600 extra troops to Iraq to train local forces for an upcoming offensive on the Islamic State group stronghold of Mosul, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Wednesday. IS seized Mosul along with other areas in June 2014, but the country’s forces have since regained significant ground from the jihadists and are readying for a drive to retake Iraq’s second largest city. “These […]
ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) – by Karam al-Masri with Maya Gebeily in Beirut The United States threatened Wednesday to suspend its engagement with Russia over the conflict in Syria following escalating attacks on rebel-held parts of Aleppo city, including strikes on two hospitals. UN chief Ban Ki-moon denounced the attacks — which saw the two largest hospitals in Aleppo’s opposition-controlled east hit with air strikes and artillery fire — as “war crimes”. President Bashar al-Assad’s forces […]
(REUTERS) SpaceX is developing a massive rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and cargo to Mars with the ultimate goal of colonizing the planet, company chief and tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Musk outlined his plans for the Mars rocket, capable of carrying 100 passengers plus cargo per voyage, even as SpaceX is still investigating why a different rocket carrying a $200 million Israeli satellite blew up on a […]
(REUTERS) The South Korean court overseeing Hanjin Shipping’s receivership process said on Wednesday that a sale of the world’s seventh-largest container carrier, which collapsed late last month, is one of many options it is considering if the court concludes the company is to be rehabilitated. Judge Choi Ung-young, who serves as a court spokesman for media inquiries on the case, said a sale is possible in principle if it’s deemed the best way to […]
(REUTERS) International prosecutors investigating the downing of a Malaysian airliner two years ago have concluded it was shot down by a Russian-made missile fired from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, victims’ family members said on Wednesday. Families were informed of the prosecutors’ findings shortly before a news conference was due to start in the central Dutch city of Nieuwegein on the outcome of the investigation. A surface-to-air missile hit Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 on […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (September 28) appealed to Senator Leila De Lima to take some days off, following her outburst in a press conference earlier in the day. “With all due respect… I think she is breaking down. I suggest she takes days off. If she keeps on yakking, she will have a nervous breakdown,” Duterte said in a press conference before flying for his official visit to Vietnam. “I’m not trying […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Relations between China and the Philippines are improving “beautifully” under President Rodrigo Duterte, Beijing’s envoy has said as Duterte warms to China and Russia following US criticism of his bloody war on crime. Ambassador Zhao Jianhua offered effusive praise for Duterte in a speech at an embassy reception late Tuesday, saying China “firmly supports” his anti-drugs campaign that has prompted Western condemnation of alleged extrajudicial killings. Duterte has rejected the criticism, […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has admitted that some Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) troops were still uncertain with the peace talks with Communist rebels. “I’ve heard that there are rumblings because they are natural enemies. There are many who died from the military. But I told them, you know guys, I am your president, I am your commander-in-chief,” Duterte said. In his visits of military bases, Duterte reiterated to the troops to remain loyal […]
