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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday welcomed tough new UN sanctions on North Korea, saying they sent a powerful message to Pyongyang to discard its nuclear weapons ambitions. “I sincerely hope that the North will now abandon its nuclear development programme and embark on a path of change,” said Park, who has taken an increasingly hardline stance with Pyongyang following its nuclear test in January and last month’s […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–Texas Senator Ted Cruz has won the Republican caucuses in Alaska by a slim margin over Donald Trump, US TV networks reported. It was Cruz’s third victory in the Super Tuesday primary and caucus votes in a dozen states against seven wins for Trump. Alaska in the far west was the last state to report its results. With more than 95 percent of precincts reporting, about 36 percent of the votes went […]
Knowah’s rare disease – Wiskott-Aldrich SyndromeMalou Francisco gives us a sneak peek Posted by Eagle News International on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 (Eagle News Correspondent)
by Andrew Beatty WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took a giant step toward securing the White House nominations of their parties Tuesday, thumping rivals in a slew of Super Tuesday primaries. Bellicose billionaire Trump weathered a barrage of attacks from fellow Republicans to win at least seven of 11 states, according to projections, coming within striking distance of becoming the Republican nominee to replace President Barack Obama. Clinton also racked up seven […]
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Merixtrell Pascual reports from the scene Posted by Eagle News International on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 The Mobile World Congress was held at Barcelona, Spain this year and Merixtrell was there to see the phones that will flood the market over the next few months.
Felix Y. Manalou Foundation: Clothing donation supports Canadian Diabetes Association Canada bureau’s Monica de Jesus reports Posted by Eagle News International on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 CANADA — In support of their fight against diabetes thru patients’ education, research advocacy, and finding cure to diabetes, today, right here at the office of the ecclesiastical district of eastern Canada, in Toronto, Ontario, Felix Y. Manalo Foundation continues to exceed expectations as they donate more than 200 boxes […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment will send Labor Undersecretary Ciriaco Lagunsad III to look into reports that thousands of overseas Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia are not receiving salaries and benefits. Said OFWs are working in the two biggest firms in Saudi Arabia. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A German man whose mummified body was found on a yacht adrift off the southern Philippines had died of a heart attack about a week earlier, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday. Police earlier named the victim based on documents found on the yacht on Friday as Manfred Fritz Bajorat of Germany, but they have yet to establish where he had sailed from or where he was heading. “The […]
by Danny KEMP with Eric RANDOLPH in Calais BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Union will Wednesday announce plans for emergency aid to Greece which is struggling to cope with an influx of migrants with thousands stuck in misery at its border after Balkan states tightened their frontiers. Greece has asked for around 480 million euros ($520 million) to help shelter 100,000 refugees as Europe faces its biggest wave of refugees since World War II […]
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton rolled up a series of wins on Tuesday, as the two presidential front-runners took a step toward capturing their parties’ nominations on the 2016 campaign’s biggest day of state-by-state primary contests. Trump and Clinton turned their sights on each other after their Super Tuesday wins, with Trump promising to “go after” Clinton and the former secretary of state decrying what she called Trump’s divisive rhetoric. U.S. networks […]
MANILA, March 2 — The Palace reiterated yesterday that the government is continuously monitoring the situation of overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East who may be affected by the slump in the price of oil. Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma said the government is implementing measures to assist the OFWs there. “DOLE has established fully-integrated processes for new job applications and placements, livelihood assistance and training and other social safety nets for cushioning the impact of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US State Department said Tuesday there has been no significant violation of the fragile ceasefire in Syria in the past 24 hours, but a spokesman noted “nobody’s doing any victory dances” yet. “Over the last 24 hours, we have not been apprised of any claims of any additional violations of any significance,” spokesman John Kirby said. “It’s a very fluid environment and we’re just going to keep monitoring as […]
