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ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) — Nespresso maker Nestle on Tuesday said it has sealed a deal to market the products of US coffee giant Starbucks around the world, outside of its cafes. Swiss food giant Nestle, which also produces Nescafe instant coffee, had announced in May it would pay $7.15 billion (6.13 billion euros) for the rights to market Starbucks coffee globally. Under the deal, some 500 Starbucks employees in the United States and Europe will […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday, Aug. 28, approved on second reading a measure seeking to increase the paid maternity leaves of workers in the private and public sectors to 100. House Bill 4113 was approved via viva voce voting. It needs to be approved on third reading before it is subjected to scrutiny in a bicameral conference committee. Last year, the Senate approved Senate Bill 1305 that aims to provide female workers 120-day […]
KUPANG, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning or immediate reports of damage. The offshore tremor struck at a shallow depth of eight kilometres (five miles), about 100 kilometers southeast of Kupang on the Indonesian portion of Timor island, the USGS said. Witnesses described a powerful jolt that lasted a few seconds. “I was on the second floor […]
(Eagle News) — The new Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo de Castro started her first day as head of the Supreme Court assuring the public of the judiciary’s independence, and urging everybody, especially her critics, to “move on” for the good of the whole judiciary. “I think we should all move on and work together for the good of our judiciary. Let’s put the past behind us,” she said in her first press briefing as […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, Aug. 28, urged newly-appointed Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro to inhibit herself from “politically charged cases” brought before the Supreme Court. In a statement, he said this was “to uphold the integrity of the decision that the Supreme Court may make during her short tenure.” “All questions, issues, and doubts surrounding (her) appointment…, particularly with regard to her impartiality, can only be addressed if the newly-appointed chief […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has made new appointments in the National Youth Commission and the Energy Regulatory Commission. Duterte signed the appointment of Ronald Gian Cardema as chair of the NYC on Aug. 23. He also appointed lawyer Alexis Lumbatan as ERC member. Lumbatan replaces Gloria Victoria Taruc, who retired on July 10. Lumbatan’s term will end in July 2025.
(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court is holding today, Tuesday, Aug. 28, oral arguments on the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Two petitions against the planned withdrawal were filed separately—one by opposition senators Kiko Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Bam Aquino, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV; and the other by the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court led by former Commission on Human Rights chair Etta Rosales. Earlier, the SC denied […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France’s Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot, one of the most popular members of President Emmanuel Macron’s government, announced his resignation on Tuesday. “I am taking the decision to leave the government,” he said on France Inter radio, adding that he felt “all alone” on environmental issues within the cabinet. © Agence France-Presse
Palace unfazed; says the communication “does not mean anything” (Eagle News) — Relatives of drug suspects killed in police operations have filed a communication against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court. In filing the communication before the ICC on Tuesday, Aug. 28, Rise Up for Life and Rights, which includes critics of Duterte’s drug war, said the President violated Article 7 of the Rome Statute for “widespread and systematic attacks in the form […]
GOSFORD, Australia (AFP) — Sprint superstar Usain Bolt admitted Tuesday he was struggling with the tempo of professional football but is working hard to raise his fitness levels ahead of his first trial match this week. The eight-time Olympic champion has been given an opportunity by Australia’s Central Coast Mariners to fulfil his dream of a soccer career and has stepped up his training regime since hooking up with the A-League club last week. He […]
by Miwa Suzuki Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The abdication of Japan’s Emperor Akihito next year will be quite literally the end of an era, the Heisei era of his rule, and behind closed doors, talks on the next era have begun. Japan is the only country in the world still using Chinese-style imperial calendars. It might be 2018 in much of the world, but in Japan it is Heisei 30, or 30 […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian investors extended a rally on Tuesday, tracking another Wall Street record as investors cheered a fresh trade deal between the United States and Mexico that brings an end to one row picked by Donald Trump that had rattled global markets. The agreement raises hopes the two-decade-old North American Free Trade Agreement, torn up by the White House soon after Trump’s election, can be salvaged after Canada rejoins talks on […]
