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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A strong typhoon hurtled towards western Japan on Thursday, with forecasters warning of heavy rains and landslides, including in areas hit by deadly flooding last month. Typhoon Cimaron, with maximum gusts of 216 kilometres (133 miles) per hour, was around 280 kilometres southeast of the Goto islands at 2300 GMT Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The typhoon is expected to make landfall late Thursday and head north through Friday morning, […]
A support organization for Catholic Church’s sex abuse victims in Ireland said that as many as one in four adults in the country had experienced some sort of sexual abuse, as a campaign called “Say Nope to the Pope” is planned to hold a protest event as Catholic Pope Francis visits Ireland on Saturday. Executive Director Maeve Lewis of the “One in Four” abuse survivors’ support group said that the upcoming papal visit in Ireland […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Wednesday said it has suspended more than 400 of thousands of applications it has investigated to determine whether people’s personal information was being improperly shared. Applications were suspended “due to concerns around the developers who built them or how the information people chose to share with the app may have been used,” vice president of product partnerships Ime Archibong said in a blog post. Apps put on […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has arrested a German national who allegedly attempted to take with him to Germany four Filipinas who were “made to lie about the circumstances of their travel.” In a statement, the BI said one Herbert Joseph Vogt, 72, was nabbed on Monday, Aug. 21, as he and the four attempted to board a flight to Doha, Qatar at the Clark International Airport. Immigration officer in charge Deputy Commissioner […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Mismong si Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde ang nagkabit ng ikalawang estrelya ni National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Chief Police Director Guillermo Eleazar. Dahil dito, isa nang full-fledged director si Eleazar na una nang namuno sa Quezon City Police District at sa PNP-CALABARZON. Sa harap nito, nangako naman si Eleazar na lalo pang pagbubutihin ang kanyang serbisyo sa bayan. Partikular na rito ang ginagawang internal cleansing ng […]
(Eagle News) — The low pressure area that was spotted northwest of extreme northern Luzon has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to PAGASA, although “Luis” will not have a direct effect on the country, it may continue to enhance the southwest monsoon, bringing scattered moderate to heavy rains in La Union, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Batanes and Babuyan Islands and the Cordillera Administrative Region […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The National Food Authority is under fire from some legislators following the alleged rice crisis in Zamboanga that saw a whopping increase in the prices of the staple food. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the NFA as a whole “has become a liability to the government,” noting the drop in its revenues “every year.” He said that from the P29.3 billion it earned in 2016, its earnings dropped to P17.93 […]
by Martin Parry Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s tenuous grip on power was under intense pressure Thursday with the man who wants his job launching a second leadership challenge in a week and senior ministers defecting. Former home affairs minister Peter Dutton, an ex-police officer and right-wing conservative, said he was confident he now had the numbers to unseat Turnbull, considered a moderate. “Earlier this morning I […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi raw binabalewala ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang umano’y mga banta sa buhay ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte maging lokal man o mula sa international community. Noong weekend, mismong ang Pangulo ang naghayag na pinagpaplanuhan umano siyang ipapatay ng Central Intelligence Agency ng United States. Banta sa buhay ni Pangulong Duterte, mula sa drug lords, mga rebelde at terorista – PNP Chief Albayalde Base sa kanilang nakakalap na intellegence report, nagmumula raw […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has proposed the creation of a multi-agency task force that he said would be responsible for mitigating the effects of rising inflation in the country. In a statement on Wednesday, Aug. 22, Gatchalian said the Department of Finance can be in charge of creating the task force, together with the Department of Budget and Management. “It can be a multi-sectoral and multi-departmental task force so that we can come […]
by Catherine Marciano Agence France Presse VATICAN CITY (AFP) — With the Catholic Church rocked by a devastating US report into child sex abuse, Catholic Church’s Pope Francis has this week sharpened his criticism on the explosive issue — but he remains under pressure to enact far-reaching changes. The US grand jury report accused more than 300 “predator” priests in the state of Pennsylvania of abusing more than 1,000 children over seven decades, sparking […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Nancy Binay on Wednesday, Aug. 22, said there were “glaring security and protocol lapses” following the Ninoy Aquino International Airport fiasco last week, with the “unauthorized entry of 61 recovery flights” in the airport. Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Ed Monreal had said the 61 uncoordinated flights worsened airport congestion at the four terminals “further delaying flight operations in the wake of the Xiamen Air mishap,” Binay said. She said Xiamen […]
