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by Remi Banet with Terry Daley in Rome © Agence France-Presse GENOA, Italy (AFP) — Italy is searching for answers on Sunday after paying its respects to the dozens killed by a collapsed bridge in Genoa, as the country’s new government continues to battle the underfire motorway company that manages. The death toll from the disaster rose to 43 on Sunday after firefighters discovered three bodies, reported to be those of a couple and their […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday he will run for re-election in 2019 legislative polls. The Liberal Party leader was officially nominated by his party in the central Montreal district of Papineau, a centrist stronghold he has represented since 2008. He was re-elected in 2011 and 2015. He spoke of his “deep conviction that despite the politics of fear and division, staying positive, pulling people together, looking for ways to […]
(Eagle News) — Magiging epektibo na ang pagpapatupad ng Philippine Identification o PhilSys ID system sa Agosto 25. Ito ang inihayag ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) makaraang lagdaan na ito ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte bilang isang batas noong Agosto 9. Paliwanag ni Lisa Grace Bersales, national statistician, nakasaad sa naturang batas na magiging epektibo ang nasabing batas 15 araw matapos itong mailathala sa mga pahayagan. Nasa isang milyong ID ang unang ipalalabas ng PSA kung […]
by Sunghee Hwang Agence France Presse SOKCHO, South Korea (AFP) — Dozens of elderly and frail South Koreans entered the North Monday to meet relatives for the first time since the peninsula and their families were divided by war nearly seven decades ago. The three-day reunion — the first for three years — will take place at Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort in North Korea, following a rapid diplomatic thaw between the neighbours. Millions of […]
(Eagle News) — Pangungunahan ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang pagsisimula ng information drive sa panukalang federal constitution. Ito ang inihayag ni Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea sa huling sesyon ng consultative committee o Con-Com na bumalangkas sa federal charter. Gayunman, wala pang impormasyon kung kailan ilulunsad ng Con-Com ang information campaign. Kabilang ang pagtatatag ng Federalismo kapalit ng kasalukuyang sistema ng gobyerno sa mga ipinangako ni Duterte noong 2016 presidential campaign.
by Bhuvan BAGGA in Thrissur, and Abhaya Srivastava in New Delhi Agence France Presse THRISSUR, India (AFP) — Rescuers searched submerged villages in southwest India on Sunday in a desperate hunt for survivors after floods killed at least 370 people and drove more than 700,000 from their homes. Entire villages in Kerala have been swept away in the state’s worst floods for a century. Rescuers fear the death toll will rise as they reach areas […]
(Eagle News)—Liza Maza has resigned as National Anti-Poverty Commission chair. Maza made the announcement on Monday, Aug. 20, after she and several others were ordered arrested for the death of Anakbayan supporters. The charges were however dismissed, and the warrant voided. In a statement, Maza said she was resigning as the incident “did take a toll” on her work at the NAPC. She added another reason–and the main one at that–for her resignation was the […]
by Nina Larson with Carole Landry in New York Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — From his native Africa to the United States, tributes continued to pour in from around the world Sunday after UN chief, Nobel peace laureate, and “diplomatic rock star” Kofi Annan died at the age of 80. The Ghanaian national was a career diplomat who projected quiet charisma and was widely credited for raising the world body’s profile in global […]
MATARAM, Indonesia (AFP) — Multiple earthquakes — including a powerful and shallow 6.9-magnitude tremor — have rocked the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, killing at least five people and setting off fresh waves of panic. A series of quakes were recorded by seismologists throughout Sunday, the first measuring 6.3 shortly before midday which triggered landslides and sent people fleeing for cover. It was followed nearly twelve hours later by a quake measuring 6.9 and […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers guard Jordan Clarkson has called on the NBA to let players compete in more global tournaments to boost the sport’s popularity worldwide, ahead of his first appearance for the Philippines at the Asian Games. Clarkson, who dashed to Jakarta last week after the US league released him in a last-minute U-turn, said Sunday he had wanted to play for the Philippines for years but had been repeatedly blocked. […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) gave household livelihood assistance to selected barangays which had been earlier displaced by the fighting in Marawi, as part of its “Marawi Early Recovery” program. PRC, in partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) provided assistance to a total of 1,539 beneficiaries. Each family received P10,000 to provide capital for livelihood pursuits such as a sari-sari store, pedicab, fishing equipment, livestock and other business-oriented activities. PRC […]
(Eagle News)–An orange rainfall warning has been hoisted over Zambales, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Monday, Aug. 20. PAGASA said a yellow rainfall warning, on the other hand, is up over Bataan. Light to moderate rains with occasional heavy rains are currently affecting Metro Manila, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac , Nueva Ecija, Laguna, Cavite and Batangas. The state weather bureau said these may persist for two to three hours.
