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IDLIB, Syria (AFP) — An antiquities museum in Syria’s rebel-held province of Idlib said to house one of the world’s oldest dictionaries reopened on Monday after five years, an AFP correspondent said. Dozens of visitors trickled into the museum in Idlib city to see what an official said represented just a fraction of the building’s collection. Ayman al-Nabu, head of antiquities for the city controlled by an alliance of rebels and jihadists, said the museum […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street stocks finished lower Monday amid worries the Turkish currency crisis will spread to other emerging economies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 0.5 percent to close at 25,187.70. The broad-based S&P 500 fell 0.4 percent to 2,821.93, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.3 percent to 7,819.71. The declines in the US came after other leading equity bourses in Asia and Europe also pulled back as […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Aug. 14, welcomed the dismissal of the murder charges against National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Lead Convenor Liza Maza. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the dismissal of the charges for the killing of Anakbayan supporters “proves that the legal system is working. ” “We’re happy that Secretary Liza Maza can come back to work..,” he said. The Palayan, Nueva Ecija Regional Trial Court dismissed the charges also against former Bayan Muna […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong stocks opened lower on Tuesday, extending the previous day’s sell-off as investors continue to fret over the impact of Turkey’s economic crisis on the global economy. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.64 percent, or 179.23 points, to 27,757.34. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged down 0.18 percent, or 5.13 points, to 2,780.74, while the Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, slipped 0.15 percent, or […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to visit Jordan and Israel soon. The Palace said the President will be in Israel from Sept. 2 to 5, upon the invitation of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The President and the Israeli prime minister will talk about issues on trade, agriculture, counterterrorism, labor, tourism, and security and law enforcement. He will also meet Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, and is expected to meet the Filipino community there. After […]
(Eagle News)–Almost 700,000 people in Luzon were affected by the southwest monsoon enhanced by storms. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said the 691,574 individuals come from the 469 barangays across Luzon. This translates to a total of 154,671 families from the National Capital Region, Regions I, III, IV-A, and Cordillera Administrative Region. According to the NDRRMC, of the figure, 22,648 families were in evacuation centers. Over 14,000, or 14,229 families, were outside. The […]
by Martin PARRY Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A former Australian archbishop convicted of concealing abuse by a notorious paedophile priest in the 1970s was confronted by enraged victims outside a courthouse Tuesday after a judge spared him jail and ordered he serve his sentence at home. Philip Wilson became one of the highest-ranked church officials convicted of covering up child sex abuse when he was found guilty in May of concealing crimes […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — The Asian Games, the world’s second largest multi-sports event, begins this week. Here are five global stars who can shine at the continental showpiece in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia. Su Bingtian (CHN), athletics The Chinese flyer is in the form of his life and ready to cement his status as Asia’s fastest man. Su stormed to a 100 metres personal best of 9.91sec in Madrid as recently as June 22 and […]
(Eagle News) – Senate blue ribbon committee chair Senator Richard Gordon pointed to the conflict of interest provision in the Constitution that was violated by former Department of Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo when she approved P60 million in ad placements with her brother’s Bitag Media Unlimited Inc. Gordon, during the hearing on Tuesday, August 14, questioned Teo who answered him that she did not know that the program “Kilos Pronto” of Bitag Media where […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Tech magnate Elon Musk’s SpaceX vowed Monday to send its first astronauts into orbit on schedule next year — part of a drive to restore America’s dominance of the space race. Gwynne Shotwell, the aerospace manufacturer’s president, told journalists in Los Angeles an unmanned flight to the International Space Station in November would pave the way for a manned mission in April 2019. “Predicting launch dates could make a […]
(Eagle News)—Erwin Tulfo on Tuesday, Aug. 14, lashed out at media organizations he said have made it appear in stories that he had a hand in the P60-million tourism ad placement mess. “I am not part of this,” Tulfo said at the Senate blue ribbon panel’s hearing on the issue, referring to the contract between Bitag Media Unlimited Inc., the company owned by his brother Ben, and the Department of Tourism then-led by their sister, […]
(Eagle News) — Media personalities, Ben and Erwin Tulfo, attended the senate hearing on Tuesday, August 14, to allegedly clear their names on the P60 million advertising placement of the Department of Tourism with their Bitag Media Unlimited. Ben Tulfo’s Bitag Media Unlimited has been embroiled in the controversial ad placement deal as this was made at the time that his sister, Wanda Teo, was serving as the DOT secretary. Tulfo, like his sister […]
