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(Eagle News)—-The Palace on Thursday, Aug. 9, welcomed the selection of Chile’s former President Michelle Bachelet as the next United Nations human rights chief. “I think the (s)election of this new High Commissioner for Human Rights must be a result of compromise and we’re optimistic that we will have better relations with the new High Commissioner for Human Rights,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. President Rodrigo Duterte had engaged in a word war with Jordan’s Zeid […]
(Eagle News) — Chinese President Xi Jinping could visit the Philippines this year, according to Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. Cayetano, said the talks on the Chinese leader’s visit are still going on after President Rodrigo Duterte first extended the invitation to Xi during his state visit in Beijing in October 2016. He said President Xi readily accepted the invitation, and said that the best time to visit the Philippines might be this year. President […]
(Eagle News)——The Palace on Thursday, Aug. 9, defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s environmental policies which Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said partly contributed to the slowing down of the growth of the Philippine economy in the second quarter. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, in the first place, the government does “not approach policy on purely economic and financial basis.” “The President of course will exercise the power of the state, known as police powers, to protect also […]
(Eagle News) — Ipauubaya na ng Department Of Tourism (DOT) sa Commission on Audit (COA) ang pagsasampa ng kaso laban kay dating Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo kaugnay ng umano’y kuwestyunableng advertisement deal sa “Bitag” media at PTV 4. Ito ang kinumpirma ni Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat sa pagharap nito sa House Committee On Appropriations para idepensa ang kanilang panukalang P3.044 billion na budget para sa susunod na taon. Ayon kay Romulo-Puyat, kung hindi maibabalik ang […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has already paid the P50,000 fine for violating the supposed gag order imposed by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal regarding public statements on his electoral protest case against Vice-President Leni Robredo. In a compliance document he submitted, Marcos said he had already complied with the PET order dated June 26 for him to pay the P50,000 fine for not following the gag order issued by the tribunal. […]
LUSAKA, Zambia (AFP) — Zambian authorities on Thursday defied a court order stopping them from deporting top Zimbabwe opposition figure Tendai Biti, handing him to police across the border, his lawyer said. “They have defied the court order to allow him to seek asylum and as I am speaking to you right now he has been handed over to the Zimbabwean police,” lawyer Gilbert Phiri told AFP. Biti, a veteran figure in the Movement for […]
MATARAM, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong aftershock struck Indonesia’s Lombok on Thursday, causing panic among evacuees sheltering after a devastating earthquake killed more than 160 on the holiday island four days earlier. The 5.9-magnitude quake Thursday struck at a shallow depth in the northwest of the island, the US Geological Survey said, even as relief agencies raced to find survivors among wreckage from Sunday’s quake. “The quake was felt strongly. There have been 355 aftershocks […]
by Alexander Martinez / Esteban Rojas Agence France-Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — A super-legislative body loyal to President Nicolas Maduro revoked the immunity of two Venezuelan opposition lawmakers Wednesday, in order to put them on trial for allegedly masterminding a drone “assassination” bid on the leader. Maduro, who has systematically sidelined the opposition as he tightens his grip over his troubled nation, accuses the opposition and Colombia of being behind Saturday’s drone “attack.” He has […]
(Eagle News) — The Australian Government is implementing strategies to assist farmers, as a crippling drought — said to be the worst in the last 400 years — has taken over vast areas of pastoral heartlands affecting thousands of farmers who heavily rely on their farms to sustain their households. The Federal Government has announced that they will be providing cash payments of up to Aus$12,000 to assist farmers and drought stricken communities. The […]
(Eagle News)—-Senator Richard Gordon is proposing the addition of a ninth ray to the sun in the Philippine flag to “rectify the omission of the Muslims from the group of Filipinos given due recognition… for their heroic struggle against the colonial invaders from the West.” “With their bravery, our Muslim heroes left an imprint on national history that, at the very least, must be given due recognition in the most heraldic item of national importance–the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A group of BMW owners in South Korea filed a criminal complaint against the German automaker Thursday over alleged delays in recalling more than 100,000 cars after a spate of engine fires, their lawyer said. The timing of the recall, which was issued last month, is already the subject of a government probe, after more than 30 BMW cars — mostly the 520d sedan model — caught fire this year […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is slated to meet with officials of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan. Duterte, who is chair of the ruling party, will at the same time meet with Rogelio Garcia, who claimed he had been elected the new party president in an assembly at Amoranto stadium in Quezon City on July 27, and his group. The meeting will reportedly take place today, Thursday, Aug. 9. Pimentel has said Garcia’s group would face […]
