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by Kiki Siregar Agence France Presse MATARAM, Indonesia (AFP) — Terrified holidaymakers rushed for boats and planes to leave Indonesia’s Lombok island Tuesday after it suffered a second deadly quake within a week, as rescuers scrambled to reach remote areas where survivors are in urgent need of food and shelter. The shallow 6.9-magnitude quake killed at least 105 people and destroyed thousands of buildings in Lombok on Sunday, just days after another deadly tremor surged […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government hopes to distribute national identification cards to about a million Filipinos by the end of the year, according a lawmaker who is one of the authors of the National ID law. Laguna 3rd District Rep. Sol Aragones, co-author of the National Identification Law or the Philippine Identification System Act, said that they are set to conduct a meeting with different agencies that will manage the implementation and distribution of […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is planning to file a motion for reconsideration before the Court of Appeals to appeal its decision regarding the department order directing telecommunications giant PLDT Inc, to regularize 7,344 workers hired from third party contractors. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that he had asked Labor Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod to look into the matter since the affected workers had already expressed fears that the CA […]
(Eagle News) — Regional trial courts can soon issue orders preventing a person suspected of committing a crime from leaving the Philippines. This was after the Supreme Court, voting 11-1, ruled these courts could issue the precautionary hold departure order, which directs the Bureau of Immigration to stop any attempt to leave of an individual facing a crime where the minimum penalty prescribed by the law is at least six years and one day. The […]
(Eagle News) — Former Chief Justice Reynato Puno endorsed Court Administrator Jose Midas Marquez to President Rodrigo Duterte for the position of associate justice of the Supreme Court. In an endorsement letter dated July 31, Puno said Marquez is “qualified to the highest degree” for the associate justice position that will be vacated by retiring Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco Jr. Marquez has been serving the Highest Court for more than 25 years. He became one […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday, Aug. 7, filed a resolution “expressing the position” of the House of Representatives that it and the Senate will vote separately once they convene into a Constituent Assembly to propose changes in the Constitution. “Whereas, the House of Representatives is taking the same position of the Senate thereon,” House Resolution 2056 said. The move essentially breaks the deadlock between the Senate and the House of Representatives then-headed […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has denied detained Senator Leila de Lima’s plea she be allowed to “appear and personally represent herself” during oral arguments on the Philippines’ announced withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. Voting 10-2, the SC said it found “no compelling reason” for the senator, who is detained in Camp Crame over drug cases, to make the appearance and argue against the withdrawal. For this, the SC “noted that Senator De […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has formed a team to help secure the release of the three Filipinos who were kidnapped in Libya. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the team was headed by Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano. Members of the team included Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Mindanao Development Authority Secretary Datu Abul Khayr Dangcal Alonto, and Abdullah Mama-o, the presidential adviser on overseas Filipino workers concerns. According to Roque, the formation […]
ASEAN and China agree on need for an effective Code of Conduct on South China Sea, he says (Eagle News) – Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said that the Philippines has taken over as country coordinator with China for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) dialogue and will be working for an effective Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea, a flashpoint in the region. “So we are happy to take […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s population was due to hit 25 million on Tuesday, renewing debate about overcrowding and infrastructure pressures in major cities as the government explores ways to encourage migrants into regional areas. The Australian Bureau of Statistics projects that the population is growing by one person every 83 seconds and is due to reach the milestone figure at 1300 GMT. It will mark a doubling of the number of people since 1970 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — From the time of his electoral campaign, Donald Trump was one of the biggest opponents of Iran and the hard-won nuclear agreement, which he tore up in May. His stated aim is to stop Iran’s ballistic program and its influence in the Middle East. ‘Nuclear holocaust’ On August 16, 2015, the American billionnaire and Republican presidential frontrunner says that the nuclear accord with world powers will not prevent Iran from […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened fractionally higher Tuesday following overnight gains on Wall Street, as investors searched for fresh news to move the market. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.06 percent, or 14.27 points, to 22,521.59 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.04 percent, or 0.63 points, at 1,733.53. With a dearth of major incentives, players will likely cherry pick selective shares like companies with strong earnings, before […]
