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NUPL assails Con-Com’s proposed federal Charter

(Eagle News)–The National Union of People’s Lawyers has assailed the federal charter proposed by the Consultative Committee, saying it “falls into the bait or trap of strongman rule.” According to the NUPL, this was because even if there were “progressive” provisions in the draft, it “effectively grants the incumbent authoritarian powers,” allowing him to appoint “all the members of the independent Constitutional commissions and practically thousands of government officials, which could include the judiciary, while […]

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Vatican suspends Chilean deacon accused of child abuse

  SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — The Vatican dismissed a Chilean deacon over sexual abuse accusations in central Chile, the archdiocese of the city of Rancagua said Friday, amid a widespread abuse scandal gripping the country’s Catholic Church. Luis Rubio was arrested for improper conduct and sexual abuse of minors when he was in charge of a Las Cabras school in 2013. A year later, the archdiocese of Rancagua dismissed him from his duties while an […]

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Money matches: Five who could be next for Pacquiao

  Manny Pacquiao turned back the clock in Kuala Lumpur last Sunday, July 15, to register a first knockout for nine years and win the welterweight world title from WBA title-holder Lucas Matthysse of Argentina. The Filipino boxing legend, also known as “Pambansang Kamao” said he was good for “two or three” more fights, shrugging off renewed calls by friends including President Rodrigo Duterte to hang up his gloves after stopping World Boxing Association welterweight […]

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France, Russia to jointly deliver humanitarian aid to Syria

  PARIS, France (AFP) — France and Russia will jointly deliver humanitarian aid to the former Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, the French Presidency said in a statement with Russia on Friday. A Russian cargo plane arrived late Friday in Chateauroux in central France to load 50 tons of medical equipment and essential goods provided by France, said an AFP videographer at the scene, to be transported to the former rebel area which was […]

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Pentagon to provide $200 mn to Ukraine in security funds

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Defense Department said Friday it would give $200 million to Ukraine to help the war-torn nation bolster its military’s defensive capabilities. The amount is part of a series of Pentagon payments now totaling more than $1 billion to Ukraine since 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea. Ukraine is fighting a separatist insurgency in its Russian-speaking eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. All of the military aid, which comes from […]

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“Inday” leaves PAR but monsoon rains to persist in parts of Luzon, including Metro Manila

(Eagle News)–“Inday” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility, but monsoon rains are expected to persist in several parts of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said severe tropical storm “Inday”, which is now 915 kilometers northeast of Basco, Batanes as of 5 a.m., and a low pressure area located 285 kilometers west of Laoag, Ilocos Norte as of 3 a.m., will continue to enhance the southwest monsoon. Intermittent heavy […]

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17 dead as tourist boat sinks in US lake

  by Nova Safo Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — A tourist boat capsized and sank in a sudden storm on a lake in Missouri, leaving 17 dead, including some children, authorities said Friday after divers recovered the bodies of the last people who were missing. The accident occurred Thursday night in full view of witnesses, at least one of whom captured video of the small boat bobbing in rough waters on Table […]

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“Inday” maintains its strength; monsoon rains to persist in several parts of PHL, including Metro Manila

(Eagle News)–“Inday” has maintained its strength as it prepares to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its 11 p.m. bulletin, PAGASA said that as of 10 p.m., the center of “Inday” was spotted 925 kilometers east northeast of Basco, Batanes. “Inday” is packing maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour near the center, and gustiness of up to 115 kilometers per hour. PAGASA said […]

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Dominguez: DOF to file criminal charges vs public officials, private individuals involved in P11-B tax credit scam

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Finance said it would file criminal charges against public officials and private individuals involved in an P11 billion tax credit scam that happened from 2008 to 2014 which was recently uncovered by state auditors. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III made the announcement as the department said there were public officials and private individuals who have unduly benefited from the issuance of over P11 billion-worth of tax credit certificates […]

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Trump threatens tariffs on all $505bn of Chinese imports

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said in an interview released Friday he is willing to hit all Chinese goods imported to the United States with tariffs if necessary. “I’m ready to go 500,” the Republican leader told the US network CNBC, referring to the $505.5 billion in Chinese imports accepted into the United States in 2017. “I’m not doing this for politics, I’m doing this to do the right thing […]

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Dangerous complacency’ looms over world AIDS meeting

  by Mariëtte Le Roux Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — Thousands of experts and activists descend on Amsterdam Monday to bolster the battle against AIDS amid warnings that “dangerous complacency” may cause a resurgence of the epidemic that has already killed 35 million people. Rather than closing in on the goal of “ending” AIDS, new HIV infections have surged in parts of the world as global attention has dwindled and funding levelled off, […]

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Sereno supporters say SC decision to reprimand her a move to “gag criticism, opposition”

(Eagle News) — Supporters of ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said the Supreme Court’s decision to reprimand her for criticizing her former colleagues was a move to “gag criticism and opposition.” “The Supreme Court has effectively transformed itself from a means of truth and justice to a menace to those who seek them,” the Coalition for Justice said in a statement on Friday, July 20. According to the group, “that the High Tribunal would […]

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