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Solon wants House probe into DOH’s P8.1-billion barangay health station project

(Eagle News) — Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate is seeking a probe into the alleged irregularities in the Department of Health’s P8.1-billion school-based Barangay Health Station–TSEKAP project. In asking the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability to conduct the probe, Zarate said the “people ended up with nothing but half-finished, dilapidated and unusable BHS.” Zarate also noted that the Commission on Audit red-flagged the project, saying it was “obstructed by ineligible and non-workable project […]

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Basketball diplomacy: S. Korea teams head for Pyongyang

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A high-level South Korean delegation left for Pyongyang Tuesday with dozens of basketball players, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s favourite sport becomes the latest effort at athletic diplomacy between the neighbours. Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon will lead the delegation of 50 male and female players, in the first visit to Pyongyang by an official from the South since Kim and US President Donald Trump’s landmark summit in Singapore last […]

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Año tells police to prioritize solving Halili murder case

(Eagle News) — Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año has instructed the police to prioritize solving the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili on Monday, July 2. Año  said he specifically directed the Calabarzon police director, Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, to do the same. “Maraming lumulutang na anggulo kaya trabaho ng Special Investigation Task Force na binuo ni P/Chief Supt.Carranza na pag-aralan at imbestigahan ang mga ito para agad na […]

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I.Coast to invest 1 billion euros to replenish forest cover

  ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP)–The world’s top cocoa producer Ivory Coast said Monday it would invest nearly one billion euros over 10 years to replace forests that were razed to grow the bean. The West African country supplies two million tonnes of cocoa to the world market annually and the commodity is a mainstay of the economy. Mighty Earth, an NGO, had alleged in an October report that “many of the country’s national parks and […]

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De Lima lashes out at Duterte following Halili killing; He “most certainly murdered him with words,” she says

(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday, July 3, lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte anew, saying it was he who “most certainly murdered with words” Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili. “Yesterday, a mayor was shot in broad daylight during a morning flag ceremony. Before the body even turns cold, he proclaims in a speech that the mayor who was shot dead was a suspected drug lord and saw it coming,” De […]

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Taiwan smartphone maker HTC to lay off 1,500 workers

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP)–Taiwan’s struggling smartphone maker HTC announced Tuesday it would slash 1,500 jobs, around a fifth of its total workforce, in the biggest staff cull for three years following heavy losses. The announcement of the cuts to its manufacturing workforce comes despite a new deal with Google, completed in January, which boosted HTC’s first quarter performance after a dismal 2017. Once a star of the intensely competitive smartphone sector, HTC has been struggling in […]

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Concom tasked to review Charter unanimously votes to approve draft federal Constitution

(Eagle News) — The 22-member Consultative Committee (ConCom) which was tasked by President Rodrigo Duterte to review the Constitution unanimously approved on Tuesday, July 3, in an en banc session, the draft of the proposed charter that will allow a shift to federal-presidential form of government. The final draft will be submitted on July 9 to the President, in time for his State of the Nation Address on July 23. The Consultative Committee is headed […]

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PNP: No clues derived from bullet found in Halili’s body

(Eagle News)–The bullet that hit Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili disintegrated upon impact, the Philippine National Police said on Tuesday, July 3. In an interview over GMA7’s Unang Balita, Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, Calabarzon director, said, however, that police were trying to determine the gun used to kill the mayor through an analysis of the bullet jacket  recovered from him. The police also found a bullet shell in the area. According to Carranza, so far, […]

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Updated: Thai cave boys to get 4 months’ food, and diving training

MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) — Twelve boys and their football coach found alive in a Thai cave will be supplied with four months’ worth of food and get diving training, the military said, as focus shifted to the tricky task of evacuating the group from the complex underground system. The boys aged between 11 and 16, were discovered with their 25-year-old coach late Monday, rake thin but alive, huddled on a ledge deep inside a flooded […]

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Cousins to ink one-year deal with mighty Warriors: report

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)–DeMarcus Cousins, who suffered a season-ending Achilles injury last season, reportedly has agreed to a one-year contract with the defending champion Golden State Warriors on Monday, the US media reported. Cousins is expected to sign a $5.3 million deal which will allow him to join a starting lineup that would rival many all-star game squads, American broadcaster ESPN reported. When he is ready to return, Cousins will take the court with […]

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Dell becomes public company five years after buyout

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP)–Dell, the onetime leader in personal computers and tech industry stalwart, said Monday it will become publicly traded five years after a contentious private equity buyout. The company announced a stock swap deal with its software subsidiary VMware that will result in a reorganized tech giant that returns to the stock market, with founder Michael Dell retaining control as chairman and chief executive. The move comes after a 2013 private equity […]

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Thai boys found alive after nine days trapped in cave

by Sippachai Kunnuwong © Agence France-Presse MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) – Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded Thai cave for nine days were found alive late Monday after a painstaking search by specialist divers who finally discovered the emaciated group on a mud embankment. There had been no contact with the boys, aged between 11 and 16, since they went missing with their 25-year-old coach on June 23. The massive international […]

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