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LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s congress suspended lawmaker Kenji Fujimori late Wednesday over corruption allegations but lacked a quorum to dismiss him as part of a fight with his sister for control of their father’s political dynasty. After 11 hours of debate, 61 lawmakers voted to suspend the youngest son of former president Alberto Fujimori. But the speaker of the chamber, Luis Galarreta, then suspended the session citing a lack of quorum — 67 lawmakers […]
by Amal Jayasinghe © Agence France-Presse COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — Three months after Sri Lanka was rocked by deadly anti-Muslim riots fuelled by online vitriol, Facebook is training its staff to identify inflammatory content in the country’s local languages. The social network has been seeking penance in Sri Lanka after authorities blocked Facebook in March as incendiary posts by Buddhist hardliners fanned religious violence that left three people dead and reduced hundreds of mosques, homes […]
(Eagle News) — Nananatili sa normal na lebel ang antas ng tubig sa Marikina river sa kabila ng malawakang pag-ulan sa Metro Manila. Ayon sa Marikina City Rescue, alas 8:00 kaninang umaga ay nasa 12.4 meters ang water level sa Marikina river, at sa ngayon ay walang anumang alarma na nakataas sa ilog. Una rito, kaninang ala-una ng madaling araw (1:00 AM) ay 13.2 meters ang pinakamataas na water level na naitala sa nasabing ilog. […]
(Eagle News) — The combined effects of “Domeng” and the monsoon trough are expected to bring moderate to occasional heavy rains over Southern Luzon and Visayas, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Thursday, June 7. According to PAGASA, while landfall remains less likely to occur, the tropical depression is expected to enhance the southwest monsoon, which will result in moderate to heavy monsoon rains over Mimaropa and Western Visayas, “with gradual northward progression […]
CLEVELAND, U.S (AFP)- Kevin Durant scored 43 points as the Golden State Warriors moved to within one victory of a third NBA title in four seasons by beating Cleveland 110-102 on Wednesday. The Warriors seized a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven NBA Finals and can complete the first championship series sweep since 2007 by winning game four on Friday. No team has ever recovered from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series. © […]
CLEVELAND, U.S (AFP)- Results from Wednesday’s game in the best-of-seven NBA Finals: Golden State–110 Cleveland–102 (Golden State leads series 3-0) © Agence France-Presse
Other appointments announced (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has made new appointments. Tourism Undersecretary Jose Gabriel “Pompee” La Viña is now an undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture, taking the post left vacant by Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, who is now head of the tourism department. La Viña was Social Security System commissioner before he was transferred to the Department of Tourism amid allegations of corruption against him. He has denied the allegations, saying they were part […]
(AFP)- The US State Department on Wednesday said it had sent several government employees evaluated over mystery symptoms similar to those reported by personnel in China back to the United States for further assessment. Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said a medical team was sent to Guangzhou, China, after an American employee fell ill last month, reviving fears that a US rival has developed some kind of invisible acoustic or microwave device. “The safety and security of […]
(Eagle News) — Bahala na ang Korte Suprema sa quo warranto petition na isinampa ni Atty. Elly Pamatong laban kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Sinabi ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque na isang independent body ang Korte Suprema na hindi maaaring panghimasukan ng ibang ahensiya ng pamahalaan. Ayon kay Roque tiwala naman ang Malcañang sa karunungan ng mga mahistrado ng Korte Suprema para magbigay ng hatol sa mga usaping legal. Si Pangulong Duterte ay sinampahan ni Pamatong […]
NEW YORK, U.S (AFP)- Designer Kate Spade, who committed suicide in New York this week, had been treated for depression and anxiety for five years, her husband said Wednesday. “She was actively seeking help for depression and anxiety over the last five years, seeing a doctor on a regular basis and taking medication for both depression and anxiety,” her husband Andy Spade said in a statement carried by The New York Times. It was a […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP)- Japan is drawing up plans requiring all senior government bureaucrats to undergo anti-sexual harassment training, an official said Thursday, after a scandal involving a top finance ministry employee. “We are now preparing such a plan,” a cabinet office official told AFP, adding that a final version will be presented at a meeting headed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later this month. The move comes after the top bureaucrat at the Finance Ministry quit […]
(AFP)- Videographic locating Singapore’s resort island of Sentosa, where a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un will take place.
