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By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Tuesday, June 5, said the country’s inflation outlook “continues to be a concern and requires close attention.” This even if BSP Governor Nestor Espenilla said that while the average inflation of 4.1 percent in the first five months of the year was still above the BSP’s 2 to 4 percent target for the year, it was “maybe not going to be as bad as […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The suspect in the killing of Madonna Joy Ednaco-Tanyag on Tuesday, June 5, issued an apology for committing the crime, saying he did not mean to stab the Ombudsman Assistant Special Prosecutor on Monday, June 4. “Aksidente lang po nangyari..Nag-agawan po kami ng kutsilyo kaya ko siya nasaksak..,” Angelito Avenido Jr. said as he was presented to the media on Tuesday, June 5, after his arrest only hours after he […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has set oral arguments for the petition seeking to have the Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court declared as invalid. Oral arguments on the petition for certiorari and mandamus filed by Senators Francis Pangilinan, Franklin Drilon, Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV were slated on July 24, at 2 p.m., at the SC’s session hall. […]
by Henry Morales and Edgar Calderon Agence France Presse ALOTENANGO, Guatemala (AFP) — Rescue workers pulled more bodies Monday from under the dust and rubble left by an explosive eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano, bringing the death toll to at least 69. Of them, 17 have been identified so far, said Fanuel Garcia, head of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences. In addition, there are 46 people injured, most of them seriously, more than […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 5, gave Solicitor General Jose Calida five days to respond to Maria Lourdes Sereno’s motion for reconsideration of the High Court decision that nullified her appointment as Chief Justice. It was Calida who filed the quo warranto petition that led to the landmark SC ruling on May 11. During the en banc session, Associate Justice Noel Tijam, who was the ponente, was not […]
“Keiner hätte damit gerechnet, was sich tatsächlich draußen abspielte …” ein persönlicher Bericht über einen Sturzflut in Deutschland By Irene-Juliet Arzadon of Wuppertal, Germany, EBC Correspondent (Translation from German to English by Malou Francisco) Eagle News Service WUPPERTAL, Germany (Eagle News) — 29. Mai wurden wir in Wuppertal von einem heftigen Unwetter überrascht. (May 29 – We, in Wuppertal, were surprised by a violent storm.) So gegen 15:30 Uhr fing es mit einem starken […]
by Jean Luis Arce © Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A court in Mexico has ordered a new probe into a crime that horrified the nation: the disappearance and suspected massacre of 43 students in 2014. Relatives of the missing welcomed the ruling, but the government questioned it and said it was reviewing the decision, which came from a federal court in the state of Tamaulipas. Mexico remains haunted by the unsolved mystery of […]
by Sebastien Berger © Agence France-Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — When Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un sit down in Singapore next week it will be among the most improbable diplomatic summits in history, with principals who could not be more different — but who also share some surprising similarities. Trump was the oldest US president ever to take office when he was sworn in last year, and will turn 72 two days after […]
by Bhuvan Bagga © Agence France-Presse KANPUR, India (AFP) — Soot turned the white handkerchief around Abhash Kumar Sharma’s face to black as the police officer tried to direct gridlocked traffic in the Indian city with the world’s dirtiest air. It was all he had to ward off the pollution blamed for filling Kanpur’s hospital beds with growing numbers of chronic lung and cancer cases. “It is the same story for everyone who spends such […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — A painting by a young Vincent Van Gogh was sold at an auction in Paris Monday for more than seven million euros ($8.2 million), the Artcurial auction house said. “Raccommodeuses de filets dans les dunes” (Women mending nets in the fields) dates from 1882 and was bought by an American collector in a hot bidding battle that boosted the selling price far above the estimated value of between three to five million euros. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday, June 5, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to sign into law a proposed bill that seeks to create a retirement benefit system in the Ombudsman. Gordon made the statement following the killing of Ombudsman Assistant Special Prosecutor Madonna Joy Tanyag. Under Senate Bill 1638, the heirs of Tanyag would be entitled to death benefits equivalent to five years’ worth of salary. Death benefits under the bill are also […]
by Jim Slater Agence France-Presse CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) — Defending champion Golden State has seized command of the NBA Finals as the series shifts to Cleveland, where the Cavaliers must continue their home playoff magic to sustain any title hopes. The Warriors, seeking their third crown in four seasons, could complete a sweep in the best-of-seven showdown with road wins Wednesday and Friday after taking a 2-0 edge with a 122-103 home triumph Sunday. […]
