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(Eagle News) — Hinimok ni Senator Sonny Angara ang gobyerno na bigyan rin ng ayuda ang mahigit apat na milyong out-of-school youth sa buong bansa. Sinabi ni Angara, na nakakalungkot na milyun-milyon pa rin ang hindi nabibigyan ng pagkakataong makapag-aral. “While it’s back to school for 28 million students, there are still some 3.8 million out-of-school children and youth out there who need government’s assistance so they can have access to quality education. Nakalulungkot na […]
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin on Monday downplayed suggestions Russia was seeking to disrupt the European Union’s cohesion, saying it was in his country’s interests for the bloc to remain “united and prosperous”. “We have an interest in an EU that’s united and prosperous, since the EU is our most important commercial and economic partner,” Putin told Austria’s ORF television a day before an official visit to Vienna. “The more problems at the heart […]
(Eagle News)~The suspect in the killing of an Ombudsman assistant special prosecutor has been arrested. A report said jeepney barker Angelo Avenido Jr. ,31, was nabbed by authorities on Monday, June 4, at 5:45 p.m. This was only hours after the killing of Madonna Joy Enaco Tanyag in Quezon City. Police said Avenido had tried to rob Tanyag, but she resisted. Tanyag was five months pregnant at that time.
by Henry Morales and Edgar Calderon © Agence France-Presse ALOTENANGO, Guatemala (AFP) — Rescue workers Monday pulled more bodies from under the dust and rubble left by an explosive eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano, bringing the death toll to at least 62. Fanuel Garcia, head of the country’s Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) — which is tasked with identifying the remains — told reporters that “so far, the INACIF is working on 62 bodies.” The […]
by Michael Mathes © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — She is known for her privacy and White House independence, often breaking with her husband’s schedule. But Melania Trump’s unusual 25-day absence from public view following surgery for a “benign” kidney condition has raised questions. The first lady was scheduled to re-emerge in the public eye later Monday at a private reception for families of US soldiers killed in action — her first […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Democrats on Monday urged President Donald Trump not to squander the “historic” opportunity of a face-to-face summit with North Korea’s leader, as the lawmakers opposed any easing of sanctions without complete and verifiable denuclearization. Affirming their support for Trump’s scheduled June 12 meeting with Kim Jong Un in Singapore, seven influential Democrats including Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned Trump against signing a deal at any cost, and laid […]
(Eagle News)-The Philippines and South Korea have inked an agricultural agreement that will ensure the use of technology in the industry. “With the MoU (memorandum of understanding) on Agricultural Cooperation signed today, various activities are now being lined up, including technology transfer on mechanization and irrigation,” Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said in a post. Piñol’s announcement came after President Rodrigo Duterte and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In held a bilateral meeting at the Blue […]
(Eagle News)~President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 4, expressed optimism about denuclearization in the Korean peninsula. “The Philippines is hopeful that positive developments over the past several months will continue and contribute positively toward the goal of denuclearization in [the] Korean peninsula,” Duterte said after bilateral talks with South Korean President Moon Jae-In in the Blue House in Seoul. He was apparently referring to the Inter-Korea Summit on April 27, which saw the two […]
(Eagle News) – The Office of the Ombudsman is asking the help of the Philippine National Police to investigate the killing of an Assistant Prosecutor who was attacked and murdered by a still unknown assailant on Monday, June 4, in Quezon City. The victim was identified as Assistant Prosecutor, Atty. Madonna Joy Tanyag, of the Office of the Ombudsman, and a resident of Concepcion, Marikina City. Tanyag was four months pregnant when she was […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan’s air force said Monday it was searching for an F-16 fighter jet that went missing at the start of annual live-fire drills. The single-seat jet disappeared off the radar over mountainous terrain in the northeastern county of Keelung at 13:43 pm (0543 GMT), 34 minutes after take off, the air force said in a statement. It added that it was making “all efforts” to search for the missing pilot, […]
by Ala Sakka with Aymen Jamli in Tunis Agence France Presse More than 50 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean on Sunday, the majority off the coasts of Tunisia and Turkey, while Italy marked a sea change in its policy. Tunisian authorities said 48 bodies were recovered off the country’s southern coast, close to the city of Sfax, while 68 people were rescued. “The boat had a maximum capacity of 75 to 90 people, but […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP)- At least seven people were killed in a suicide bombing Monday near a gathering of top clerics in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, roughly one hour after the group proclaimed such attacks a sin, police said. The blast in the western part of the city, near universities and a police academy, is the latest demonstration of the militants’ chilling ability to carry out attacks in the heart of Kabul, which is now the deadliest […]
