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(Eagle News) — Limang taon matapos ang pananalasa ng Bagyong Yolanda sa Leyte, umaabot pa lang sa mahigit 40 percent ang mga housing units na natatapos ng gobyerno para sa mga biktima ng kalamidad. Katunayan, sa pagdinig ng Senate Committee on Urban Planning Housing and Resettlement na pinamumunuan ni Senador JV Ejercito, lumilitaw na sa 205,000 housing units ang target ng gobyerno para sa mga biktima ng Yolanda, ngunit 90,000 pa lang sa mga ito […]
BEIJING, China (AFP)–Beijing hit back Monday at allegations it was “militarizing” the South China Sea after landing bombers at an airbase in the contested waters, accusing Washington instead of raising tensions with its own military footprint. China on Friday for the first time landed several combat aircraft — including the long-range, nuclear strike-capable H-6K — at an island airfield in the sea, triggering international concern. The move prompted immediate criticism from the US, with a Pentagon spokesman condemning China’s “continued militarization of […]
MBANDAKA, DR Congo (AFP) — The death toll in an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rose to 26 on Monday after a person died in the northwest city of Mbandaka, the government said, as it began vaccinating first responders against the dreaded disease. “A death was recorded (on Sunday), while two people who had been confirmed as ill with the Ebola virus were cured on Saturday,” Health Minister Oly Ilunga […]
PASAY CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang magiging guest-of-honor at speaker sa ika-isangdaan at dalawampung founding anniversary ng Philippine Navy ngayong araw, Mayo 22. Ayon Kay Navy Spokesperson Capt. Lued Lincuna, isasagawa ang event sa Coconut Palace, Cultural Center of the Philippine (CPP) Complex sa Pasay City, mamayang alas dos ng hapon (2:00 PM). Ang tema para sa anibersaryo ngayong taon ay “Protecting The Seas, Securing Our Future.”
by Maria Isabel Sanchez Agence France Presse CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela faced growing international isolation and a deepening economic crisis Monday following President Nicolas Maduro’s contested re-election as the United States tightened the screws on his regime over a “sham” vote. Washington’s stern reaction further ratcheted up the pressure on the leftist Maduro, after the Lima Group’s 14 mainly Latin American members moved to recall their ambassadors in protest at the opposition-boycotted vote. G20 […]
(Eagle News) — Patuloy namang i-momonitor ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang anumang developments sa West Philippine Sea. Kasunod ito ng napaulat na paglapag ng China ng H-6K bomber aircraft sa man-made islands sa pinag-aagawang teritoryo. Pero ayon sa DFA, hindi isasa-publiko ng gobyerno ng Pilipinas ang bawat hakbang na gagawin kaugnay sa diplomatic row. “While appropriate language, whether expressions of condemnation or concern, over certain developments are clearly conveyed through diplomatic channels, it […]
SAN JOSE, United States (AFP) — Jurors return to a Silicon Valley courtroom Tuesday to deliberate for a second day about whether Samsung should pay Apple a billion dollars for copying iPhone design features. Apple is seeking slightly more than a billion dollars in damages in the seven-year-old legal battle, while Samsung wants a figure closer to $28 million. The jury has been asked to determine whether design features at issue in the case are […]
by Francesco Fontemaggi and Thomas Watkins Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday warned Tehran would be hit with the “strongest sanctions in history” and cautioned European firms against continuing to do business with it, toughening up Washington’s policy line after its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. In his first major foreign policy address since moving to the State Department from the CIA, the longtime […]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is suffering from pneumonia but his condition is improving, officials said late Monday. “I visited President Abbas in the hospital tonight. He suffers from pneumonia and is treated with antibiotics,” Ahmed Tibi, an Israeli Arab member of parliament, said on Twitter, adding that the 83-year-old’s condition had “markedly improved”. Appearing on official media, Saed Sarahna, the head of the Istishari Arab Hospital near Ramallah in the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A coalition of activist groups on Monday announced a campaign to break up Facebook, arguing that the huge social network “has too much power over our lives and democracy.” The groups created a website, and a Facebook page, to garner support for a petition to the US Federal Trade Commission to require the social media firm to spin off Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger into competing networks, and to “impose strong […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A commemorative coin featuring US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has been struck by the White House Communications Agency ahead of their planned summit next month. The coin depicts Trump and Kim, described as North Korea’s “Supreme Leader,” in profile facing each other in front of a background of US and North Korean flags. The words “Peace Talks” are emblazoned at the top of the front […]
(Eagle News)—The Statements of Contributions and Expenses of individuals who filed their certificates of candidacy for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections are due on or before June 13. The Commission on Elections issued the reminder on Monday, May 21, the same day the election period officially came to a close. With the end of the election period, the ban on “bearing, carrying and transporting of firearms and other deadly weapons and the availment or engagement […]
