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By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawai‘i Bureau (Eagle News) HONULULU (Eagle News) — “Often the president is depicted as a no-nonsense, tough-talking, and shoot-from-the-hip type of guy. But I assure you that this president has his heart in the right place,” said Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea about President Rodrigo Duterte, as he provided several assuring remarks like this one before an audience of both Filipinos and non-Filipinos during a Town Hall Meeting held at the Philippine […]
(Eagle News)–The camp of Maria Lourdes Sereno will file a motion for reconsideration of the Supreme Court decision that nullified her appointment as Chief Justice next week. This was according to one of her counsels, former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay. Sereno’s appointment was nullified by a vote of 8-6. In making the decision, the SC dismissed Sereno’s claims she as an impeachable official could only be removed via impeachment. The SC said impeachment and quo […]
(Eagle News) — Nasabat ng mga tauhan ng Manila Veterinary Inspection Board ang aabot sa kalahating toneladang karne ng baka at baboy, o nagkakahalaga ng P90,000, na pinaghihinalaang botcha sa Recto Ave. kaninang madaling araw. Hindi nila naabutan ang mga nagbebenta ng karne, pero naiwanan naman ang mga bayong ng mga hinihinalang double dead na karne. Ayon sa board, dapat ay dumaan sa masusing pag-inspeksyon ang mga karne na ibinebenta sa palengke upang masiguro na […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, May 19, turned over to the Philippine National Police the two policewomen released by members of the Abu Sayyaf who abducted them in Sulu on April 29. Chief Supt. John Bulalacao, PNP spokesperson, said the turn-over of P02 Benierose Alvarez and P01 Dinah Gumahad to PNP Chief Director General Oscar Albayalde took place at 3:30 p.m. in Davao. According to the PNP, the two had been released […]
BEIJING, China — China has for the first time landed several bombers on an island in the disputed South China Sea. Several bombers of various types — including the long-range, nuclear strike capable H-6K — carried out landing and take off drills at an unidentified island airfield after carrying out simulated strike training on targets at sea, the Chinese airforce said in a statement Friday. Wang Mingliang, a defense expert cited in the statement, said the takeoff and […]
(Eagle News) — Almost all of the 115 reelectionists who were on the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s narco-list won in the recently concluded barangay elections. The figure given by Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño in a radio interview over dzbb on Saturday, May 19, was higher than the 60 officials on the narco-list who won in the same elections, according to PDEA. He said these officials would be closely monitored by the Department of the Interior […]
MURMANSK, Russia (AFP) — Russia on Saturday unveiled the world’s first floating nuclear power station at a ceremony in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia. Built in Saint Petersburg, the Akademik Lomonosov arrived in Murmansk on Thursday where it was moored in the port and presented to the media on Saturday. Constructed by the state nuclear power firm […]
by James Pheby with Robin Millard in London Agence France Presse WINDSOR, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle became husband and wife in a star-studded Windsor Castle ceremony on Saturday, filled with traditional pomp and modern twists — and watched the world over. The new Duke and Duchess of Sussex exchanged vows at the altar in St. George’s Chapel in an emotional event that brought the biracial US TV star […]
WINDSOR, United Kingdom (AFP) — Meghan Markle wore a boat-necked, sculpted white dress for her wedding to Prince Harry on Saturday, designed by Clare Waight Keller for French fashion house Givenchy. Here are some of the key details of the dress and accessories seen at the wedding: – Designer – Clare Waight Keller is a British designer who last year became the first female artistic designer of Givenchy, but has also worked for […]
by James Pheby with Robin Millard in London Agence France Presse WINDSOR, United Kingdom (AFP) — US TV star Meghan Markle joined Britain’s Prince Harry at the altar on Saturday wearing a flowing white dress in front of a star-studded congregation as tens of thousands of fans cheered in the street and millions watched around the world. Harry and the bride’s mother Doria Ragland looked visibly moved and the couple held hands as they […]
Helicopters were rushed in to rescue four trapped residents after lava flowing from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano isolated a cluster of homes, local officials said late Friday, one day after the volcano erupted and shot a huge plume of ash miles (kilometers) into the sky. Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim wrote on Twitter that “fast moving lava from Fissure 20 has crossed Pohoiki Rd near Malama Ki Place,” near the Puna forest reserve. The lava […]
