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BEIJING, China — A top judge in China said Beijing plans to set up an “international maritime judicial center” to help protect their country’s sovereignty and rights at sea. Giving a work report at the annual meeting of china’s largely rubber-stamp parliament, Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said courts across china were working to implement the national strategy of building china into a “maritime power”. On Monday, foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in Beijing that […]
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AFP)—Bangladesh’s central bank chief resigned on Tuesday, the finance minister said, after hackers stole $81 million from the nation’s foreign reserves in an audacious cyber-heist that has hugely embarrassed the government. “He called me yesterday and I’ve asked him to resign. And he has resigned today,” minister A.M.A Muhith told AFP, referring to the Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 15)- The (EFE) Philippines, considered as the Philippines’ number one trade & consumer exhibition for local and international franchise businesses was successfully launched last Friday, March 11, 2016. It is showcasing over 100 top franchise businesses, as well as innovative Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This three-day event with the tagline “Your Step To Success” runs until Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Megatrade Hall 1, 5th Floor, Mega B, SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City. “Now […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye condemned North Korea’s threat to test a nuclear warhead on Tuesday (March 15), saying the North will lead itself to self-destruction unless it changes. “North Korea will lead itself to self-destruction if it does not change and continues to make excessive provocations and confrontation with the international community,” said Park at a cabinet meeting in Seoul. “I think North Korea’s threat shows that it is […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 15) – Better mark your calendar, guys. Because on March 19, the whole world will participate in the annual Earth Hour activity. For those who don’t know what Earth Hour is, it is the time when we turn off our lights for an hour as a way to raise awareness regarding climate change. Usually, during Earth Hour, we tend to just stay where we are, waiting for the hour to pass so […]
Zamboanga City (PNA) —-The military have launched pursuit operations against a group of Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands who killed two soldiers in an ambush early Tuesday in the province of Sulu. Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander, said the ambush took place at 8:10 a.m.in Sitio Tibongbong, Barangay Igasan, Patikul. Arrojado did not release the identities of the slain soldiers pending notification of their deaths to the nearest kin. He said, however, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A top Islamic State group commander known as “Omar the Chechen” is dead after suffering injuries in a US-led coalition strike in northeastern Syria, the Pentagon confirmed Monday. The announcement would appear to clear up the fate of the notorious Omar al-Shishani, a week after a US official said the most-wanted militant had been targeted in a March 4 attack on the jihadist’s convoy. “We believe he subsequently died of […]
Nagpahayag ng papuri at paghanga sa mga pamunuan ng New Era University si ACB Executive Director Atty. Roberto Oliva dahil sa pagkakaroon ng Asean Study Center sa nasabing pamantasan, na isinagawa noong nakaraang Lunes, ika-29 ng Pebrero sa launching ng NEU-ASEAN Study Center sa 3rd floor ng Professional Schools building sa New Era University. Ayon kay Atty. Oliva, sa kasalukuyan ay nakatuon ang pansin ng buong mundo sa ASEAN region dahil sa ito ay pang pito […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 15) – Our generation is the first to experience climate change, and the least we can do is to take a step in preventing the worse. Earth Hour is a campaign that started in Sydney, Australia in 2007. It was participated in by 2.2 million homes and businesses. For a specific day and time, people will simultaneously shut their lights off to save energy and raise environmental awareness. Is an hour of […]
by Giles HEWITT SEOUL, South korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has ordered an imminent nuclear warhead explosion test and multiple ballistic missile launches, escalating Pyongyang’s face-off with the international community just days after being slapped with tough UN sanctions. The order came after Kim monitored what was described as the successful simulated test of the warhead re-entry technology required for a long-range nuclear strike on the US mainland, the North’s official KCNA […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The NFL’s top health executive Monday became the first senior league official to acknowledge a link between football-related head trauma and the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Jeff Miller, the NFL’s vice president of health and safety, was pressed at a roundtable organized by the Energy and Commerce Committee of the US House of Representatives on whether there was indeed a link between the hard-hitting gridiron game and neurodegenerative diseases […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinagtalunan nina dating Senador Richard Gordon at election lawyer Atty. Romulo Macalintal ang usapin tungkol sa isyu ng pagbibigay ng resibo sa mga botante sa May 2016 elections. Sa isang lingguhang news forum sa Maynila, ipinaliwanag ni Macalintal na hindi malinaw ang depinisyon sa mismong election automation law na akda mismo ni Gordon kung ano ang ibig sabihin ng Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail o VVPAT. Bagama’t inamin ni […]
