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China’s vice foreign minister opposes U.S. missile defense system in South Korea

  SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (Reuters) — Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui on Tuesday (February 16) expressed opposition to the possible deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in South Korea, following North Korea’s recent rocket launch. “We exchanged opinions on THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system. China has expressed opposition to this deployment. Related countries should take a cautious action,” Zhang said after a meeting with South Korea’s 1st Vice Minister of Foreign […]

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Jeb Bush gets a brotherly hand from George W. in S. Carolina

NORTH CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA , United States (Reuters) — Former President George W. Bush came to the aid of his brother Jeb Bush’s Republican presidential campaign in South Carolina on Monday (February 15) with a rousing endorsement of his character and a call for voters to reject the angry bluster of Donald Trump. The appearance of the elder Bush on the campaign trail may help Jeb Bush with South Carolina Republicans who hold the former president […]

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Bagong gusaling sambahan sa Aklan, pinasinayaan; Barangay chapel naman sa Cagayan pinasinayaan din

Report by Ben Salazar (Courtesy of Eagle News Correspondents Joel Beltran, Cagayan & Alen Gementiza, Aklan) PINASINAYAAN ang isang bagong barangay chapel ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Afusing, Alcala, Cagayan. Ito ay pinangasiwaan ni Kapatid na Augusto T. Galapon, District Supervising Minister ng Cagayan South. Samantala, isang bagong gusaling samabahan naman ang itinalaga sa Alvatas, Aklan. Ang pagpapasinaya naman ay pinangunahan ni District Supervising Minister ng Aklan na si Kapatid na Manuel A. Nasol, Sr.

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DNA rice breakthrough raises ‘Green Revolution’ hopes

RICE-growing techniques learned through thousands of years of trial and error are about to be turbocharged with DNA technology in a breakthrough hailed by scientists as a potential second “green revolution”. Over the next few years farmers are expected to have new genome sequencing technology at their disposal, helping to offset a myriad of problems that threaten to curtail production of the grain that feeds half of humanity. Drawing on a massive bank of varieties […]

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Obama, ASEAN leaders eye China and Trade at California Summit

PRESIDENT Barack Obama gathered leaders from Southeast Asia on Monday to strengthen trade ties and form a common stance on the south china sea in a summit the white house hopes will solidify U.S. influence in the region. Here’s U.S. President Obama making the opening remarks at the ASEAN summit at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California.

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US pushes for legal resolution of territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea

CALIFORNIA, United States of America – United States President Barack Obama emphasized that the Association of South East Asian Nation has the opportunity to promote a unified goal in the region – a goal that will respect the international law, maintain freedom of navigation and resolution of the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea in a peaceful and legal manner. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded […]

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Transport groups not contented with oil price rollback

QUEZON City, Philippine – Transport groups expressed their discontent on the oil price rollback, adding that the incremental oil price rollback implemented by the large oil companies is not enough for them to recoup their losses incurred from the oil price hike that occurred in the past years. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by  Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em> https://youtu.be/1K2AFv_m-og

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Shipping companies implement fare and cargo rate rollback

MANILA, Philippines – The Maritime Industry Authority confirmed that several shipping companies implemented a rollback on their passenger fares and cargo rates in the face of the successive oil price rollback. <em>(Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)</em>

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President Aquino can use prerogative to implement salary increase for gov’t employees

QUEZON City, Philippines – According to House Speaker Sonny Belmonte, President Benigno Aquino can use his presidential prerogative to implement a salary increase for more than one million government employees this year, with the failure of the Congress to pass the Salary Standardization Law, (SSL-4). Belmonte added that the House of Representatives was able to pass its own version of the law but the Senate failed to do the same with its own version. (Eagle […]

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COMELEC sets final testing and sealing of vote counting machine

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Elections sets the final testing and sealing of the vote counting machine on May 2 – May 9. According to the COMELEC resolution, the members of the Board of Election Inspectors should gather in their respective polling places during said dates for the said testing and sealing of the vote counting machines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

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