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Dozens attend funeral for Arab citizen wanted for Tel Aviv shootings

A few dozen relatives attended the funeral for Nashat Melhem on Tuesday (January 12), wanted for a January 1 gun rampage in Tel Aviv, who was killed in a shootout with police last week, ending a week-long manhunt. Israel returned Melhem’s body to his family who buried him immediately afterwards in a small funeral in his northern Israeli hometown of Arara. His father who condemned the Tel Aviv attack and called on the fugitive to […]

South Korea fires warning shots at suspected drone near border

South Korea fired warning shots on Wednesday (January 13) near an “unidentified flying object” over its border with North Korea, the South Korean defence ministry said, while a news agency said it was a suspected North Korean drone. The object’s appearance follows North Korea’s claimed hydrogen nuclear bomb test last week, which angered Beijing, Pyongyang’s sole major ally, as well as Seoul and Washington. “This afternoon around 14:10 (0510GMT) an unidentified flying object intruded the […]

Aquino hopes next President would continue conditional cash transfer program

PRESIDENT Aquino on Wednesday said he hoped that the next president would continue the government programs that assist the poor, such as the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, to make the country’s economic growth more inclusive. In a speech delivered during a conference on sustaining the gains of the CCT, held at the Asian Development Bank headquarters in Mandaluyong, President Aquino reported that the government has continued to develop ways to make the CCT program […]

David Beckham’s humanitarian efforts honored by UNICEF

Joined by an “A-list’ crowd, David Beckham worked the red carpet on Tuesday night (January 12) at an elegant Beverly Hills gala, where he was honored by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for his strong humanitarian efforts. The former soccer great, who looked in mid-season form, was presented with the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Leadership Award for his extraordinary support of UNICEF’s work to put children first program. “My job was important to me but […]

People in Istanbul worry deadly blast could damage economy

Turks on Wednesday (January 13) were worried by the economic repercussions of a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 10 people, most of them German tourists, in Istanbul’s historic heart on Tuesday (January 13). All of those killed in Sultanahmet square, near the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia – major tourist sites in the centre of one of the world’s most visited cities – were foreigners, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, blaming the […]

North Korea’s Kim calls for expansion of nuclear arsenal

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an expansion of the size and power of his country’s nuclear arsenal, state media said on Wednesday (January 13), a week after a nuclear test that drew condemnation from its neighbours and the United States. Last week’s nuclear test was North Korea’s fourth, although the United States and experts doubt the North’s claim that it was of a more powerful hydrogen bomb, as the blast was of […]

IMF looks forward to collaboration with AIIB

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is looking forward to cooperating with the China-initiated Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), said an IMF official on Tuesday. Chikahisa Sumi, assistant director of the Asia and Pacific Department of the IMF, made the remarks at a forum attended by IMF officials and members of U.S. think tanks in Washington, D.C. “Infrastructure investment need is huge, is simply huge. And then infrastructure investment is very productive investment. And then, it […]

Afghan forces battle gunmen after blast near Pakistani consulate

Afghan security forces exchanged fire with gunmen barricaded in a house near the Pakistan consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Wednesday (January 13) after a suicide bomber blew himself up, officials said. At least six people were killed and 11 wounded in the suicide attack and subsequent fighting, they said. The attack on the consulate, which comes amid efforts to restart the stalled peace process with the Taliban and ease diplomatic tensions between […]

Ilang lugar sa Camarines Norte at Sur mawawalan ng kuryente

Ilang oras na mawawalan ng suplay ng kuryente sa ilang bahagi ng Camarines Norte at Sur. Sa inilabas na advisory ng National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, mula alas ocho y medya ng umaga hanggang alas dos ng hapon ay mawawalan ng kuryente sa mga lugar sa Camarines Sur na sineserbisyuhan ng Casureco II. Tatagal ito hanggang mamayang alas-sais ng gabi.

Barangay chapel, ipinatayo ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Pampanga

Pinatayuan ng Pamamahala ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ng barangay chapel o gusaling sambahan ang mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa San Basilio, kanlurang bahagi ng Pampanga. Matatagpuan ito sa Quiratak Barangay San Basilio Sta. Rita, Pamapanga. Ang pagpapasinaya ng bagong barangay chapel ay pinangunahan ni Kapatid na Bedan l. Ubaldo, District Minister ng Pampanga West. Ang lote na pinagtayuan ng barangay chapel ay ipinagkaloob ng mag-asawang Edgardo at Catalina Galang. Sila ay mga maytungkulin […]

Enrile to reopen Mamasapano probe, PNoy’s presence not needed

(Eagle News) — In his proposal to reopen the Mamasapano probe, Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile said that President Aquino’s presence in the inquiry is not needed, but “he still needs to explain” his part in the ill-fated operation last January 2015. According to the veteran senator, he will not insist on the President’s attendance to the probe, but said that Aquino has to clarify his involvement in the operation that killed 44 members of […]