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The wife of the pilot who was flying MH17 when it was gunned down over eastern Ukraine told Reuters on Tuesday (October 13) that she wants justice to be served to whoever was responsible for the crash. The plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a BUK-missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final report on the July 2014 crash that killed all 298 people on board. Ivy Loi, a mother […]
“Felix Manalo” movie goers continue to crowd every cinema in every mall nationwide, usually literally taking most, if not all theaters in malls. Movie goers, Iglesia Ni Cristo members or not, have been rushing to cinemas every day since the premiere prompting theaters to take almost all slot in the malls. It even had later than the usual last screening, aside from the early opening time, to accommodate the viewers. After breaking two Guinness World […]
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said she will run for president in the 2016 elections. She added that her running mate is someone who has already declared his or her candidacy. Santiago said the Philippines will be a “much better country” if she will become president in the “near future.” “Today, this country suffers from the malaise of plunder. Plunder is when you look at a person and the person looks at you and you feel like eating […]
Meanwhile, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the U.S. plan of sending a navy ship within 22 kilometers (14 miles) of the artificial island in the Spratly islands “would be consistent with international law and a rules-based order for the region.” It said that it’s important for the international community to safeguard freedom of navigation in the disputed waters. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) also warned that “failure to challenge false claims […]
U.S. media reports have said that the United States will imminently send patrols in areas claimed by china in disputed territories of the South China Sea. A U.S. defense official said last Thursday (October 8) that Washington is considering sailing warships close to china’s artificial islands to signal it does not recognize Chinese territorial claims over the area. The financial times newspaper cited a senior U.S. official as saying U.S. ships would sail within 12-nautical-mile […]
China urges Japan to face up to history and stop threatening the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which recently listed documents concerning the Nanjing Massacre in the Memory of the World Register, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Tuesday. After the Nanjing Massacre was listed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register on Oct. 9, Japan’s Foreign Ministry has questioned the authenticity of the documents, calling on UNESCO to […]
Zimbabwe’s cabinet minister said they will not charge an American dentist for killing its most prized lion — Cecil — in July. They said Walter Palmer — the U.S. Dentist, had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt. Environment minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri told reporters that after approaching authorities it turned out that the Minnesota-based dentist, Walter Palmer, “came to Zimbabwe because all the papers were in order”. Palmer, a lifelong big game hunter, has admitted […]
Several hundreds of Palestinians protested on Tuesday (October 13) at the border area between Israel and Gaza in the wake of a series of street attacks in Jerusalem and near Tel Aviv on a “Day of Rage” declared by Palestinian groups. Protesters waved flags belonging to different Palestinian political parties as they marched towards the border with Israel. Israeli forces threw tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd. At least 14 demonstrators were overcome by […]
(Eagle News) — Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is set to receive today, Oct. 13, the prestigious 2015 Asia Game Changer of the Year 2015 in New York, USA. He depared for the US Sunday night, October 11, to receive the honor, following Asia Society’s earlier announcement of the 2015 Asia Game Changers. He follows in the footsteps of Alibaba CEO Jack Ma, who took the honor in 2014. “The Asia Game […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday (October 12) that she would travel to an EU summit in Brussels later in the week and ask her fellow leaders to work together in tackling the migrant crisis. Speaking at an event of her Christian Democrat Union part in the northern city of Stade, Merkel said that Germany cannot handle the problem alone. “When on Thursday this week I travel to the European Council in Brussels, then […]
The Syrian army has recaptured several villages in the northern countryside of Latakia province in cooperation with Russian airstrikes, a general said on state TV on Monday (October 12). “In the northern suburbs of Latakia a group of our forces regained control of the villages of Jub al-Ahmar, Kafar Delbeh, Jourat al-Battikh valley and Rwayset Khandak Jamo. The forces are continuing their advances and are regaining control of the southeastern borders of Salma village,” the […]
The Dutch Safety Board, issuing long-awaited findings on Tuesday (October 13) of its investigation into the crash of a Malaysian passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, is expected to say it was downed by a Russian-made Buk missile but not say who was responsible for firing it. MH17 was shot down over territory held by pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 people aboard, most of them Dutch citizens. Experts and […]
