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Malacanang says diplomacy, help from ASEAN countries key to resolving China aggression

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacanang said that it would continue communicating with other member-countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the international community in addressing the campaign against China’s continued reclamation work in the West Philippine Sea. Communications Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr., said the country’s moves would be centered on diplomacy, as it continued to push for the crafting of a binding Code of Conduct in the South China Sea […]

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NASA’s new Horizons Spacecraft nears encounter with Pluto

NASA scientists held a news conference on Tuesday (April 14) to discuss the spacecraft New Horizons and its nearing of Pluto. No spacecraft has ever visited Pluto. Scientists are hoping that will change on July 14, when NASA’s New Horizons probe is expected to fly within 6,200 miles (9,978 km) of the dwarf planet after a nine-year journey. During the briefing, scientists showed the probe’s first color photos of Pluto and its moon Charon. Alan […]

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Asiana aircraft runs off runway in Japan

AN Asiana Airlines flight with 80 passengers aboard ran out of runway soon after landing at Hiroshima airport on Tuesday (April 14), according to Japanese media. Japanese media quoted local fire department as saying 23 passengers sustained minor injuries, none seriously. Media reports said government officials suspect the aircraft may have collided with a tower near the runway when it landed at night at the airport serving the city of Hiroshima and others nearby in […]

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UN imposes arms embargo targeting Yemen Houthis; Russia abstains

The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday (April 14) imposed an arms embargo targeting the Iran-allied Houthi rebels who rule most of the country and blacklisted the son ofYemen’s former president and a Houthi leader after veto-power Russia abstained. The Security Council adopted the resolution – drafted by council member Jordan and Gulf Arabstates – with 14 votes in favor, but after weeks of negotiations Russia abstained, saying some of its proposals were not included. […]

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IMF warns of uneven economic growth

Global growth prospects are uneven across the main countries and regions, says the IMF’s latest WEO. In advanced economies, growth is projected to be stronger in 2015 relative to 2014, but in emerging market and developing economies, it is expected to be weaker. “Global growth in 2015 is going to be more or less the same as in 2014, about 3.5%. That’s not bad, but that’s not great. It’s clear that advanced economies are going […]

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Indonesian Islamic parties seek ban on alcohol consumption

Two Islamic parties have proposed legislation that would ban all consumption of alcoholic drinks and bring jail terms of up to two years for offenders in Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population. The bill seeks to ban the sale, production, distribution and consumption of all beverages containing more than one percent of alcohol, including local brews such as rice wine that are popular in many parts of the sprawling Indonesian archipelago. A lawmaker for one […]

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Man bitten by a crocodile on Australian golf course

  A 75-year old man was bitten on the leg by a crocodile while playing golf on Tuesday (April 14) at the Palmer Sea Reef course in Port Douglas in far north Queensland, Australian media said. The man was identified as John Lahiff. The attack happened when he went to retrieve a ball from water on the 11th hole, Australian media added. “I didn’t see the croc sunbaking just on the edge of the water, […]

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Napoles gets life imprisonment for illegal detention

A MAKATI regional trial court sentenced Janet Lim Napoles, who had been tagged as the pork barrel queen, to life imprisonment for the illegal detention of her former employee Benhur Luy. Judge Elmo Alameda of Makati RTC branch 150 also ordered Napoles to pay Luy P50,000 in moral damages and another P50,000 in civil damages. Napoles and her brother Reynald Lim allegedly detained Luy for three months in her house in Magallanes Village, Makati City […]

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Waste Management & New Airport Discussed

PANGLAO, BOHOL : A forum was conducted regarding the Septage Treatment Plant  in Panglao, Bohol. Present at the forum were Bohol Governor Edgar Chatto and Congressman Rene Relampagos, Chairman of the Committee on Tourism of the House of Representative. This was the first time they made a coordination meeting in the city pertaining to the implementation of new Bohol Airport. It was announced during the forum that the Sustainable Environment Protection will start this month […]

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