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(Reuters) An Israeli air strike launched on Wednesday morning (August 20) killed seven members of a family in central Gaza, among them a woman and three children, Palestinian health officials, and neighbors said. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. “It was a whole family. It was the husband, the wife, three children, and her unborn child. It’s a whole family that the Israeli occupation targeted, without any previous warning,” Yahya Abu Safer, a neighbor said. […]
MANILA, Aug. 20 (PNA) — Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima on Wednesday refused to confirm or deny the disloyalty issue being floated against Solicitor General Francis H. Jardeleza who was appointed by President Benigno S. Aquino III as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday. De Lima is an ex-officio member of the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) which screens nominees for the position in the Judiciary. Before Jardeleza was appointed to […]
Wes Ramos reports from Madrid, Spain
President Aquino appointed Solicitor General Jardeleza to the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice to replace Associate Justice Roberto Abad, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 last May.
Activist group Bayan is calling for the MRT leadership to face justice for the MRT accident in Taft Avenue, saying that the government used the two MRT personnel as “fall guys” to protect the MRT leadership.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas declared that their cash withdrawal service will be operational tomorrow despite the holiday.
(Reuters) – The mother of American journalist James Foley, who was purportedly beheaded by Islamic militants, said on Tuesday her son gave his life to expose the suffering of the Syrian people and she asked his kidnappers to release their other captives. “He was an extraordinary son, brother, journalist and person,” Diane Foley said in a post on a website set up by the Foley family. James Foley was abducted in Syria in November 2012 while reporting […]
(Reuters) – Islamic State insurgents posted a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley and images of another U.S. journalist whose life they said depended on how the United States acts in Iraq. The video, titled “A Message To America,” presented PresidentBarack Obama with bleak options that could define America’s next phase of involvement in Iraq and the public reaction to it, potentially deepening his hand in a conflict he built much of his […]
SIXTEEN-year old Dutch to become the world’s youngest Formula One driver.
Los Angeles Clippers owner, Steve Ballmer, allays fans’ fear of the team’s transfer to Seattle
London’s iconic clock tower known internationally as “Big Ben” gets a much-needed clean up.
In some parts of the world, pets are given luxury that we wished we have!
