(FILES) This screengrab from AFPTV aerial video footage taken on February 7, 2024 shows the site of a landslide in Davao de Oro province on Mindanao island in the southern Philippines. – Faulty warning systems, poverty and deforestation of mountains in the southern Philippines turned recent unseasonally heavy rains into …
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Court upholds Quebec law that bars teachers, police from wearing religious symbols
The law, which has been in place for five years, prevents a number of civil servants — including teachers and police officers — from wearing religious symbols while on the job. Civil liberties groups argued law discriminates against Muslim women who wear head coverings The Quebec Court of Appeal has …
Read More »President Marcos: Philippines on ‘frontline’ of maritime disputes, ‘will not yield’
Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. addresses the House of Representatives at the Parliament House in Canberra on February 29, 2024. – Ferdinand R Marcos Jr. is visiting Australia for his first official visit to hold talks on bilateral and international issues. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) Philippines’ President Ferdinand …
Read More »Biden wins Michigan primary despite protest votes, Trump easily beats Haley yet again
U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump won the Michigan primaries on Tuesday, further solidifying the all-but-certain rematch between the two men. Michigan is the last primary race before crucial Super Tuesday elections U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump won the Michigan primaries on Tuesday, …
Read More »NEDA Board approves 23 new projects under Build-Better-More program
36 projects also delisted The NEDA Board on Tuesday, Feb. 27, approved 23 more projects under the Build-Better-More program and delisted 36./PCO/ (Eagle News)–The National Economic Development Authority Board has approved 23 new Infrastructure Flagship Projects (IFPs) under the Build-Better-More Program, including the Davao City Bypass Construction. The Presidential Communications …
Read More »Flaco the owl, New York City’s favourite flying fugitive, found dead
Tributes poured in Saturday for Flaco, the beloved Eurasian eagle-owl who became a feel-good New York story after escaping his Central Park Zoo enclosure and flying free around Manhattan. Flaco died after apparently hitting building, falling to sidewalk Tributes poured in Saturday for Flaco, the beloved Eurasian eagle-owl who became …
Read More »Netanyahu lays out post-war plan that Palestinian leader says is doomed to fail
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presented his first official "day after" plan for the Gaza Strip once Israel's war with Hamas ends, saying Israel will keep security control over all Palestinian areas and make reconstruction of Gaza dependent on its demilitarization. No mention of Palestinian Authority in plan, which …
Read More »Russian defector’s violent death in Spain seen as warning to Ukraine war critics
The apparent violent death of Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, whose dramatic defection was touted by Ukraine, highlights the safety risks of those who loudly resist Moscow's invasion of its neighbour. Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov defected to Ukraine last year after flying helicopter over border The apparent violent death of a …
Read More »Local drug manufacturers signed up to produce anti-TB, HIV meds: PSAC
An Indian employee from Cadila Pharmaceuticals shows limited packs of Risorine capsules at its manufacturing facility on World Tuberculosis (TB) Day in Dholka, some 40 kms from Ahmedabad on March 24, 2015. /Sam Panthaky / AFP / (Eagle News)–Several local drug manufacturers have signed up to participate in the production …
Read More »PBBM congratulates Indonesia’s Prabowo
TOPSHOT – Presidential candidate and Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto (L) speaks on the stage with vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP) (Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos on Thursday, Feb. 22, congratulated Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, who is expected to win his country’s presidential …
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