Trump stumps in Florida, Georgia, countering signs of Democratic surge
OCALA, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 16:: President Donald Trump waves to people as leaves his campaign event at the Ocala International Airport on October 16, 2020 in Ocala, Florida. Trump continues to campaign against Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP OCALA, Florida – President Donald Trump fought Friday to recover from sinking election polls […]
Biden calls Trump silence on white supremacists ‘stunning’
SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN – OCTOBER 16: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivers remarks about health care at Beech Woods Recreation Center October 16, 2020 in Southfield,m Michigan. With 18 days until the election, Biden is campaigning in Michigan, a state President Donald Trump won in 2016 by less than 11,000 votes, the narrowest margin of victory […]
French president calls killing of teacher ‘Islamist terrorist attack’
French President Emmanuel Macron (R), flanked by French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin (2L), speaks to the press in front of a middle school in Conflans Saint-Honorine, 30kms northwest of Paris, on October 16, 2020, after a teacher was decapitated by an attacker who has been shot dead by policemen. – French anti-terror prosecutors said on […]
Trudeau: Canada will not be cowed by China on human rights
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 18, 2020 Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada. – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned China on October 13, 2020, that its “coercive diplomacy,” repressive measures in Hong Kong and detention of Uighur Muslims are counterproductive for […]
House passes P4.5-T nat’l budget earlier stalled by speakership row
The House of Representatives approved on Friday the P4.506 trillion budget for 2021, which the Duterte administration said would provide it with the resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In nominal voting, 257 House members approved House Bill 7727, or the 2021 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), on third and final reading. Only the six members […]
LTFRB bares P5.58-B program for displaced PUV drivers
Drivers and operators of public utility vehicles (PUV) may now enter into transport service contracts with the government under a P5.58-billion program aimed at easing the impact of quarantine restrictions. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) released Memorandum Circular No. 2020-059, signed by LTFRB chair Martin Delgra on Oct. 8, which outlines the […]
COA flags BCDA’s P8-B New Clark City project
The Commission on Audit (COA) questioned the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) for bundling the sports facilities in Tarlac that were used for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games with a Malaysian firm’s unsolicited proposal to build a national government administrative center (NGAC). In its 2019 audit of the BCDA, the COA said the agency […]
CIIE starts taking applications for 2021 exhibitors
SHANGHAI, Oct. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Registration for the business exhibition of the fourth China International Import Expo (CIIE) opened on September 28. The business exhibition of the fourth CIIE welcomes enterprises and organizations registered outside the Chinese mainland. Products produced overseas or services by overseas providers are eligible for the exhibition. First-time applicants will […]
5.2-magnitude quake hits Occidental Mindoro; felt in parts of Metro Manila, nearby areas
MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake rocked Occidental Mindoro early Saturday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. ADVERTISEMENT The earthquake struck at 4:06 a.m. at 21 kilometers northeast of Looc town. The tremor was of tectonic origin, and had a 12-kilometer depth of focus. FEATURED STORIES Phivolcs said that the […]
Teacher decapitated in France after showing Mohammed cartoons
French police officers stand guard a street in Eragny on October 16, 2020, where an attacker was shot dead by policemen after he decapitated a man earlier on the same day in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. (Photo by ABDULMONAM EASSA / AFP) PARIS, France — An assailant on Friday decapitated a history teacher in France who had recently […]