Trump opposes deal to avert government shutdown
[Inquirer.net] - 12/19/2024
WASHINGTON, United States — US President-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown, as the White House accused him of “playing politics.” Staring down a Friday night deadline to fund federal agencies, (…)
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First severe bird flu case in US sparks alarm
WASHINGTON – An elderly patient in Louisiana is in “critical condition” with severe avian influenza, US authorities (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 18/12/2024
Now in PH jail, Veloso pleads with Marcos for clemency
MANILA, Philippines — Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipino woman who has spent nearly 15 years in an Indonesian prison for (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 18/12/2024
(SP)PHILIPPINES-MANILA-FOOTBALL-2024 ASEAN CHAMPIONSHIP-PHILIPPINES VS VIETNAM
(241219) -- MANILA, Dec. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Enrique Fernandez Linares (Bottom) of the Philippines falls down (…)
[Manila News] - 19/12/2024
LIST: Richest towns in Cebu in terms of assets, equity
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Consolacion is the richest town in Cebu, both in terms of assets and equity, according to (…)
[Cebu Daily Mail] - 19/12/2024
Veloso, Filipina on Indonesia death row, arrives home
MANILA, Philippines — A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on Indonesia’s death row tearfully reunited with family (…)
[Cebu Daily Mail] - 18/12/2024
US stocks fall sharply after the Fed hints at just 2 rate cuts for 2025
NEW YORK, United States — US stocks tumbled to one of their worst days of the year after the Federal Reserve hinted (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 18/12/2024
Launch of Emergency Cellular Priority Service
Police Minister, Mark Mitchell, and Internal Affairs Minister, Brooke van Velden, today launched a further Public (…)
[Philippine Times] - 18/12/2024
Rate cuts to help PH weather Trump 2.0
The economy has been absorbing the recent easing moves of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) much faster than the (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 18/12/2024
Cordura named new Philippine Air Force chief
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has named Lt. Gen. Arthur Cordura as the new commanding general of the Philippine (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 18/12/2024
Firecracker stall catches fire in Lapu-Lapu City
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A stall selling firecrackers caught fire in Sitio Kapayas, Barangay Canjulao, Lapu-Lapu City, (…)
[Cebu Daily Mail] - 19/12/2024
Marcos to veto parts of draft 2025 budget
MANILA, Philippines — The national budget will not be signed by President Marcos on Friday as earlier planned after (…)
[Inquirer.net] - 18/12/2024