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Signal No. 1 still raised over Batanes; “Betty” now a severe tropical storm

June 1, 2023
Canadian economy grew 3.1 percent in first quarter

May 31, 2023
Beijing blames US ‘provocation’ for South China Sea fighter jet incident

May 31, 2023
Russia evacuates children from border villages as situation ‘alarming’

May 31, 2023
Batanes, eastern portion of Babuyan Islands still under Signal No. 1 due to Typhoon “Betty”

May 31, 2023

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Signal No. 1 still raised over Batanes; “Betty” now a severe tropical storm

June 1, 2023

(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 remains raised over Batanes even as “Betty” weakened into a severe tropical storm. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, so far, the center of the eye of “Betty” was estimated 505 km northeast of Itbayat. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 110 kph near the center and a gustiness of up to 135 kph. It is moving west northward at 15 kph. PAGASA said La Union, […]

Batanes, eastern portion of Babuyan Islands still under Signal No. 1 due to Typhoon “Betty”

May 31, 2023

(Eagle News) — Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over several Luzon areas as Typhoon “Betty” accelerates over the sea east northeast of Batanes. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, the following are under the tropical cyclone wind signal: Batanes the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands (Calayan Is., Babuyan Is., and Camiguin Is.) PAGASA said the center of the eye of Typhoon “Betty” was estimated based 410 km east northeast of Itbayat, […]

Radio broadcaster killed in Oriental Mindoro: PNP

May 31, 2023

MANILA, May 31, 2023 (AFP) — A radio broadcaster was shot dead outside his home in Oriental Mindoro on Wednesday, the Philippine National Police said. Cresenciano Bunduquin, 50, was killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Calapan City, police Colonel Samuel Delorino told AFP. Delorino said one of the assailants died after Bunduquin’s son hit the gunmen with his vehicle as they fled the scene of the pre-dawn attack. “The remaining suspect was able to run off. […]

Batanes, northeastern Cagayan still under Signal No. 2 as Typhoon “Betty” maintains strength

May 30, 2023

(Eagle News) — Some areas in Luzon remain under Signal No. 2 as Typhoon “Betty” maintained its strength and moved west northwestward over the sea east of Batanes. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the following areas are under the tropical cyclone wind signal: Batanes the northeastern portion of Cagayan (Santa Ana, Gonzaga) including Babuyan Islands The following, meanwhile, are under Signal No. 1: The rest of mainland Cagayan the northern and […]

International

Kyiv says 3 killed in air attack on capital

June 1, 2023

KYIV, Ukraine, June 1, 2023 (AFP) – Three people were killed, including two children, early Thursday in an air attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv’s military administration and the city’s mayor said. “Three people died and four people have been injured in the Desnyansky district,” the Kyiv City Military Administration wrote on Telegram. “Among the three dead in the Desnyansky district, there were 2 children (aged 5-6 and 12-13),” it said. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko […]

Saudi population up by a third since 2010: census

May 31, 2023

RIYADH, May 31, 2023 (AFP) – Saudi Arabia’s population has grown by more than one third since 2010, and a majority of the kingdom’s nationals are aged under 30, according to a census published Wednesday. The 2022 Saudi census marks the “most comprehensive and precise population survey conducted in the Kingdom’s history,” the General Authority of Statistics said. It set the total population of the oil-rich country at 32.2 million. Of these, 58.4 per cent […]

Beijing blames US ‘provocation’ for South China Sea fighter jet incident

May 31, 2023

BEIJING, May 31, 2023 (AFP) – Beijing blamed US “provocation” Wednesday for an incident last week in which a Chinese plane crossed in front of an American surveillance aircraft over the South China Sea. The incident comes at a time of frayed ties between Washington and Beijing over issues including Taiwan, which China regards as its territory, and the shooting down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States this year. […]

Russia evacuates children from border villages as situation ‘alarming’

May 31, 2023

MOSCOW, May 31, 2023 (AFP) – Russia said it would evacuate hundreds of children from villages due to intensifying shelling in the border region of Belgorod, where the situation was deemed “alarming” by the Kremlin. Russia has seen intensifying attacks on its soil over a year into its Ukraine campaign, with an unprecedented incursion last week in the southern region of Belgorod and a drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday. “We are starting today to […]

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