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Chinese balloon crosses Taiwan strait median line: defense ministry

December 8, 2023
Mexico rattled by 5.8-magnitude earthquake

December 8, 2023
Las Vegas gunman was professor turned down for job: US media

December 7, 2023
Dozens injured in Seychelles blast at explosives depot

December 7, 2023
Magnitude 7.1 quake strikes off Vanuatu, triggering tsunami warning

December 7, 2023

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Palace announces new appointees

December 7, 2023

(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Dec. 7, announced new appointees to different government agencies, government-owned and controlled corporations, and others. The following are the appointees and the corresponding positions they will hold: Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Rosve V, Henson – Assistant Secretary Maria Loise A. Ticman-Canson – Assistant Secretary Department of Justice Presidential Commission on Good Government Marco M. Bautista – Commissioner Department of Labor and Employment Jason P. Balais […]

2 Filipino pro-IS militants suspected in Catholic church bombing

December 7, 2023

MANILA, Dec 6, 2023 (AFP) – Philippine police named two Filipino members of a pro-Islamic State militant group on Wednesday as suspects in the deadly bombing of a Catholic mass in the country’s insurgency-plagued south. Four people were killed and 50 were wounded in Sunday’s attack on worshippers gathered inside a university gym in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city, which was besieged by militants in 2017. The Islamic State group claimed the bombing, which […]

Northeast monsoon affecting Northern Luzon

December 7, 2023

(Eagle News)–The northeast monsoon is affecting Northern Luzon. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, as a result, Batanes, Cagayan and Apayao will have cloudy skies with light rains. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, and the rest of Cagayan Valley, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains. Metro Manila and the rest of the […]

UPDATE: 17 Dead, 11 injured as bus plunges off “killer curve” in Philippine mountain crash

December 6, 2023

MANILA, Dec 6, 2023 (AFP) – Seventeen people died and 11 were injured when a passenger bus careered off a road on a “killer curve” and plunged down a mountain in the central Philippines, officials said Wednesday. The bus was travelling in Hamtic municipality in Antique province when the crash happened Tuesday afternoon, provincial disaster agency head Roderick Train told AFP. Seven people were in critical condition in hospital and four others were stable, Train […]

International

Chinese balloon crosses Taiwan strait median line: defense ministry

December 8, 2023

TAIPEI, Dec 8, 2023 (AFP) – Taiwan’s defence ministry said Friday it had detected a Chinese balloon crossing the so-called median line which bisects the sensitive strait that separates the island from China. “1 PRC (People’s Republic of China) balloon was detected at 11:52 (0352 GMT) yesterday after crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait at the location (of) 101 nautical miles (187 kilometres) southwest of Keelung,” said the ministry, referring to a city […]

Mexico rattled by 5.8-magnitude earthquake

December 8, 2023

MEXICO CITY, Dec 7, 2023 (AFP) – A 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook much of central Mexico on Thursday including the capital, prompting people to run into the streets, the country’s seismological institute said. There were no initial reports of damage in Mexico City, a sprawling metropolis of nine million people, Mayor Marti Batres wrote on X, formerly Twitter. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was briefed by civil protection officials and said afterward in a video posted […]

Las Vegas gunman was professor turned down for job: US media

December 7, 2023

By Robin GREMMEL LAS VEGAS, Dec 7, 2023 (AFP) – The gunman who killed three people and injured another at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas was an academic who had applied for a professorship but was not hired, US media reported Thursday. The incident at UNLV, a short distance from the gambling hub’s tourist-packed Strip, marked the latest shooting in a country plagued by gun violence, and comes six years after Las Vegas suffered […]

Dozens injured in Seychelles blast at explosives depot

December 7, 2023

MAHE ISLAND, Seychelles, Dec 7, 2023 (AFP) – A huge blast at an explosives depot in Seychelles on Thursday injured 66 people and brought down buildings, prompting the country’s “shocked” president to declare a state of emergency. The archipelago — famous for its idyllic white beaches and high-end tourism — is also grappling with flooding and landslides due to heavy rainfall which have claimed two lives, President Wavel Ramkalawan said, ordering citizens to stay at […]

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