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BEIJING, China | AFP | — Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte declared his “separation” from longstanding ally the United States in Beijing on Thursday, as he rebalances his country’s diplomacy towards China. Duterte is in China for a four-day trip seen as confirming his tilt away from Washington and towards Beijing’s sphere of influence — and its deep pockets. “I announce my separation from the United States,” he said to applause at a meeting in […]
NAWARAN, Iraq (AFP) – by Wilson Fache with W.G. Dunlop in Qayyarah Elite Iraqi forces Thursday retook a town on the eastern edge of Mosul while Kurdish peshmerga opened a new front in the offensive to wrest back the jihadists’ last bastion in Iraq. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told an international meeting in Paris that the four-day-old offensive was “advancing faster than expected”. France and Iraq were co-chairing the meeting on the future of Mosul, […]
President Rodrigo Duterte and President Xi Jinping on Thursday (October 20) agreed to resume their talks over disputes and issues in the South China Sea, Chinese vice foreign minister Liu Zhenmin said. “The two presidents agreed that China and the Philippines will return to the track of dialogue and consultation to properly handle the South China Sea issue,” Liu said through a translator. “China is ready for discussions with friends in the Philippines on maritime […]
(Eagle News)– Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member Ibrahim Akbar on Wednesday (October 19) was arrested by government forces in a manhunt operation in Maluso, Basilan. Akbar, also known as Ustadz Atti Lintogan, Ustadz Atti, or Ustadz Namir, has a P600,000 bounty on his head. According to CIDG Region 9 chief Senior Superintendent Anthony Aberin, Akbar was involved in a bombing attack in Kidapawan City in 2006, and in the abduction of Spanish priest Bernardo Blanco […]
(Eagle News)– National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde on Thursday (October 20) admitted that there were lapses committed during the violent dispersal of protesters in front of US Embassy. However, he insisted that the use of force cannot be considered as police brutality. “Not actually brutality, yung brutality naman is sobra, it is not the right word. Maybe there was an excessive use of force, not necessarily brutality. Kung brutality […]
Raging river waters reached houses in Barangay Ligaya, Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija on Thursday morning, October 20, 2016. Residents feared the river would continue to swell at the height of typhoon Lawin (international name Haima) – Eagle News Service Photos by Eagle News Correspondent Donna Marie Arcangel
(Eagle News)– The lash of Typhoon Lawin on Thursday has caused power interruption and disrupted telecom operations in Northern Luzon. The powerful winds from the super typhoon resulted in voice, call and data service disruptions in selected areas in Abra, Cagayan, Kalinga, portions of Ilocos Norte, and Apayao. Customers in the said areas will experience difficulty in accessing communication devices. Different technical teams from various telecom companies were already deployed to repair damaged facilities. […]
by Ted Aljibe Agence France Presse Ilagan, Philippines | AFP | — One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Philippines killed at least four people as it destroyed houses, tore roofs off schools and uprooted giant trees on Thursday. Super Typhoon Haima struck late on Wednesday night with winds similar to those of catastrophic Haiyan in 2013, which was then the strongest storm to strike the disaster-prone Southeast Asian archipelago and […]
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte praised China on Wednesday (October 19), setting aside its maritime dispute as the combative leader reconfigures his country’s diplomatic alliances. The Asian giant was “good”, he said. “It has never invaded a piece of my country all these generations,” Duterte added in an apparent comparison to the Philippines’ former colonial ruler the United States. “During the Cold War, China was portrayed as the bad guy,” he added. “And all of […]
(Reuters) — Super Typhoon Haima, the strongest cyclone to hit the Philippines in three years, toppled power and communication lines, damaged houses and displaced thousands as it barrelled through the northern Ilocos region early Thursday (October 20) morning. Haima, a category 5 typhoon, made landfall in the northern province of Cagayan Wednesday (October 19) night. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Some villagers took shelter inside the public market as vendors sold their produce […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Education (DepEd) publicly apologized for its false tweet about class suspensions for Metro Manila on Thursday (October 20). “In an effort to catch all announcement from different sources (government agencies, LGUs, schools, etc), a tweet from a fake account of a trusted agency was quoted,” DepEd said in a statement. The agency deleted the tweet, but was already shared by various accounts before it was pulled out. “This apology comes […]
by Michael Mathes / with Dave Clark in Washington LAS VEGAS, United States | AFP | — Turning his final presidential debate appearance into an unprecedented assault on US political convention, Donald Trump refused Wednesday to say that he would respect a Hillary Clinton victory in November. As the last head-to-head encounter of the toxic 2016 campaign descended into mud-slinging, the Republican mogul doubled down on claims that his Democratic rival’s supporters plan to […]
