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VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — The disputed South China Sea was in focus Wednesday at a regional summit in Laos, the first such gathering since an international court said Beijing’s artificial island building program there was “illegal”. China claims most of the sea, even waters approaching neighbouring countries, based on a vaguely defined “nine-dash-line” found on Chinese maps from the 1940s. The Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations dispute this claim. Commentators say the 3 million […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday (September 7) issued a statement on Facebook, calling for police visibility near schools following a number of bomb threats reported in schools. “While the said bomb threats turned out to be a hoax, we reiterate our call for police visibility near the schools,” DepEd said in its post. The agency also urged school officials and the public to be extra vigilant for the safety of […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The United States is giving the Philippines two used military aircraft, the coast guard said Wednesday, to help Manila expand sea patrols in the face of territorial disputes with China. The two Sherpa 30-seater aircraft will be delivered in December, Philippine coast guard spokesman Commander Armand Balilo told AFP. “It will help us in the movements of the Philippine Coast Guard like patrol missions,” Balilo added. The announcement came days after […]
(REUTERS) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 shook buildings in Tokyo on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world’s most seismically active areas. Japan accounts for about 20 percent of the world’s earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater. On March 11, 2011, Japan’s northeast coast was struck by a magnitude 9 earthquake and […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — The Philippines released photos Wednesday to back its claims that China had secretly begun work to cement control over a crucial shoal in the hotly contested South China Sea. The release of the images, which claimed to show Chinese ships preparing to build an artificial island on Scarborough Shoal, came hours ahead of a meeting between Southeast Asian leaders and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Laos. China this week insisted it […]
(Eagle News)– Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Spokesman Charles Jose said on Wednesday (September 7) that President Rodrigo Duterte can still cross paths with US President Barack Obama at the ASEAN Summit in Laos. Jose was optimistic that Duterte’s harsh remarks would not strain the relationship between United States and Philippines. “Sa side natin, sinabi ni President Duterte na he continues to value the alliance with the US and he expresses high regard and affinity […]
(Reuters) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned at the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business and Investment Summit on Tuesday (September 6) that the illicit drug trade was a “pressing problem” for his country and the region. Speaking to business representatives from various countries in Laos, he said that the regional bloc needed “stronger resolve to combat transnational crime”. “The trade in illicit and illegal drugs in particular has emerged as a pressing […]
(Eagle News) — The United States said the relationship between the US and the Philippines remained “rock solid” as a US official stressed that a “very close working relationship” between the two countries will continue. This was despite the cancellation of a bilateral meeting between US President Barack Obama and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte during the ASEAN Summit in Laos on Tuesday (September 6) Obama’s deputy National Security director Ben Rhodes told reporters the […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (Reuters) — Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered for a second day of meetings in Laos on Wednesday (September 7), as they prepared to hold discussions with international dialogue partners. The meeting hosted by Laos, the rotating chair, is expected to cover a range of regional and international issues, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said at the opening remarks. The rift involving a few ASEAN nations and China […]
(Eagle News)– Two more Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members were killed on Tuesday (September 6) after a firefight with government troops in Patikul, Sulu. 30 ASG bandits were engaged by troops from 35th Infantry Battalion and 21st Infantry Battalion. The bandits were retreating away from an earlier firefight with the 45th Infantry Battalion when they were cornered by the other two. The clash lasted for half an hour. According to witnesses, two dead ASG rebels […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Expect higher wages before the end of the year. According to Labor Undersecretary Joel Maglunsod, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III ordered the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards to start discussing about the possibility of a general wage increase. Maglunsod said that the wage boards were asked to iron out an across-the-board wage increase even if there was no official petition from laborers.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inilabas na ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang kautusan para sa paglikha ng task force na magsasagawa ng hiwalay na imbestigasyon sa pagsabog sa Davao City. Sa Department Order 585 ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre inatasan ang mga piling tauhan ng DOJ at National Bureau Investigation (NBI) na makipag-ugnayan sa iba pang law enforcement agencies ng gobyerno na nag-iimbestiga sa Davao bombing noong September 2. Ang task force ay binubuo […]
