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by Ella IDE with Angus MACKINNON in Rome ACCUMOLI, Italy (AFP) — The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook central Italy rose to 247 on Thursday, officials said, as rescuers desperately searched for survivors in the rubble of devastated mountain villages. Hundreds of others were injured, some critically, and an unknown number were trapped under the ruins of collapsed buildings after Wednesday’s pre-dawn quake. Amid scenes of carnage, dozens of emergency services staff […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte took his first step for his first foreign trips by acquiring his diplomatic passport. A mobile registration booth was set up by the Department of Foreign Affairs at his study room in Malacañang on Tuesday. Duterte is scheduled to visit Brunei in September 4, then head to Laos for the ASEAN Summit on September 6, and end his trip in Indonesia on September 8.
by Mushtaq MOJADDIDI KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — At least nine people were killed after militants stormed the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, officials said Thursday, in a nearly 10-hour raid that prompted anguished pleas for help from trapped students. Explosions and gunfire rocked the campus after the attack began Wednesday evening, just weeks after two university professors — an American and an Australian — were kidnapped at gunpoint near the school. No group has so […]
by Ella IDE with Angus MACKINNON in Rome ACCUMOLI, Italy (AFP) — Rescuers worked into the early hours of Thursday in a desperate search for survivors after a powerful earthquake shook central Italy, leaving at least 159 people dead and devastating several mountain villages. With 368 people injured, some critically, and an unknown number trapped under rubble, the death toll from Wednesday’s pre-dawn quake was expected to rise further, officials warned. Amid scenes of carnage, […]
by Hla-Hla HTAY YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar Wednesday, killing at least three people and damaging nearly 200 pagodas in the famous ancient capital of Bagan, officials said. The quake, which the US Geological Survey said hit at a depth of 84 kilometres (52 miles), was also felt across neighbouring Thailand, India and Bangladesh, sending panicked residents rushing onto the streets. Two girls, aged 7 and 15, were […]
OSLO, NORWAY, Aug. 25 – The peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) got off to a good start Tuesday morning (Oslo time), August 23, as negotiators from both parties agreed on three of five substantive issues, including a formal commitment to accelerate the process of forging a political settlement during term of President Rodrigo Duterte. The negotiating panels only took four hours, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., to settle minor conflicting positions […]
by Park Chan-Kyong SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Wednesday test-fired a submarine-launched missile 500 kilometres (around 300 miles) towards Japan, marking what weapons analysts called a clear step forward for its nuclear strike ambitions. The flight distance, which was tracked by South Korea’s military Joint Chiefs of Staff, far exceeded any previous SLBM tests, suggesting significant progress in technical prowess. A proven SLBM system would take North Korea’s nuclear strike threat to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – In an exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, the head of the Public Attorneys’ Office, Atty. Persida Acosta, discussed the summary executions related with the anti-illegal drug campaign of the government.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacanang said it would continue the economic policies of the Aquino administration. National Economic Development Agency Director-General Ernesto Pernia said that the current administration is actually continuing the implementation of the former administration’s macro-economic policies. Pernia said that the government is now prioritizing the implementation of public-private partnership projects and big-ticket infrastructure projects.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) hopes that the entry of large supplies of illegal drugs from abroad will stop. PNP Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa admits that due to the strengthened campaign against illegal drugs, the PNP is also targeting to cut off the foreign supply of illegal drugs within six months. Dela Rosa also said that supply of illegal drugs from China and Taiwan enter the country […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The strong relations between the Philippines and the United States of America will remain, according to State Department Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner. This was despite the statements made by President Rodrigo Duterte against the US after the country expressed its misgivings on the state of human rights in the Philippines in connection with government’s war on illegal drugs. Toner also said that the US and the Philippines has good […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Office of the President Adviser on the Peace Process (OPPAP) announced that three of the five main issues were agreed upon by the peace panel of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) in Oslo, Norway. The issues agreed upon by both sides were the following: the affirmation of previously signed agreements; reconstitution of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees list; and the accelerated […]
