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‘Butchoy’ grounds 8 flights, diverts 4 others

PASAY City (Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said, eight flights were cancelled while four others were diverted Friday morning due to bad weather brought by typhoon “Butchoy”. The two China Airlines International Flights cancelled were CI 711 (Manila-Kaohsiung) and CI 712 (Kaohsiung-Manila). Domestic flights cancelled include 2P 2084 (Manila-Basco), 2p 2085 (Basco-Manila), M8 816 (Manila-Basco) and M8 817 (Basco-Manila). These flights belong to PAL express and Skyjet, respectively. As of 10:00 […]

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Typhoon Butchoy weakens while crossing southern Taiwan

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Typhoon “Butchoy” has further weakened while crossing southern Taiwan. According to the latest bulletin of weather state bureau Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the eye of typhoon Butchoy was located at 260 kilometers northwest of Itbayat, Batanes. It has a maximum sustained wind of 165 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 200 kph. It is forecast to move northwest at 13 […]

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Super typhoon Nepartak hits Taiwan, disrupts power supply, transport

  (Reuters)   Super typhoon Nepartak hit eastern Taiwan early on Friday, driving thousands of people from their homes, disrupting power supply and forcing the cancellation of more than 500 flights, emergency authorities said. Television broadcast images of strong wind and torrential rains brought by the year’s first typhoon, whose approach had prompted Taiwan and neighboring China to batten down the hatches. As many as 15,400 people were evacuated from their homes in preparation for the […]

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Four police killed at US race bias protest: chief

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Four police officers were killed, at least seven were wounded and a civilian was also hurt late Thursday when two snipers opened fire during a protest in Dallas against police racial bias, authorities said. City Police Chief David Brown said two gunmen shot at “police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally”, sparking an intense search for at least two suspects, adding that they had threatened to plant a bomb. The […]

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Over 15,000 evacuated as super typhoon hits Taiwan

    TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain as it made landfall Friday, injuring dozens and forcing more than 15,000 to evacuate their homes as the island cancelled hundreds of flights and shut offices and schools. Packing gusts of up to 198 kilometres per hour (123 miles per hour), it landed at Taimali township in eastern Taitung county shortly before 6:00 am (2200 GMT Thursday) and was […]

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AFP chief Visaya: No ISIS in the Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) —  There are no members of the jihadist terror group ISIS in the Philippines. This was stressed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya Thursday in a message to the PNA. Visaya made this statement in response to claims made by acting Davao City Mayor Paolo Duterte who earlier said that ISIS militants are threatening the city. The younger Duterte said that he has already […]

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Transfer of Malacañang to Mindanao sought

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Instead of pushing for a federal form of government, Kabayan Party List Rep. Harry Roque is suggesting the transfer of the Malacañang palace in Mindanao. Roque said Maguindanao is the focus of tension between the military troops and rebel forces and should be a perfect place to transfer the palace. He also said, this would serve as restitution for all the violence the people of Mindanao have been experiencing for […]

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Over 15,000 evacuated as super typhoon hits Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Super Typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan with powerful winds and torrential rain as it made landfall Friday, injuring dozens and forcing more than 15,000 to evacuate their homes as the island cancelled hundreds of flights and shut offices and schools. Packing gusts of up to 198 kilometres per hour (123 miles per hour), it landed at Taimali township in eastern Taitung county shortly before 6:00 am (2200 GMT Thursday) and was moving […]

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Panelo: Pres. Duterte’s naming of generals allegedly linked to drugs not a violation of due process 

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo denied allegations that President Rodrigo Duterte violated due process when he announced the names of retired and current police officials who he alleged are coddlers of drug lords. Panelo explained that due process is violated when only one party is being heard, which he said is not the case in this situation — because the president has long called on people involved in illegal […]

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Chinese Ambassador to PHL makes courtesy call on President Duterte

  MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jinhua in Malacañang on Thursday, July 7. President Duterte earlier said he was willing to have bilateral talks with China even if the Philippines wins in the arbitration case it filed before the UN arbitral tribunal regarding the disputed Scarborough shoal in the West Philippine Sea. He said ownership by the Philippines on some islands in the West Philippine […]

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DND to comply with ITLOS ruling on maritime dispute

  MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippines will comply with whatever the ruling of The Hague-based United Nations International Tribunal on the Laws of the Seas (ITLOS) will release on July 12 regarding its maritime dispute with China. This was stressed by the Department of National Defense (DND) public affairs service head Arsenio Andolong. Andolong stressed that the president announced that he is willing to start to restart bilateral talks. The Philippines on 2013 […]

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