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Israeli security forces scuffled with Muslim worshippers outside Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque on Tuesday (April 26), after removing Jewish worshippers who violated visitation rules from the volatile site. In a video obtained by Reuters, Israeli security could be seen pushing a small crowd of Muslim worshippers who were angry at the violation and by the presence of the Jewish visitors at the site. Israeli media reported that the tension began when Jewish visitors laid on the […]
London (AFP) – Big Ben will fall silent for several months while the iconic London clock tower next to the Houses of Parliament undergoes “desperately” needed repairs next year, officials said on Tuesday. The bell, whose chimes feature on British radio broadcasts, will be silenced as part of the £29 million (37 million euros, $42 million) repairs. The work will repair the clock faces and mechanism, cracks in the tower’s masonry and corrosion in the […]
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), the media company that pioneered all-digital broadcasting in the Philippines, is joining delegates from more than 180 countries from every continent at the NAB Show, the world’s largest annual conference and expo for professionals who create, manage and distribute entertainment content across all platforms held from April 16 to 21 in Las Vegas. Julie Docena reports from Las Vegas!
by Kate BARTLETT HONGKONG, China (AFP) — Twerking, selfie-taking, picnicking and performing impromptu dance routines — Hong Kong’s 180,000-strong community of Filipino workers fill the city’s public spaces on Sundays, their day off, to relax and party. But for the past few weeks the colourful gatherings have turned political, as the Philippines heads towards an election in which its migrant workers could swing a tight race. Bands thrash out rock ballads backing their favourite […]
SUBIC Bay, Philippines (AFP) — A Japanese warship sailed into a Philippine port near disputed South China Sea waters on Tuesday in another sign of deepening security ties between the World War II foes to counter Beijing. Tensions in the South China Sea — through which one-third of the world’s oil passes — have mounted in recent years since China transformed contested reefs into artificial islands capable of supporting military facilities. The Japanese destroyer Ise […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Vice-Presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., paid an early courtesy call to the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Executive Minister Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo at the Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Office in Diliman, Quezon City. Marcos said that he always learns a lot every time he meets Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo and expressed his happiness and gratitude at the continued support of the Church to his family. Other than Senator Bongbong Marcos, other […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the act of the Abu Sayyaf when said group decapitated its Canadian captive five hours after the deadline of the payment of the ransom for said hostages. Trudeau called the act “cold-blooded murder” during his Cabinet retreat in Alberta. According to reports, the Armed Forces of the Philippines found the head in an island in Jolo after the lapse of the deadline. The AFP and […]
The Philippine armed forces on Tuesday (April 26) expressed sympathy over the execution of a Canadian hostage by Islamist militants in the southern Philippines, as military operations continue to secure the remaining captives. John Ridsdel, 68, a former mining executive, was captured by Islamist militants along with three other people in September 2015 while on vacation on a Philippine island. The Philippine army said a severed head was found on a remote island on Monday […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – According to a report that appeared in the Hong Kong newspaper, South China Morning Post, China will start construction of an outpost in the Panatag Shoal in order to have good air coverage. China is claiming said shoal despite the claim of the Philippines that said shoal is with its exclusive economic zone. It is expected that the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, Netherlands regarding said […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – In the face of the travel warnings issued by the United States of America and the United Kingdom to its citizens regarding the southern portion of the Philippines due to the activities of the Abu Sayyaf group, Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma said that the government understands said steps taken by the US and the UK in order to guarantee their citizens’ safety. Coloma added that the government is exerting all […]
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QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Energy countered its earlier statement, now saying that the DOE is not sure that the May 9 election will be “brown-out free”. Energy Secretary Zenaida Monsada said that the DOE is doing all that it can to guarantee that there will be a sufficient energy supply during the elections and that there are no problems in the Luzon Grid. Monsada defended that the government does not control electric […]
