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A powerful earthquake struck north-eastern India before dawn on Monday (January 4), killing at least four people and injuring nearly 100, though the toll was expected to rise, with rescue efforts hampered by severed power supplies and telecommunication links. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake of magnitude 6.8 was 57 km (35 miles) deep and struck 29 km (18 miles) west of Imphal, the capital of the Indian state of Manipur bordering Myanmar. “This […]
As the unilateral declaration of suspension of military operations concludes before midnight, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shall remain on alert, especially after a foiled attack by communist rebels in Camarines Sur last Friday. Malacañang issued the statement Sunday following reports that 10 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) broke the 12-day holiday truce and launched a deliberate yet unsuccessful attack against the military amid the New Year observance. Citing an account […]
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Sunday (January 3) criticized Saudi Arabia’s beheading of a prominent Shiite cleric. She told a campaign rally in Derry, New Hampshire that the beheading “was not a smart decision”, and that the beheading “will inflame the region even more.” Cleric Nimr al-Nimr was among the 47 killed on Saturday (January 2) in the kingdom’s biggest mass execution for decades. Most were Sunnis convicted of al Qaeda attacks in […]
(Reuters) An earthquake measuring 6.8 struck northwest of Imphal in India, near the Myanmar border, on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The USGS said the quake was 57 kms (35 miles) deep, and initially reported it had struck inside Myanmar.
A group of self-styled militiamen occupied the headquarters of a U.S. wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon to protest the imminent jailing of two ranchers, officials said on Sunday, in the latest skirmish over federal land management in the West. The occupation, which began on Saturday, followed a march in Burns, a small city about 50 miles (80 km) north of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, in support of Dwight Hammond Jr. and his son, Steven Hammond. […]
Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran on Sunday, responding to the storming of its embassy in Tehran in an escalating row between the rival Middle East powers over Riyadh’s execution of a Shi’ite Muslim cleric. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told a news conference in Riyadh that the envoy of Shi’ite Iran had been asked to quit Saudi Arabia within 48 hours. The kingdom, he said, would not allow the Islamic republic to undermine its security. […]
(Eagle News) — On Saturday, January 2, 2016, the Iglesia Ni Cristo conducted its “Lingap sa Mamamayan” in the Culiat Muslim Community in Quezon City. Through the Felix Y. Manalo Foundation, the INC gave away some 2,000 bags containing four kilos of rice each in the area on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the late INC Executive Minister Eraño G. Manalo. The INC provided medical services to the Muslim community and served […]
As the military and Abu Sayyaf Group clashes in Patikul, Sulu, eleven military personnel including an army officer were killed while the Western Mindanao Command said that ten members of the bandit group were killed while 15 more are injured. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Officials of the Maligaya Development Corporation, together with the adjudicator of the Guinness Book of World Records conducted an ocular inspection on the area were the firework display would be conducted in the Philippine Arena. The Philippines will attempt to set three world records namely the largest fireworks display, longest line of sparklers lit in relay and the most sparklers lit simultaneously. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, […]
According to the Department of Health, there are 185 firework-related incidents as of December 31, which is lower than those of past years. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/D4s7GhlBYjY
The Foreign Affairs of Taiwan criticized the youth protest conducted by student-volunteers in the Pag-asa Island in West Philippine Sea, adding that said “freedom voyage” is illegal and threatens the sovereignty of Taiwan. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
In the wake of the death of the nine-year old girl who was hit by a stray bullet, Health Secretary Janet Garin asked gun owners to be responsible in the use of firearms as well as to refrain from indiscriminate firing. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/ZuBk22Gxoek
