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The chief of the Highway Patrol Group of the Philippine National Police said that commuters and motorists would continue to experience inconvenience until Friday, November 20. This statement was made after thousands of commuters were stranded due to the strict security measures implemented for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/WRLXo6c5d5U
Concurrent with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC Summit, a United States guided missile destroyer is currently in the Philippines as well after conducting a patrol in the West Philippine Sea. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Despite the terrorist attacks, thousands of overseas Filipino workers in France reveal that they have no plans to go home soon, adding that they are confident with the stricter security measures implemented by French authorities. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
According to the Malacañang, authorities are already verifying the viral internet video allegedly made by the local representatives of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Said video issued threats against the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. However, the leadership of the Philippine National Police said that there is no ISIS in the Philippines and said video may have been made by local bandit groups in Mindanao that are taking advantage of the situation. (Eagle News […]
Prime ministers from Malaysian and New Zealand arrived in Manila on Tuesday (November 17), a day before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Summit. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was welcomed by Filipino officials at Manila’s international airport. Malaysia has brokered peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to end a 45-year conflict that has killed 120,000 people, displaced 2 million and stunted growth in one of the poor and […]
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto arrived at Manila’s international airport on Tuesday (November 17) for a state visit to the country. Pena Nieto was greeted by an entourage of Filipino officials and walked past two rows of honour guards upon his arrival. He will also be attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting which starts on Wednesday (November 18). Pena Nieto is scheduled to meet Philippines President Benigno Aquino later on Tuesday. The Asia-Pacific […]
Heads of state from South Korea and Australia arrived in Manila on Tuesday (November 18), ahead of the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting. South Korean President Park Geun-hye was welcomed by Ambassador to South Korea Raul Hernandez at Manila’s international airport. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrived in Manila a few minutes after Park and was welcomed by Filipino officials. He is expected to meet U.S. President Barack Obama later on Tuesday. The […]
Around 300 demonstrators protested in Manila on Tuesday (November 17), a day before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting. The protesters, who were blocked by riot police around 200 metres (656 feet) from the main gate of the U.S. embassy in Manila, chanted anti-imperialist slogans and waved banners decrying U.S. President Barack Obama’s participation in the summit. The demonstrators denounced what they called an interventionist foreign policy by the U.S.. “Today, Obama will arrive […]
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying arrived into Manila on Monday night (November 16) and was welcomed by Filipino officials ahead of the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Apart from attending the APEC Leaders’ Meeting which begins on Wednesday (November 18), Leung is also scheduled to speak at the APEC CEO Summit on Tuesday. Hong Kong and the Philippines maintain close economic ties, with more than 150,000 Filipinos working mostly as domestic helpers in […]
Rescuers conducted a safety exercise on Monday as they raced to locate survivors of a massive landslide in the city of Lishui in east China’s Zhejiang Province. The death toll from the landslide, which was triggered by flooding on Friday night in Lidong Village, has risen to 25 people while 12 others remain missing, authorities said. The avalanche of mud and rock caused by torrential rain engulfed some 27 homes. The emergency exercise, which lasted […]
A man who survived an explosion near the Stade de France just north of Paris on Friday night (November 13) said his cell phone saved his life by blocking flying debris. Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at least 120 people in a deadly rampage that a shaken President Francois Hollande called an unprecedented terrorist attack. Sylvestre, who was walking near the […]
(REUTERS) Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington. The video, which appeared on a website used by Islamic State to post its messages, begins with news footage of the aftermath of Friday’s Paris shootings in which at least 129 people were killed. The message to countries involved in what it called […]
