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(Reuters) — Stormy winds knocked over the crane which collapsed onto one of Islam’s holiest shrines in Mecca and killed 107 people on Friday, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday (September 12). Still photographs showed Muslim pilgrims praying and continuing to visit the site as emergency crews worked. The number of deaths may increase, an official warned on Al Arabiya TV, although many of the 238 people injured in the accident were only lightly wounded. Mecca’s […]
(Reuters) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. cemented his place among the pantheon of boxing greats with a unanimous decision over fellow American Andre Berto on Saturday (September 12) in what he has repeatedly said would be the final fight of his career. Mayweather, 38, outboxed his younger opponent over the 12 rounds to retain his WBC and WBA welterweight titles and improve his perfect career record to 49-0, matching the benchmark set by former heavyweight champion […]
MACTAN, Cebu – Finance Ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have one fervent wish for the Cebu Action Plan (CAP): that it may end up like the Bogor Goals of 1994. “It is our hope,” said Finance Secretary Cesar V. Purisima, “that the Cebu Action Plan is going to be referred to again and again in a similar way to how the trade ministers continually refer to the Bogor Goals of 1994 in order […]
(Eagle News) — At least 15 Filipinos were evacuated in Japan due to the massive flashfloods that have affected the country, according to the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte also noted that 15 Filipinos who asked to be evacuated were already under the care of the Philippine Embassy, as reported by Ambassador Manuel Lopez. Malacanang said the Philippine embassy is continuing to help Filipinos affected by the floods. It will continue […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang on Saturday confirmed that Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Gregory Domingo has quit the Cabinet. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. relayed the information to Palace reporters Saturday afternoon (Sept. 12) upon verifying it with Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. Coloma said President Benigno S. Aquino III is yet to respond on the matter. “According to Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr., Secretary Gregory Domingo has submitted his resignation […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said no Filipino had been reported injured or killed in a tragic crane accident Friday at the Mecca Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia ahead of the annual Hajj. Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said that the Department of Foreign Affairs’ Philippine Consulate General in Jeddah reported that no Filipino was reported injured or killed in that accident. “As of today, wala naman pong report so far tungkol sa mga Pilipinong nadamay […]
(Reuters) — At least 107 people were killed when a crane toppled over at Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Friday (September 11), Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence authority said, less than two weeks before Islam’s annual haj pilgrimage. At least 238 people were wounded, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence body said. “The incident took place at exactly 5:23 this afternoon as a result of heavy rains,” General Suleiman al-Amr, director general of the Civil Defence Authority said. Strong […]
(Reuters) — At least 20 people were killed on Saturday (September 12) after a suspected gas explosion ripped through a restaurant in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a police official said. Another 75 people were injured, an official in Jhabua district police control room told Reuters. Police suspect the blast, which occurred about 800 km (500 miles) south of New Delhi, was caused by a gas cylinder exploding in the restaurant. Television footage […]
(Courtesy CCTV) — The refugee crisis that Europe is now facing might last for decades, and yet no policy so far can solve the problem, said an international strategic expert in an exclusive interview with China Central Television (CCTV) on Friday in London. Nigel Inkster, the Director of Transnational Threats and Political Risk at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, said the refugee crisis may last longer than many people think. “I think the answer […]
(Reuters) — An overcast Friday (September 11) greeted relatives who gathered at the World Trade Center site to commemorate nearly 3,000 people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and outside Washington 14 years ago, when airliners hijacked by al Qaeda militants brought death, mayhem and destruction. Relatives of the victims read their names in a solemn and poignantly familiar pattern. Emblematic of the generations affected, children who were not old […]
(Reuters) — Challenger Andre Berto will go into Saturday’s welterweight fight against Floyd Mayweather as a heavy underdog but the fighter senses that something is brewing and that boxing fans will be treated to a real “rumble”. Berto, 32, will be aiming to end his fellow American’s perfect 48-0 record and his corner man, Virgil Hunter, has promised that his boxer is capable of fighting “over his head” in a bout scheduled for 12 […]
(Eagle News) — Department of interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas resigned from the cabinet on Friday, Sept. 11, to run for the presidency next year under the administration’s ruling Liberal Party. The resignation came more than a month after he was chosen to be the LP’s standard bearer by President Aquino. This came about as a new DILG chief was appointed to take over his post, in the person of Western Samar Rep. […]
