Two police officers in Las Vegas were shot dead in a rampage that left 1 civilian death as well as 2 of the suspects.
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Update on start of classes for private colleges
Here is an update on the start of classes for private colleges with Eagle News reporter Jerold Tagbo.
Stakeholder meeting regarding coconut pest
Presidential Assistant on Food Security and Agricultural Modernization Secretary Francisco Pangilinan is going to hold a meeting of stakeholders regarding the coconut pest or “cocolisap”
LPA enters Philippine area of repsonsibility
A low pressure area enters the Philippine area of responsibility, with a possibility of becoming a storm in 1-2 days.
Gov’t won’t respond to China’s provocative actions, Palace maintains
By Azer N. Parrocha MANILA (PNA) — Malacanang on Saturday maintained that the Philippine government would not respond to provocative actions by China following reports of movements by Chinese ships in two reefs in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). “The chosen track that we have taken is that we do not respond to provocative action,” said deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte in an interview over state-run dzRB radio. “We always exhaust the […]
Ukraine’s new leader stands up to Moscow over Crimea and Europe
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s new president Petro Poroshenko said his country would never give up Crimea and would not compromise on its path towards closer ties with Europe, spelling out a defiant message to Russia in his inaugural speech on Saturday. The 48-year-old billionaire took the oath of office before parliament, buoyed by Western support but facing a crisis in relations with Russia as a separatist uprising seethes in the east of his country. Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in […]
China sends more ships to Vietnam waters
HANOI (PNA/VNS) — Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance Department (VSFD) staff has reported high-capacity Chinese vessels in waters around the Haiyang Shiyou-981 rig, which is illegally standing in Vietnam’s waters. They said the vessels had bulbous bows and were accompanied by two Chinese coast-guard ships. Together with Chinese fishing vessels, they kept on hampering Vietnamese vessels, occasionally throwing stones and bottles. China still has a fleet of between 110-115 ships around the rig, including about 40 coast-guard […]
At least 58 people die in flash floods in Afghanistan
(Reuters) — At least 58 people have been killed and many more are missing in flash floods that hit parts of northern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai’s office said on Saturday (June 7). The floods were caused by heavy rain that fell overnight in the Gozargah-e Noor district of the northern Baghlan province. Residents of the flooded area said many people have lost their homes. “Some 500 houses were destroyed in these floods and nearly 60 people have been killed also […]
Dozens killed in massacre in eastern Congo; pregnant women among victims
(Reuters) – Up to 37 people including women and children were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern province of South Kivu on Saturday in an attack that government officials blamed on a dispute over cattle. The victims, who included several pregnant women, had been shot, stabbed or burned inside their homes. A Reuters cameraman on the scene in the village of Mutarule counted 37 bodies, some of them lying inside a village church. Residents […]
Maria Sharapova enters finals of French Open
After her third try, Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova entered the finals of the French open after beating her Canadian opponent.
Malacañang won’t condone PNP officials selling firearms to rebels
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said Malacanang would not condone the act of some officials of the Philippine National Police selling firearms to the New People’s Army.
Malacañang welcomes filing of plunder cases against 3 senators and Napoles
Malacañang is happy with the filing of cases against those involved in the pork barrel scam, with Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte saying that it is a step forward to determine the truth. Senate President Franklin Drilon said he hoped the judicial process will be properly followed, and that the accused would be given a fair trial by the Sandiganbayan. He said he would not allow the arrest of the three senators inside the Senate […]
