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(Eagle News)–The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, Sept. 3: Flight schedules may be subject to changes. MIAA advised passengers to get confirmation of their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled. According to MIAA, this was as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport premises. Metro Manila is under a general community quarantine, which means domestic flights are […]
(Eagle News) – The suicide bombers responsible for the Aug. 24 Jolo, Sulu bombing that killed 14 people and wounded 75 others, were close to being nabbed by the four intelligence officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) before the AFP officers were killed by members of the Jolo police on June 29. This was revealed by AFP chief of staff Gen. Gilbert Gapay when he appeared before the Commission on Appointments […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China on Wednesday condemned a Pentagon report for claiming Beijing wants to double its stockpile of nuclear warheads within a decade as it seeks to deter the United States from any intervention linked to Taiwan. The Pentagon’s annual study on China’s military power issued Tuesday said it has already matched or outstripped the US military in several areas of defence. It added that the People’s Liberation Army aims to be ready […]
(Eagle News)–The severe tropical storm off Batanes is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Friday, Sept. 4, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In a 4 p.m. update, PAGASA’s Chris Perez said STS “Haishen,” which is located 2025 kilometers off Basco, is forecast to gradually turn west northwestward today and tomorrow, and then northwestward on Friday. Once it enters PAR, he said it will be named “Kristine.” It is […]
https://youtu.be/1nt4N_P2v00 (Eagle News) — A top official of the Philippine Carabao Center received a tongue-lashing from a very dismayed Senator Cynthia Villa who severely criticized the agency for its failure to properly use funds meant to increase production of carabao milk in the country. Villar castigated the Executive Director of the Philippine Carabao Center, Dr. Arnel del Barrio, accusing him of misusing funds meant for the development of a carabao processing center, and for other […]
by Jerome Rivet and Maya Gebeily BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Baghdad Wednesday on his first official visit to Iraq, where he hopes to help the country reassert its “sovereignty” despite simmering US-Iran tensions. Coming straight from a two-day trip to Beirut, the capital of crisis-hit Lebanon, Macron will be the most significant leader to visit Iraq since Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi came to power in May. The trip was […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 226,000 mark on Wednesday, September 2, after the Department of Health reported an additional 2,218 cases. Of the 226440 total cases, the DOH said 64207 were active. Of these, 91.2 percent were mild, 6.4 percent asymptomatic, 1.0 percent severe, and 1.4 percent critical. The DOH said the 2218 additional cases were from results of tests done by 102 out of 110 labs. The […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Flights were grounded in South Korea and storm warnings issued on both sides of the Korean peninsula as a typhoon forecast to be one of the most powerful in years made its approach Wednesday. More than 300 domestic departures were cancelled as Typhoon Maysak churned across waters south of the resort island of Jeju packing gusts of up to 162 kilometres per hour (101 miles per hour). South Korean Prime […]
by Kyoko Hasegawa with Katie Forster in Hong Kong TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s ruling party will vote on September 14 on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s replacement, an official confirmed Wednesday, as powerful chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga consolidated his frontrunner status in the race. A vote in parliament — expected to endorse the Liberal Democratic Party’s new leader — is likely to follow on September 16. The new prime minister will face a raft […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Hundreds of litres of toxic wastewater have leaked into Paris’ Seine River from a plant belonging to Franco-Swiss cement giant Lafarge-Holcim, local reports said, sparking outrage from French officials. Lafarge acknowledged the spillage but insisted it had been the result of sabotage, rather than an intentional act by the company. The contaminated liquid is composed of a mixture of cement, wastewater treatment liquid and plastic microfibres and comes from a Lafarge […]
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe said Tuesday that only foreign farmers protected by international investment treaties qualified to retrieve land seized by the government two decades ago. Former president Robert Mugabe launched land reforms in 2000, grabbing parcels from 4,000 white farmers on the grounds that he was reversing historical land ownership imbalances that favoured the minority whites. On Monday, the government said white farmers could apply to regain the titles to their land. Information ministry […]
Ad interim appointments of 29 other military officers approved (Eagle News) — The Commission on Appointments on Wednesday, Sept. 2, confirmed the nomination of Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gilbert Gapay to the rank of general. The CA also approved the ad interim appointments of 29 other military officers. They were: Franco Nemesio Gacal to the rank of Lieutenant General Jose Faustino Jr. to the rank of Lieutenant General Gilbert Saret to the rank of […]
