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SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — A Chilean military plane with 38 people aboard has gone missing after taking off from the country’s south for a base in Antarctica and is presumed to have crashed, authorities have said. Seventeen of those on board the C-130 aircraft were crew and the others were passengers, Chile’s Air Force said Monday. The plane is considered to have crashed and “all national and international air and maritime means available in […]
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — A gunman opened fire Tuesday in a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava, killing six people, the prime minister said. “There were four dead and two injured people who unfortunately died too,” Prime Minister Andrej Babis told the public Czech Television. The gunman is still at large, police said. Police have published a picture of the alleged suspect on Twitter, showing a man with receding ginger hair […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Tuesday, Dec. 10, vowed to continue to collaborate with local chief executives and the people in Mindanao even if martial law there will no longer be extended. “We will continue to collaborate with local chief executives and the people in the communities in the conduct of our current activities to sustain these gains brought about by martial law,” AFP spokesperson Brigadier General Edgard Arevalo said […]
by Andrew BEATTY / with Daniel de Carteret in Gosford Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Toxic haze blanketed Sydney Tuesday triggering a chorus of smoke alarms to ring across the city and forcing school children inside, as “severe” weather conditions fuelled deadly bush blazes along Australia’s east coast. Fire engines raced office-to-office in the city centre with sirens blaring, as inland bushfires poured smoke laden with toxic particles into commercial buildings. Emergency […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Dec. 10, gave the assurance the kidnapping incident in a busy street in Makati was an “isolated incident.” “I have not heard of any kidnapping cases reported whether by the media or by word of mouth – except for that video that went viral,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said. According to Panelo, it was “definitely” safe to roam the streets, even as he urged the public to also […]
(Eagle News) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority will implement a stop-and-go scheme on Edsa and other major roads on Wednesday, Dec. 11, as the 30th South East Asian Games draws to a close. In an announcement on its Facebook account, the MMDA said the scheme will be implemented in the following: Entrance of Ayala and Shaw Boulevard tunnel/underpass, northbound lanes After Shaw and Ayala underpass, southbound lanes The MMDA reminded motorists to avoid the […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities are looking at debt as a motive in the kidnapping of a woman in Makati on Monday night. Police Brigadier General Debold Sinas did not elaborate, and did not release the identities of the suspects and the victim, but media reports identified her as Zhou Mei, 28. The kidnapping took place along Paseo de Roxas corner Nieva St., where authorities also recovered a deed of sale reportedly containing the name of […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday, Dec. 10, said President Rodrigo Duterte will no longer extend martial law in Mindanao. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the announcement days before martial law in the island group was set to lapse, or on Dec. 31. According to Panelo, the President’s decision was based on the assessment defense advisers. Earlier, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he had recommended a non-extension of martial law there, citing the improved […]
(Eagle News) — Actor Miko Palanca has passed away. This was announced by his family in a statement on Tuesday, Dec. 10. “We are extremely saddened and heartbroken by the sudden passing of our beloved brother, Miko Palanca. The whole family is grateful for the incredible outpour of love and support that has been coming in today,” the family said. The family did not reveal the circumstances behind his death. He was 41 years old. […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo is set to release her report on the drug war on Monday. According to Robredo, the report would essentially show the problems that needed to be addressed in the country’s campaign against illegal drugs. Robredo issued the statement after she was fired as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee Against Illegal Drugs. The Palace had said this was after Robredo and her Liberal Partymates taunted him when they said […]
(Eagle News) — Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison has said he does not believe President Rodrigo Duterte was sincere in resuming peace talks. In a statement, Sison said “it is highly probable that Duterte’s offer of peace negotiations, preconditioned by resuming them in the Philippines, is a prelude to the escalation of attacks against the people and the revolutionary forces.” “The NPA (New People’s Army) can see through the ruse and […]
by James EDGAR Agence France Presse CLARK, Philippines (AFP) — Filipino fighters punched their way to seven boxing golds at the Southeast Asian Games’ very own Thrilla in Manila in front of a raucous home crowd on Monday. The fifth and final day of the boxing program climaxed with 13 medal bouts at the Philippine International Convention Center Forum in the capital, and the boxing-mad host nation was not disappointed. Carlo Paalam, Rogen Ladon, […]
