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(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs will file a diplomatic protest over China’s alleged firing of warning flares at Philippine military aircraft flying over the West Philippine Sea once the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency confirms the report. “When NICA confirms I fire protest,” Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said in a Tweet in response to a GMA News Online reporter’s question. According to Locsin, “we can trust only the Armed Forces to […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) –At least fifteen people were killed and another four injured in attacks by suspected Muslim rebels in Thailand’s violence-wracked south, an army spokesman said on Wednesday, the largest death toll in years. The Malay-Muslim south has been in the grip of a bloody insurgency that has killed more than 7,000 people over the last 15 years. Late Tuesday militants struck two checkpoints in Yala province manned by civil defense volunteers, opening fire […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Nov. 6, slammed the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo for “giving all sorts of excuses and demands” following her designation as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs by President Rodrigo Duterte. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo in particular slammed Robredo’s spokesperson, lawyer Barry Gutierrez, who said that the position was different from the one initially offered by Duterte. He also said the post, […]
(Eagle News) — A rainfall advisory has been hoisted over Pangasinan. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rains are affecting portions Bolinao, Anda, Bani, Alaminos City, Sual, Agno, Burgos, Mabini, Labrador, Dasol, Infanta, Bugallon, Aguila and Mangatarem. PAGASA said these may persist within one to two hours. “All are advised to take precautionary measures against the impacts associated with these hazards. Residents along mountain slopes are advised for possible […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs has warned Filipinos against fake visa processing services directed at “irregular immigrants.” In an advisory, the Philippine embassy in Seoul said the fake services, which are usually advertised on Facebook, purport to give assistance to Filipinos who wish to acquire a valid visa to work in Korea. The services are supposed to come for free or for a “small attorney’s fee.” “Please note that there is no […]
(Eagle News) — A mild 3.6-magnitude earthquake struck Cotabato early Wednesday, Nov. 6. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 11 kilometers southwest of Makilala at 3:58 a.m. Depth of focus was 25 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded. Under the Richter scale, earthquakes ranging from magnitudes 3.0 to 3.9 are felt but rarely cause damage.
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish forces in northern Syria have detained a sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group who was killed in a US raid, a senior Turkish official said Tuesday. “Turkey has captured Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s sister” in a raid near the town of Azaz, the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP. He named the woman as Rasmiya Awad, and said she was born in 1954. […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has confirmed a fourth case of polio in the Philippines since the disease’s resurgence in the country after 19 years. In a statement, the DOH said the fourth case was from Mindanao. The agency did not elaborate. According to Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, the fourth case was confirmed following a test conducted by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in […]
(Eagle News) — “Quiel” has intensified into a tropical storm as it moved over the West Philippine Sea, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. In its latest advisory, PAGASA said the weather disturbance was last spotted 500 kilometers west southwest of Subic, Zambales. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, and gustiness of up to 80 kph. “Quiel,” which is moving eastward at 10 kph, is indirectly affecting […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Collins underwent successful surgery on Tuesday to repair his left labrum but will miss the next four months of the NBA season, the team announced. Trail Blazers president of basketball operations Neil Olshey said Collins will start rehabilitation and treatment and be re-evaluated around early March. Collins, 21, dislocated his left shoulder at the 2:01 mark of the third quarter in Portland’s 121-119 victory […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo is “being set up to fail” with her designation as co-chair of the Inter-agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Tuesday, Nov. 5. In a statement, Lagman, a partymate of Robredo, said the post was, after all, “vastly different” from the post of drug czar President Rodrigo Duterte previously offered. He said the vice president “is being thrown into a composite of an inter-agency […]
by Mohamad Ali Harissi On Board the RFA Cardigan Bay in the Gulf, Undefined (AFP) — The United States is training Gulf allies to “protect navigation” in the region’s troubled waterways, as it seeks to build an alliance to contain Iran. Washington’s three-week International Maritime Exercise (IMX), which started on October 21, came after a number of commercial vessels were attacked in the Gulf from May, ratcheting up regional tensions. Washington and other Western powers […]
