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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Rescuers worked by hand to clear debris from a landslide triggered by heavy rains in central Japan on Saturday, as the toll from the storms rose to 10 dead with a further three people reportedly missing. Aerial footage showed emergency workers removing wreckage from two houses that were swept away in Chiba, southeast of Tokyo, just two weeks after a deadly typhoon barrelled through the area. Nine people were killed by […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday again said a trade deal is imminent with Beijing that will help American farmers hurt by retaliation in the grinding conflict between the economic powers. “We’re looking probably to be ahead of schedule to sign a very big portion of the China deal, and we will call it to phase one,” Trump told reporters. The deal will “take care of the farmers” as well as […]
by Jocelyne ZABLIT LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — More than 1,000 firefighters battled a wind-driven blaze Monday that broke near the renowned Getty Center in Los Angeles, prompting widespread evacuations as the flames destroyed several homes and forced the shutdown of schools and road closures. The so-called Getty Fire ignited overnight near a major freeway and quickly spread south and west toward neighborhoods, scorching some 600 acres (240 hectares) and sending people fleeing in […]
by Paulina ABRAMOVICH SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Chilean protesters clashed with security forces on Monday, several hours after embattled President Sebastian Pinera announced a cabinet reshuffle in his latest bid to end 10 days of street demonstrations. At least 20 people have died in a wave of protests against social and economic inequality ahead of the latest violence in Santiago and, according to local media, the cities of Valparaiso and Concepcion. “Chile has changed and […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Oct. 28, said he was ready to appoint Vice President Leni Robredo as drug czar if she thought she could do better. The President said this was what he meant when he said he would “surrender my powers to enforce the law” to Robredo for six months. Duterte made the comment after Robredo said there was a need to reassess the drug war after it failed to curb the […]
(Eagle News)–The Nueva Ecija court hearing the charges filed by Mary Jane Veloso against her alleged recruiters has tentatively set the taking of her testimony against them to December 12. Edre Olalia, National Union of People’s Lawyers president, said, however, that the date was “subject to” the resolution of the motion for reconsideration which alleged recruiters Maria Cristina Sergio and Julius Lacanilao plan to file to challenge the Supreme Court decision that allowed Veloso to […]
(Eagle News)–Newly installed Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on Monday, Oct. 28, laid out his ten-point program as the country’s top magistrate, thanking President Rodrigo Duterte for the opportunity to serve. In his first speech as Chief Justice during the SC’s flag ceremony, Peralta said under his ten-point program, he wishes to eliminate backlog in the SC and other courts, continue to revise the Rules of Court and other rules of procedure so they will become […]
(Eagle News)–A rainfall advisory has been hoisted over parts of Palawan due to a low pressure area off Negros Oriental. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said light to moderate with occasional heavy rains are affecting Sofronio Española in particular. PAGASA said these may continue for two to three hours and may affect nearby areas. “The public and the disaster risk reduction and management council concerned are advised to monitor the weather condition […]
(Eagle News) — A third case of polio since over a decade has been recorded in the Philippines. The Department of Health said the case involved a four-year-old female from Datu Piang, Maguindanao who did not receive any dose of the oral polio vaccine. The DOH said the case was initially reported as a case of acute flaccid paralysis after consultation at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center. In September, the DOH declared a polio outbreak […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will push through with his flight this week to Thailand, where he will attend the 35th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit, a Palace official said on Monday, Oct. 28. Chief of Presidential Protocol Robert Eric Borje made the announcement days after President Duterte had to cut short his trip to Japan on Oct. 22 due to “unbearable pain in his spinal column near the pelvic bone.” Duterte, who […]
By CAESAR VALLEJOS, Open for Business “Galit sa mundo.” That could be one of the feelings of Filipinos, over 3 million of them, who suffer from depression. According to the World Health Organization, 800,000 people die each year due to suicide. What is more alarming is that suicide cases and students with mental illnesses have “risen drastically in the last two years with at least one suicide referral made each day.” “There remains to be […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs is urging Filipinos to postpone their travel to Iraq amid the violent protests in the country. The DFA said if the travel cannot be delayed, however, Filipinos should avoid flights with early morning or late night arrivals in Baghdad, Basra, and the Kurdistan Region. “Curfews are currently imposed in several cities,” the DFA said. According to the agency, Filipinos in Iraq who need assistance may contact the Philippine Embassy […]
