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(Eagle News) — Filipino teenager Carlos Edriel Yulo made history as the first Filipino to win a gold medal at the world gymnastics championship on Saturday in Stuttgart, Germany. With the win, the Philippine national anthem was played for the first time at the podium during awarding ceremonies at the 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships late Saturday, Oct. 12. Earlier this week, Yulo had also qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He is […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Sunday, Oct. 13. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 142 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos at 6:37 p.m. Depth of focus was 34 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Operations of the Light Rail Transit 2 will start earlier beginning Monday, Oct. 14. In an advisory, the LRT- 2 said trains will start ferrying passengers at 5 a.m., an hour earlier than before. The free rides for students, the LRT-2 said, will be offered from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m., and from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. “from Monday to Friday, except holidays.” Earlier, the LRT-2 temporarily suspended operations after a rectifier near […]
by Katell ABIVEN / Hector Velasco QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) — A first meeting between Ecuador’s president and indigenous leaders will take place on Sunday, the United Nations said, after Lenin Moreno ordered a curfew and military control in the capital to try to quell deadly, anti-austerity protests. The rolling demonstrations have left six people dead and nearly 2,100 wounded or detained, according to authorities, with protesters on Saturday targeting a television station and a newspaper […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Turkey’s deadly assault on Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria has forced 130,000 people to flee their homes, the UN said Sunday, adding it was preparing for that figure to more than triple. “We have moved into a planning scenario where up to 400,000 people could be displaced within and across the affected areas,” Jens Laerke, a spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency OCHA told AFP in an email, adding that […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Suspected ethnic Rakhine rebels disguised as a sports team stormed a bus in rural Myanmar and took 31 hostages — mostly off-duty firefighters and construction workers — authorities said Sunday. The state-backed Global New Light of Myanmar said the bus — travelling to the Rakhine state capital of Sittwe — was flagged down by a man dressed in civilian attire before 18 rebels in sportswear emerged from the forest and […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong riot police spent much of Sunday afternoon skirmishing with small groups of masked pro-democracy protesters who held flashmob gatherings in multiple locations — although crowds were smaller and less violent than recent weekends. Rallies erupted in multiple neighborhoods with some protesters blocking roads, spraying graffiti on pro-China businesses, smashing windows and erecting barricades. Police made multiple arrests as they rushed to intercept activists but the clashes were […]
< by Harumi OZAWA / Miwa SUZUKI Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At least 26 people were killed by powerful Typhoon Hagibis, local media reported Sunday, a day after the ferocious storm slammed into Japan, unleashing unprecedented rain and catastrophic flooding. More than 100,000 rescuers, including 31,000 troops, were working into the night to reach people trapped after torrential rain caused landslides and filled rivers until they burst their banks. The destruction forced […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over parts of Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds are expected over Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga Sibugay within one to two hours. These conditions are being experienced in Zamboanga del Norte; Bukidnon; Misamis Oriental; Lanao del Norte; Lanao del Sur; Agusan del Norte; Agusan del Sur; Davao City; Laak, New Corella, Tagum, Carmen, Panabo in […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — American Patrick Day was in a coma after suffering a serious head injury Saturday night following a vicious knockout by unbeaten Charles Conwell during a boxing card in Chicago, US media reported. The 27-year-old Day was unconscious when he was taken from the ring in a stretcher and loaded onto a waiting ambulance at the Wintrust Arena. Fight broadcaster DAZN said Day suffered a seizure in the ambulance and […]
