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MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – A suicide bomber dressed in a traditional Muslim woman’s gown died after detonating a bomb outside a military camp in the restive southern Philippines, but no other casualties were reported, authorities said. Suicide attacks were once very rare in the Philippines, but since July 2018 there have been four, including the latest explosion on Jolo island on Sunday. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for all three previous suicide attacks, which experts […]
Says James Anthony Uy is slated to surrender (Eagle News)–Justice Undersecretary and Spokesperson Markk Perete on Monday, Sept. 9, confirmed a fourth convict in the rape-slay of the Chiong sisters has been released under the Good Conduct Time Allowance law. Perete said James Anthony Uy, however, is slated to surrender together with fellow convict Josman Aznar, who was earlier released also under the law that increases the GCTA given to inmates. A Senate inquiry is […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Pro-democracy activists jammed Hong Kong streets in a march to the United States consulate on Sunday in a bid to ramp up international pressure on Beijing, but hardcore protesters later clashed with riot police across the city’s core. Millions have demonstrated over the last 14 weeks in the biggest challenge to China’s rule since the city’s handover from Britain in […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Proving again the lure of a good scare, the Stephen King-inspired film “IT Chapter Two” took in $91 million this weekend to top the North American box office, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. That three-day estimate fell below the original “It,” with its frighteningly impressive $123 million opening in 2017. But the two films now rank as the top two horror openings ever, according to Variety. “IT Chapter […]
SHENZHEN, China (AFP) — NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo was unable to save Greece as holders the United States reached the Basketball World Cup quarter-finals with a 69-53 win on Saturday. In front of a capacity 12,000 crowd in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, Gregg Popovich’s world and Olympic champions had two or sometimes three players on Greece’s danger man. Stop the 24-year-old from the Milwaukee Bucks and you stop Greece was clearly the mantra […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Monday, Sept. 9, were cancelled due to bad weather in Japan. Below is a list according to the Manila International Airport Authority: Japan Airlines JL 77 Haneda-Manila JL 745 Narita-Manila JL 078 Manila-Haneda JetStar GK 041 Narita-Manila GK 040 Manila-Narita All Nippon Airways NH 819 Narita-Manila Typhoon Faxai with potentially record winds and rain battered the Tokyo region early Monday, sparking evacuation warnings to tens of thousands, widespread blackouts and transport […]
(Eagle News) – Most of the pig blood samples sent by the Department of Agriculture to a laboratory in Europe for testing were found to be positive for African Swine Fever. The blood samples sent to a laboratory in United Kingdom for confirmatory testing were from the pigs that mysteriously died recently in Luzon. Fourteen of the 20 blood samples sent for laboratory testing were positive for ASF, according to the agriculture department in a […]
(Eagle News)–A yellow rainfall warning has been hoisted over parts of Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said under the alert in particular are Pangasinan and Kayapa, Sta.Fe, Aritao, and Ambaguio in Nueva Vizcaya. PAGASA said moderate to at times heavy rains are so far affecting the rest of Nueva Vizcaya, particularly Bagabag, Bambang, Bayombong, Kasibu, Quezon, Solano and Villaverde; and Ifugao, specifically in Tinoc and Asipulo. The weather bureau said […]
by Cyril JULIEN NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) — One week after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, residents struggled amid the ruins Sunday, with many forced to seek refuge far from their shattered homes as the death toll from the top-intensity storm hit 44 in the islands. Dorian, now classified as a post-tropical storm, caused “severe damage” in eastern Canada and was expected to move soon into the North Atlantic after cutting a destructive swath through the […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental early Monday, Sept. 9. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 24 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 2:07 a.m. Depth of focus was 33 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV has denied he owed lawyer Jude Sabio P700,000 in lawyer’s fees, and was behind the Ang Totoong Narcolist videos as the lawyer claimed. In a statement, Trillanes said it was clear in an interview of Sabio, who was responsible for filing a case against President Rodrigo Duterte before the International Criminal Court, that “hindi ako ang nagpagawa sayo ng billing na yan at hindi rin ako ang kliyente mo.” […]
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — At least 11 people were killed Sunday in Morocco after their bus was overturned by a flood in the kingdom’s southeast, authorities said. Rescue crews evacuated 27 passengers from the bus, including several injured, after it flipped over on a bridge by “flood waters” in El Khank, local officials said in a statement. Search operations were ongoing, they said, adding that the evacuees had been transferred to hospital in the city […]
