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SRINAGAR, India (AFP) — Armed soldiers stand in front of barbed wire in Indian Kashmir’s near-silent summer capital of Srinagar during a massive security lockdown imposed on the restive region by the Hindu nationalist government. Kashmir was stripped of its seven-decade-long autonomous status through a controversial presidential decree on Monday, a day after a crippling curfew was imposed on its main city. Home to more than one million people, Srinagar now looks like a ghost-town: […]
(Eagle News)–Signal No. 1 remains hoisted over Batanes as Typhoon “Hanna” moved slowly over the Philippine Sea on Wednesday, Aug. 7. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 10 a.m., the eye of the typhoon was located 630 kilometers east of Basco, packing maximum sustained winds of 130 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 160 kph. “Hanna” is moving north northwest slowly. According to PAGASA, the outer rainbands […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has lifted the temporary restraining order it had issued on the conduct of the Mamasapano trial at the Sandiganbayan. This means that the trial stemming over charges filed against former President Benigno Aquino III and several others for the deaths of 44 members of the Special Action Force due to the botched operation in 2015 can now proceed. The TRO was issued by the SC in February last year, after family […]
(Eagle News)–An Olongapo court has granted the motion for the issuance of a hold departure order against Dennis Sytin. Branch 74 Judge Richard Paradeza also granted the motion for an HDO filed by the prosecution against Oliver Fuentes alias Ryan Rementilla. The motions were filed after Fuentes and Dennis were charged with the murder of businessman Dominic Sytin, Dennis’ brother, in Subic in November last year. Also charged was alleged gunman Edgar Luib, but the […]
(Eagle News)–Four out of five Filipinos are satisfied with the conduct of the May 2019 elections, a recent Social Weather Stations survey found. The second quarter 2019 survey conducted from June 22 to 26 found 80% satisfied, 7% undecided, and 12% dissatisfied. This gives a net satisfaction rating of +68, classified by SWS as very good, 5 points below the record-high excellent +73 in June 2016, the pollster said. The SWS survey also found that […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck Antique on Tuesday night. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 34 kilometers southwest of Laua-an at 7:18 p.m. Depth of focus was one kilometer. The following intensities were recorded: Intensity III – Laua-an, Antique Intensity II – Patnongon and Barbaza, Antique The following instrumental intensities were also recorded: Intensity II – Culasi, Antique Intensity I – San Jose de Buenavista, Sebaste and […]
Signal No. 1 hoisted over Batanes, Babuyan Group of Islands (Eagle News)–“Hanna” has intensified into a typhoon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 5 a.m., the eye of “Hanna” was located 625 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 150 kph. Signal No. 1 has been hoisted over Batanes and Babuyan Group of […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The mayor of Hiroshima urged Japan to sign a landmark UN treaty banning nuclear weapons as the city Tuesday marked 74 years since being targeted in the world’s first atomic attack. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led commemorations at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima as residents offered silent prayers, lit candles, and placed wreaths to remember those killed in the August 6, 1945 bombing. And mayor Kazumi Matsui used the occasion […]
by Luis Jaime CISNEROS / Francisco JARA LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Washington warned China and Russia on Tuesday to avoid doing business with the Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro, as delegates from some 60 countries met in Lima to discuss ways of ending the crisis in the South American nation. The admonition came a day after President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on all Venezuelan government assets in the United States and barred transactions with […]
by Eva XIAO BEIJING, China (AFP) — China warned Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters Tuesday that “those who play with fire will perish by it”, a day after the most widespread unrest of the two-month crisis. In its harshest warning yet, Beijing said the immense strength of the central government should not be underestimated, while police in the semi-autonomous city announced they had arrested almost 150 people in connection with Monday’s violence. The global financial center […]
by Claire LE SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un says the country’s latest missile launches were a warning to Washington and Seoul over their joint war games, state news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday, as tensions rise on the Korean peninsula. The latest launch by the nuclear-armed North came after the South Korean and US militaries began mainly computer-simulated joint exercises on Monday to test Seoul’s ability to take operational […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed on Tuesday, Aug. 6, that he would go to China to raise the South China Sea dispute. The President made the confirmation before the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. in Malacañang. “Yung arbitral ruling pag-usapan natin ‘yan. That’s why I’m going to China. I’m not going to tell you the agenda. I’m going to China to talk,” Duterte said. He said would also watch the FIBA […]
