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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) – Five people died and several were injured after a powerful undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia’s heavily populated Java island, triggering a brief tsunami warning, the national disaster agency said Saturday. The 6.9 magnitude quake on Friday evening sent residents fleeing to higher ground, while many in the capital Jakarta ran into the streets. An official from Indonesia’s national disaster agency warned the quake could generate a tsunami as high as three […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Twenty people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a packed Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday. Here are of some of the other deadliest recent mass shootings in the United States: Vegas concert: 58 killed A 64-year-old retired accountant shoots down from his hotel room at a crowd attending an outdoor country music concert on October 1, 2017, killing 58 people and wounding around 550 before […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Sunday, Aug. 4, were cancelled due to bad weather. Below is a list, based on information from the Manila International Airport Authority: Ninoy Aquino International Airport M8-Skyjet M8 715/716 MNL-Busuanga-MNL The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration has said rains are expected in the country as Tropical Depression Hanna moves west northwest, and the southwest monsoon affects Luzon and Western Visayas.
(Eagle News)–A rainfall advisory has been hoisted over Southern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services said light to moderate to at times heavy rains are being experienced in Camarines Sur, Albay, Masbate, Catanduanes, Oriental Mindoro and Romblon. He said the conditions may continue for 1 to 3 hours. “All are advised to take precautionary measures against possible floods in low lying areas, flashfloods and landslides in mountainous areas,” PAGASA said.
(Eagle News)–Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is calling for a probe into the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. In renewing his call also for an update on the Nationally Determined Contribution, the plan that ensures that the country meets its intended commitment to reduce at least 70 percent of greenhouse gas by 2030 in accordance with the Paris Agreement, Gatchalian noted that the state “has the constitutional obligation to protect and advance the right of the people to […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima is seeking a probe into what she said was the poor financial performance of the Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation. In filing Senate Resolution No. 35, De Lima also sought to probe what she said was the agency’s failure to maximize the national utility of the aviation and aerospace industry in the past six years. For this, she cited a Commission on Audit report that said the agency had reached a […]
(Eagle News)–Rains are still expected in parts of the country today, Aug. 4, as Tropical Depression “Hanna” moves west northwest, and the southwest monsoon affects Luzon and Western Visayas. In its recent advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said monsoon rains will prevail in Metro Manila, MIMAROPA, Bataan, Zambales, Cavite, Laguna and Batangas. Flash floods or landslides due to moderate with at times heavy rainshowers are possible. Ilocos Region, Cordillera Administrative Region, […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck Northern Samar on Sunday, Aug. 4. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 25 kilometers northwest of Pambujan at 7:17 a.m. Depth of focus was 16 kilometers. An intensity II was felt in Palapag, Northern Samar and Irosin in Sorsogon. An instrumental intensity I was felt in Borongan City. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News) – The low pressure area east of Virac, Catanduanes has developed into a tropical depression named “Hanna”, according to PAGASA’s weather bulletin. But Hanna “is less likely to make landfall on any part of the country,” the PAGASA update said. At 3:00 AM today, the center of Tropical Depression “Hanna” was estimated based on all available data at°1,095 km East of Infanta, Quezon (15.7°N, 131.8°E) with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers […]
EL PASO, United States (AFP) — A gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire on shoppers at a packed Walmart store in El Paso, Texas on Saturday killing 20 people, and wounding 26 in the latest mass shooting in the United States, authorities said “On a day that would have been a normal day for someone to leisurely go shopping turned into one of the most deadly days in the history of Texas,” […]
by Sylvie LANTEAUME Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Washington wants to quickly deploy new intermediate-range missiles in Asia, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday in a move likely to anger China. The new Pentagon chief said the US was now free to deploy the weapons following its withdrawal Friday from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty with Russia. “Yes I would like to,” Esper said when asked if the US was […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday, Aug. 3, slammed the New York Times for its editorial the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration has become the deadliest place for environmental and rights activists. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Aug. 1 editorial titled “In the Fight to Save the Planet, Its Defenders Are Being Killed” that said the country of the “brutal” Duterte took the spot from Brazil was “not surprising.” He said […]
