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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A North Korean soldier crossed the Demilitarised Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul’s military said Thursday, in a rare direct defection across the heavily fortified frontier. More than 30,000 North Koreans have escaped to the South since the two were separated by war more than 65 years ago, according to Seoul government data, many of them driven by prolonged economic hardship. But the vast majority have gone first to […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Batanes on Thursday, Aug. 1. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, an aftershock of the July 27 earthquakes that killed at least eight people in the province, hit 20 kilometers southeast of Itbayat at 2:29 p.m. Depth of focus of the quake was 10 kilometers. An intensity V was reported in Itbayat, while an instrumental intensity I was felt in Basco. No damage to property nor […]
(Eagle News) – The cost of damage by the recent series of quakes that shook Itbayat, Batanes is now tagged at more than P54.79 million even as strong aftershocks continued to rock the area, according to the latest update from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). The town of Itbayat in Batanes has been declared under a state of calamity since July 29. Work and classes has also been suspended there. […]
(Eagle News)–Three men who allegedly attempted to extort money from several people in government, including Senator Bong Go, have been arrested by the police. The Philippine National Police-Anti-Cybercrime Group identified the suspects as Dennis Jose Borbon, an online blogger and a former staff member of the 1-Edukasyon partylist; Edgar Paulo James Bularan.; and Menard Greg Bassa. Only Borbon and Bularan, who were arrested in an entrapment operation in Malabon, were presented to the media in […]
The Cinemalaya Foundation, in partnership with the Cultural Center of the Philippines, celebrates 15 years of introducing best independepent cinematic works to the Filipino and international film communities on August 2 to 11, 2019, at various venues of the CCP. The 15th edition of the country’s biggest independent film festival goes nationwide as it will be simultaneously screened on August 7 to 13, at selected Ayala Cinemas and Vista Malls in Manila, Pampanga, Naga and […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday, Aug. 1, said, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III is trying to secure a meeting with congressmen following the former Philippine National Police chief’s allegations of conflict of interest against the secretary’s family. In a news forum in the Senate, Lacson said based on his information, for this Duque was talking to allies of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. “Kakausapin niya ‘yung Visayan bloc, kakausapin niya ‘yung mga dating kaalyado, […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of the Interior and Local Government will ask Congress to pass legislation that will require those who want to buy a car to present proof they own a garage first. “.. If you cannot prove that you have parking, you should not be sold a car,” Interior Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said in an interview over ANC on Thursday, Aug. 1. Malaya issued the statement following a directive from President Rodrigo Duterte for […]
(Eagle News)–The airport terminal fee for students will be waived starting Thursday, Aug. 1. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said in a memorandum issued to all airport managers that exempted from paying the fee were pre-school to college students, including those in trade, arts, technical vocational schools and training centers. The memo said those enrolled in driving and dancing schools, schools of culinary arts and in “seminar-type” courses, masteral and doctoral, and law […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test firing of a new multiple rocket launcher, state media said Thursday. Kim “guided a test-fire of newly-developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system on July 31,” state-run KCNA said. South Korea’s military said Wednesday that two ballistic missiles had been fired from the Wonsan area on North Korea’s east coast. Kim “repeatedly expressed satisfaction over the result of the test-fire,” […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Edgardo Angara on Thursday, Aug. 1, said the Department of Health should explain what he said was the overstocking of medicines worth billions of pesos in its warehouses. In a statement, Angara said close to P20 billion worth of drugs and medicine are there, as cited by the Commission on Audit in its 2018 report on the agency. Angara said the wastage “is becoming like dengue, it has become an annual thing.” “And […]
(Eagle News)–A Jordanian tagged as a former henchman of Osama Bin Laden’s brother-in-law has been arrested in Mindanao, the Bureau of Immigration said. According to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, 51-year-old Mahmoud Afif Abdeljalil was nabbed last July 4 by joint operatives of the BI, military and police in Zamboanga City. The operation was conducted following a surveillance of the Jordanian, who, together with an Algerian, had been flagged down at a military checkpoint in Zamboanga […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck near the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. USGS said the quake hit about 178 kilometers (110 miles) northwest of the capital Port Vila at 2:02 am (1502 GMT Wednesday) at a depth of 179 kilometers. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat from the quake. USGS said there was […]
