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by Allison JACKSON RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — At least 57 inmates were killed during a prison riot in northern Brazil on Monday as rival gang factions fought each other, an official said. Sixteen of the dead were decapitated in the second major eruption of violence to rock the country’s severely overpopulated and deadly prison system in as many months. Fighting broke out in the Altamira Regional Recovery Center at around 7:00 am (1000 […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia has returned seven shipping containers of illegally imported waste to France and Hong Kong, an official said Tuesday, marking the latest move by a Southeast Asian nation to send back rubbish to their wealthy places of origin. The containers were loaded with a combination of garbage, plastic waste and hazardous materials in violation of import rules, according to customs officials on Batam Island near Singapore. “The containers left on Monday […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is preparing for his teaching load in two universities in the country following his stint in the Upper House. Trillanes himself made the revelation of his plans to teach in the University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University in an interview over ANC on Tuesday, July 30. Trillanes said he would be teaching public policy in UP, while the subject he would teach in Ateneo had yet […]
(Eagle News)–Batanes has been placed under a state of calamity. The declaration was made after successive earthquakes hit the province over the weekend, leading to at least nine deaths and several injured. President Rodrigo Duterte visited the province on Sunday, July 28, and ordered the construction of a P40-million clinic following the damages wrought on the hospital there. The declaration will facilitate the release of calamity funds for the province’s rehabilitation. Earthquakes struck the province […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, July 29, slammed Health Secretary Francisco Duque III over his family’s alleged dealings with the government worth millions of pesos. In a privilege speech, Lacson cited Doctors Pharmaceuticals Inc., which he said had cornered contracts for medicine supplies. “Mr. President, is it just a mere coincidence that Doctors Pharmaceuticals, Inc. became an accredited government contractor and supplier in the same year that Secretary Duque was confirmed by the Commission […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “The Lion King” maintained its reign over North American theaters, taking in $76.6 million over the three-day weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday. The massive haul brings its domestic total to $351.9 million and extends a streak of successes for Disney after its “Avengers: Endgame” was last week named the highest-grossing movie of all time. Directed by Jon Favreau, “The Lion King” is a remake of the 1994 […]
(Eagle News)–Classes on Tuesday, July 30, in some parts of Zambales have been suspended due to bad weather. Below is a list: Botolan Cabangan Candelaria Palauig San Antonio Subic The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said monsoon rains will prevail in parts of the country.
by Sajjad TARAKZAI RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AFP) — Eighteen people were killed when a small military plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi early Tuesday, officials told AFP. The plane crashed into a poor village near an upscale neighbourhood in the garrison city that is home to the army’s headquarters, creating a fireball that lit up the night sky and terrified residents. “We have taken 18 dead bodies to hospital… that included […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Tuesday, July 30. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 187 kilometers southeast of Sarangani at 8:20 a.m. Depth of focus was one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Monsoon rains are expected in parts of the country as the southwest monsoon affects the western section of Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Pangasinan, Bataan and Zambales may also have flash floods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains. Metro Manila, MIMAROPA, La Union, Benguet, Cavite, Batangas and the rest of Central Luzon will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms, PAGASA said. The rest […]
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — An eight-year-old boy died Monday when a man pushed him and his mother in front of a train in Germany’s Frankfurt railway station, police said. The suspect, a 40-year-old man of African origin who was unrelated to the victims, ran off but was overpowered by passers-by and detained by police. The woman, also 40, was being treated in hospital after narrowly escaping from the tracks as an arriving ICE […]
by Ludovic EHRET HONG KONG, China (AFP) — China on Monday threw its backing behind Hong Kong’s beleaguered leader and police, saying violent protesters must be swiftly punished following another weekend of running street battles in the financial hub. What began as a mass display of opposition to an extradition bill two months ago has morphed into a wider pro-democracy movement that has thrown down the most significant challenge to Beijing’s authority since the former […]
