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by Sippachai Kunnuwong THON BURI, Thailand (AFP) — Armed with a wooden knife and shield, a teenage girl fends off four sword-wielding boys with high-flying kicks in an action-packed homage to Thailand’s neglected sword fighting tradition. The fighters are part of a growing group of students at a school on Bangkok’s outskirts mastering “Krabi Krabong,” a martial art used in centuries-old warfare between rival kingdoms. “It is a fighting technique used in a […]
by Holly Robertson SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s government on Wednesday called on China to allow an Australian child and his Uighur mother to leave the country, stepping up pressure on Beijing days after Canberra co-signed a letter denouncing its treatment of the Muslim minority. China has rounded up an estimated one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim Turkic-speaking minorities into re-education camps in the tightly-controlled region of Xinjiang in the country’s northwest. Canberra […]
(Eagle News)–Interior Secretary Eduardo Año on Wednesday, July 17, urged local government units to undertake cleanup drives to stop dengue from spreading. “The alarming increase of dengue cases in several areas should prompt LGUs to act now and act fast in arresting the spread of dengue in their respective areas,” Año said. Año urged local government officials to coordinate with the Department of Health so they could identify breeding areas. “Lahat tayo ay magtulong-tulong at […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is still the most trusted government official in the country, followed by Senate President Tito Sotto and Vice President Leni Robredo, results of a recent Pulse Asia survey showed. Duterte obtained an 85 percent trust and approval rating, a marginal movement from the 87 percent rating he obtained in March, according to the pollster which conducted the survey from June 24 to 30. Duterte’s high ratings cut across geographical areas, 83 […]
(Eagle News) – United States Assistant Secretary David R. Stilwell stressed the importance of a “strong U.S.-Philippines alliance” saying this “deters aggression and promotes regional stability.” Stilwell co-chaired the recent US-Philippines Bilateral Strategic Dialogue” held from July 15 to 16 in Manila. The US Department of State official said the Philippines is an important strategic partner and treaty ally, and promised to help “improve our combined defense posture.” “As a treaty ally, our partnership […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck Southern Leyte on Wednesday, July 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 7 kilometers southwest of Hinunangan at 8:36 a.m. Depth of focus was one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Five areas are still under storm signals as Tropical Storm “Falcon” maintained its strength and moved in a north northwest direction on Wednesday morning. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Signal No. 2 was still hoisted over Batanes as “Falcon,” located 195 kilometers east of Aparri, Cagayan, moved at 20 kilometers per hour. Signal No. 1 has been lifted over Abra, Kalinga, Isabela, Mt. Province, and Ifugao, but it remains hoisted […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, July 17, acknowledged cutting ties with Iceland may affect the Filipinos working there. Earlier, Duterte said he was seriously considering severing ties with the Nordic country which was behind the resolution narrowly adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council and which sought for an international probe into the Philippines’ drug war. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. rejected the proposal and the calls for the Philippines to leave […]
by Jerome Cartillier WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US House of Representatives formally condemned Donald Trump on Tuesday for xenophobic attacks on four minority Democratic lawmakers and hostile language targeting immigrants, as the president pushed back at accusations of racism. Top Republican leaders rallied around Trump, but four members of the president’s party voted with the 235 Democrats to condemn him for “racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and […]
(Eagle News) – The Manila Police District has already identified the suspects in the daring daylight Metrobank robbery in Binondo, Manila based on the CCTV footages obtained outside the bank. Based on the released photos by the police, the suspects were identified as Marlon “Ailon” Parojinog, Noli Bonifacio Casuela alias “Lito Dapitan,” Michael Calunod alias “Pila”, Frederex B. Secretario, and Gilcar Dumagan Mofan alias “Jing Mofan.” According to Manila Police District chief Brig. Gen. Vicente […]
by Leila Macor with Issam Ahmed in Washington CAPE CANAVERAL, United States (AFP) — Fifty years after a mighty rocket set off from Florida carrying the first humans to the Moon, a veteran of the Apollo 11 crew returned to its fabled launch pad Tuesday to commemorate “one giant leap” that became a defining moment in human history. “We crew felt the weight of the world on our shoulders, we knew that everyone […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, July 17, called on the United States to deploy its fleet to the South China Sea, in an apparent mock of his critics over his handling of the dispute with China. In a television interview, Duterte urged the US to send the US Navy’s 7th Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Japan to the disputed area, invoking the Mutual Defense Treaty signed by the Philippines and the US in 1951. Under […]
