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by Jerome TAYLOR HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Joshua Wong was the unlikely hero who helped lead a movement that inspired hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers to take over the city’s streets for two months in 2014 calling for fully free elections. Scrawny, with gaunt features and a studious frown, the then 17-year-old spearheaded the mass “Umbrella Movement” protests, which were a reaction to restrictions from Beijing on how Hong Kong’s next leader would […]
(Eagle News)–The captain and the cook of the fishing boat that was sunk upon collision with a Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea on June 9 will not push through with a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, June 17. Captain Jonel Insigne is reportedly too traumatized to travel to Manila from Occidental Mindoro for the meeting. Later in the day, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said cook Richard Blasa would also not make […]
ASUNCION, Paraguay(AFP) — A riot at a prison in Paraguay left 10 inmates dead and 10 wounded, the interior ministry said Sunday. Interior minister Juan Villamayor said that there was a “confrontation” between “two feared criminal organizations” at the prison in San Pedro de Ycuamandiyu, some 400 kilometers (248 miles) northeast of the capital. “All of the dead belong to the narco groups,” Villamayor said. One of the organizations involved is originally from the Brazilian […]
(Eagle News)–A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Occidental on Monday, June 17. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit 80 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos at 10:02 a.m. The depth of focus was 19 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
Branch 14 Metropolitan Trial Court acquits Solano of perjury (Eagle News)–A Manila court has convicted a member of the Aegis Juris fraternity of obstruction of justice. John Paul Solano, the first conviction in the Horacio Castillo III case, was, however acquitted of perjury by Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 14. It was Solano who brought Castillo to the hospital after the University of Sto. Tomas law freshman collapsed due to injuries allegedly sustained during hazing rites […]
(Eagle News)–Some customers of Maynilad in Caloocan and Quezon City will experience water service interruptions on Monday, June 17. In Caloocan, Barangays 168, 170 to 178, and Pasong Putik will be affected from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Portions of Barangay 172, Kaligayahan and Pasong Putik in Quezon City will also be affected during the same time. Customers who have inquiries may contact the Maynilad hotlines: 1626 (Metro Manila) and 1800-1000-92837 (Cavite).
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies are expected in parts of the country today, June 17. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes, Babuyan Group of Islands and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms as the southwest monsoon affects western Luzon. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized […]
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Fresh off coaching the Toronto Raptors to the NBA title, Nick Nurse confirmed Sunday that he plans to coach the Canadian national team at the upcoming Basketball World Cup. “It’s just about done and something I’m really looking forward to doing,” Nurse said of a deal to coach Canada in the global showdown in China this coming September. Jay Triano coached Canada to a 27-5 record over the past four years […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Men in Black: International” led North American box offices over the weekend, but the new sci-fi comedy was not as far into the black as Sony would have liked, taking in an estimated $28.5 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported. In this spinoff to the three earlier “Men in Black” installments, the roles of black-suited alien-fighters pass from their originators, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, to the younger […]
by Jim MANNION WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Sunday that the US will guarantee free passage through the vital Strait of Hormuz, as he accused Iran of recent attacks on oil tankers and the downing of a US drone. Pompeo confirmed in an interview with CBS that a US MQ-9 “Reaper” drone was shot down June 6 with a missile fired from Yemen “that we assess had Iranian assistance.” […]
by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO HONG KONG, China (AFP) — About two million protesters choked Hong Kong’s streets in a powerful rebuke of a reviled extradition law, organizers said Sunday, piling pressure on the city’s embattled pro-Beijing leader who apologized for causing “conflict” but refused to step down. The show of force saw vast crowds marching for hours in tropical heat, calling for the resignation of chief executive Carrie Lam, who was forced to […]
by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France Presse Kamikatsu, Japan (AFP) — Plastic, paper, metal? In Japan’s Kamikatsu, sorting rubbish isn’t that simple. Residents face a mind-boggling 45 separate categories for their garbage as the town aims to be “zero-waste” by 2020. And that’s not all: there isn’t even trash collection. The 1,500 residents of the town in western Japan have to transport their waste themselves to a local facility. “Yes, it’s complicated,” said Naoko Yokoyama, a […]
