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(Eagle News)–A 3.0-magnitude earthquake struck Batangas on Saturday, June 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 25 kilometers southeast of San Juan at 10:39 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic origin, was 7 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.
(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon said the crew of the Chinese vessel who left 22 Filipino fishermen after the vessel rammed into their Filipino fishing boat which sank committed “acts of inhumanity.” Gordon said in a statement they also violated the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea or SOLAS and Article 98 of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS that “mandate vessels, especially after a collision, to […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Koko Pimentel condemned what he said was the act of abandonment by a Chinese vessel of 22 Filipino fishermen whose boat was sinking after a collision with the former. In a statement, Pimentel said under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), ” there is a general obligation to proceed to the assistance of ships in distress.” “No matter who was at fault, the crew of a sinking ship […]
Adds Chinese vessel was “besieged” by Filipino fishing boats while “berthed” in area (Eagle News)–The Chinese embassy has admitted it was a Chinese boat that hit a Filipino fishing boat near Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea on June 9. But in a statement, the embassy said the Chinese fishing boat Yuemaobinyu 42212, from Guangdong, was “berthed” at the area when seven or eight Filipino fishing boats “besieged” it. “During evacuation, 42212 failed to […]
(Eagle News)–Monsoon rains are expected in parts of the country today, June 15, as the southwest monsoon affects western Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said flash floods or landslides due to scattered light to moderate to at times heavy rains are also possible in Ilocos and Zambales. The Cordilllera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, rest of Central Luzon and MIMAROPA on the other hand will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and […]
By Ben Simon Agence France-Presse GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — (AFP) The World Health Organization said Friday that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not qualify as an international threat, despite the spread of the virus to neighbouring Uganda carried by an infected family. The closely-watched decision followed advice from WHO’s emergency committee, which only meets to review the world’s most severe outbreaks. The head of the UN health agency Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is in […]
WASHINGTON DC (AFP) — Top Democratic US presidential contender Joe Biden expressed support Friday for protesters engaged in Hong Kong’s deepest political unrest in two decades, warning China that “the world is watching.” The international finance hub was rocked this week by the worst political violence since its 1997 handover to Beijing, with the semi-autonomous island’s embattled leader facing mounting pressure to abandon a deeply unpopular plan to allow extraditions to China. “The extraordinary bravery […]
THE lawyers of the man accused of shooting dead 51 Muslim worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks entered not guilty pleas for their client to charges of terrorism, multiple murder and attempted murder in a hearing attended by survivors of the March 15 attack. Brenton Tarrant’s barrister told Christchurch High Court his client was pleading not guilty to all charges, prompting anger from survivors and relatives of those killed in the March 15 attacks. […]
(Eagle News) – More than 300 cryptocurrency experts from both law enforcement and the private sector attended the sixth Cryptocurrency Conference hosted at Europol’s headquarters which sought to detect cryptocurrency-facilitated crimes, among others. The event, which ran from June 12 to 14, is the largest cyptocurrency event in Europe. Organized by Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the experts who participated in the conference “shared best practices and law enforcement techniques using examples such as […]
(Eagle News)–A Parañaque court has acquitted Ramon Joseph Bautista in the murder of his brother, actor Ramgen Revilla in 2011. Apart from Bautista, Branch 274 found Roy Francis Tolisora, Glaiza Visda, Michael Jay Nartea, Jay Norwin dela Cruz, and Ryan Pastera not guilty of murder and of frustrated murder. Ordered arrested on the other hand was Ma. Ramona Belen Bautista, sister of Ramgen. Bautista fled the country in November 2011 after she was tagged as […]
ILBO also issued vs 3 officers of Alabel-Maasim Credit Cooperative (Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, June 14, issued an immigration lookout bulletin order against incorporators and officers of KAPA Community Ministry International Inc., which the Securities and Exchange Commission has said operated a Ponzi scheme. The incorporators were identified as Joel Apolinario, who was also listed as an officer; Nonita Urbano, Junnie Apolinario, Nelia Nino, Maria Pellea Sevilla, Jouelyn del Castillo, Cristobal Barabad […]
7 WellMed employees ordered subjected to preliminary probe (Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has found probable cause for the estafa through falsification charges filed against Bryan Sy, a co-owner of WellMed Dialysis Center accused of claiming PhilHealth benefits of deceased patients. In a nine-page inquest resolution, Senior Assistant State Prosecutor Anna Noreen Devanadera, also found probable cause for the same charges against former employees Edwin Roberto and Liezel de Leon, who had revealed the scam. […]
