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(Eagle News)–These pictures provided by the Department of Transportation show the Light Rail Transit Line 2 East Extension project. The project, which once completed will cut short to 40 minutes the commute from Antipolo, Rizal to Recto, Manila, has entered its final phase. The DOTr said the project is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.
(Eagle News)–A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck Ilocos Sur on Friday, April 19. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 17 kilometers northwest of Sinait at 6:56 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake was 25 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)—Isolated rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today, April 19. Palawan, Visayas, and Mindanao will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms as the easterlies affect Southern Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Flash floods during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers due to localized thunderstorms. The eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas will have […]
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) — Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Thursday that severe malnutrition was gripping parts of southern Ethiopia where ethnic violence has driven nearly a million people from their homes into squalid camps. MSF has treated more than 200 children in the past two weeks for serious malnutrition in Gedeo, where fresh violence in recent weeks between ethnic minorites has forced families to flee. MSF field coordinator Markus Boening said some parents were […]
(Eagle News)—A 4.0-magnitude quake struck Sarangani on Thursday, April 18. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 54 kilometers southwest of Kiamba at 7 p.m. The depth of focus of the quake, which was of tectonic origin, was 16 kilometers. An intensity III was reported in Kiamba, and an intensity II in General Santos City. An instrumental intensity III was recorded in Kiamba and T’boli, South Cotabato, and an instrumental intensity […]
by Kang Jin-kyu Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Thursday demanded the removal of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from talks over its banned nuclear program, hours after the isolated state claimed to have tested a new kind of weapon. Describing Pompeo as “reckless” and immature, the foreign ministry said it wanted him replaced by another interlocutor, a demand that significantly ups the ante in a sensitive diplomatic […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Thursday, April 18, said there was no proof the United States brokered a deal between the Philippines and China to withdraw their respective vessels during the Scarborough Shoal standoff in 2012. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement as he blamed former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, who had made the remark, anew for the country’s loss of possession of the shoal. “Even if there was such brokering, Mr. Del […]
(Eagle News) – Three members of the New People’s Army were killed in an encounter between the 79th Infantry Battalion and the communist rebels in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, April 17. Col. Emelito Thaddeus Logan, commander of the 79th Infantry Battalion (79IB), said in a statement on Thursday, April 18, that a soldier was also slightly injured in the encounter. He is now in a stable condition. The bodies of […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian authorities warned Thursday against unrest as a firebrand ex-general rejected unofficial election results that appeared to hand President Joko Widodo another term as leader of the world’s third-biggest democracy. National Police Chief Tito Karnavian said Wednesday’s “smooth and safe” polls would not be disrupted by demonstrations, and warned of arrests. “If there are any illegal or unconstitutional actions that threaten public stability and security, (authorities) will take firm action,” […]
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Taiwan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, shaking buildings and disrupting traffic. In the capital Taipei, highrises swayed while some panicked schoolchildren fled their classrooms in eastern Yilan county, according to reports. The quake was felt across the island and a highway connecting Yilan and Hualien was shut down due to falling rocks, authorities said. An official at the Hualien county fire department told AFP that two people, including […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Embassy has begun evacuating Filipinos from Tripoli, Libya following the continued fighting there. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the first batch consisting of seven Filipinos– three hospital workers and four students– were evacuated by the Philippine embassy this morning to Tunisia. From there they would be repatriated to the Philippines. The DFA said it shouldered the cost of the trip of the four Islamic School students in Tripoli while the Overseas […]
by Luis Jaime CISNEROS Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in hospital on Wednesday after shooting himself in the head at his home as police were about to arrest him in a sprawling corruption case. He was 69. The health ministry said Garcia died at 10:05 am (1505 GMT) of “a massive cerebral hemorrhage from a gunshot wound and cardiorespiratory arrest.” Garcia was resuscitated three times after suffering heart attacks while undergoing emergency surgery, before […]
