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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Two quakes struck in quick succession off the southern coast of Indonesia’s Sumba island on Tuesday morning, the United States Geological Survey said. A shallow and moderately strong 5.9 quake struck at 2359 GMT, around 40 kilometers (25 miles) off Sumba, an island of some 750,000 people. It was followed up some 15 minutes later by a stronger 6.0 magnitude quake in the same area at a depth of 30 kilometers. Sumba […]
by Pia OHLIN Agence France Presse STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Two immunologists, James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize for research into how the body’s natural defenses can fight cancer, the jury said on Monday. Unlike more traditional forms of cancer treatment that directly target cancer cells — often with severe side-effects — Allison and Honjo figured out how to help the patient’s own immune system […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A Chinese warship sailed within yards of an American destroyer — forcing it to change course — in an “unsafe and unprofessional” encounter as the US vessel was in contested waters in the South China Sea, an official said Monday. The USS Decatur guided-missile destroyer was conducting what the military calls a “freedom of navigation operation” Sunday, when it passed within 12 nautical miles of Gaven and Johnson reefs in […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday hailed a US trade pact with Canada and Mexico, which replaces the old NAFTA deal, as a historic agreement set to turn North America back into a “manufacturing powerhouse” and fuel US economic expansion. Governing almost $1.2 trillion in trade, the pact is known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, is “the most important trade deal we’ve ever […]
(Eagle News)–Jovito Palparan will be moved to the New Bilibid Prison on Wednesday, Oct. 3. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who quoted information from Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff . “Sir, accordingly this coming Wednesday, sir,” Roque quoted Galvez as saying. Palparan, who was recently convicted of kidnapping and serious illegal detention of two University of the Philippines students, Karen Empeño and Sherlyn Cadapan, […]
(Eagle News)—Typhoon “Queenie” entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Monday, Oct. 1, but is not expected to make landfall. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, “Queenie” was last seen 1,385 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora, moving northwest at 15 kilometers per hour. The eye of the typhoon is packing maximum sustained winds of 160 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 195 kilometers per hour. PAGASA […]
Vice mayor injured (Eagle News)–The mayor of a La Union town and two others died after the vehicle he was riding was fired at by still-unidentified assailants on Monday, Oct. 1. The fatalities were identified as Sudipen Mayor Alexander Buquing, driver Boni Depdepen, and security officer PO2 Rolando Juanbe. Buquing and Juanbe were declared dead on arrival at the Ilocos Sur District Hospital in Tagudin, while Depdepen was declared dead on arrival in Lorma Medical Center […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei index rose to a 27-year high on Monday, boosted by a weak yen and a breakthrough in trade talks between the United States and Canada. The Nikkei 225 index gained 0.52 percent or 125.72 points to close at 24,245.76 — the highest since November 1991 when Japan Inc was closing the final chapter of the nation’s speculative “bubble” economy. “Reaching a 27-year high is symbolic but still a […]
by Harry Pearl Agence France Presse PALU, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian volunteers began burying bodies in a mass grave with space for more than a thousand people on Monday, victims of a quake-tsunami that devastated swathes of Sulawesi and left authorities struggling to deal with the sheer scale of the disaster. Indonesia is no stranger to natural calamities and Jakarta had been keen to show it could deal with a catastrophe that has killed […]
(Eagle News) — Mahigpit na nakabantay ang Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) matapos kakitaan ng panibagong aktibidad ang Bulkang Mayon noong nakalipas na linggo. Ayon kay Director Renato Solidum, hindi naman nila ibinaba ang alert level 2 sa bulkan kahit pa tumigil na ito sa pagsabog noong buwan ng Marso. Paliwanag ni Solidum, nagpapakita pa rin kasi ng senyales ang bulkan gaya ng pamamaga ng dalisdis nito at pagbuga ng gaas na naobserbahan […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An American warship has sailed through waters off the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, in the latest implicit challenge to Beijing’s sweeping territorial claims in the region, the Pentagon said Sunday. “Guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur conducted a freedom of navigation operation,” an official told AFP. “Decatur sailed within 12 nautical miles of Gaven and Johnson reefs in the Spratly Islands.” The official said all US military […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque urged all government officials to follow the example of President Rodrigo Duterte, and not seek special treatment even in the airport screening process. Roque’s pronouncements came amid the viral video of ACTS Party List Representative Aniceto “John” Bertiz III where he was seen ignoring security protocol at the airport, particularly his refusal to remove his shoes, even when an airport personnel reminded him to do this. Bertiz, […]
