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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Thursday approved a new arms sale to South Korea worth $2.6 billion, with denuclearization talks stalled between Washington and the North. Six Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft worth $2.1 billion form the bulk of the sale, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement. A second contract covers 64 Patriot missiles and support worth $501 million, the agency said. Congress has 15 days to oppose the […]
(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority announced additional cancelled flights from Friday, Sept. 14, to Sunday, Sept. 16, due to Typhoon “Ompong.” Below is a list: Sept. 14 – Friday Terminal 1 MF 819/820 XIAMEN-MANILA-XIAMEN MF 8667 XIAMEN-MANILA Terminal 3 5J 504/505 MANILA-TUGUEGARAO-MANILA Terminal 4 M8 816/817 MANILA-BASCO-MANILA M8 421/422 MANILA-SIARGAO-MANILA M8 715/716 MANILA-BUSUANGA-MANILA Sept. 15 — Saturday Terminal 2 PR 2196/2197 MANILA-LAONG-MANILA PR 2198/2199 MANILA-LAONG-MANILA Terminal 3 5J 504/505 MANILA-TUGUEGARAO-MANILA 5J 506/507 […]
(Eagle News) — Consular services in areas which may be affected by Typhoon “Ompong” have been suspended today, Sept. 14. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the operations in the following areas were suspended: Angeles, Pampanga Calasiao, Pangasinan San Fernando, Pampanga San Fernando, La Union Santiago, Isabela San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte Tuguegarao, Cagayan According to the DFA, “applicants with confirmed passport appointments on those dates when the operations were suspended will be accommodated on later […]
(Eagle News) — For Senator Leila de Lima, there was no need to oust President Rodrigo Duterte from office. According to her, “God will take care of it.” “Mr. Duterte, it’s your filthy and vicious mouth that destroys you,” she said. De Lima made the statement after Duterte accused Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Communist rebels and other members of the opposition of planning to oust him by October. Duterte had said he had proof of […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Mass evacuations from US towns north of Boston were underway Thursday after dozens of fires and suspected gas explosions erupted, police said, leaving at least 10 residents injured, one critically. Massachusetts State Police said they had responded to 70 reports of fires, explosions and the smell of gas in a widespread zone encompassing the east coast towns of Lawrence, Andover and North Andover. “Gas lines are currently being […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — SpaceX on Thursday announced a new plan to launch a tourist around the Moon using its Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), a massive launch vehicle that is being designed to carry people to deep space. “SpaceX has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard our BFR launch vehicle — an important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling to space,” […]
by Sebastien Duval with Leila Macor in Myrtle Beach Agence France Presse WILMINGTON, United States (AFP) — The outer edge of Hurricane Florence began buffeting the Carolinas with wind and rain on Thursday as forecasters warned the monster storm would trigger life-threatening flooding as it assaults the US east coast. As Florence churned slowly towards the coasts of North and South Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane, federal and state officials issued final appeals […]
(Eagle News) – -The Santiago City government in Isabela has suspended government and private work on Friday, Sept. 14, as “Ompong” threatens parts of the country. Classes were also suspended in the city, Memorandum Order 2018-42 signed by Mayor Joseph Salvador Tan said. The suspension applies to all levels, in both public and private schools. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Ompong” is set to make landfall over northern Luzon early Saturday. […]
(Eagle News) — The number of Filipinos who are jobless went down in the second quarter of 2018, a Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the SWS, adult joblessness was at 19.7 percent, or equivalent to 8.6 million adults. The pollster said this was 4.2 points below the 23.9 percent rate, equivalent to 10.9 million adults, registered in March 2018, but four points above the December 2017 rate. According to the SWS, the June […]
by Anna Smolchenko Agence France Presse MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Two men accused by London of poisoning former Moscow spy Sergei Skripal denied involvement in the murder attempt in a bizarre Russian media interview Thursday that Britain dismissed as “an insult to the public’s intelligence”. Speaking with the head of the Kremlin-backed RT news network, the pair confirmed they were the men whose pictures British authorities released this month, but insisted they were visiting the […]
(Eagle News) — Work on Friday, Sept. 14, has been suspended in courts located in the Manila City Hall. Chief Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro said that other than those courts, there is no work suspension in courts in Metro Manila. She said, however, that executive judges, “due to their personal knowledge of the circumstances of their locality,” had the discretion to order a work suspension later in the day. In its 8 a.m. advisory, the […]
(Eagle News) — Signal Number 3 has been hoisted over Isabela, Cagayan and northern Aurora as “Ompong” nears the Cagayan-Isabela area, where it is expected to make landfall early Saturday morning. In its 8 a.m. advisory, Ezra Bulquerin, weather forecaster of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Ompong,” which has a 900-kilometer diameter, was located 605 kilometers east of Baler, Aurora, moving in a west northwest direction. Its center is packing maximum […]
