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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The sell-off on Asian markets showed no sign of letting up Wednesday with investors fearing an escalation in the China-US trade row after Beijing said it planned to impose anti-dumping sanctions worth billions on Washington. The news adds to a sense of pessimism across trading floors in recent weeks as the world’s top two economic powers stand on the cusp of an all-out trade war that observers fear could batter […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday of the US response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, where almost 3,000 people were killed last year, as another major storm barreled toward the eastern United States. Speaking to reporters as Hurricane Florence closed in on the US East Coast, Trump said last year’s operation was “an incredible unsung success.” Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico in September 2017, wreaking widespread devastation and causing $90 […]
Videographic examining hurricanes. US authorities have ordered one million people to evacuate the path of the extremely dangerous storm approaching the east coast. (AFP Videographic)
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Mark Carney will remain Bank of England chief until January 2020 to steer the UK economy through possibly “quite a turbulent period” post-Brexit, finance minister Philip Hammond announced Tuesday. Speaking in parliament, Hammond said BoE governor Carney had agreed to prolong his stay by seven months “in order to ensure continuity through what could be quite a turbulent period for our economy in the early summer of 2019”. Britain is set to leave […]
(Eagle News)–Several parts of Metro Manila were flooded on Wednesday, Sept. 12, following a downpour of heavy rains. Below is a list of flooded areas, according to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority: Several streets in Metro Manila were flooded following sudden heavy rainfall on Wednesday morning. Below is a list of flooded areas as reported by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). Both lanes of EDSA P. Tuazon – gutter-deep, passable to all types of […]
(Eagle News)—Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday, Sept. 11, did not directly answer President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest allegations against him, saying instead that he would not know if his mother had dealings with the Philippine Navy as he was a high school student when his father was in the Navy. Duterte had said Trillanes’ mother engaged in business with the Navy while Trillanes and his father were in the naval service. “Ang mother ko ay […]
by Rosa Sulleiro Agence France Presse CURITIBA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s jailed ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tapped his runningmate Fernando Haddad on Tuesday to replace him on the ballot in next month’s presidential election, bowing out of the race after he was barred from seeking a new term. The switch was approved at a meeting of the Workers Party in the southern city of Curitiba — where Lula has been held since […]
(Eagle News) — Heavy rains were experienced along Central-Visayas Avenue in Quezon City Wednesday morning, September 12. https://youtu.be/RY0TG0_CJt8
(Eagle News) – Heavy rains due to thunderstorms were experienced in Metro Manila Wednesday morning which may persist within the next one to two hours, according to the country’s weather bureau. PAGASA’s thunderstorm advisory no. 1 issued at 9:10 a.m. that the rains being experienced Wednesday morning in Metro Manila are only because of thunderstorms, and not yet because of the typhoon “Mangkhut” which is still outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. But the heavy […]
(Eagle News)–A thunderstorm advisory has been hoisted over several parts of Metro Manila. In an advisory issued at 9:10 a.m., the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the warning covers Quezon City, Marikina, Pasig and San Juan. It said the heavy rains, lightning and strong winds may persist within one to two hours in those areas. Residents were also advised to take the necessary precautions against possible flash floods and landslides
(Eagle News) — Tinawag ni Special Assistant to the President Secretary Christopher “Bong” Go na duwag si Senador Antonio Trillanes IV dahil sa patuloy nitong pagtatago sa Senado. Hinamon din ni Secretary Go na lumabas na ng Senado si Trillanes dahil sinisiguro naman ng pamahalaan na hindi ito aarestuhin kung walang arrest warrant ang hukuman. Ayon pa kay Go, handa niyang harapin ang imbestigasyon ng Senado na ikinasa ni Trillanes kaugnay ng alegasyon ng katiwalian […]
(Eagle News)–“Mangkhut” is on track to pass through northern Luzon once it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Wednesday, Sept. 12. According to PAGASA, the typhoon was located 1390 kilometers east of southern Luzon. The center of “Mangkhut,” which will be named “Ompong” once it enters PAR, is packing maximum sustained winds of 200 kilometers per hour, and gustiness of up to 245 kilometers per […]
