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(Eagle News) — A Cebu town mayor who was linked to illegal drug activities was killed after unidentified men shot him on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Ronda Mayor Mariano Blanco III was shot dead while he was sleeping in his office after midnight. Blanco died as he was being rushed to the hospital. He was stripped off his police powers after he was linked by President Rodrigo Duterte to the illegal drug trade.
By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV spent the night inside the Senate building after news about the voiding of his amnesty came out Tuesday, September 4. Trillanes maintained that he will stay at the Senate premises until his lawyers have completed and filed the legal remedies needed to prove the validity of the amnesty granted to him by former President Benigno Aquino III. About 20 of his supporters […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday, extending losses on global bourses amid continued worries about trade conflicts. The Nikkei 225 index was down 0.25 percent or 57.20 points at 22,639.70 in early trade, while the broader Topix index was down 0.36 percent or 6.26 points at 1,711.98. “Following directionless trade on Tuesday, we are seeing another day without clues for trade, and selling may dominate the market,” SBI Securities said in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is not discounting the possibility of more attacks in the country following the blasts in Sultan Kudarat that left at least five dead. “There’s a lot of terror attacks going on, not only here but all over the world and my country is no exception. We just had about two explosions in one of the provinces in Mindanao. And we expect more,” Duterte said during his visit to Israel’s Magen […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years made landfall Tuesday, with more than a million people urged to evacuate as the storm battered the country’s west with violent winds and heavy rainfall. Videographic explaining the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale used to rate the strength and destructive power of a hurricane.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Tuesday thanked the Philippines’ role in providing a safe haven for Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust some 80 years ago. During a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte and the Philippine officials on Tuesday, Rivlin highlighted Israel’s relations with the Philippines dating back to the World War II, when the country opened its doors to Jewish refugees from Europe. He said the Israel-Philippines relationship did not start 60 years ago […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Gordon gained strength as it moved steadily toward the US Gulf Coast Tuesday, on track to make landfall just east of New Orleans with hurricane force winds. Authorities declared a state of emergency in the “Big Easy” — devastated in 2005 by mega Hurricane Katrina — as well as in Mississippi, and encouraged people living outside its levee system to evacuate voluntarily. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center […]
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — Guatemala President Jimmy Morales ordered the head of a United Nations anti-corruption commission be blocked from entering the Central American country just four days after shutting down the mission. The UN’s International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala had been investigating corruption in the country but its mandate was ended by Morales on Friday. The government said in a statement that it considers Colombian Ivan Velasquez “a person acting against […]
by Patrick Galey Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — More than 1.4 billion adults are putting themselves at heightened risk of deadly diseases by not getting enough exercise, doctors are warning, with global activity levels virtually unchanged in nearly two decades. With richer nations enjoying an increasingly comfortable, sedentary lifestyle, a study by the World Health Organization said a third of women and a quarter of men worldwide are in the firing line […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The toll in the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in a quarter century rose Wednesday to nine, with thousands stranded at a major airport because of storm damage. Typhoon Jebi slammed into the west coast of Japan around noon on Tuesday, bringing maximum winds of 216 kilometres (135 miles) an hour and heavy rain. The powerful gusts ripped sheeting from rooftops, overturned trucks on bridges and swept a 2,591-ton tanker […]
(Eagle News) – “The past finally caught up with Senator Trillanes.” This was how Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque described the recent turn of events on the voiding of the 2010 amnesty granted to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV by former President Benigno Aquino III. Roque, who had also served as legal counsel before for Trillanes himself and other mutineers, said the senator had never admitted guilt to the crime of coup d’etat. What will now […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 4, said the Philippines will source intelligence-gathering equipment only from Israel, this despite a sales pitch from America. The President made the statement during his meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. The President is on a four-day official visit to Israel. “That is my order specifically, Israel,” Duterte said, noting that the same equipment from Israel helped the Philippines win against the local terrorists who overran Marawi […]
