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(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police is looking at the possibility Communist groups were behind the recent explosions in Sultan Kudarat and in Masbate. In a press conference, PNP Spokesperson Senior Supt. Benigno Durana said this was based on evidence they found in the scenes. According to Durana, the orange PVC pipes found were the “preferred materials” of Communist groups in their attacks. Durana said also recovered were “scattered parts of the speedboats.” Earlier, […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A robot submarine able to hunt and kill the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish devastating the Great Barrier Reef was unveiled by Australian researchers on Friday. https://youtu.be/ujjEy0e8ldg
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Monday, Sept. 3, denied Israeli media reports President Rodrigo Duterte brought a huge delegation to Israel, where he is now on a four-day official visit. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, the President’s delegation was composed only of 46 people, including Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Trade Secretary […]
by W.G. Dunlop Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US military plans to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan due to Islamabad’s lack of “decisive actions” in support of American strategy in the region, the Pentagon said Saturday. The US has been pushing Pakistan to crack down on militant safe havens in the country, and announced a freeze on aid at the beginning of the year that an official said […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made a surprise visit to ally Syria on Monday for talks on the looming offensive against the country’s last major rebel stronghold, his ministry said. Zarif left early on Monday and “is at the moment in talks with Syrian officials,” spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told reporters in Tehran. The visit comes as Syrian government forces mass around the last rebel bastion in the northwestern province of […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has junked former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ request for Associate Justice Alfredo Caguioa to inhibit from the electoral protest he filed against Vice President Leni Robredo. According to the PET, Caguioa, despite what Marcos said were his ties with former President Benigno Aquino III, his classmate, “has been nothing but impartial.” It was Aquino, a party-mate of Robredo, who appointed Caguioa to the SC. “Parenthetically, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated the country’s commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Duterte made the commitment in his speech prior to his departure to Israel, where he is now on a four-day visit. “In our efforts to strengthen the bonds of friendship and amity with our partners around the world, we shall be guided by our Constitution and laws as well as our international commitments in support of efforts […]
by Premal Balan Agence France Presse SARDAR SAROVAR DAM, India (AFP) — The world’s biggest statue is rising in a remote corner of India to honor an independence hero but it could quickly be outdone by a monument to a Hindu warrior king in the sea off Mumbai. In a burst of nationalist fervor, around one billion dollars is being spent on the two giant effigies, each more than twice as tall as the Statue […]
by Ben Dooley Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — President Xi Jinping told African counterparts and business leaders Monday that China’s investments on the continent have “no political strings attached,” even as Beijing is increasingly criticized over its debt-heavy projects abroad. Xi spoke before the start of a two-day China-Africa summit that is expected to focus on his cherished Belt and Road initiative, a global trade infrastructure program. The massive scheme is aimed at […]
(Eagle News) — Sultan Kudarat police officials have been relieved from their posts following the two bombings in Isulan in a span of six days. PNP spokesperson Benigno Durana Jr. announced the relief of PNP Region 12 Director Eliseo Tam Rasco, Sultan Kudarat Provincial Director Noel Kinazo and Isulan Chief of Police Celestino Daniel Jr. as he reported that another person had died in the second blast at a computer shop in Barangay Kalawag 2 on […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s defense chief on Monday warned the country faces a tough security environment, with China and Russia stepping up military activity and North Korea posing “imminent threats”. Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said China had been “unilaterally escalating” its military activities in the past year, including carrying out new airborne operations around Japan and running a nuclear submarine near disputed East Coast isles. “China has been rapidly improving its military strength and […]
by Richard Sargent and Hla-Hla Htay Agence France Presse YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Two Reuters journalists accused of breaching Myanmar’s state secrets law during their reporting of a massacre of Rohingya Muslims were jailed for seven years Monday, drawing outrage over the attack on media freedom and calls for their immediate release. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, who have been held in Yangon’s Insein prison since their arrest in December, were charged […]
