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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Mariah Carey must have made a New Year’s resolution to ensure a better sound system. The pop diva confirmed that she will return to Times Square in New York to ring in 2018, a year after she was humiliated by technical issues at the annual televised ball-drop. “We can all agree that last year didn’t go exactly as planned and we are thrilled to move forward together to provide […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — Peru’s jailed ex-president Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for corruption and rights abuses, has been pardoned on humanitarian grounds, the presidency announced on Sunday. “The president of the republic… has decided to grant a humanitarian pardon to Mr Alberto Fujimori and seven other people in similar condition,” it said in a statement. Fujimori was transferred from his cell to a clinic Saturday suffering from low blood pressure […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang has released a list of missing persons who are feared to have perished in the Davao City mall fire Saturday, December 23. “Our thoughts and prayers to the families and friends of the 37 missing persons of the New City Commercial Center (NCCC) fire in Davao City (on Saturday, December 23),” a Palace statement said. The list of missing persons below was released “as per the City Government of Davao” […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s home-grown AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft in production, took to the skies on Sunday for its maiden flight. The plane, codenamed “Kunlong” according to state news agency Xinhua, took off from the southern city of Zhuhai and landed after roughly an hour-long flight. With a wingspan of 38.8 metres (127 feet) and powered by four turboprop engines, the aircraft is capable of carrying 50 people and can stay airborne […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea slammed fresh UN sanctions imposed over its missile tests as an “act of war” on Sunday, its first response to the latest diplomatic move to punish Pyongyang’s ever-accelerating weapons drive. Tension has been high on the flashpoint peninsula as the isolated but nuclear-armed regime has staged a series of atomic and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests — most recently on November 29. The latest launch of the Hwasong-15 […]
by Serene ASSIR Agence France Presse MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain’s King Felipe VI in a Christmas speech on Sunday urged Catalan lawmakers to respect their region’s diversity and avoid another confrontation over independence. Felipe’s remarks came three days after separatist parties, led by ousted president Carles Puigdemont, won an absolute majority of seats in a parliamentary vote. The wealthy northeastern region’s newly elected parliament must “face the problems that affect all Catalans, with respect […]
(Eagle News)– “Vinta” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 9:30 a.m., the eye of “Vinta” was located at 290 kilometers south of Pagasa Island, Palawan. “Vinta” is packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 145 kilometers per hour. All storm signals have been lifted, but scatteredto widespread moderate to occasionally heavy rains will […]
(Eagle News) — The 17-year-old girl who went missing in Muntinlupa has been found. Bea Policarpio, sister of Ica Policarpio, announced the development in a Facebook post on Sunday. Ica was found in San Pablo, Laguna. Ica went missing on Thursday, December 21. She was last seen in a coffee shop before she was found. Authorities said based on footage from closed-circuit television camera in the area, Ica had gone out of the coffee […]
by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse Thirty-seven people were believed killed in a fire that engulfed a shopping mall in Davao, local authorities said on Sunday. A Bureau of Fire Protection commander at the scene said the chances of the 37 surviving were “zero,” Paolo Duterte, Davao’s vice mayor, who is also the president’s son, wrote in a Facebook post. The blaze started at the four-storey NCCC Mall on Saturday morning and people were trapped […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited the kin of the victims of a Davao mall fire that broke out on Saturday. The President reportedly stayed with the relatives who were anxiously waiting for any development. The President left around 4 a.m. on Sunday. More than 30 people are believed to ave died after a blaze hit the New City Commercial Corporation Mall Davao at the corner of Mac Arthur Highway and MAA road.
(Eagle News) — “Vinta” has intensified into a typhoon as it approaches the western boundary of the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the eye of “Vinta” was seen 355 kilometers south southeast of Pagasa Island in Palawan. It is packing maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 145 kilometers per hour. It is forecast to move west at 25 […]
