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LOS ANGELES, USA (Reuters) — Fire officials said that they had effectively stopped the uncontrolled spread of a massive brush fire on the northern edge of Los Angeles on Monday, but were still working to contain it, according to local news sources. More than 1,000 firefighters are battling the fire, dubbed the La Tuna Fire, which started in Los Angeles County on Friday and has rapidly burned thousands of acres of land. California Governor Jerry […]
LA SERENA, Chile (AFP) — Along with a marine park that already exists, the new area will cover 720,000 square kilometers (280,000 square miles) around the island, which sits 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) off the Chilean coast. The waters around the island are a spawning ground for tuna, shark, marlin and swordfish, and they also host shallow-water coral reefs that are home to unique marine species. The seas around the island are under threat from over-fishing, rising […]
SAN FELIPE, Zambales (Eagle News) – Tinambangan ng mga hindi pa nakilalang suspek ang sasakyan ni San Felipe, Zambales Mayor Carolyn Fariñas. Ayon sa pulisya, bandang 7:50 ng umaga noong Lunes, September 4 nang maganap ang krimen habang binabagtas nina Fariñas, Raul Rosete at staff na si John Ray Ramil ang Mendaros Street malapit sa highway sakay ng Toyota Innova. Natalsikan ng mga bubog ang mukha ng driver na si Rosete matapos paulanan sila ng bala […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Stories and cases of different crimes are now becoming usual scenarios. This is why the National Police Commission or Napolcom continuously reminds the public to stay alert. The National Crime Prevention Week is observed every first week of September in pursuant to Proclamation No. 461 signed on Aug. 31, 1994 by then President Fidel Ramos. In line with the theme “Pamayanang Mapagmasid, Kapayapaan ang Maihahatid (A watchful community will lead to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Rats nowadays are considered the most destructive agricultural pest in the Philippines, causing millions of pesos worth of damage to almost all kinds of agricultural crops every year. That’s why, the late President Ramon Magsaysay, in August 1955, through Proclamation No. 179, declared the whole month of September every year as Anti-Rat Campaign Month to bring the rat infestation under control.
(Eagle News) – Nagpalabas ng flood advisory ang PAG-ASA sa mga lugar na nakapalibot sa Cagayan River Basin. Ayon sa PAG-ASA, sa nakalipas na 24 oras, mahina hanggang moderate na pag-ulan ang nararanasan sa Cagayan. Dahil dito, maari umanong magkaroon ng pagtaas ng water level sa Magat River, Siffu River, Mallig River, Pinacanauan Rivers ng Ilagan, Tumauini, San Pablo at Tuguegarao, Pared River, Dummun River, Zinundungan River, Chico River, Abulug River, at Baua River. Sa ngayon […]
by Carole Landry with Hwang Sunghee in Seoul Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) The US has accused North Korea of “begging for war” and pushed for the “strongest possible measures” on Pyongyang following its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. As world powers scramble to react to the latest grave step in the North’s rogue weapons program, South Korea launched major live-fire naval drills to warn its isolated neighbour against any […]
With the recent news about North Korea developing a hyrdrogen bomb, and that it had even recently detonated one, curiosity about what exactly is an H-bomb followed. Hydrogen bombs have a destructive power to dwarf even the nuclear weapons dropped on Japan in 1945. Unlike atomic or A-bombs, where the explosion comes from the splitting or fission of a heavy atomic nucleus, hydrogen or H-bombs work on the principle of nuclear fusion, when two […]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — A Cambodian court on Tuesday charged opposition leader Kem Sokha with treason and espionage over an alleged conspiracy with unnamed foreigners, as strongman premier Hun Sen takes his assault against his political enemies into new ground. The case comes as opponents of Cambodia’s strongman premier, as well as NGOs and the critical press, have increasingly been smothered by court cases and threats ahead of a crunch general election next […]
VIDOR, Texas (Reuters) — Aerial footage provided by a drone showed widespread flooding still affecting portions of Texas on Monday (September 4). Video of Vidor, Texas showed homes and businesses still surrounded by water and trucks slowly moving through substantial flooding. Portions of Texas were edging toward recovery from the devastation left by Hurricane Harvey, a storm that dumped some 50 inches (125 cm) of rain on the low-lying Gulf coastal region after coming ashore […]
XIAMEN, China (AFP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the two countries should pursue “healthy, stable bilateral ties”, state media reported Tuesday in the wake of a protracted border standoff. The exchange, mentioned in a brief dispatch by China’s official Xinhua news agency, apparently occurred on the sidelines of the just-concluded summit of BRICS emerging economies hosted by China. © Agence France-Presse
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks dropped Tuesday morning, with investors keeping a nervous eye on any fresh developments in the North Korea nuclear crisis. Traders stayed on alert as South Korea said there were signs the North was preparing another rocket launch, possibly an intercontinental ballistic missile similar to the one fired over Japan last week. Tensions on the Korean peninsula spiked after Pyongyang conducted its sixth nuclear test on Sunday — sparking global […]
