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by Maggy Donaldson in Washington / with Laurent Thomet in Beijing Agence France Presse President Donald Trump on Friday once again upped the ante in his war of words with North Korea, warning Pyongyang that the US military is “locked and loaded” in the event of a misstep by the totalitarian state. Ignoring appeals from China for restraint, Trump launched another rhetorical salvo at the North to keep its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile […]
ZAMBOANGA del Norte (Eagle News) — Sa isinagawang joint drug buy bust operation ng Dipolog City Drug Enforcement Unit, PDEA-Zamboanga del Norte, at Provincial Highway Patrol Team, nakumpiska ang 20 gramo ng shabu na nagkakahalaga ng P100,000 mula sa isang dating konsehal ng Dipolog City sa may Brgy. Biasong, ng Dipolog City. Kinilala ang suspek sa pangalang Joseph Atilano Herrera, 61 taong gulang, residente ng nasabi ring lugar, dati ring PBA player at high value […]
https://youtu.be/koxm-tgFlMM Residents of Guam interviewed by Agence France Presse TV expressed confidence that the US military will be able to protect the island, and intercept any missile that would be launched by North Korea. Francis Abino, Guam resident, said “North Korea does not have a chance to penetrate any missiles into the Mariana Islands, to the Territory of the United States. Due to the fact that the military has major capabilities to intercept anything […]
TAYTAY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Isang sagupaan ang naganap nitong Biyernes, August 11 bandang 10:00 ng umaga sa bayan ng Taytay nang magkaroon ng palitan ng putukan sa pagitan ng mga awtoridad at mga miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA). Kinumpirma ng Provincial PNP, ang naganap na engkwentro sa pagitan ng Regional Public Safety Batallion at umano’y New Peoples Army sa bayan ng Taytay, Palawan. Ayon kay Col. Gabriel Lopez, tinatayang nasa 20 ang nakasagupa ng […]
Washington has already deployed a powerful anti-missile system, THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense), in the Asia-Pacific region, including South Korea, Japan and Guam itself. The system uses “hit-to-kill” technology, and it was successfully tested against an IRBM for the first time last month in Alaska. But it is designed to intercept a missile at the final “terminal” stage of its flight, so the South Korean- and Japanese-based batteries are unlikely to be effective. And […]
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan (Eagle News) – Bumisita si Vice Pres. Leni Robredo sa Palawan nitong Biyernes (August 11) upang pangunahan ang paglulunsad ng “Babaenihan Campaign” sa Western Philippines University. Sa ginanap na paglulunsad ng Babaenihan Campaign sa Manuel Bacosa Theater ng naturang unibersidad, tinalakay ni Robredo ang mga suliraning kinakaharap ng mga kabataang kababaihan at ang mga karapatan nito sa lipunan. Sa pakikipagdayalogo niya sa mga kabataang mag-aaral, kaniyang tiniyak na dapat magkaroon ng mga […]
by Laurent Thomet Agence France Presse Beijing, China (AFP) — China pleaded with the United States and North Korea to tone down their fiery rhetoric on Friday as concerns grew that Pyongyang’s rogue arms program could trigger a catastrophic conflict. Beijing’s appeal followed an escalation of a war of words between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un’s nuclear-armed regime. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang called on both sides to avoid “going down the […]
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by Yanan Wang Agence France Presse Beijing, China (AFP) — As the United States and North Korea exchange fiery words over the regime’s growing weapons programme, China — the North’s biggest ally and trade partner — has receded into the background. Donald Trump had been publicly prodding China for months to use its influence on Pyongyang, but this week the US president pointed his verbal salvos directly at North Korea, warning of “fire and fury” […]
