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QUEZON City, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines will continue its pursuit operations against Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon. This, it said, was even if reports that Hapilon had escaped Marawi were true. The AFP also noted they were still verifying reports that Omar and Abdullah Maute were already dead. https://youtu.be/Gi5Z4_wL7jg
QUEZON City, Philippines – Senator Leila De Lima has filed Senate Resolution 411, which aims to give honor and recognition to the soldiers and police who died in the fight against terrorists in Marawi City. Through the measure, De Lima also wants the government to support the families left behind by the deceased. https://youtu.be/S-V02pY6Umo
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Manila Electric Co. has advised its customers that there would be a thirty-minute power interruption in several parts of Quezon City. The power interruption will start at 11 in the evening of June 27 and will last until 6 in the morning of June 28. Meralco said the power interruption was due to “reconductoring” work. https://youtu.be/lD8VHziMJAs
QUEZON City, Philippines – Starting next month or July 2017, cargoes entering the Manila North Harbor will have to pay an additional 24% cargo-holding tariff. The increase was approved by the Philippine Ports Authority in order to cover what is said were higher operations costs. The increase will be implemented gradually in a three-year period, with 8% being added each year. But consumer and business groups protest the additional tax, arguing that consumers will bear […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) – Japan’s youngest professional shogi player, Sota Fujii, set a historical record of 29 consecutive victories on Monday (June 26) after sitting through an 11-hour game held in Tokyo. The 14-year old has gone undefeated ever since he made his debut last December, stirring renewed public excitement over the traditional game. The board game, often described as “Japanese chess,” is played on a nine-by-nine board with 20 tiles, where the goal is […]
(Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her royal family are set to see a huge boost to the funding they receive from United Kingdom taxpayers. Official estimates showing the crown’s finances will receive 76 million pounds this year — or 96 million United States dollars — nearly double what they received in the last two years. The money is used on everything from travel expenses to the cost of staff and upkeep of Buckingham Palace and […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief negotiator Mauro Petriccione met his Japanese counterpart Yoichi Suzuki for talks in Tokyo on Tuesday (June 27), as the two economies seek to forge a free-trade agreement. On Monday (June 26), EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom said the regional bloc was is in a “very intense phase” in its negotiations with Japan and could sign a provisional deal as early as next week. Petriccione has been in […]
MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — Islamist militants occupying parts of Marawi used a water route to bring in ammunition and evacuate wounded fighters, helping them withstand a five-week military offensive, the army said Tuesday. The extremists have remained holed up in pockets of Marawi, weathering daily air and artillery bombardment and deadly urban street battles. Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jo-ar Herrera said the route was discovered following the arrest of a man who used a boat to […]
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Reuters) – More than two thousand people in Yokosuka participated in a memorial service held on Tuesday (June 27) for the seven sailors who died when the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippine-flagged container ship. Participants, who included local residents, United States and Japanese military personnel, lined the streets and saluted a row of buses and cars carrying the family members and shipmates of the seven dead sailors, according to the US Navy. Multiple US […]
CHINA (Reuters) – The industrial profit growth of large enterprises in May continued a good momentum with a year on year growth of 16.7 percent, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Tuesday. The total industrial profits of large enterprises in May reached about 626 billion Yuan (around 95 billion US dollars), increasing 16.7 percent year on year. The growth rate is 2.7 percentage points higher than in April. The equipment manufacturing industry accounted […]
(Reuters) – A former Massachusetts pharmaceutical company executive was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday (June 26) after being convicted of racketeering and fraud charges for his role in a deadly United States meningitis outbreak in 2012. Barry Cadden, the co-founder and former president of the now-defunct New England Compounding Center, was convicted in March of those crimes by a federal jury in Boston but cleared of the harshest charges he faced, second-degree […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has made a formal protest after Indian border guards crossed from Sikkim state into its Tibetan territory, China’s foreign ministry said Tuesday, accusing them of trespassing. “Our position to uphold our territorial sovereignty is unwavering,” spokesman Lu Kang told a regular briefing, adding China has lodged “solemn representations” with India. “We hope that the Indian side can work with China in the same direction and take actions to withdraw the […]
