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Eight religious emissaries talked to Abdullah Maute for release of hostages, says OPAPP official
(Eagle News) — A group of eight religious people was among those who tried to negotiate recently with Abdullah Maute, one the Maute brothers who led the attack on Marawi City, so more of their hostages can be released and more of the civilians trapped in the city can be rescued. This was according to government peace panel assistant secretary Dickson Hermoso of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) […]
Six civilians rescued in Marawi City during 8-hour ceasefire, but 100 hostages still held by extremists
(Eagle News) — Philippine government forces rescued several civilians, including an infant, trapped in Marawi City on Sunday (June 25) after an eight-hour ceasefire that was held in respect of the end of Ramadan, even as forces confirmed there were still 100 hostages held by Islamist militants. Troops managed to secure six trapped civilians, including one infant, and a cadaver during the eight-hour ceasefire with Islamic State-linked militants who seized parts of Marawi City […]
Worst rainstorm of year flattens 300 houses, affecting 1.62 million people in central China’s Hunan
CHINA (Reuters) – A vehement rainstorm collapsed 367 houses, leaving 90, 000 people homeless in central China’s Hunan Province. Started early on Thursday morning (June 22), the torrential rain was the most violent one that has ever hit the province this year. By the end of Sunday (June 25), it battered 50 cities, counties and regions, left more than 1.62 people in predicament and causing a direct economic loss estimated at 1.99 billion yuan. The […]
Major forest fire in southern Spain, over 1500 evacuated
MOGUER, Spain (Reuters) – Hundreds of firefighters worked through the night from Sunday (June 25) to Monday (June 26) to contain major forest fires in southern Spain that forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people from homes, campsites and hotels. The blaze was spotted on Saturday night in the Moguer region near Huelva and was being treated as a level 1 – or maximum threat – by emergency services. Authorities on Monday said the […]
153 killed in Pakistan oil tanker fire
PAKISTAN (Reuters) – Death toll has risen to 153 from the oil tanker fire that broke out in the Bahawalpur district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province Sunday morning, rescuers said. The number of deaths may rise further as about 40 out of the about 100 injured people are in critical conditions, according to an official of local hospital. A total of 75 motorbikes and six vehicles, including a traffic police vehicle, were burnt out in […]
DOH assures that cholera will not spread in evacuation centers in Iligan City
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) has assured that cholera will not spread in the evacuation centers in Iligan City. According to the DOH-Region 10, although some of the evacuees suffered from diarrhea, nausea and stomach pain, and they were positively affected by cholera, they were immediately taken to the hospital for treatment. The patients were already released on June 3 and 5. DOH-10 Regional Director Nimfa Torrizo also pointed […]
Abducted priest seen alive in Marawi; AFP verifying reports Hapilon slipped out of city
Agence France Presse — A Roman Catholic priest abducted by Islamist militants who seized parts of a southern Philippine city has been seen alive, the military said Monday, as troops pressed on with their offensive. Air and artillery bombardment of enclaves occupied by the militants in Marawi resumed after an eight-hour truce Sunday to allow Muslims to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fasting month. Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jo-Ar Herrera said the militants were […]
Great Barrier Reef a $42 billion asset ‘too big to fail’: study
by Martin Parry Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s under-pressure Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth Aus$56 billion (US$42 billion) and as an ecosystem and economic driver is “too big to fail”, a study said Monday. The World Heritage-listed reef is the largest living structure on Earth and its economic and social value was calculated for the first time in the Deloitte Access Economics report commissioned by the Great Barrier Reef […]
Japanese airbag maker Takata files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) — Embattled airbag maker Takata Corp on Monday (June 26) filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan and said it would seek $1.588 billion in financial aid from U.S.-based auto parts supplier Key Safety Systems (KSS). The KSS deal would help it deal with the fallout from its defective airbag inflators at the center of the global auto industry’s biggest ever recall, Takata CEO Shigehisa Takata said in a news conference in Tokyo on […]
PHL military says “leadership crisis,” money problems affecting Islamist militants in Marawi City
Gov’t recovers 347 firearms, hundreds of communications equipment from terrorist groups (Eagle News) — The Philippine military said that they have recovered at least 347 firearms and hundreds of communications equipment from Islamist militants who continue to hold on to a “limited” area of Marawi City, as they announced to the public that there is a leadership crisis in the Islamist terrorists’ group. Task Force Marawi spokesperson Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera said that the […]
Boxing: Horn has ’10-point plan’ to upset Pacquiao
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australian challenger Jeff Horn has a 10-point plan to upset legendary Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in their World Boxing Organization welterweight title fight, his trainer said Monday. Pacquiao (59-6-2, 38 knockouts) is one of the greats of his generation and a strong favourite to overcome the unbeaten Horn at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Sunday. But trainer Glenn Rushton said he has watched hours of the “Pac Man’s” previous fights and is […]
