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BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has recently tested a new type of guided missile in a northeastern sea near the Korean peninsula, the defense ministry said Tuesday, hours after South Korean elections held amid regional tensions. The test in the Bohai Sea was conducted to “raise the operational capability of the armed forces and effectively respond to threats to national security,” the ministry said in a brief statement. The statement did not say when the […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired his Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey, the man who leads the agency charged with investigating his campaign’s ties with Russia — a move that sent shockwaves through Washington. The surprise dismissal of Comey, who played a controversial role in the 2016 presidential election, came as he was leading a probe into whether Trump’s aides colluded with […]
by Jung Ha-won Eagle News Service Seoul, South Korea (AFP) — Left-leaning former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-In won South Korea’s presidential election by a landslide Tuesday, sweeping to power and vowing unity after a tumultuous scandal felled the country’s last leader. The ballot was needed after Park Geun-Hye was ousted and indicted for corruption, and took place against a backdrop of high tensions with the nuclear-armed North. Voters were galvanized by anger over […]
(Eagle News) — United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed that he and US President Donald Trump will attend the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit this November in the Philippines, as his country renewed its commitment to the ASEAN-US strategic partnership. “The Philippines looks forward to the US’ renewed commitment to ASEAN-US strategic partnership at the upcoming ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conferences (PMC) + 1 in August and the 5th ASEAN-US Summit in […]
(Eagle News) – Ilocos Norte Provincial Police Office (INPPO) recognized the participation of members of SCAN International (also known as Society of Communicators And Networkers International) in giving information and assistance to motorists and tourists who regularly visit the province of Ilocos Norte. A certificate of recognition was given by INPPO led by Police Chief Inspector Dexter Corpuz, and Police Chief Inspector Randy Baoit. A ceremony for this was held at Camp Capt. Valentin Juan at exactly 8:00 yesterday. Members […]
by German Campos Agence France-Presse PUEBLA, Mexico – An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Mexico killed 14 people, including 11 children, authorities said Tuesday. The blast struck Monday night in a rural area of central Puebla state, Diodoro Carrasco, a senior official in the state government, told radio station Cinco Radio. Officials said the tragedy, which wounded 22 people, was the second in just a matter of just months. The state government said in […]
by Jocelyne Zablit Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States – Hundreds of workers at a nuclear site in the United States state of Washington were ordered to take cover Tuesday after a storage tunnel filled with contaminated material collapsed, but there was no initial indication of a radioactive leak. Employees at the sprawling Hanford Site plant, located about 170 miles (275 kilometers) southeast of Seattle, were sent an early morning alert by management telling them to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang criticized the Commission on Human Rights for being selective in investigating alleged human rights violations in the country. According to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, it is very obvious that when it is the opponent of the government that is killed, the CHR immediately investigates the case. He said that when the victims are soldiers or policemen who died in the line of duty, the CHR does not immediately take […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Senator JV Ejercito is asking the Senate to probe the procurement system of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in view of the recent crash of the Philippine Air Force helicopter in Tanay, Rizal which resulted in the death of three soldiers. According to Ejercito, there have been reports that the AFP is buying second-hand or reconditioned equipment. “We can buy a small number of new ones just as long as they […]
(AFP) — Looters mobbed a deadly slum fire in Manila on Tuesday, pulling roofing sheets and electric wire from singed homes as firemen scrambled to contain the blaze. Riot police surrounded the Isla Puting Bato shantytown at Manila’s port area after being summoned by firemen who struggled to reach burning homes accessible only through narrow alleys that were swarmed by residents as well as scavengers. An AFP photographer saw about 100 people, most of them men, engaged […]
The Philippine delegation in Geneva, Switzerland led by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra faced more than 100 representatives of the member-countries of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in defending the country’s human rights record. Cayetano explained there was a deliberate attempt to bloat the numbers on alleged extrajudicial killings. The Philippine delegates answered questions on drug-related killings under the Duterte administration. Cayetano said that the killings were not state-sponsored and […]
(Eagle News)– Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Acosta on Tuesday (May 9) welcomed the decision of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate the death of Saad Samad Kiram alias “Abu Saad,” one of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members who figured in a clash with government troops in Bohol province recently. Acosta, however, also urged the rights body to probe the killing of soldiers, policemen, and other government agents by the bandit group. “Ang suggestion […]
