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HONOLULU, United States (AFP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Hawaii on Monday ahead of a symbolic meeting with President Barack Obama at the site of the Pearl Harbor attack. Japanese leaders have visited Pearl Harbor before, but Abe will be the first to go to the US Arizona Memorial, the wreck where 1,177 US personnel died. Tuesday’s visit comes 75 years after Japan’s December 1941 attack on the base of the US […]
(REUTERS) Police in Moscow have evacuated almost 3,000 people from three different railway stations after receiving an anonymous bomb threat, Russian news agencies reported on Monday. The TASS news agency said police planned to use sniffer dogs to check the Kazansky, Leningradsky and Yaroslavsky railway stations. All three stations are located on the same Moscow square. (Writing by Andrey Ostroukh; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
MARIVELES, Bataan (Eagle News) – Nakakaranas na sa kasalukuyan ng malakas na hangin at malalaking alon sa karagatan ang Bayan ng Mariveles dulot ng bagyong Nina. Isa na rito ang Brgy. Biaan, Sitio Kutad at mga karatig baranggay nito. Nasa storm signal no. 2 na ang buong lalawigan ng Bataan. Nag-abiso naman ang Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management sa lahat ng mangingisda na bawal munang pumalaot lalo na ang maliliit na bangka para na rin sa […]
(REUTERS) A group of Chinese warships led by the country’s sole aircraft carrier entered the top half of the South China Sea on Monday after passing south of Taiwan, the self-ruled island’s Defense Ministry said of what China has termed a routine exercise. The move comes amid renewed tension over Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own, ineligible for state-to-state relations, following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone call with the island’s president that upset […]
LEGAZPI CITY, Dec. 26 (PNA)–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Albay held a special session to pass Resolution No. 255-2016 declaring the entire province of Albay under a state of calamity due to typhoon Nina. Vice Governor Harold Imperial on Monday said a Php 23- million calamity fund was available so the province could recover from the damage wrought by typhoon Nina. He said the typhoon caused heavy damage in the entire province, particularly in the first […]
(Reuters) Indonesian militants supporting Islamic State planned to attack a police post on New Year’s eve with machetes and knives, a police spokesman said on Monday. The plot was broken up after police arrested two of the would-be attackers who led them to their hideout, where police shot dead their two co-conspirators on Sunday after police said they tried to attack officers with machetes. “The four of them were planning to attack a police […]
MANILA, Dec. 26 (PNA) — Malacanang on Monday urged the public to stay alert as typhoon “Nina” continues to pound Southern Tagalog and Bicol region. “We ask the public to stay alert regarding typhoon Nina,” Presidential Communication Office (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar said in a press statement. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Service Administration (PAGASA), Nina entered the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) early Saturday morning. The weather bureau raised typhoon signals in […]
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Calamba City Dec. 26 (PNA) — Due to typhoon Nina’s flogging of the Calabarzon Region overnight Sunday to Monday, around 876 passengers were stranded in the Batangas and had to spend Christmas Day at the ports. Reports from the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) 4-A on Monday said port and coast guard authorities had suspended ports operations in Batangas City as Nina headed toward the region over the weekend. […]
MANILA, Dec. 26 (PNA) — The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will be deploying its personnel for immediate response in areas that are affected by Typhoon “Nina” (international name Nock-ten). In an advisory, the MMDA said around 200 personnel, five military trucks and eight ambulances are on standby and ready to respond to emergency incidents. Some twelve rubber boats are prepositioned on flood-prone areas while six floodgates of the Manggahan Floodway were opened. Traffic […]
London, United Kingdom | AFP | by Dario THUBURN British pop star George Michael, who rose to fame with the band Wham! and sold more than 100 million albums in his career, has died aged 53, his publicist said on Sunday. “It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at home over the Christmas period,” the publicist said in a statement. Thames Valley Police […]
Kaneohe, United States | AFP | US President Barack Obama on Sunday visited American troops at a Hawaii military base, the last time he will participate in his holiday tradition as commander-in-chief. Obama and the first lady Michelle visited the Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, close to where the presidential couple are vacationing with their daughters. Speaking weeks before President-elect Donald Trump’s scheduled inauguration, Obama called his time as commander-in-chief “the privilege of […]
China is set to sign an agreement on Monday establishing diplomatic ties with former Taiwan ally Sao Tome and Principe, according to a banner in a state guesthouse in Beijing announcing the ceremony, a Reuters witness said. Sao Tome and Principe Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada said on Thursday that breaking relations with Taiwan was the correct decision given China’s importance as a strategic partner and the need to improve the lives of Sao Tomeans. […]
