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by Ted Aljibe Agence France Presse Ilagan, Philippines | AFP | — One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Philippines killed at least four people as it destroyed houses, tore roofs off schools and uprooted giant trees on Thursday. Super Typhoon Haima struck late on Wednesday night with winds similar to those of catastrophic Haiyan in 2013, which was then the strongest storm to strike the disaster-prone Southeast Asian archipelago and […]
by Hui Min Neo with Karam al-Masri in Aleppo BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he was ready to prolong a unilateral ceasefire in Aleppo, after tough talks in Berlin where the leaders of Germany and France refused to rule out sanctions against Moscow. Putin said he told the European leaders that Russia was “intending to extend as far as possible” a halt to its air raids in Syria’s second city, […]
PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte praised China on Wednesday (October 19), setting aside its maritime dispute as the combative leader reconfigures his country’s diplomatic alliances. The Asian giant was “good”, he said. “It has never invaded a piece of my country all these generations,” Duterte added in an apparent comparison to the Philippines’ former colonial ruler the United States. “During the Cold War, China was portrayed as the bad guy,” he added. “And all of […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia Thursday admitted more needs to be done to protect the Great Barrier Reef from pollution after a government-backed report painted a bleak picture of the natural wonder. The giant ecosystem is under pressure from farming run-off, development, the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish and the impacts of climate change, which saw mass a bleaching event this year that killed swathes of coral. Canberra insists it is doing more than ever before to […]
(Reuters) — Super Typhoon Haima, the strongest cyclone to hit the Philippines in three years, toppled power and communication lines, damaged houses and displaced thousands as it barrelled through the northern Ilocos region early Thursday (October 20) morning. Haima, a category 5 typhoon, made landfall in the northern province of Cagayan Wednesday (October 19) night. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Some villagers took shelter inside the public market as vendors sold their produce […]
(Eagle News)– The Department of Education (DepEd) publicly apologized for its false tweet about class suspensions for Metro Manila on Thursday (October 20). “In an effort to catch all announcement from different sources (government agencies, LGUs, schools, etc), a tweet from a fake account of a trusted agency was quoted,” DepEd said in a statement. The agency deleted the tweet, but was already shared by various accounts before it was pulled out. “This apology comes […]
by Michael Mathes / with Dave Clark in Washington LAS VEGAS, United States | AFP | — Turning his final presidential debate appearance into an unprecedented assault on US political convention, Donald Trump refused Wednesday to say that he would respect a Hillary Clinton victory in November. As the last head-to-head encounter of the toxic 2016 campaign descended into mud-slinging, the Republican mogul doubled down on claims that his Democratic rival’s supporters plan to […]
(Eagle News) – Typhoon Lawin continues to weaken as it moved away from the country. Public storm warning signals were further lowered in the country, and the previous storm signal number 3 had been removed by PAGASA, the country’s weather bureau, as the typhoon’s winds further weakened. Public storm warning signal number 2 is now up in Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Abra, Ilocos Sur and Calayan Group of Islands. A few hours ago, these areas […]
by Hwang Sung-Hee SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea on Thursday conducted what appeared to be its second failed test in a week of a powerful medium-range missile that experts warn could be operationally deployed as early as next year. South Korean and US military monitors said the missile — believed to be an intermediate-range Musudan — exploded shortly after take-off at around 6:30 am Pyongyang time (2200 GMT Wednesday). The attempted launch came […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police-National Capital Region has directed the immediate administrative relief of Senior Supt. Marcelino Pedrozo, and eight other policemen for their roles in the violent dispersal of rallyists in front of the United States embassy on Wednesday, October 19. NCRPO director Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde also said that one of those relieved was the driver of the police van that rammed and ran over protesters, causing injuries to dozens […]
by W.G. Dunlop and Safa Majeed TINA, Iraq (AFP) — Families who fled their village in the early days of the battle to retake Mosul from jihadists sit on the dusty ground amid discarded plastic bottles and other trash. This group is one of the first of what the United Nations said could be up to a million people who flee their homes during the operation to recapture Iraq’s second city, which has been held […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton on Wednesday accused Donald Trump of being the most dangerous White House candidate in modern history, ending a sharp debate exchange about their fitness to serve as president. After Trump used statements by Clinton’s primary rival Bernie Sanders and Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta against her, she retorted: “You should ask Bernie Sanders who he is supporting. He said you are the most dangerous person to run […]
