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YUNCHENG CITY, SHANXI PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — A salt lake in northern China’s Shanxi province has become a new tourist attraction after a portion of it recently turned red, state media reported on Thursday (September 29). Aerial footage of the lake released by China’s state television CCTV showed red water on one side of the lake and green on the other, with a road cutting through the middle. CCTV reported that the colour change was […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed his pronouncement that this October’s Philippine-United States military exercises would be the last under his presidency. “In my term, yes. I don’t know if that treaty would take some form. But in my term, yes. I would not be using my entitlements as commander-in-chief. I would simply say that that is the foreign policy,” Duterte affirmed in a news conference. Duterte pointed out there was no cooperation between the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa expressed his desire to demolish the New Bilibid Prison as he believes that this is the only way to totally suppress the illegal drug trade and operations inside the national penitentiary According to Dela Rosa, the inmates already intimately know the ins and outs of the NBP. They also know how to hide illegal drugs and other contraband every time the PNP […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group is now determining who was behind the riot inside the New Bilibid Prison which resulted in the stabbing incident among the high-profile inmates. The CIDG already talked with the suspects and the witnesses. It also has in its possession the CCTV footages of the riot inside NBP.
(Eagle News)– To “save the next generation,” President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday (September 30) said he wants the death of the country’s criminals, citing what Adolf Hitler did to the Jews during World War II. “Hitler massacred three million Jews. Now, there are three million drug addicts… I’d be happy to slaughter them,” Duterte said. “At least if Germany had Hitler, the Philippines would have… You know my victims, I would like to be, all […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison is still included in the United States’ list of terrorists. According to CPP-NDF peace panel chairman Luis Jalandoni, this hinders Sison’s return to the Philippines as the US government may attempt to take steps against the CPP chairman despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s invitation for Sison to return to the Philippines.
QUEZON City, Philippines – Senate Minority Floor Leader Ralph Recto said that he will oppose the proposed tax on the 13th month pay as well as other bonuses. Recto also said that he will oppose other proposals of the Department of Finance such as the plan to increase taxes on petroleum products, and the removal of the tax exemption of the senior citizens and persons with disabilities. On the other hand, Recto said that he […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs reported that no Filipino was injured or killed in the train accident in New Jersey station in the United States. A woman was killed in the accident, while hundreds more were injured. https://youtu.be/4OrG5aCpzGE
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday (September 30) gave directives to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to speed up the release of Vietnamese fishermen caught poaching in Philippine waters last year. According to Justice Undersecretary Erickson Balmes, the President wanted the release to be as soon as possible at government’s expense. The vessels used by Vietnamese will also be returned to Vietnam. No further details were given on Duterte’s sudden commands. Vietnamese fishermen were […]
BORACAY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagpapasaklolo na sa national government ang Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry para solusyunan ang araw-araw na brownout sa isla ng Boracay. Sinabi ni PCCI Corporate Secretary Elena Blugger na nagpadala na sila ng sulat kay Pangulong Rodrigo R. Duterte dahil malaki na ang epekto nito sa mga establisyemento sa isla. Ang isla ng Boracay ang itinuturing na gateway ng industriya ng turismo sa aklan. Ayon kay Blugger, dapat nang […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Thai health authorities on Friday said microcephaly in two babies was caused by the Zika virus, in what is believed to be Southeast Asia’s first confirmed case of a link between the sickness and the birth defect. Tourism is expected to account for 17 percent of Thailand’s GDP this year, and authorities will be desperate to prevent visitor numbers from tailing off after Friday’s announcement. “Two of the three infants (tested) […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre is open to the possibility of talking with the camp of high-profile Jaybee Sebastian on the latter’s testimony on the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Blibid Prison but also added that President Rodrigo Duterte will not personally meet Sebastian.
