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Lalahok ang Pilipinas sa pinakamalaking maritime exercise sa June 30 hanggang August 4 na gaganapin sa Hawaii at Southern, California. Ang Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC)exercise ay magbibigay ng kakaibang training opportunity para sa mga kalahok kaugnay sa seguridan ng mga karagatan at sea lanes. Sa kabuuan, nasa 26 na bansa ang lalahok sa pagsasanay na gagamitan ng 45 mga barko, 5 submarine at 200 aircraft.
Nabuo na bilang bagyo ang low pressure area sa Borongan City at ito ang unang bagyo na pumasok sa bansa ngayong 2016. Ang tropical depression na pinangalanang “Ambo” ay nasa 182km silangan ng Virac, Catanduanes. Ito ay may pinakamalakas na bugso ng hangin na 45kph malapit sa gitna at inaasahang kikilos sa direksyong kanluran hilagang-kanluran sa bilis na 19kph. Public storm signal no.1 as of 11:30am Catanduanes Camarines Norte Camarines Sur Northern Quezon including Polillo […]
Dinagsa ng maraming Cagayano, partikular sa bayan ng Tuao ang isinagawang lingap-pamamahayag ng Iglesia Ni Cristo.
(Reuters) — Londoners who voted to stay in the European Union gathered in Parliament Square on Saturday (June 25) to share their grief and sorrow at the country voting to leave in Thursday’s (June 23) referendum. Draped in EU flags and holding placards reading “Yes to EU” the disappointed group of a few hundred listened to impromptu speeches from people deploring the result. Some still wearing their official ‘IN’ campaign T-shirts said their shock […]
(Reuters) — There is no desperate rush for Britain to trigger the process for it to leave the European Union, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday (June 25), leaving London some space to work out its next move after a referendum vote to leave the bloc. “Great Britain must for themselves define — and surely there will also a discussion process — what relationship it wants to have with the European Union. We […]
(Eagle News) – The spokesperson for the Iglesia Ni Cristo challenged detractors of the Church to prove any accusation they might have against the Church in court. At the same time, INC spokesperson Edwil Zabala also condemned the “repeated use of the media” by the supporters of these expelled members “to throw baseless accusations” against the INC. “We condemn the repeated use of the media by the supporters of Mr. Angel Manalo and Mrs. […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang assured the public on Saturday that the country’s economy is strong enough to be affected by any shock created by the United Kingdom’s vote to volt from the European Union. Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., said that for instance, most of the Filipino workers in Britain are nurses who are subjected to British law rather than EU regulations citing a report by Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz. “Ang kanilang paglilingkod doon ay hindi […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Saturday that the EU would weather the shock of the British vote to leave the union as he convened crisis talks. “I am confident that these countries can also send a message that we won’t let anyone take Europe from us,” he said heading into a meeting in Berlin of his counterparts from the EU’s six founding members. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
by Thomas WATKINS WASHINGTON , United States (AFP) — The US Navy is quietly pushing ahead with a radical new cannon that one day could transform how wars are fought, even though some Pentagon officials have voiced concerns over its cost and viability. Named the railgun, the weapon in question represents a paradigm shift in ballistic technology. Instead of using gunpowder and explosive charges to shoot a shell from its barrel, it employs vast amounts […]
LOS ANGELES , United States (AFP) — At least two people have died in a fire in central California that has destroyed 100 structures and prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency, officials said Friday. The fast-moving blaze that erupted late Thursday afternoon in the Lake Isabella area of Kern County had spread to about 30,000 acres (121 square kilometers) by Friday afternoon and was five percent contained, authorities said The Kern County […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Five new orchid species have been discovered in remote Philippine mountains, protected from poaching because of an insurgency in the region, conservationists said Friday. The species are found only in a mountain range on the rebellion-torn Mindanao area in the southern Philippines and have eluded those cataloguing plant life for 200 years, expert Miguel David de Leon told AFP. Poaching of wild orchids mostly by locals is rampant in the Philippines, […]
by Ayee Macaraig MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Filipina hostage released by southern Philippine militants on Friday broke down in tears as she recounted how her Canadian boyfriend had been beheaded a week earlier. Marites Flor was abducted in September by Abu Sayyaf militants, along with three others, two of whom — Flor’s partner Robert Hall and fellow Canadian John Ridsdel — were killed. Flor cried as she recounted how the kidnappers led away Hall […]
