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Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister on Monday warned of “corresponding counteraction” to US-South Korean joint military drills, state media said, after Pyongyang carried out two banned missile launches in two days. “The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range depends upon the US forces’ action character,” Kim Yo Jong said in statement carried by the official KCNA. This is a developing story… © Agence […]
(Eagle News)–The vice mayor of Aparri and five others were killed in an ambush in Nueva Vizcaya on Sunday, Feb. 19. Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda and his companions were traveling in a Hyundai Starex van when they were shot at by at least five people in Barangay Baretbet in Bagabag at 8:45 a.m. Witnesses told the police the vehicle the gunmen were using bore a red plate, indicating it was possibly a government vehicle. An […]
(Eagle News)–Several flights on Sunday, Feb. 19, were canceled due to the bad weather. The Manila International Airport Authority said the following are covered by the cancelation: Cebu Pacific (5J) 5J 192/193 Manila-Cauayan-Manila 5J 508/509 Manila-Tuguegarao-Manila CebGo (DG) DG 6113/6114 Manila-Naga-Manila The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country. It said these were due to localized thunderstorms, an LPA off Surigao del Norte, […]
(Eagle News)–The Land Transportation Office has summoned the drivers of two vehicles that figured in what the agency said was a road rage incident in Cainta, Rizal. The LTO said the LTO Intelligence and Investigation Division, in particular, ordered the driver of the motorcyle and the L300 van that figured in the incident on Felix Avenue to make an appearance at the LTO Central Office on Feb. 22. LTO-IID officer-in-charge Renan Melitante said the meeting […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Visayas, Caraga, Northern Mindanao, Bicol Region, Quezon, Romblon and Marinduque, in particular, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. PAGASA said this was due to the low pressure area off Surigao del Norte. According to PAGASA, so far, the LPA was located 195 kilometers northeast of Surigao City. Flashfloods or landslides […]
By Eagle News METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES—“This country will not lose one inch of its territory,” President Bongbong Marcos said on Saturday, Feb. 18. The President made the comment as part of his speech during the Philippine Military Academy’s homecoming in Baguio City. He did not elaborate, but the comment came after the Armed Forces of the Philippines called on China to “restrain its forces.” The call was made after a Chinese Coast Guard vessel pointed […]
(Eagle News) — Several flights scheduled on Saturday, Feb. 18, were canceled due to the bad weather. The Manila International Airport Authority said the following are covered by the cancelations: PAL Express (2P) 2P 2889/2890 Manila-Ozamiz-Manila This list shall be updated as new information comes in. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration earlier said it was monitoring a low pressure area off Davao City. The northeast monsoon is also affecting Luzon.
Washington, United States | AFP | Six people were killed Friday in a shooting rampage in a rural area of the southern US state of Mississippi, local media reported. Police said a man who is now in custody shot a person at a store in the small town of Arkabutla, and then went to a nearby house and killed a woman, according to media in nearby Memphis, Tennessee. The man then drove his car […]
Luzon affected by northeast monsoon (Eagle News) — The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration is monitoring a low pressure area off Davao. PAGASA said the LPA was so far located 285 km East Southeast of the city. The northeast monsoon is also affecting Luzon. PAGASA said Visayas, Caraga, Davao Region, Northern Mindanao, Bicol Region, Romblon, Marinduque, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms as a result. Flash floods […]
Paris, France | AFP | Thursday 2/17/2023 The protection against Covid-19 from being previously infected lasts at least as long as that offered by vaccination, one of the largest studies conducted on the subject said on Friday. Ten months after getting Covid, people still had an 88 percent lower risk of reinfection, hospitalisation and death, according to the study published in the Lancet journal. That makes this natural immunity “at least as durable, if not […]
Beijing, China | AFP | Friday 2/17/2023 France has dropped Covid testing restrictions imposed on travellers from China, the French embassy in Beijing said. Since January, visitors aged 11 and over travelling from China to France have had to present a negative test taken 48 hours before the flight to board the plane. The restrictions were introduced as China experienced a wave of coronavirus infections after lifting its stifling zero-Covid policy in December. “Travellers from […]
Beijing, China | AFP | Friday 2/17/2023 The Chinese billionaire chairman of investment bank China Renaissance has gone missing, the firm said, as shares in the company plunged in Hong Kong on Friday. Bao Fan, who is also executive director of the bank, is a major figure in the Chinese tech industry and has played a key role in the emergence of various domestic internet startups. “The company has been unable to contact Mr Bao,” […]
