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By Caesar Vallejos EBC Correspondent “Just focus, keep on believing and be patient.” Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Jacklyn Jose, the first South East Asian to be recognized with such honor, shared this advise during the Excellence in Visual Media (EVM) Awards along with the observation that among this new crop of talents may be the future winner of the prestigious Oscars and Cannes film festivals. Jacklyn Jose presented the Best Actress trophy at […]
SINGAPORE (AFP) — China on Sunday hit out at US “provocations” and said it does not fear “trouble” over its territorial disputes with neighbors in the South China Sea. “Countries outside should play a constructive role in this regard, not the other way around. The South China Sea issue has become overheated because of the provocations of certain countries for their own selfish interests,” Admiral Sun Jianguo told a security summit in Singapore. Sun spoke […]
by Amal JAYASINGHE COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) — A series of explosions rocked a military ammunition depot on the edge of Sri Lanka’s capital into Monday, sparking huge fires and forcing thousands to flee as debris fell into populated neighborhoods. Police said the explosions at the Salawa military post had diminished in strength but nearby residents were being told to stay away because intermittent blasts were still erupting, 10 hours after the first one was […]
by Nicolas REVISE BEIJING, China (AFP) — Mounting tensions over South China Sea territorial rows could overshadow US-China talks in Beijing Monday, after the two global powers exchanged barbs over the disputed waterway. China claims nearly all of the sea despite competing declarations by several Southeast Asian neighbors and has built artificial islands suitable for military use in the South China Sea. Washington has responded by sending warships close to Chinese-claimed reefs, angering Beijing. Tensions […]
(Reuters) A boat carrying fleeing civilians across a river from the Islamic State stronghold of Falluja sank on Saturday, killing at least four people, as pro-Baghdad forces said they had the city almost completely encircled. Two children, their mother and a man drowned crossing the 300-metre (1,000-feet) wide Euphrates, one the few escape routes left for civilians hoping to leave the besieged town as the war against the militants intensifies. Nine other people believed to […]
SA loob ng isang linggo ay dalawang barangay chapel ang pinasinayaan at naisagawa ang mga unang pagsamba sa Panginoong Diyos ng mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo sa lalawigan ng north Cotabato. Noong Miyerkules, Hunyo 1, 2016 ay idinaos ang unang pagsamba ng mga kaanib ng INC sa Banayal Extension, 5:00 ng hapon. Halos 12 kilometro ang layo nito sa lokal ng La Esperanza, sa Tulunan, North Cotabato, na siyang mother lokal sa nasabing lalawigan. Ang […]
(Reuters) A passenger train crashed into the back of a freight train in the eastern Belgian municipality of Saint-Georges-Sur-Meuse late on Sunday, killing three people and injuring 40, Belgian officials said. “A train… carrying around 40 passengers crashed into the back of a freight train on the same track,” Belgian railways SNCB said in a statement. “The collision derailed two of the six carriages.” Françis Dejon, the mayor of the Saint-Georges-Sur-Meuse district told Belga news […]
(Reuters) Nearly 50 air strikes hit rebel-held areas in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday in some of the heaviest recent raids by Russian and Syrian government aircraft, residents and a monitoring group said. The group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, also said an unidentified war plane had crashed in countryside south of Aleppo, in an area where Islamist rebel fighters are battling the Syrian army and Iranian-backed forces. It […]
Reuters) Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte warned mining companies to “shape up”, as he signaled he would prefer ownership of mining assets to be left to local investors. He also said the incoming government may rewrite rules to limit environmental degradation in the sector. Duterte, who assumes office on June 30, has named nearly all his cabinet members this week but has yet to appoint a new minister that will oversee the Southeast Asian country’s mining […]
by Jim SLATER OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry wants to play for the United States at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, but the Golden State Warriors star hasn’t made a final decision. NBA scoring champion Curry, who sparked the Warriors to a record 73-win season, is too busy trying to lead Golden State to a second consecutive NBA Finals victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers to focus on Olympic gold […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — American journalist David Gilkey and his Afghan translator were killed Sunday while traveling with an Afghan army unit that came under fire in southern Helmand province, National Public Radio announced. The translator was identified as Zabihullah Tamanna. Two other journalists traveling with Gilkey, named as reporter Tom Bowman and producer Monika Evstatieva, were unharmed. NPR said the vehicle in which Gilkey, 50, and his translator were traveling was struck by […]
Beijing, China (AFP)—-Mounting tensions over South China Sea territorial rows could overshadow United States-China talks in Beijing Monday, after the two global powers exchanged barbs over the disputed waterway. China claims nearly all of the sea despite competing declarations by several Southeast Asian neighbors, and has built artificial islands suitable for military use in the South China Sea. Washington has responded by sending warships close to Chinese-claimed reefs, angering Beijing. Tensions mounted after the […]
