SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — An Australian man has been killed in Syria fighting Islamic State jihadists, the country’s third national thought to have died alongside Kurdish forces, reports said Monday. Former Australian soldier Jamie Bright, in his 40s, was named on social media as having been “martyred” in recent days. The Kurdish People’s Protection Unit said on its Facebook page that Bright died alongside three other Kurdish fighters. “He was shot about three or four […]
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Five UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack: UN, police sources
BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) — The family of a Malian civilian who died after being arrested by peacekeepers following a deadly jihadist attack claimed his death was due to abuse in custody as the UN Friday promised to “shed light” on the incident. Five Chadian peacekeepers were killed in the ambush in northeast Mali on May 18 and a sixth died of his wounds on May 24, according to the latest toll from the UN mission […]
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Dozens of children drown as shipwrecks claim 700 lives, survivors say
by Ella IDE ROME , Italy (AFP) — A week of shipwrecks in the Mediterranean culminated Sunday with 700 migrants feared dead and survivors giving harrowing testimony of dozens of small children drowned. Survivors brought to safety in the Italian ports of Taranto and Pozzallo told the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) and Save the Children how their boat sank on Thursday morning after a high-seas drama which saw one woman decapitated. “We’ll never know the […]
Welcome Kapatid Ko, isinagawa ng mga kaanib ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Lanao
ILIGAN CITY, Lanao — Masiglang nakiisa ang mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Lokal ng Iligan City, Distrito ng Lanao sa isinawagang “Welcome Kapatid ko” na isinagawa sa Barangay Gym, Tibanga, iligan City nito lamang Linggo, Mayo 30. Nagsimula ang nasabing aktibidad ng 3:00 ng hapon. Layunin ng mga ganitong programa ng Iglesia Ni Cristo na mabigyang halaga ang bawat kaanib lalo na nga mga nagsusuri at at nasa uring umaanib pa lamang sa Iglesia (Sinusubok […]
GSIS allots P5.8B in emergency loan for 9 more VisMin areas
QUEZON CITY, May 30 — The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) earmarked a total of over P5.8 billion in emergency loan due to the long dry spell in Cebu, Negros Occidental, and Iloilo in Visayas, as well as in six areas in Mindanao, namely, the provinces of Camiguin and Davao Oriental, Butuan City, Villanueva in Misamis Oriental, and the municipalities of Titay and Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay. GSIS allotted more than P2 billion in emergency loan […]
A 3 year old boy is rescued from the grip of a gorilla
OHIO, United States (Reuters) — A child was rescued from the grip of a gorilla after falling into the animal’s enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo Saturday (May 28). “Thank goodness he was not badly hurt going in, because he was walking in there and splashing around,” said zoo director Thane Maynard. “But Harambe, our 17 year old Gorilla, male, who was a great big animal, 400 pounds, went down and got him and carried him […]
Prepare for La Niña, DILG tells LGUs
PASIG CITY, May 30 – As the rainy season is about to start, Secretary Mel Senen S. Sarmiento of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is calling on all local government units (LGUs) to carry out the disaster preparedness measures under Operation Listo. According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the current El Niño is already in its decaying stage and there is a possible rise of La Nina during the […]
Adoption of ASEAN cyber security group good for the region, says Malacanang
MANILA, May 30 – The Palace welcomed on Sunday the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) adoption of a proposal of Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin calling for the establishment of a cyber security group in the region. “Ikinagagalak natin ang pagpapahayag ng suporta ng ibang mga kalapit-bansa ng Pilipinas,” Communication Secretary Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr said in a radio interview on Sunday. “Sadyang mahalaga ‘yung pagkakaisa ng mga bansa sa pagpapatatag sa cyber security dahil nga […]
