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(Courtesy Reuters/CCTV) — A suicide blast killed at least 70 people and injured more than 300 others in a public park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday evening. A large number of the victims were women and children, as many mothers had taken their children to the park to celebrate Easter. After the explosion, pools of blood could be seen at the blast site and people, mostly women and children, were rushing […]
PALMYRA, Syria (AFP) — Syrian government forces backed by heavy Russian air support drove Islamic State out of Palmyra on Sunday (March 27), inflicting what the army called a mortal blow to militants who seized the city last year and dynamited its ancient temples. The loss of Palmyra represents one of the biggest setbacks for the ultra-hardline Islamist group since it declared a caliphate in 2014 across large parts of Syria and Iraq. The army […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — An Algerian held in Italy as part of a probe into fake ID documents used by the Paris and Brussels attackers was interrogated Sunday but refused to answer questions, a judicial source said. The suspect, named as Djamal Eddine Ouali, 40, was detained under a European arrest warrant near the southern city of Salerno on Saturday, and questioned in prison by prosecutors, the judge in charge of the preliminary inquiry said. […]
by Laura MANNERING HONG KONG (AFP) — It is just over a year since Erwiana Sulistyaningsih’s Hong Kong employer was jailed for horrific abuse of her maid in a case that made headlines around the world. After pictures of Erwiana’s extensive injuries went viral in 2014, the young Indonesian became the face of a movement determined to force change for the army of more than 300,000 migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong. Although she never […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A raging fire on the Philippines highest mountain forced hundreds of people to flee from the peak by foot, officials said Sunday. Firefighters dug ditches that were seven-feet (two metres) deep in their battle to contain the blaze, which began Saturday afternoon and was ongoing 24 hours later, to stop it from spreading on the tourist hotspot of Mount Apo. There were no reported injuries and nearly all of the 1,000 […]
(Eagle News) — Tinatayang nasa 80,000 na ang bilang ng mga pasahero sa pantalan na pabalik na ng Metro Manila sa araw na ito, Marso 27, mula sa holiday break. Ayon sa datos ng Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), karamihan sa mga nabanggit na pasahero ang galing sa Western Visayas. Samantala, tiniyak naman ng PCG na sapat ang kanilang mga tauhan na magbabantay sa kaligtasan ng mga bumibiyahe
Aden, Yemen (AFP)—Three suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group on Friday struck checkpoints of Yemeni loyalist forces in Aden, killing 22 people, including 10 civilians, a security official said. The bombings were followed by an attempt to attack a nearby large base of the Saudi-led Arab pro-government coalition which recently turned its guns on jihadists in southern Yemen. The attacks came a year after the coalition launched on March 26, 2015 an air […]
Tiniyak ng pamunuan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang kahandaan ng kanilang mga tauhan sa pagsisimula ng kampanya sa lokal na posisyon na magsisimula na bukas, Marso 26. Ayon kay PNP Chief Director General Ricardo Marquez, tututukan ng kapulisan ang pangangampanya ng local candidates lalo pa’t mas mainit aniya ang kampanya sa lokal na posisyon dahilan kaya ipinag-utos niya na mas pataasin pa ang antas ng presensiya ng mga pulis. Inabisuhan din ni Marquez ang […]
QUIRINO — Para makatlong sa mga turistang naglalakbay ngayong holiday, inilunsad ng socio civic group na SCAN International ang “HERO” o Ham Emergency Radio Operation sa Quirino.
METRO MANILA, Philippines — Nagbabala ang MMDA sa contractors ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) na sumunod sa schedule ng diggings at repairs na nagsimula kahapon, Marso 24. Titiyakin ng Metropolitan Manila Development Authority na matatapos ang road repairs ng DPWH contractors bago mag-alas dos ng hapon sa Linggo, Marso 27.
METRO MANILA, Philippines — Umabot sa 35.4 degree Celcius ang temperatura sa Metro Manila kahapon na naitala sa Science Garden bandang alas-tres y medya ng hapon. Sa ngayon, ito ang pinakamataas na temperature ngayong taon na nalampasan ang 35 degree Celsius record noong linggo. Ayos sa Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) ang heat index ng Metro Manila kung saan mararamdaman na ang epekto ng temperatura sa katawan ng tao.
QUEZON City, Philipppines — Inamin ni Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista na habang abala sila sa election preparations na may malaking hamon din mismo sa pagpapatakbo ng ahensya. Ito umano ay acronym mula sa “Identify” para sa pagtukoy ng problema; “Consult” para sa pag-alam ng magiging hakbang sa suliranin; “Engage” para sa involvement; “Transparent” para manatili ang tiwala; Efficient” para makamit ang mabuting minimithi; at pagiging “Accountable” sa anumang mga gawain. Para kay Bautista, […]
