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Russia should unite as one, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday in his “State of the Nation” address to the Russian parliament. “Yes, we can argue about different solutions. But we, as Russians, should unite as one, aware of the fact that Russia is the most important thing to us,” said Putin. Putin’s remarks won extensive support from Russian politicians. Alexei Didenko, first deputy head of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) said, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (December 4) – It seems like tragedy is a normal thing now a days, there is trouble everywhere. The San Bernardino shooting was totally grueling, but this is not the first time we hear about a mass shooting or gun incident in the United States. Something must be done. Imagine shooting people who has mental and developmental illness, killing at least 14 of them and injuring 17 others. According to the San Bernardino Police, […]
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said on Thursday (December 03) that the Department of Justice will offer “any and all assistance necessary” to the investigation of a deadly California shooting that killed 14 people and wounded 21 others. To commemorate the victims of the shootings, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered that flags at public buildings be flown at half-staff . Flags around the Washington Monument and the World War II memorial were lowered. Lynch said […]
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned on Thursday of terrorist attacks larger than those carried out in Paris in which 130 people were killed if the threat of the Islamic State was not seriously addressed. Speaking at an event at the U.S. Library of Congress, Blair laid out what he said was a comprehensive strategy for defeating the Islamic State, which he said must begin with a recognition of the size of the challenge. […]
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has affirmed the Philippines’ stance in the South China Sea issue, saying all claimants must respect the rule of law. During his meeting with President Benigno S. Aquino III at the Quirinal Palace here on Wednesday, President Mattarella affirmed the Philippines’ adherence to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The Italian leader also expressed his country’s support for the upholding of the freedom of navigation in […]
The two suspects who shot dead 14 people in San Bernardino, California, had more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition in their sport utility vehicle when they were killed in a shootout with officers, police said on Thursday (December 3). Police recovered bomb-making material and additional ammunition in a search of a house related to the suspects and the suspects’ motive in Wednesday’s shooting is still not known, San Bernardino police chief Jarrod Burguan told reporters. […]
Authorities sought on Thursday (December 3) to determine if a couple accused of killing 14 people in a mass shooting at a workplace holiday party in Southern California had links to Islamic militant groups abroad, U.S. officials familiar with the investigation said. Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, who had a 6-month-old daughter together, were killed in a shootout with police after Wednesday’s massacre at the Inland Regional Center social services agency in […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (December 3) – After the unexpected disqualification of Senator Grace Poe earlier this week, the Commission on Elections or COMELEC said that the name of the senator might still appear on the 2016 official election ballots if the other disqualification cases against Poe will remain unresolved until the printing day of the ballots. Though the disqualification case is still on-going, a certain poll organization insisted that the name of the senator should […]
Senator Grace Poe also aired her suspicion that two of her political rivals, namely Vice President Jejomar Binay and Former Dilg Secretary Mar Roxas, to be the ones behind the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) ruling. In a press briefing yesterday, Poe tagged Roxas and Binay behind attempts to derail her presidential run in the next year’s general elections. Poe said she expects that the other COMELEC divisions handling the three separate disqualification complaints would also […]
The Armed Forces of the Philippines said that the maritime security exercise between the forces of the United States of America and the Philippines, which aims to increase the competence of Filipino armed personnel in the use of modern equipment. The AFP clarified that said exercise is included in the approved activities of the mutual defense agreement between the two countries and has nothing to do with the issue on West Philippine Sea. (Eagle News […]
Authorities in the United States continue to pursue the suspects for the shooting in the San Bernardino Center for People with Developmental Disabilities. Said shooting incident resulted in the death of 14 people. Aside from the deaths, 17 were left wounded by the incident. The authorities added that said shooting incident was planned. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
The transport group Alliance of Concerned Transport Organization will conduct a transport holiday on Monday, December 7. This in protest to the decision of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) which will phase-out jeeps as a mode of public transportation starting January 2016. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/zF2rbOgy0mk
