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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) — Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Anez was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison, more than a year after her arrest for an alleged plot — dismissed as fictional by many — to oust her rival and predecessor Evo Morales. Anez, who has been held in pre-trial detention since March 2021, has consistently denounced what she calls political persecution. The former interim leader will serve 10 years in a women’s prison […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, again filed a protest over Chinese incursion around Julian Felipe Reef after it noted “the return of over 100 Chinese vessels illegally operating in the waters in and around” the reef recently. The DFA observed the incident which happened on April 4, 2022, “barely a year after the same swarming incident was protested by the Philippine Government.” “The lingering unauthorized presence of […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is set to lead the formal commissioning of the Philippine Coast Guard’s new capital ship, the BRP Melchora Aquino, on Sunday, June 12, the PCG said. The formal commissioning of the 97-meter multi-role response vessel acquired by the Department of Transportation and the PCG under the DOTr’s Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Project coincides with the country’s commemoration of Independence Day. According to the PCG, the BRP Melchora Aquino, which arrived in […]
(Eagle News)–Over P1 million worth of shabu were seized in a buy-bust operation in Cavite, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, also nabbed during the operation in Barangay Datu Esmael in Dasmariñas were Samsia Dicampong, Sarabanon Untong, Asimah Untong, and Suwaib Mohammad. The PNP said the eight sachets containing 170 grams of the illegal drugs were confiscated from the suspects. The drugs have an estimated street value of P1,156,000, according to the […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration has said it has intensified its screening of Filipinos bound for Japan, following what it said were reports of recent strategies being used by unscrupulous recruiters to deploy victims illegally. According to the bureau, Immigration Chief Jaime Morente has specifically directed immigration inspectors in ports of exit to exercise extra caution in clearing Filipinos holding visas for intracompany transferees, short-term visitors, students, and for engineer specialists in humanities and international […]
by Martin Abbugao Agence France Presse US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin Saturday blasted China’s “provocative, destabilising” military activity near Taiwan, a day after his Chinese counterpart warned him that Beijing was prepared to go to war over the island. Tensions between Washington and Beijing are soaring over democratic, self-ruled Taiwan, which China views as its territory and has vowed to seize one day, by force if necessary. Beijing has flown growing numbers of its […]
(Eagle News) — Over 100 volcanic earthquakes were monitored in Bulusan in the past 24 hours. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, apart from the 178 earthquakes monitored at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, also detected was a steam plume reaching 150 meters high. Sulfur dioxide flux was at 613 tons per day as of June 10, PHIVOLCS said. PHIVOLCS said the volcano edifice is also inflated. The public […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Sulu early Saturday, June 11. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, the quake hit at 1:07 a.m. The epicenter was 134 kilometers southeast of Banguingui. The depth of focus was 552 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
(Eagle News) — The Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Visayas. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Eastern Visayas, Albay, Sorsogon, Catanduanes, and Masbate will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms as a result. Flash floods or landslides due to scattered moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers […]
HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — Shaken by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland is rushing to beef up security on its border with Russia in order to protect itself from hybrid threats, the interior ministry said Friday. Fearing that Moscow could use migrants to exert political pressure, Helsinki plans legislative amendments that would facilitate the construction of sturdier fences on its 1,300-kilometre (800-mile) eastern border with Russia. “The aim of the proposed law is to improve […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia and China on Friday unveiled the first road bridge between the two countries as Moscow pivots to Asia amid its confrontation with the West over Ukraine. The kilometre-long bridge over the Amur River links the far eastern Russian city of Blagoveshchensk with Heihe in northern China. The construction of the bridge was completed two years ago but its inauguration was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. During a ceremony […]
by Daniel Lawler and Isabelle Tourne Agence France Presse With the spread of monkeypox across the world coming hot on the heels of Covid-19, there are fears that increasing outbreaks of diseases that jump from animals to humans could spark another pandemic. While such diseases — called zoonoses — have been around for millennia, they have become more common in recent decades due to deforestation, mass livestock cultivation, climate change and other human-induced upheavals […]
