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by Elizabeth LAW Agence France-Presse An explosion and fire near a chemical factory left at least 22 people dead and 22 others injured on Wednesday in a northern China city that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, authorities said. The charred and smoking remains of trucks and cars were scattered on a road as firefighters worked at the scene, according to images posted by state media on social media. The incident near Hebei Shenghua Chemical […]
There are Filipino illegal workers in China, too, Duterte says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 27, urged a careful approach to the issue of Chinese illegal workers in the country. Speaking to reporters in Bohol, Duterte noted that while the illegal workers should be deported, there were also “so many thousands of Filipinos working there or went inside China as tourists and working there.” He noted that the same was true […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A car drove onto a sidewalk in southwest China on Tuesday, killing seven people and injuring another four, police said, days after another driver deliberately rammed into schoolchildren in the country’s northeast. The driver has been detained and the cause of the incident in Leshan, a city in Sichuan province, is under investigation, police said in a statement. The injured have been taken to hospital for treatment, the statement said. According […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stocks rallied Monday, shaking off recent weakness ahead of a meeting between the presidents of the United States and China that investors hope will produce a breakthrough. Markets were also hopeful as oil prices stabilized, Britain sealed a Brexit deal with the EU and Italy signaled a more conciliatory stance in a budget fight with Brussels. “The main driver is that we were oversold for a short period […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Monday he expected to raise the punitive tariff rates on hundreds of billions in Chinese imports as scheduled next year. Just days ahead of a planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump also vowed to put tariffs on all remaining imports from China if the two sides failed to reach a deal, according to The Wall Street Journal. Trump already has imposed tariffs on […]
(Eagle News)—Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison said the signing of the memorandum of agreement on oil and gas development between the Philippines and China was a “clear act of treason.” “…(It is a) blatant betrayal of the sovereign rights and national patrimony of the Philippines and the Filipino people,” he said. For one, he said the MOU “waste basket” the international arbitral ruling that nullified China’s excessive claims in the South […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Ralph Recto has hailed the memorandum of agreement on oil development between the Philippines and China. In a statement, Recto noted that Chief Justice Antonio Carpio and former Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto del Rosario have said that our interests are “safe” and that “nothing is being given away” by the Philippines in the agreement. “This seal of a good agreement from two eminent experts bodes well for the eventual forging of a constitutionally-compliant venture […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Koko Pimentel on Friday, Nov. 23, hailed the government’s decision to call off the deployment of the Philippine Navy to Panatag Shoal in 2016, after the international tribunal ruling that invalidated China’s excessive claims in the West Philippine Sea. “For me it was a good call,” Pimentel said, after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed the aborted plan prompted by President Rodrigo Duterte’s insistence the country employ a soft approach instead. According to […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) — Two policemen were killed on Friday when gunmen stormed the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials said, with the attack claimed by a separatist group which branded Beijing “an oppressor”. Pakistani authorities said that security forces had secured the area after the attack, the latest in a series of assaults on Chinese nationals, including workers involved in a multi-billion dollar infrastructure project in the country. Multiple gunmen tried […]
(Eagle News) — Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi on Friday, Nov. 23, gave the assurance that the rights of oil companies who were awarded service contracts will be protected. Cusi made the statement after the Philippines and China inked a memorandum of understanding that would allow for a joint oil and gas development cooperation between the two countries. “I understand that there is great interest in the MOU signed with China. I would ask for everyone’s […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A car rammed into a group of schoolchildren crossing a street in front of an elementary school in northeast China on Thursday, killing five people and injuring another 18, state media said. Police took the driver into custody and are investigating the cause of the incident in Huludao, Liaoning province, the official CCTV broadcaster said on its Weibo social media account. Unverified videos circulating social media show a car veering onto […]
(Eagle News) — Opposition senator Risa Hontiveros said President Rodrigo Duterte failed to assert Philippine sovereignty and the Constitution when he signed a framework agreement with China on joint maritime oil and gas exploration. Hontiveros made the statement after she read what she said was a draft of the pact that was leaked to the media. “Dehadong-dehado ang Pilipinas sa ‘kasunduan,’” she said. For instance, based on the document she read, she said there was […]
