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(Eagle News)– Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa on Friday (May 12) maintained it was personal grudge which caused the explosion in Quiapo, Manila, completely rejecting Islamic State claims of involvement. Dela Rosa said they were more focused now on personal motive as the probe continues. “Eh bakit sa kanya [Nasser Abinal] nakapangalan kung walang galit sa kanya. Bakit sa kanya idineliver? Iyan ang pag-isipan niya. Kasi kung terorista ako, bakit […]
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) — A massive fire broke out on Thursday (March 23) at an arms warehouse in the east Ukrainian province of Kharkiv. Several hours after the fire started, flames were still rising from the territory around the arsenal. Explosions could also be heard. Ukrainian prosecutor Anatoly Matios was quoted as saying the warehouse area covers 368 hectares and there were 138 tons of arms stored on it. According to local media, Ukrainian emergency […]
BOGATA, Colombia (AFP) — An explosion in Bogota early Sunday injured about 30 people, most of them police guarding a bullring that had been targeted by protests when it reopened last month, officials said. Mayor Enrique Penalosa had said on Twitter that a police officer was killed in the blast, but officials later said that report was a mistake and there were no deaths. The city hall said 31 people were injured, two of them seriously. […]
by Chloé COUPEAU Agence France Presse CAEN, France (AFP) — An explosion at a nuclear power plant on France’s northwest coast on Thursday caused minor injuries, but the authorities said there was no risk of radiation. The blast occurred in the engine room at the Flamanville plant, which lies 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of the port of Cherbourg and just across from the Channel Islands. “It is a technical incident. It is not a […]
by Sofia MISELEM Jennifer GONZALEZ COVARRUBIAS Agence France-Presse TULTEPEC, Mexico (AFP) – Mexico worked Wednesday to identify the charred bodies of dozens of people killed in an explosion at its biggest fireworks market, as authorities investigated what caused the multi-colored salvo of destruction. Thirty one people are known to have died in the Tuesday blast — 26 at the scene and five more in hospital. Forensic experts are working on genetic analyses of […]
(Reuters)– New York City will deploy a “bigger than ever” police presence during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday after an explosion injured 29 on Saturday evening. Police officers will be deployed in force in key public locations around the UN headquarters and Times Square, including the newer units of the Critical Response Command and Strategic Response Group, de Blasio added at a press conference on the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited on Saturday (September 3) the hospitals where the wounded victims of the deadly blast in a night market in Davao City were being treated and assured their relatives that the government will cover all their medical expenses. Duterte’s expression was that of concern, pain and extreme sadness as he consoled the relatives of the injured victims being treated at the San Pedro Hospital and Davao Medical Center. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP)–Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte cancelled Saturday his first foreign trip to Brunei following a deadly blast in his home town, his spokesman said. An improvised explosive device tore through a night market in the southern city of Davao on Friday, killing at least 14 people and leaving another 67 injured. Duterte, who was in Davao at the time of the bombing, visited the blast site and has been monitoring the situation there with his […]
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (AFP)–The Abu Sayyaf Islamic militant group carried out a bomb attack in Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s home town that killed at least 14 people, the city’s mayor said Saturday. “The office of the president texted and confirmed that was an Abu Sayyaf retaliation. For the city government side, we are working on that it is an Abu Sayyaf retaliation,” Davao city mayor Sara Duterte, who is also the president’s daughter, told CNN Philippines. […]
DAVAO CITY (Sept. 3) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte has placed the country under a “state of lawlessness” hours after the deadly blast in a night market here in Davao City, as he authorized the police and military to conduct security searches in cars and frisking of individuals in checkpoints. Duterte clarified the state of lawlessness is not martial law and does not involve the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. “State of […]
DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — At least 10 people died and dozens were injured when an explosion rocked Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s home city of Davao on Friday night, authorities said. The explosion occurred just before 11:00 pm (1500 GMT) at a bustling market and close to one of Davao’s top hotels, city spokeswoman Catherine dela Rey told AFP. “There was an explosion but, as to what caused it, it is still under investigation,” dela […]
(Eagle News)– An explosion rocked a Davao City night market on Friday night, leaving at least 13 dead and some 60 persons injured. Ten were killed on site, while three persons reportedly died while being treated in a Davao City hospital. In a statement, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte said the injured are being treated in different hospitals and that the authorites are on top of this incident. “Right now, we cannot yet give definite answer […]
