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by Hiroshi HIYAMA Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Nine people were hurt, one seriously, when a man deliberately ploughed his car into crowds celebrating New Year’s Eve along a famous Tokyo street, police and media said Tuesday. With an “intent to murder”, a man identified as 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe drove a small vehicle into Takeshita Street in Tokyo’s fashion district of Harajuku at 10 minutes past midnight, a police spokesman told AFP. According […]
(Eagle News)—-Less incidents of stray bullets were reported during these New Year celebrations, the Philippine National Police said. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde said there has only been one incident of stray bullet, which caused a minor injury on one person in Cagayan De Oro City. He said injuries as a result of firecrackers also decreased by 80 percent–from 188 cases in 2017 to 36 cases. Albayalde said incidents of illegal discharge of firearms, however, increased–from seven cases […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Jan. 1, urged Filipinos to help the government fight drugs, criminality and corruption that “stunt the country’s development.” “I have no doubt that, with our patriotic fervor and with our solidarity as a people, we can overcome the challenges that impede our continued march towards a more prosperous and progressive future,” Duterte said in his brief New Year’s message. “Armed with the knowledge and brimming with hope… we can triumph […]
by Glenda KWEK Agence France Presse Revellers welcomed 2019 with fireworks displays and festivities as a celebratory wave swept westward across the globe from Asia to Europe and the Americas at the conclusion of a tumultuous year. Monday’s celebrations kicked off with Sydney hosting its biggest-ever pyrotechnics display and lighting up its harbour-front skyline for a full 12 minutes. More than 1.5 million spectators gathered to enjoy the spectacle that also featured a ceremony […]
by Richard Carter Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Floyd “Money” Mayweather beat Japanese kickboxing phenomenon Tenshin Nasukawa by a technical knockout Monday after just two minutes of a New Year’s Eve “exhibition” bout that brought the US boxing superstar out of retirement for a big pay day. In a mismatched contest, Mayweather floored Nasukawa, a kickboxer less than half his age, three times in the first round of the three-round contest before […]
by Glenda KWEK Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s largest city Sydney will put on its biggest-ever fireworks display to welcome the New Year and kick off a wave of celebrations for billions around the world. A record amount of pyrotechnics, as well as new fireworks effects and colours, will light up the harbor city’s skyline for 12 minutes and dazzle the more than 1.5 million spectators expected to crowd foreshores and parks. […]
(Eagle News)–Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo urged the public to forgive and spread kindness as they bid goodbye to 2018. In her New Year’s message, Arroyo urged Filipinos to “greet the new year with gratitude to God for all His blessings and hope for a peaceful and prosperous Philippines.” “Let us not build fences but spread kindness and compassion. Let us not sow division but unity, not hate but forgiveness,” she said. She said she hoped the […]
(Eagle News)—-The firearms of Metro Manila policemen will no longer be sealed in time for the holidays. In a radio interview, National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar, said this was because “parang mali. Umpisa palang wala ka nang tiwala.” He noted that since police authorities no longer sealed the firearms of their men during the holidays, there have been less incidents of indiscriminate firing. He gave the assurance the police would be deployed […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The rally across Asia that welcomed in 2018 looked to have run out of steam on Wednesday with most markets slipping into the red on profit-taking but energy shares climbed with another surge in oil prices. Strong economic fundamentals and corporate earnings as well as optimism about the impact of Donald Trump’s massive US tax cuts have helped fuel a global advance to record or multi-year highs. However, some analysts […]
(Eagle News) — The country’s first tropical depression for the new year has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on the first day of year 2018, and is now named “Agaton”, placing at least 17 provinces mostly in Mindanao under tropical cyclone warning signal number 1. In its latest weather bulletin issued at 5 p.m., the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said that low pressure area (LPA) east Southeast of […]
