It is the United States President Barack Obama who started the Young South East Asian Leaders’ Initiative – giving the youth an avenue to share their ideas for the improvement of their community.
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Obama speaks out regarding police incident in New York CIty
The United States President Barack Obama spoke out after a grand jury decided not to press charges against a police officer who shot an armed African-American selling illegal cigarettes in New York City.
Senate starts probe on EDCA
The Senate starts its probe on the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and the United States. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago said that the public has the right to know if the Philippines will really benefit from the said agreement.
South China Sea to dominate ASEAN Summit on Myanmar
China and United States revealed new targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Putin accuses United States of damaging world order
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Friday of endangering global security by imposing a “unilateral diktat” on the rest of the world and shifted blame for the Ukraine crisis onto the West. In a 40-minute diatribe against the West that was reminiscent of the Cold War and underlined the depth of the rift between Moscow and the West, Putin also denied trying to rebuild the Soviet empire at the expense […]
US calls for compliance of VFA regarding custody of Pemberton
The United States stood by the compliance of the provisions of the Visiting Forces Agreement regarding the custody of US Marine Private First Class Scott Pemberton, who was transferred to Camp Aguinaldo. AFP Chief of Staff, General Pio Catapang said that the US and the Philippines have joint custody over Pemberton.
Prison for American soldiers
A member of the House of Representatives proposed for the establishment of a prison for American soldiers who commit crimes inside the Philippines, saying that the United States insists on keeping custody of said American soldiers due to the inhumane conditions of Philippine prisons.
No negative effect
According to the Department of Foreign Affairs, the United States continues to extend its help in the speedy disposition of the case involving the death of a transgender in Olongapo. DFA further added that the incident will not have a negative effect in the relationship of the two countries, both of which are complying with the provisions found in the Visiting Forces Agreement.
Sick passengers removed from flight in Boston in Ebola scare
(Reuters) – Emergency crews in protective gear removed five passengers with flu-like symptoms from a commercial airliner that arrived at Boston’s Logan Airport on Monday, but U.S. health authorities played down the possibility of Ebola. Emirates flight 237 from Dubai landed at Logan around 2:30 p.m. EDT and emergency medical workers escorted the ill passengers off the aircraft, authorities said. Massachusetts Port Authority spokesman Matthew Brelis said none of the ill passengers had recently been […]
Ebola patient in Dallas turns critical, no new U.S. cases
BY JON HERSKOVITZ AND AND LISA MARIA GARZA (Reuters) – The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States took a turn for the worse on Saturday, slipping from serious to critical condition in a Dallas hospital, as health officials reported tracking scores of possible cases around the country that proved to be false alarms. The case of Thomas Eric Duncan, who arrived in Dallas from Liberia two weeks ago, has heightened concerns that the worst epidemic […]
Up to 100 possibly exposed to U.S. Ebola patient; four isolated
BY LISA MARIA GARZA (Reuters) – Up to 100 people may have had contact with the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, and four people were quarantined in a Dallas apartment where sheets and other items used by the man were put in sealed plastic bags to prevent infection. Health officials said on Thursday that 12 to 18 people had direct contact with the patient, who flew to Texas from Liberia via […]
Iraqi says Islamic state plans subway attacks in U.S. and Paris
Iraq disclosed that they have credible information that ISIS is going to attack subways in Paris and the United States.
