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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Inter-Agency Council on Traffic (IACT) on Monday started its full implementation of “No Window Hour” policy in Metro Manila. The areas covered by the new policy are: Alabang-Zapote Road, C-5 Road from SLEX up to the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Luzon Flyover, EDSA, Mandaluyong City, Makati City as well as Las Piñas City and Roxas Boulevard.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Typhoon “Karen, international name Sarika, has left the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), but another strong typhoon is forecast to enter the country today, Monday, October 17. According to PAGASA, the country’s weather bureau, typhoon Karen is already outside PAR as of 4:30 a.m.. But another strong typhoon outside the PAR with an international name “Haima” is expected to enter the country this Monday afternoon. Once it enters the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck China’s northwestern province of Qinghai on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, in an area frequently plagued with seismic activity. The quake was 32 kilometres (20 miles) deep, USGS said, with its epicentre in a sparsely-populated area of Yushu prefecture. There was a “low likelihood of casualties and damage”, it said. Yushu was the scene of a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in April 2010 that left nearly 2,700 people dead […]
HANOI, Vietnam | AFP | — Severe flooding in central Vietnam has killed at least 25 people and destroyed thousands of homes, officials said Monday, as the country braced for further destruction with a typhoon barrelling closer. Images from flood-hit provinces showed houses almost completely submerged and people paddling down waterlogged streets following heavy rain that started last week. Four people are still missing after the deluge, which destroyed or damaged more than 240,000 […]
YANGON, Myanmar | AFP | — Rescuers have discovered 14 bodies and expect to find scores more after a ferry packed with teachers, students and workers capsized in central Myanmar, local authorities said Monday. A total of 154 people have been rescued since the boat sank early Saturday morning about 72 kilometres (45 miles) north of the city of Monywa. Search teams scouring the Chindwin River have located the sunken vessel, but fear the […]
by Natalia Ramos SAO PAULO, Brazil | AFP | — At least 25 inmates died Sunday in clashes between two rival factions in a prison in far northern Brazil, the latest episode of violence shaking the country’s underfunded and overcrowded prison system. Seven of the dead were beheaded and six burned to death in fighting at a prison in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state, the news site G1 reported, citing local police. […]
DAVAO, Philippines | AFP | — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed Sunday he will not “barter” away territory and economic rights ahead of a visit to Beijing, where he hopes to mend ties frayed by a row over the South China Sea. Duterte will head to Beijing on Tuesday — after a state visit to Brunei that kicks off late Sunday — and will be bringing along a large business delegation in a bid […]
(Eagle News) — Controversial drug lord Kerwin Espinosa has been arrested in Abu Dhabi, according to Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa. Espinosa was arrested on Monday (October 17) at 2 a.m. Dela Rosa said that they received information from overseas Filipino workers in Abu Dhabi, which led to the arrest of the young Espinosa. Kerwin is expected to be transported back to the country. The PNP chief said that […]
BALI, Indonesia (AFP) — More than 100 multi-coloured paragliders fill the sky over Indonesia’s Bali island, as they set a new world record for the largest number of gliders flying at the same time. https://youtu.be/pWmDEi_4OcM
DAVAO CITY, Oct. 17 — President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Sunday afternoon, left for his state visits to Brunei Darussalam and China where he will meet his fellow state leaders to discuss enhancement of special ties and trade relations between the Philippines and its neighbors. President Duterte said he will meet with Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah in Brunei Darussalam, and the talks will center on enhancing special relations between the two countries. “We will discuss of further enhancing […]
(Reuters) — Enchanted “Harry Potter” fans lined up in London’s Leicester Square on Thursday (October 13) for a global fan event to get a sneak peek at the new spinoff movie penned by J.K. Rowling, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”. The British contingent of Potter-philes were part of a coordinated event to see early footage from “Fantastic Beasts” at select IMAX theatres in cities including Rome, Sao Paulo, Mexico City […]
by Dave Clark and Stephanie Aglietti KIGALI, Rwanda | AFP | — In a major step toward curbing global warming, the world community agreed on Saturday to phase out a category of dangerous greenhouse gases widely used in refrigerators and air conditioners. Nearly 200 countries agreed to end production and consumption of so-called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under an amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol on protecting the ozone layer. HFCs stoke climate change because they […]
