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Heads of state from South Korea and Australia arrived in Manila on Tuesday (November 18), ahead of the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting. South Korean President Park Geun-hye was welcomed by Ambassador to South Korea Raul Hernandez at Manila’s international airport. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull arrived in Manila a few minutes after Park and was welcomed by Filipino officials. He is expected to meet U.S. President Barack Obama later on Tuesday. The […]
Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying arrived into Manila on Monday night (November 16) and was welcomed by Filipino officials ahead of the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Apart from attending the APEC Leaders’ Meeting which begins on Wednesday (November 18), Leung is also scheduled to speak at the APEC CEO Summit on Tuesday. Hong Kong and the Philippines maintain close economic ties, with more than 150,000 Filipinos working mostly as domestic helpers in […]
Rescuers conducted a safety exercise on Monday as they raced to locate survivors of a massive landslide in the city of Lishui in east China’s Zhejiang Province. The death toll from the landslide, which was triggered by flooding on Friday night in Lidong Village, has risen to 25 people while 12 others remain missing, authorities said. The avalanche of mud and rock caused by torrential rain engulfed some 27 homes. The emergency exercise, which lasted […]
A man who survived an explosion near the Stade de France just north of Paris on Friday night (November 13) said his cell phone saved his life by blocking flying debris. Gunmen and bombers attacked restaurants, a concert hall and a sports stadium at locations across Paris on Friday, killing at least 120 people in a deadly rampage that a shaken President Francois Hollande called an unprecedented terrorist attack. Sylvestre, who was walking near the […]
(REUTERS) Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington. The video, which appeared on a website used by Islamic State to post its messages, begins with news footage of the aftermath of Friday’s Paris shootings in which at least 129 people were killed. The message to countries involved in what it called […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (November 17) – Different countries united for a common goal, to aim for a better and brighter future for their country and their people. This is the reason why Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, more popularly known as APEC, was created – to facilitate the growing economy, trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific Region. The main objective of APEC is known as BOGOR goals, it aims to achieve free trade and open trade […]
France immediately conducted retaliatory air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria with 20 fighter jets attacking ISIS forts in Syria, destroying a command post as well as a training camp of the said jihadist group. Said air strike was conducted in cooperation with United States forces. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
In the wake of the terrorist attack conducted by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, 132 were declared dead while 350 were injured with 100 in critical condition. President Francois Hollande declared a three-day period of mourning for the victims of what is considered as one of the largest terrorist attacks in Europe. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/EsKkzVpZF1Q
Philippine military and its police force remained on full alert on Monday (November 16), just two days before a summit of Asia-Pacific (APEC) leaders in Manila and three days following the deadly attacks in Paris. Regional tensions over the South China Sea and security concerns after the attack by Islamist militants on Paris could eclipse efforts by Pacific-rim leaders this week to boost trade and growth across a region of around 3 billion people. The […]
(Reuters) French warplanes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria on Sunday as police in Europe widened their investigations into coordinated attacks in Paris that killed more than 130 people. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday’s suicide bombings and shootings, which have re-ignited a row over Europe’s refugee crisis and drawn calls to block a huge influx of Muslim asylum-seekers. French police have launched an international hunt for a Belgian-born man they believe helped organize […]
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday (November 15) to step up efforts to eliminate Islamic State in Syria and prevent it from carrying out attacks like those in Paris, while European leaders urged Russia to focus its military efforts on the radical Islamists. Speaking at a G20 leaders summit in Turkey, Obama described the killings in Paris claimed by Islamic State as an attack on the civilised world and said the United States would […]
The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum and many other tourist sites and public places in Paris remained closed on Sunday as the city stepped up security following a series of deadly attacks. French authorities closed the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum and other top tourist sites in Paris until further notice, following the terror attacks Friday night that killed at least 129 people and injured more than 350 others. The Islamic State (IS) group has […]
