NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Rescue teams on Wednesday were looking for a small plane with 10 people on board that went missing north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the aircraft owners and the national disaster agency said. The plane, operated by East African Safari Air Express, took off from the western town of Kitale in the late afternoon Tuesday. It disappeared off the radar screens at Nairobi international airport, its final destination, around 80 minutes […]
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US police arrest 11 men on child pornography charges
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Eleven Florida men, including employees of Disney and Legoland and a volunteer for the Boy Scouts, have been arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography, police said Tuesday. A total of 660 charges have so far been brought against the 11 suspects in the operation, dubbed “Guardians of Innocence II” by the police department of Polk County in central Florida and conducted across the month of May. Sheriff Grady […]
BFAR imposes 3-month fishing ban in Davao Gulf due to decrease in fish harvest
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) imposed a three-month fishing ban in Davao Gulf that started June 1 after reports of decrease in fish harvest in the area. The fishing ban started on June 1 and will last up to August 1. There has been a decrease in the harvest of pelagic fish and other species like mackerel (alumahan), scad (galunggong) and trevally (talakitok) at the 308,000-hectare Davao Gulf composed […]
Disqualified presidential bet Elly Pamatong files quo warranto petition vs Duterte
Urges SC to declare vacant all posts occupied by Duterte appointees By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Controversial figure Elly Pamatong on Wednesday, June 6, urged the Supreme Court to declare the election of President Rodrigo Duterte as chief executive as null, and to declare vacant the posts of his appointees. In filing the 6-page petition for quo warranto, Pamatong, who also ran for president at least two times and was tagged a nuisance candidate […]
Malaysia central bank chief quits after 1MDB-linked scandal
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s central bank governor has resigned, the prime minister said Wednesday, after claims the bank helped the previous regime cover debts linked to a financial scandal by purchasing government land. Muhammad Ibrahim’s days had looked numbered since the new government, which came to power last month after a shock election win, disclosed the purchase made by Bank Negara Malaysia from Najib Razak’s government. Former prime minister Najib, his family and […]
Israeli minister slams Argentina team over football cancellation
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday slammed the Argentina national football team over the cancellation of a planned friendly against Israel in Jerusalem, calling it a surrender to hate. “It’s a shame that Argentina’s footballing nobility did not withstand the pressure from Israeli-hating inciters,” he wrote on Twitter in the first response from an Israeli cabinet minister. The Israeli embassy in Argentina earlier announced the “suspension” of Saturday’s sold-out game because […]
‘French Spiderman’ foiled in Seoul skyscraper attempt
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — French urban freeclimber Alain Robert attempted to scale the world’s fifth-tallest building Wednesday, getting more than half way up the 123-storey Lotte World Tower in Seoul before security forced him to abandon the ascent. The 55-year-old, dubbed the ‘French Spiderman’, made his way up the building bare-handed and without ropes as staff pursued him from inside. “I climbed about 75 stories and then after that, it was a bit like cat […]
Trillanes says he will face grave threats raps vs him; notes that complainant Paras has “zero-credibility of cellphone thief”
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, June 6, said he would face the charges for grave threats filed against him by Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras. Trillanes made the comment even as he noted that Paras “has the zero-credibility of a cellphone thief.” The lawmaker was apparently referring to a separate incident that saw Akbayan party-list Rep. Tom Villarin accusing Paras of stealing his cellphone at a congressional hearing. Paras has […]
Facebook says Chinese phone makers got access to data
by Glenn Chapman © Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday confirmed that a Chinese phone maker deemed a national security threat by the US was among companies given access to data on users. Huawei was able to access Facebook data to get the leading social network’s applications to perform on smartphones, according to the California-based company. “Facebook along with many other US tech companies have worked with them and other […]
Malaysia draws China link to huge financial scandal
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s ousted leader has denied wrongdoing over a $2.4 billion China-backed pipeline deal after the new government said the project was “highly suspicious” and linked it to a massive financial scandal. A company owned by Malaysia’s finance ministry signed the 9.4-billion ringgit deal in 2016 for a Chinese state-owned company to build a gas pipeline and an oil pipeline. Najib Razak — toppled in elections last month — was prime […]
UN says world choking on plastic as environmental crisis grows
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Up to five trillion grocery bags are used each year and like most plastic garbage barely any is recycled, the UN said Tuesday as it warned the world was choking on trash. In a report for International Environment Day, the UN warned at current levels the earth could be awash with 12 billion tonnes of plastic trash by the middle of the century. “Our oceans have been used as a […]
UPDATE: Rescuers save 23 workers trapped in China mine, 11 others dead
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Rescuers pulled 23 workers out of a mine in northeast China on Wednesday, hours after they were trapped underground by an explosion that killed 11 and left two others missing, state media reported. Nine other workers were injured in Tuesday’s blast at the iron ore mine owned by Huamei Group, a subsidiary of China National Coal Group Co, in Benxi, Liaoning province. The blast took place when miners were dropping explosives […]
