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Southwest monsoon affecting western section of Luzon: PAGASA

(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting the western section of Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Palawan, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila, Batanes, Babuyan Islands, Zambales, Bataan, Ilocos Region, Calabarzon and the rest of Mimaropa will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. […]

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Israel rescues four Gaza hostages seized at music festival

Palestinian Territories, June 8, 2024 (AFP) – Israel said its forces rescued four hostages alive from a Gaza refugee camp on Saturday, after an operation that militant group Hamas said left dozens of Palestinians dead and wounded. The four had been kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival during the Islamists’ October 7 attacks that sparked war with Israel, the army said. Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 22, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi […]

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Python swallows woman whole in Indonesia

MAKASSAR, Indonesia, June 8, 2024 (AFP) – A woman has been found dead inside the belly of a snake after it swallowed her whole in central Indonesia, a local official said Saturday. The husband of 45-year-old Farida and residents of Kalempang village in South Sulawesi province discovered her on Friday inside the reticulated python, which measured around five metres (16 feet). The mother-of-four had gone missing Thursday night and failed to return home, forcing a […]

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Apollo 8 astronaut dies in small plane crash at age 90

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2024 (AFP) – William Anders, the former US astronaut who took the historic “Earthrise” photo from space over 55 years ago, died in a plane crash on Friday at the age of 90, his family said. Anders had been piloting a small plane which crashed off the coast of Washington state on Friday morning, his son told US media. Anders was alone in the plane. His body was later recovered by a […]

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PBBM suspends ‘duplicative’ results and performance-based incentive systems in gov’t pending review

(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has ordered the suspension of the Results-Based Performance Management System (RBPMS) and Performance-Based Incentive (PBI) System in government pending their review. In ordering the suspension and review through EO No. 61, the Palace said the RBPMS and PBI System have been duplicative and redundant with the internal and external performance audit and evaluation systems of the government. It added they lacked a review mechanism leading to the accumulation of rules, regulations, […]

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PHIVOLCS: 19 volcanic quakes monitored at Kanlaon in last 24 hours

Alert level 2 still in place (Eagle News)–Nineteen volcanic earthquakes were monitored at Kanlaon in the last 24 hours, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The earthquakes were monitored a day after volcanic sediment flows or lahar were observed on the southern and western slopes of the volcano, amid thunderstorms in the area. PHIVOLCS said 1412 tons of sulfur dioxide flux were also observed. A plume reaching 1500 meters was also monitored. PHIVOLCS […]

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PAGASA: Southwest monsoon affecting western sections of Luzon, Visayas

(Eagle News)–The southwest monsoon is affecting the western sections of Luzon and Visayas. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said, as a result, Ilocos Region, Zambales, Bataan and Palawan will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, meanwhile, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and […]

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Philippines accuses Chinese boats of ‘dangerous’ actions in high seas medivac

  MANILA, June 7, 2024 (AFP) – As two Philippine vessels meet on the high seas to transfer a sick Filipino soldier, China Coast Guard boats shadow, block and bump them, according to video released by the Philippine Coast Guard on Friday. The incident happened last month during the medical evacuation of a soldier who was stationed on a grounded Philippine Navy vessel on Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. The Philippine […]

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Extreme early-summer heatwave peaks in western US

LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2024 (AFP) – An extreme early-summer heatwave was expected to peak Thursday across much of the western United States, where millions were scrambling to cope with the sudden sharp rise in temperatures. Las Vegas was baking in 111 degrees Fahrenheit (44 degrees Celsius) heat, while in the Death Valley desert the mercury was expected to shoot past 120F, due to an oppressive high-pressure weather system smothering the region. “Widespread high and […]

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Samsung workers in S. Korea stage first strike: union

By Claire LEE SEOUL, June 7, 2024 (AFP) – Workers at tech giant Samsung Electronics in South Korea staged the first strike at the company on Friday, the head of a major union representing tens of thousands of people told AFP. Samsung Electronics is one of the world’s largest smartphone makers and also one of the only companies globally to produce high-end memory chips used for generative AI, including top-of-the-line AI hardware from industry leaders […]

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Hong Kong arrests three for ‘insulting’ anthem at World Cup qualifier

HONG KONG, June 7, 2024 (AFP) – Three people were arrested for turning their backs and remaining seated when China’s national anthem was played prior to Hong Kong’s home World Cup qualifier against Iran, police said Friday. Football fans in Hong Kong used to boo the national anthem as a show of political discontent, but the government in 2020 banned the practice as part of a wider crackdown following huge democracy protests in the city. […]

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Japan household spending sees first rise in 14 months

TOKYO, June 7, 2024 (AFP) – Japan’s household spending rose in April for the first time in 14 months, official data showed Friday, as wages grow at the fastest pace in three decades. The figure was up 0.5 percent on-year with more money spent on education, clothes and transport, including cars, according to the internal affairs ministry. Eyes are now on a decision next week by the Bank of Japan, which in March hiked interest […]

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