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(Eagle News)–A short-lived phreatic event was monitored at Taal on Thursday, May 16. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the Main Crater Observation Station monitored the event at the volcano, which remains on alert level 1, at 8:54 a.m. PHIVOLCS said the event lasted for three minutes and produced a 300-meter steam plume. In a separate advisory, PHIVOLCS said the ban on the entry into the Permanent Danger Zone should remain in place. […]
MANILA, May 16, 2024 (AFP) – A convoy of boats carrying Philippine civilians bearing supplies for Filipino fishers has abandoned plans to sail closer to a China-held reef off the Southeast Asian country, organisers said Thursday. The convoy set sail Wednesday to distribute fuel and food to fishers and assert Philippine rights in the disputed South China Sea. The trip comes two weeks after China Coast Guard vessels used water cannon against two Philippine government […]
By Danny KEMP WASHINGTON, May 15, 2024 (AFP) – US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to hold election debates in June and September, with the rivals trading barbs about their first on-stage meetings in nearly four years. The sudden agreement, ending months of uncertainty over whether the debates would happen at all, came after Biden, 81, challenged his scandal-tinged Republican rival to “make my day.” Trump, 77, quickly responded that he was […]
(Eagle News)–The shear line is affecting extreme Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the easterlies are also affecting the rest of the country. As a result, Batanes, Cagayan, and Isabela 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 will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms while the […]
TOKYO, May 16, 2024 (AFP) – Japan’s economy contracted by a worse-than-expected 0.5 percent in the first three months of the year, official government data showed Thursday. Gross domestic product in the world’s fourth-biggest economy was expected to have shrunk by only 0.3 percent from the previous quarter, according to economist forecasts. Exports shrank 5.0 percent, after growing 2.8 percent the previous quarter, while imports fell 3.4 percent, data from the cabinet office showed. […]
JAKARTA, May 15, 2024 (AFP) – A volcano in eastern Indonesia spewed ash five kilometres (3.1 miles) into the sky on Wednesday in one of its largest eruptions this year. No damage or casualties were immediately reported but images showed a tower of ash soaring into the sky above Mount Ibu, located on the remote island of Halmahera in North Maluku province. The huge grey and black ash column was “seen in thick intensity and […]
FORT MCMURRAY, Canada, May 15, 2024 (AFP) – A wildfire in Canada’s major oil-producing region doubled in size as it drew closer to the city of Fort McMurray on Wednesday, but officials were hopeful shifting winds could soon push it away. The blaze scorched almost 21,000 hectares (52,000 acres) of forest overnight as it came within 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) of the city, which was partly evacuated the day before. Alberta Wildfire spokeswoman Christie Tucker […]
By Martin ABBUGAO SINGAPORE, May 15, 2024 (AFP) – Singapore on Wednesday swore in Lawrence Wong as its new prime minister Wednesday, replacing Lee Hsien Loong following two decades in office, with the new leader warning that the trade-dependent city-state faced a riskier, more conflict-ridden world. Wong, formerly deputy prime minister, became only the second person outside of the Lee family to helm the affluent nation as he was inaugurated at the Istana government office […]
By Mathurin DEREL NOUMEA, May 15, 2024 (AFP) – France ordered troops to guard ports and the international airport in its Pacific territory of New Caledonia as a state of emergency started Thursday after two nights of riots left four dead and hundreds wounded. Turmoil erupted after France’s National Assembly backed disputed changes to voting rolls that Indigenous Kanak leaders say will dilute their vote. President Emmanuel Macron offered to hold talks Thursday with New […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Isabela on Wednesday, May 15. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 6:06 p.m. The epicenter was 34 kilometers northeast of Divilacan. The depth of focus was one kilometer. No damage to property nor aftershocks were reported.
FORT MCMURRAY, Canada, May 15, 2024 (AFP) – Thousands of residents of Fort McMurray, a city in Canada’s major oil-producing region, fled as an out-of-control wildfire drew near and thick smoke filled the skies. Shifting winds gusting to 40 kilometers per hour (25 miles per hour) fanned the flames, scorching 9,600 hectares of surrounding forests as it advanced to within 13 kilometers of the city in the western province of Alberta that had been gutted […]
(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has ordered the Land Transportation Office to “be strict” in implementing its policies against dealers who are unable to quickly release motorcycle plates. The President made the statement in a sectoral meeting with officials of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the LTO on Tuesday, May 15. LTO chief Assistant Secretary Vigor Mendoza said, overall, they have issued around 130 show cause orders to dealers to explain their failure to deliver […]
