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(Reuters) – The United States charged on Friday that a Chinese fighter pilot conducted a “dangerous intercept” of a Navy patrol plane in international air space this week, flying a few yards (meters) from the U.S. jet and performing acrobatic maneuvers around it. Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, said the United States lodged a formal diplomatic protest with Beijing over the incident, which took place on Tuesday 135 miles (215 km) east […]
(Reuters) – A cyber attack at a firm that performs background checks for U.S. government employees compromised data of at least 25,000 workers, including some undercover investigators, and that number could rise, agency officials said on Friday. The breach at Falls Church, Virginia-based US Investigations Services (USIS) exposed highly personal information of workers at the Department of Homeland Security’s headquarters as well as its U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]
(Reuters) — The first 20 bodies of the Malaysian victims on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived back on home soil on Friday (August 22), more than a month after the airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine. In a sombre ceremony, coffins draped in the Malaysian national flag were brought out of a specially chartered Malaysia Airlines flight by members of the armed forces. They were then driven away for private funerals. Officials have declared Friday a national day […]
(Reuters) – The sophistication, wealth and military might of Islamic State militants represent a major threat to the United States that may surpass that once posed by al Qaeda, U.S. military leaders said on Thursday. “They are an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it’s in Iraq or anywhere else,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters at the Pentagon. Hagel’s assessment of Islamic State, which gained strength during Syria’s civil war and swept into northern Iraq earlier […]
(Reuters) — Heavy rain delayed a search on Friday (August 22) for more than 50 people believed buried under a deadly landslide on the edge of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Rescue workers feared the continuing rain could set off further landslides in the area after a month’s rain fell in one night on Wednesday (August 20), loosening slopes already saturated by heavy rain over the past few weeks. The death toll currently stands at 39. […]
MANILA, Aug. 22 (PNA) — The anti-graft court on Friday junked the motion for reconsideration filed by Senator Juan Ponce Enrile on the 90-day preventive suspension order against him for lack of merit In a 14-page decision handed down by Sandiganbayan Third Division, they said they see no reason at all why they need to reverse their earlier order. In his argument, Enrile claims that only the Senate has the jurisdiction to impose suspension against […]
MANILA, Aug. 22 (PNA) — The Court of Appeals (CA) has stopped the implementation of an order by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) directing the telecommunications companies (telcos) to refund to their subscribers the excess collection from text messages or the short message service (SMS). The CA’s Sixth Division has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) as prayed for in the petition filed by the Digitel Philippines Incorporated (Digitel). In a four-page resolution dated Aug. […]
In Hiroshima, Japan, the continuing rain is feared to double the death toll caused by landslide to 80.
A big group of traders and businessmen is pushing for the suspension of Manila City government truck ban, saying that it is the best solution to the problems spawned by the Manila port congestion.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will conduct road-reblocking in Pasig starting tonight
The first 20 bodies of the Malaysian victims onboard Malaysia Airlines MH17 returned to their home soil one month after it was shot down over eastern Ukraine.
The LTFRB said that the non-apprehension policy which is a temporary reprieve for colorum trucks is still in effect.
