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A magnitude 6.1 struck off Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, according to the US Geological Survey. No tsunami warning was issued. The offshore quake was just one kilometer deep (around half a mile) and centred 96 kilometres southwest of the town of Panguna, according to a report of Agence France Press. But quakes of such magnitude are common in Papua New Guinea, which sits on the so-called Pacific “Ring of […]
Philippine authorities have arrested a Chinese fishing vessel with a crew of 11 and a hold full of 500 turtles, a 100 kilometers away from Palawan. Meanwhile, at least 10 people were injured when a fire erupted in AFP military headquarters in Taguig City.
MANILA, May 7 (PNA) — Troopers and intelligence units from the Eastern Mindanao Command together with local police have arrested a ranking member of the New People’s Army (NPA) and his “lady friend” during operations in Davao City Wednesday morning. Capt. Alberto Caber, Eastern Mindanao Command spokesperson, identified the arrested rebel as Roy Erecre alias “Toto/Pasyong”, Secretary of the NPA’s Central Visayas Regional Committee and his companion as Judith Jaron-Niog. The arrested took place around […]
(Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls from a village near one of the Islamists’ strongholds in northeastern Nigeria overnight, while the United States made plans on Tuesday to help search for more than 200 schoolgirls seized by the militant group last month. “We’re going to do everything we can to provide assistance to them,” U.S. President Barack Obama told NBC News in an interview on Tuesday. “In the short term our goal is […]
(Reuters) – Philippines police seized a Chinese fishing boat in the disputed South China Sea on Wednesday, an official told Reuters, the latest flare-up of tensions in the oil and gas-rich waters that are claimed wholly or in part by six Asian nations. Chief Superintendent Niel Vargas of the Philippine National Police Maritime Group said a maritime police patrol apprehended a Chinese fishing boat around 7 a.m. on Tuesday off Half Moon Shoal. The boat has 11 crew and police found […]
(Reuters) – A Thai court found Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra guilty of violating the constitution on Wednesday and said she must step down, prolonging a political crisis that has led to violent protests and brought the economy close to recession. The decision is bound to anger supporters of Yingluck, but the court did allow ministers not implicated in the case against her to stay in office, a move that could take some of the sting […]
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Alleged pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim Napoles asked the Supreme Court to allow her to either stay longer in the Ospital ng Makati or transfer her in a home-care institution, arguing that this is necessary to let her recuperate quickly from her surgery, saying that the detention cell in Fort Sto. Domingo, Laguna is not conducive for her recovery.
President Aquino is determined to push the early conclusion of a code of conduct in the South China or West Philippine Sea in the ASEAN Summit in Myanmar on May 10. The code of conduct aims to avoid conflict in the area where several nations have overlapping territorial claims.
The National Economic Development Authority warns that the price of basic goods will continue to rise because of El Niño and the weakening of the peso.
The Kidapawan City Tourism Board plans to temporarily ban climbing of Mount Apo to prevent forest fires.
The Congress will push through with the passing of 14 priority bills before the end of the first regular session of the 16th Congress on June 13 before the President’s State of the Nation Address.
