PH authorities nab suspected Chinese poachers off Batanes
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine authorities have seized two Chinese fishing vessels suspected of poaching in waters between Babuyan Island and Batanes province, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic...
View ArticleSmartmatic: No intention of leaving Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – Technology provider Smartmatic on Tuesday, May 17, said it has no intention of leaving the Philippines after it was accused of breaching election-related protocol. This comes...
View ArticleTop China official visit stirs anger in Hong Kong
HONG KONG – One of China's most powerful officials lands in Hong Kong Tuesday, May 17, in an attempt to build bridges in the divided city, but the trip has already stirred anger among opponents.The...
View ArticleHeavy traffic along Commonwealth Road as INC holds medical mission
MANILA, Philippines – Traffic slowed down along Commonwealth Road in Quezon City on Tuesday, May 17, after a stretch of it was closed down for a whole-day outreach event of the Iglesia ni Cristo.In an...
View ArticleProclamation of 12 senators set on May 19
MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), is set to proclaim the Philippines' 12 new senators on Thursday, May 19.Comelec...
View ArticleTeen arrested over alleged Sydney terror plot
SYDNEY, Australia – An 18-year-old man was arrested in Sydney on Tuesday, May 17, over an alleged "imminent" terror plot, as police raided properties in Melbourne in a separate counter-terrorism...
View ArticleBrawl erupts in South Africa parliament as opposition party ejected
CAPE TOWN, South Africa – A brutal fistfight broke out in the South African parliament on Tuesday, May 17, as security guards ejected opposition lawmakers in an ugly fracas that underlined heightened...
View ArticleBaghdad attacks kill at least 48 people
BAGHDAD, Iraq (UPDATED) – Attacks including suicide bombings killed at least 48 people in Baghdad on Tuesday, May 17, the second time in a week the Iraqi capital has been hit by a deadly spate of...
View ArticleSoldiers, cops, media vote Palparan for senator
MANILA, Philippines – If local absentee voters such as cops and soldiers had their way, the retired general known as "The Butcher" will become one of the Philippines’ 12 new senators. Now detained, the...
View ArticleOpposition calls on Venezuela to defy emergency decree
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela's opposition leader urged his country on Tuesday, May 17, to defy a state of emergency decreed by the government as it grapples with an acute political and economic...
View ArticleNo breakthrough at Syria talks as violence rages
VIENNA, Austria – World power talks on ending the Syrian conflict broke up with no clear breakthrough on Tuesday, May 17, as new faction-fighting erupted and the death toll continued to mount.US...
View ArticleObama congratulates president-elect Duterte
MANILA, Philippines – US President Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 17, congratulated Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte for his win in the presidential elections in the Philippines.In a brief statement, the...
View ArticleClinton claims Kentucky, Sanders takes Oregon in Democratic duel
WASHINGTON DC, USA (4th UPDATE) – Hillary Clinton claimed a narrow victory in Kentucky Tuesday, May 17, as she sought to put away Bernie Sanders, but her resilient rival for the Democratic presidential...
View ArticleUS Senate votes to allow 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON DC, USA – The US Senate approved legislation Tuesday, May 17, that would allow September 11 victims and their relatives to sue Saudi Arabia over its possible role in the 2001 attacks, a bill...
View ArticleWorld response to UN aid appeal for Yemen 'shockingly low'
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations has raised only 16% of the $1.8 billion needed to help war-torn Yemen, a "shockingly low" level of response to a funding appeal, a senior UN aid official said...
View ArticleAustralian minister under fire for 'illiterate' refugees comment
SYDNEY, Australia – Australia's immigration minister was accused of xenophobia Wednesday, May 18, after he said increasing the nation's refugee intake would lead to "illiterate and innumerate" people...
View Article11 Kalibo airport personnel sacked over terminal fee scam
MANILA, Philippines – Aviation authorities sacked 11 personnel of the Kalibo International Airport (KIA) for pocketing the terminal fee paid by passengers.The Civil Aviation Authority of the...
View ArticleHong Kong protests as top China official visits
HONG KONG, China (UPDATED) – Hong Kong protesters angry at a visit by a top Beijing official shouted pro-democracy slogans and demanded free elections Wednesday, May 18, but were kept away from talks...
View ArticleInside the clubhouse where Duterte holds court
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The fate of the Philippine republic is being decided in a clubhouse at the end of a lonely road on the edge of Davao City.Rodrigo Duterte, the country’s president-elect holds...
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