Tag: Philippines
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Philippines | No major damage as typhoon Hagupit hits; 3 dead
Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, left at least three people dead and sent nearly 900,000 into shelters before it weakened yesterday, sparing the central Philippines the ... -
Philippines | Approaching storm brings back nightmare of Haiyan
Villagers fled coastal homes and sparked panic-buying in grocery stores and gas stations in the central Philippines yesterday as an approaching powerful storm brought back nightmares of last ... -
Xi outlines ‘big country diplomacy’ in Sino foreign policy
China must establish “big country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics,” President Xi Jinping said in a speech that laid out his goals for making the nation a ... -
Philippines | Manila lifts ban on 9 Hong Kong journalists
The Philippine immigration bureau said yesterday that it has lifted a blacklist order against nine Hong Kong-based journalists, following criticism from media and Hong Kong’s government. ... -
Beijing defends land reclamation in South China Sea
Defying a U.S. call to halt the project, China defended its land reclamation in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea yesterday, saying the work is for public ... -
Pacquiao knocks Algieri down 6 times, dominates
Manny Pacquiao couldn’t resist having a little fun after getting the signature win he desperately needed for the fight boxing fans desperately want to see. No ... -
PROJECT POKER: Taking a break without taking a break
Not long ago I won a couple of small mixed game tournaments. One came at a PokerStars series in Australia where I won a mixed games ... -
Panel predicts Beijing will keep confronting US
Tensions between the U.S. and China have deepened during the rule of China’s president, Xi Jinping, and the risk of an inadvertent military clash in the Asia-Pacific is growing, a ... -
Victim’s wife and Indonesian concern group demand ‘truth’ behind shop fire
Leader of the Peduli Indonesian Migrant Concern Group, Cindry Purnasari, has called on Macau authorities to help find out the truth about a fire that broke ... -
SHOP FIRE | Victim’s friend reveals details on dreadful attic conditions
A close friend of an Indonesian killed in a shop fire on Wednesday has unveiled details on the dreadful conditions of the attic, where at least ... -
Shop fire leaves four trapped
A fire which broke out at a boutique on Rua do Tarrafeiro in the early hours of yesterday has led to the deaths of four people. ... -
Corporate Bits | Count Basie Orchestra to perform at the Venetian Macao
The legendary Grammy award-winning Count Basie Orchestra will bring its unique style of jazz and swing to The Venetian Theatre on Sunday, Dec 7. The intimate ... -
Hong Kong | Domestic workers struggle in risky jobs
At every stop, the path from Tritin Kartika’s poor Indonesian hometown to her job as a live-in maid in a Hong Kong apartment put her at risk of exploitation. ... -
APEC SUMMIT | Beijing hosts friends, rivals; will it meet Japan?
Will they or won’t they? Whether leaders of feuding China and Japan will meet during the Asia-Pacific summit has prompted much speculation. It’s the most — but not ... -
Philippines | Year after Haiyan, some move on, others agonize
Four months after she lost her husband and home to Typhoon Haiyan’s fury, Agnes Bacsal gave birth to their sixth child — a sprightly boy, whose ... -
Boxing | Bob Arum believes Zou Shiming the ‘engine behind activity in China’
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum suggested that it is boxing star Zou Shiming, not Manny Pacquiao, who is “the engine behind all of [the] activity in ... -
South China Sea disputes | Taiwan conducts live fire drills on Spratlys, angering Vietnam
Taiwan’s coast guard was conducting a second day of live-fire drills on an island in the disputed Spratly chain, prompting condemnation from Vietnam. The drills are ... -
Caesars seeking to build USD1 billion casino in Philippines
Caesars Entertainment Corp., the largest operator of U.S. casinos, is seeking a license from the Philippine government to build a USD1 billion resort in the country, ... -
Philippines | Marine murder suspect guarded by US in camp
A U.S. Marine suspected in the gruesome killing of a transgender Filipino was flown yesterday from his warship to the Philippine military’s main camp, where he will continue ... -
PHILIPPINES | Aquino questions intent of China ships
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III said Tuesday his nation will stick up for its territorial rights in the disputed South China Sea and voiced concern that a ... -
PHILIPPINES | Public awareness needed to preserve cultural heritage
The Philippines is hit by about 20 storms each year, and other severe natural disasters often affect this country, which is home to about 100 million ... -
GGCT issues travel warning for Philippines
The Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) last night issued a warning against traveling to the Philippines in the near future, due to the country’s worsening security ... -
PHILIPPINES | Typhoon Kalmaegi blows out of Philippines
A fast-moving typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines yesterday after causing flash floods and landslides. Three people died when big waves and strong winds sank ... -
China issues travel warning for the Philippines
China has warned its citizens not to travel to the Philippines after a Chinese teenager who worked in a family-run store was kidnapped and after government agents arrested ... -
PHILIPPINES | Anti-China group nabbed for planned Manila attacks
Philippine authorities said yesterday that they arrested three men linked to a group that was planning to set off firebombs at Manila’s international airport and a ... -
PHILIPPINES| Peacekeepers pull ‘greatest escape’ in Golan
Under cover of darkness, 40 Filipino peacekeepers made a daring escape after being surrounded and under fire for seven hours by Syrian rebels in the Golan ... -
PHILIPPINES | Manila protests Chinese ‘sovereignty patrols’
The Philippines will file a new diplomatic protest with China complaining about frequent patrols by Chinese ships in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The ... -
PHILIPPINES | Arrested militant: Terror suspect alive
A captured Abu Sayyaf commander told investigators that a top Southeast Asian terror suspect, who the military reported was killed in a U.S.-backed airstrike two years ... -
PHILIPPINES | 12 Chinese convicted of poaching
A Philippine court yesterday convicted 12 Chinese men of poaching after their boat carrying frozen meat of protected pangolins ran aground in a marine park. The ... -
PHILIPPINES | Super typhoon to bring rain as it threatens Japan
Typhoon Halong will probably bring downpours to the Philippines in the next few days as it passes offshore on a track to slam into southwestern Japan ... -
PHILIPPINES | Abu Sayyaf gunmen kill 21 civilians in road attack
Abu Sayyaf gunmen attacked Filipino civilians traveling to celebrate the end of Ramadan with their families yesterday, killing 21, including at least six children, in a brazen ... -
PHILIPPINES | Soldiers clash with Muslim militants, 5 dead
Philippine troops attacked a Muslim militant hideout on southern Basilan island, triggering a clash that killed three Abu Sayyaf members believed to have been involved in ... -
PHILIPPINES | Army says 18 killed in rebel clashes
Breakaway Muslim rebels attacked army troops in two towns in the southern Philippines, sparking clashes that left 17 guerrillas and a soldier dead in a region ... -
PHILIPPINES | Typhoon kills 12, spares Manila
A typhoon left at least 12 people dead, knocked out power in many areas, damaged a parked plane but spared the Philippine capital yesterday when its ... -
RAMMASUN TO HIT SOUTH CHINA SEA TOMORROW | Hundreds of thousands flee in Philippines from typhoon
Still haunted by a deadly typhoon that struck last year, hundreds of thousands of villagers fled from disaster-prone areas yesterday as a typhoon blew closer toward ...
