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Typhoon leaves 12 dead, traps people on roofs in Philippines

Editorial Bureau December 18, 2021

MANILA, Philippines — A powerful typhoon that battered the central Philippines left at least 12 people dead in massive floods that trapped residents on roofs and damaged buildings including a hotel and an airport, officials said. Typhoon Rai slightly weakened after slamming ashore Thursday on

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Typhoon leaves 19 dead, many homes roofless in Philippines

Editorial Bureau December 18, 2021

MANILA, Philippines — A powerful typhoon left at least 19 people dead, knocked down power and communications in entire provinces and wrought widespread destruction mostly in the central Philippines, officials said Saturday. A governor said her island province has been “leveled to the ground.” Typhoon Rai blew away Friday night into the South China Sea […]

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Typhoon leaves 12 dead, traps people on roofs in Philippines

Editorial Bureau December 17, 2021

MANILA, Philippines — A powerful typhoon that battered the central Philippines left at least 12 people dead in massive floods that trapped residents on roofs and damaged buildings including a hotel and an airport, officials said. Typhoon Rai slightly weakened after slamming ashore Thursday on the country’s southeastern coast but still packed destructive and deadly […]

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Philippine church leader charged with child sex trafficking

Editorial Bureau November 19, 2021

LOS ANGELES — The leader of a Philippines-based church was charged with having sex with women and underage girls who faced threats of abuse and “eternal damnation” unless they catered to the self-proclaimed “son of God,” federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Apollo Carreon Quiboloy and two of his top administrators are among nine people named in […]

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China coast guard blocks Philippine boats in disputed sea

Editorial Bureau November 18, 2021

MANILA, Philippines — Chinese coast guard ships blocked and used water cannons on two Philippine supply boats heading to a disputed shoal occupied by Filipino marines in the South China Sea, provoking an angry protest to China and a warning from the Philippine government that its vessels are covered under a mutual defense treaty with […]

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Philippine leader runs for senate, after vow to retire

Editorial Bureau November 15, 2021

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday filed his candidacy for a senate seat in next year’s elections, walking back on his vow that he would retire from politics when his term ends and prompting rights groups to say the leader is working to evade accountability for his deadly anti-drug campaign while in […]

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4 inmates killed in Philippines jail break attempt

Editorial Bureau September 26, 2021

Manila – Four inmates were killed in a shootout on Sunday after they tried to escape from a prison in the Philippines’ Surigao del Sur province, jail authorities said. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology said the incident occurred shortly at around 7 a.m. when at least 11 inmates took a jail personnel hostage, reports […]

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Philippines’ Duterte vows accountability for anyone who went ‘beyond bounds’ in drug war

Editorial Bureau September 22, 2021

UNITED NATIONS – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that anyone found to have “acted beyond bounds” in his campaign against illegal drugs would be held accountable under national laws, while appearing to reject an International Criminal Court probe. Duterte told the United Nations General Assembly he had instructed the justice ministry

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Manila mayor declares Philippine presidential bid

Editorial Bureau September 22, 2021

MANILA – Manila mayor, Francisco Domagoso, said on Wednesday he will run for the Philippine presidency in the 2022 election.     Francisco Domagoso, 47, better known by his celebrity screen name Isko Moreno during an initial career in show business, is the third politician to declare a presidential bid, and is one of the leading […]

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Philippines supports Australia nuclear sub pact to counter China

Editorial Bureau September 21, 2021

MANILA – The Philippines is backing a new defence partnership between the United States, Britain and Australia, hoping it can maintain the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region, a view that contrasts sharply with some of its neighbours. Known as AUKUS, the alliance will see Australia get technology to deploy nuclear-powered submarines as part […]