Tag: #Philippine
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At least 75 reported dead in Philippines typhoon Rai
At least 75 people have been killed after what has been recorded as the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year, as efforts to deliver water and food to the devastated islands intensified
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Ship carrying thousands sinks, crew members missing
TOKYO: One of the ship’s engines failed before the storm surged and overturned. Japanese Coast Guard rescues man According to the details, the ship carrying 6,000 cattle from New Zealand sank due to a typhoon in the East China Sea, as a result of which more than 40 crew members went missing. According to foreign…
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Communist rebels kill 6 Philippine troops in ambush
Manila, Nov 12 (AFP/APP): A communist rebel ambush killed six Philippine soldiers and wounded 20 others, the military said Tuesday, in one of the deadliest assaults in the nation’s five-decade-old Maoist insurgency. Troops patrolling on foot on the eastern island of Samar were hit with homemade bombs and fought a 30-minute gunfight with New People’s…
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Duterte foe accepts Philippine drug war post
Manila, Nov 6 (AFP/APP): A fierce critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly anti-drug war accepted a top post on Wednesday to help steer the campaign, pledging to halt killings of the innocent. While critics said the appointment is an effort to tarnish an adversary, the move will put Leni Robredo in the cockpit of…
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Philippines’ Duterte cuts short Japan trip in ‘unbearable pain’
Manila, Oct 22 (AFP/APP): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, suffering from “unbearable pain” in his spine after a motorcycle accident, is cutting short a trip to Japan, his spokesman said Tuesday. The 74-year-old hurt his hip in the crash last week, with his health already the subject of intense speculation following his disclosure earlier this month…