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MANILA, Philippines — China is “in for a rude surprise” if it thinks it can intimidate Filipinos with its increasingly aggressive behavior in Philippine waters, National Security Council (NSC) assistant director general Jonathan Malaya said yesterday.
Sen. Grace Poe reminded local government units (LGUs) to ensure that animal pounds are not left unattended during the Holy Week break.
MANILA, Philippines — Summer in the Philippines can be quite hot and humid. This year is going to be particularly hot and cruel, with El Niño spiking up the temperature and making it unbearably hot. “Doubly hot” is still an understatement.
(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday vowed to mount a «proportionate, deliberate and reasonable» response to the «unabating, and illegal, coercive, aggressive and dangerous attacks» by the China Coast Guard and the Chinese Maritime Militia in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
MANILA, Philippines — One’s connection and relationship with Jesus is being strengthened by prayer as “He” reminds us during the washing of the feet, Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula said on Thursday.
A cargo ship rammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the span to collapse and presumably killing six construction workers. On Wednesday, a day after the early-morning crash, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board boarded the ship and planned to recover information from its electronics and paperwork while divers searched for the bodies of workers who were still missing.
BALTIMORE (AP) — The cargo ship that lost power and crashed into a bridge in Baltimore underwent “routine engine maintenance” in port beforehand, the U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday, as divers recovered the bodies of two of six workers who plunged into the water when it collapsed. The others were presumed dead, and officials said search efforts had been exhausted.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said Thursday that his government would enforce a “countermeasure package” in response to “aggressive and dangerous attacks” by the Chinese coast guard and suspected militia ships in the disputed South China Sea, saying “Filipinos do not yield.”