September, 2020
Dolomite extracted by Manila Bay contractor meant only for foreign export
September 18, 2020 · By Angel Tesorero, Staff Reporter for rappler.com
Dolomite extracted by Manila Bay contractor meant only for foreign export CEBU, PHILIPPINES By now serving domestic demand, the Cebu mining company’s increased output may endanger the forest area near its quarry site. That area is the natural habitat Cebu’s endemic Siloy or Black Shama bird. The dolomite extracted from Alcoy town in Southern […]
Read More...Gold surge stokes tribal tension in Philippines
September 18, 2020 · By BONG S SARMIENTO for asiatimes.com
TAMPAKAN – As gold shines through the coronavirus pandemic, touching new highs as a precious metal hedge to the dollar, the stakes for Southeast Asia’s largest undeveloped copper and gold minefield have never been higher. Nestled 1,300 meters above sea level, huge gold and copper deposits lie untapped in the mountains surrounding the sleepy Philippine town […]
Read More...Covid continues march across Philippines, Indonesia
September 17, 2020 · By REUTERS AND ONLINE REPORTERS for www.bangkokpost.com
JAKARTA/MANILA: While cases of Covid-19 remained under control in Thailand with just seven new infections – all imported – logged on Sunday, the virus continued to ravage Indonesia and the Philippines, with both Southeast Asian neighbours logging more than 3,000 new cases and more than 70 deaths. Indonesia on Sunday reported 3,636 new coronavirus infections […]
Read More...Packed like sardines: Philippine prisons provide inhumane reality
September 17, 2020 · By Joseph Peter Calleja, Manila for www.ucanews.com
One of my favorite shows is the American legal TV drama Suits featuring Harvey Specter, a lawyer and Harvard law graduate who accepted a college dropout named Mike Ross as associate. Ross began working at Specter’s New York City law firm without a law degree but had an exceptional memory and was brilliant at handling cases. Suits portrayed lawyering, particularly […]
Read More...Chinese military calls US biggest threat to world peace
September 17, 2020 · By Military Times for www.militarytimes.com
BEIJING — China’s Defense Ministry on Sunday blasted a critical U.S. report on the country’s military ambitions, saying it is the U.S. instead that poses the biggest threat to the international order and world peace. The statement follows the Sept. 2 release of the annual Defense Department report to Congress on Chinese military developments and goals that […]
Read More...Police Scotland operation sees 24 arrests over human trafficking
September 17, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Police Scotland operation sees 24 arrests over human trafficking A total of 24 arrests have been made after a Police Scotland-led operation targeting human trafficking. Raids were carried out at four premises in Aberdeen and Glasgow, five in England and 23 in Romania. Ten people were arrested in the UK in connection with offences related […]
Read More...Amazon: Brazilian official killed by arrow near indigenous tribe
September 17, 2020 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
A top Brazilian expert on isolated Amazon tribes has been killed by an arrow that struck him in the chest as he approached an indigenous site. Rieli Franciscato, 56, died on Wednesday in a remote region of Rondônia state in north-western Brazil. He was in the area to monitor a tribe as part of his […]
Read More...Philippines to deport US soldier Pemberton after Duterte pardon
September 16, 2020 · By LIAN BUAN for rappler.com
Philippines to deport US soldier Pemberton after Duterte pardon The foreign affairs department will not intervene The Philippine government will deport US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton to the United States after being pardoned by President Rodrigo Duterte for brutally killing a Filipino transgender woman in 2014. Once Pemberton is released from his detention cell […]
Read More...D.H.S. Downplayed Threats From Russia and White Supremacists, Whistle-Blower Says
September 16, 2020 · By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Nicholas Fandos for www.nytimes.com
Brian Murphy, the former head of the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence division, accused senior leaders of warping the agency around President Trump’s political interests. D.H.S. Downplayed Threats From Russia and White Supremacists, Whistle-Blower Says WASHINGTON — Top officials with the Department of Homeland Security directed agency analysts to downplay threats from violent white supremacy […]
Read More...‘Kill all you see, whether children or adults’
September 16, 2020 · By Melina Delkic for www.nytimes.com
‘Kill all you see, whether children or adults’ Two soldiers from Myanmar have publicly confessed to rape, executions and mass burials, in what United Nations officials say was a genocidal campaign against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. One of the men, Pvt. Myo Win Tun, said he was ordered by his commanding officer: “Shoot all you […]
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