Beijing detains Canadian after Huawei exec’s arrest

Agence France Presse 12/12/2018

VANCOUVER, Canada — A Canadian national was confirmed as being held in China on Tuesday, intensifying a diplomatic stand-off over the arrest of a top executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, as a judge in Vancouver considered…

Pressure builds on Macron as Paris cleans up after latest riot

AP 12/10/2018

Paris — Paris tourist sites reopened, workers cleaned up broken glass and shop owners tried to put the city on its feet again Sunday, a day after running battles between yellow-vested protesters and riot police left 71…

All eyes on Macron after fresh ‘yellow vest’ protests hit Paris

AFP 12/09/2018

A huge clean-up operation was under way in Paris on Sunday after French “yellow vest” demonstrators clashed with riot police in the latest round of protests against President Emmanuel Macron, but a heavy security deployment averted a…

After plunder acquittal, Revilla posts P480K bail for 16 other graft cases

Inquirer.net 12/07/2018

MANILA, Philippines — Former Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla has posted bail of P480,000 for 16 other cases of graft pending before Sandiganbayan to avail of provisional liberty. This came after Revilla was acquitted Friday of plunder by…

US and China in trade tariffs truce after tense G20 summit

AFP 12/02/2018

The United States and China on Saturday announced a ceasefire in their tariffs war, hours after US President Donald Trump upended another international forum by snubbing G20 action on trade disputes and climate change. Over a dinner…

A day after the fire: City Hall suspends renewal of Carbon Market vendors lease permits

Morexette Marie Erram 11/30/2018

The Cebu City government has ordered the indefinite suspension of the renewal of lease permits of vendors who occupy the Carbon Public Market Complex. Lawyer Winifreado Orcullo Jr., the city market administrator, made the announcement Friday morning…

Bohol resort opens 2 hours after BIR shutdown due to tax delinquency

Inquirer.net 11/27/2018

PANGLAO, Bohol – Less than two hours after it was ordered close by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), a high-end resort here was back in business. The 400-room Bohol Hennan Resort on Alona Beach in Panglao…

12 rescued after motorbanca capsizes

Futch A. Inso 11/27/2018

Daanbantayan rescue personnel fished 12 persons from Lapu-Lapu City from their municipal waters after the motorbanca which they boarded on their way to Samar capsized. The accident happened around 9 a.m. on Tuesday at the vicinity of…

Police, city officials told: Go after boys stealing iron bars from coastal road’s seawall

11/25/2018

Netizens, who saw a video posted by a concerned citizen on minors who were trying to destroy a portion of the seawall of the Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR)to collect iron bars and other scrap metals, are…

Eleazar fires entire Las Piñas police’s anti-drug unit after extortion

Inquirer.net 11/23/2018

National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director Guillermo Eleazar has removed 32 police officers from Las Piñas City Police’s Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) after a robbery-extortion incident. “Malalim na imbestigasyon ang ginagawa po namin dito at…

Questions over APEC after costly summit failure

AFP 11/19/2018

With Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin absent and leaders unable even to agree on a joint statement, some critics are questioning whether the annual APEC summit is still worth the effort. “Expectations are low and probably won’t…

Grace Poe’s father-in-law safe after SUV’s fall from elevated parking space

Inquirer.net 11/18/2018

The father-in-law of Grace Poe only sustained a few fractured ribs and bruises after his sport utility vehicle fell from an elevated parking space at a shopping mall in San Juan City, the senator said on Sunday.…

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