The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Sail GP New York

June 23, 2019

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Japanese team of Yugo Yoshida (left), Luke Parkinson, Leo Takahashi, Nathan Outterridge, Tim Morishima, Yuki Kasatani, and Tim Morishima celebrate after winning during day two of competition at the SailGP event on June 22,

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Team identifies birds in 3 Nazca drawings

June 23, 2019

Sapporo–A team including researchers from the Hokkaido University Museum has identified two of the birds in 16 geoglyphs in the Nazca Lines in southern Peru, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as pelicans and one as a hook-billed hermit, a type

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Russia has no plan to hand over isles to Japan: Putin

June 23, 2019

Moscow–Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that his country has no plan to hand over four Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands to Japan, according to a Russian national television program aired Saturday. In an interview with Putin, a reporter, who claimed

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Southeast Asian leaders call for unrestricted access to South China Sea

June 23, 2019

Heads of state of Southeast Asian nations have called for unrestricted access and freedom of overflight in the South China Sea. This was in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Vision Statement on Partnership for Sustainability adopted in

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Congress sets probe on water shortage Tuesday

June 23, 2019

House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said congressmen will probe the  water shortage due to decline in the level of Angat Dam on Tuesday. Officials from the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), National Water Resources Board (NWRB) as well as

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Despite pay hike, more cops accused of irregularities: PNP

June 23, 2019

More policemen are being accused of irregularities, the Philippine National Police ( PNP) said Sunday.   PNP Internal Affairs Service (IAS) Inspector General Alfegar Triambulo said from January to May , there were a total of 2,291 complaints against policemen, up 36.12

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Police recover nine freed by Abu Sayyaf in Talipao

June 23, 2019

  Nine persons, who said they were abducted by the Abu Sayyaf,  were found by police on Saturday.  Recovered were Mohammad Jumdatul Harun, 42,l Abdulnarar Akmad Mohammad, 33; Osri Harun Hudjaima,13; Kasim Ablayan, 16; Samsol Dungun Asmann, 20: Adzmar Aminosa

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Palace welcomes deal between Philippines, Indonesia on EEZ boundary

June 23, 2019

The Palace on Sunday welcomed the completion of a deal between Philippines and Indonesia on the delimination of its exclusive economic zone ( EEZ) boundary. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the announcement of the completion of domestic

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