Plane landing at Newark airport blows tires, skids on runway

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:11:21 +0000

Plane landing at Newark airport blows tires, skids on runway

NEWARK, N.J.  – Authorities say a plane blew tires while landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, sending it skidding on the runway before coming to a halt.

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Paraguayan NGO distributes free marijuana seeds

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2019 22:39:54 +0000

Paraguayan NGO distributes free marijuana seeds

ASUNCION, Paraguay – A nongovernmental organization in Paraguay is distributing free marijuana seeds so that mothers of chronically ill patients can produce CBD oil at home.

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Indian nat’l nabbed for renting out already occupied condo unit

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 08:29:03 +0000

An Indian national ended up in jail ‪on Wednesday afternoon‬ after he allegedly duped a victim into renting a condominium unit that was already occupied in Pasay City.

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Parched US Southwest gets reprieve as snowmelt fills rivers

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 05:31:46 +0000

Parched US Southwest gets reprieve as snowmelt fills rivers

DENVER – A welcome surge of melting snow is pouring out of the Rocky Mountains and into the drought-stricken rivers of the southwestern U.S., fending off a water shortage but threatening to push rivers over their banks.

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India’s west coast hunkers down as Cyclone Vayu approaches

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 05:24:42 +0000

India's west coast hunkers down as Cyclone Vayu approaches

VERAVAL, India – Authorities have evacuated nearly 300,000 people from India’s western coastline ahead of a very severe cyclone that’s expected to make landfall as the year’s second major storm.

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Hong Kong protesters vow to keep fighting extradition law

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:18:30 +0000

Hong Kong protesters vow to keep fighting extradition law

HONG KONG – Following a day of sit-ins, tear gas and clashes with police, Hong Kong students and civil rights activists vowed Wednesday to keep protesting a proposed extradition bill that has become a lightning rod for concerns over greater Chinese control and erosion of civil liberties in the former British colony.

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Albayalde on Independence Day: Honor ‘modern heroes’ too

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 05:13:51 +0000

Philippine National Police (PNP) Gen. Oscar Albayalde urged the public to honor “modern heroes” as the Philippines celebrates the 121st Independence Day.

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Lorenzana: Support gov’t initiatives to end armed conflict

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:28:24 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — On Independence Day, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana called on all Filipinos to support government’s efforts to end local armed conflict. 

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PhilHealth top post? Roque says he’s not interested

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 05:13:41 +0000

PhilHealth top post? Roque says he's not interested

Lawyer Harry Roque said that he doesn’t want PhilHealth’s top post even though he helped whistleblowers expose the ghost dialysis scam.

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Family of arrested journalist: No mistaken identity; she’s a clear target

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2019 04:43:51 +0000

Family of arrested journalist: No mistaken identity; she's a clear target

The arrest of a veteran community journalist, 61-year-old Margarita Valle, was not a case of mistaken identity at all, her family said.

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