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☆ Philippine president vows to fight back after assassination threat by estranged VP
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-26 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

MANILA, the Philippines — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed Monday to fight back against what he called reckless and troubling threats against him, speaking out after his estranged vice president said he would be assassinated if she herself were killed. “If planning the assassination of the president is that easy, how much more for ordinary citizens?” he said. Sara Duterte told reporters she had yet to hear the president’s statement but she recalled the 1983 assassination of former Senator Benigno Aquino, for which she blamed the Marcos family, without giving proof. “The whole nation fought back when their family killed Benigno Aquino Jr.,” Duterte told reporters. Rodrigo Duterte told the hearings that he was solely responsible for the bloody crackdown and has urged the ICC to “hurry up” with its investigation.

Persons: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Marcos, Sara Duterte, Rodrigo Duterte, ” Marcos, ” “, ”, Benigno Aquino, Aquino, Ferdinand Marcos, “, Benigno Aquino Jr, ” Duterte, Sara Duterte’s, Duterte, Jesse Hermogenes Andres, ” Andres, Martin Romualdez, ” Sara Duterte’s Organizations: firebrand, National Bureau of Investigation, ”, National Security Council, ICC Locations: MANILA, Philippines, Philippine, Manila

☆ The Philippines' vice president has publicly threatened to assassinate her boss and his wife
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday that she'd spoken to a hitman to kill her boss and his wife. Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte openly threatened on Saturday to assassinate the country's president, marking the deepest fracture yet in an alliance they once formed for the 2022 election. AdvertisementEduardo Año, national security advisor to the president, added that authorities considered Duterte's threat a "matter of national security." But she also blasted the national security council, saying that its responsibilities related to the safety of the country, not a vice president's remarks about a president. AdvertisementA partnership doomed from the startIn the Philippines, the vice president and president are elected separately and don't necessarily hail from the same party or ideology, though Duterte and Marcos positioned themselves as running mates.

Persons: Sara Duterte, Duterte, I've, Ferdinand, Bong Bong, Marcos, you'll, BBM, Liza Araneta, Martin Romualdez, Eduardo Año, Duterte's, Rodrigo Duterte, Ferdinand Marcos Sr, Ronald Holmes, gunning, —, Jorge Tigno, that's, Holmes, Tigno Organizations: of Representatives, voters, De La Salle University, of Education, Lawmakers, University of, Duterte, Senate, Business Locations: Philippines, Manila, China, Southeast

☆ Philippine VP’s death threat against president a security matter, official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Philippines’ security council will verify an alleged assassination threat by Vice President Sara Duterte against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a top official said on Sunday, describing it as a “matter of national security”. National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano said the government considers all threats to the president as “serious”, vowing to closely work with law enforcement and intelligence communities to investigate the threat and possible perpetrators. “Any and all threats against the life of the president shall be validated and considered a matter of national security,” Ano said in a statement. The Presidential Communications Office, citing the justice ministry, said Duterte’s threats are now under investigation and may lead to charges. In response to Duterte’s threat, Marcos’ presidential security command said it had tightened its protocols in guarding the Philippine leader and the national police chief had ordered an investigation.

Persons: Sara Duterte, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Marcos, Eduardo Ano, ” Ano, ” Marcos ’, Rodrigo Duterte, Marcos ’, Rodrigo Duterte’s, Sara Duterte’s, Duterte Organizations: National, ”, Presidential Communications, Philippine, police Locations: Philippines, Philippine

☆ Manila fire: Inferno destroys thousands of shanties in Isla Puting Bato
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-24 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Isla Puting Bato sits in the district of Tondo, which is Manila’s largest slum area home to roughly 654,220 people. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty ImagesThere have been no immediate reports of casualties. Manila Mayor Maria Sheilah “Honey” Lacuna-Pangan visited Isla Puting Bato on Monday and spoke with survivors who spent the night in makeshift tents. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty ImagesA firefighter carries a dog rescued from a fire in a slum area in Manila. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP/Getty Images

Persons: Sta Rosa, Elvira Valdemoro, ”, Maria Sheilah, Don’t, Lisa Marie David, Aaron Favila, Santo Niño Organizations: CNN, Management Office, Manila Fire, Authorities, Philippine Air Force, Getty, Reuters, Manila, Reuters Residents Locations: Philippine, Manila, Isla Puting Bato, Tondo , Manila, Puting Bato, Tondo, AFP

☆ Sara Duterte: Philippine vice president says she would have Marcos assassinated if she is killed
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-23 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

I said, if I get killed, go kill BBM (Marcos), (first lady) Liza Araneta, and (Speaker) Martin Romualdez. Speaker Romualdez, a cousin of Marcos, has slashed the vice presidential office’s budget by nearly two-thirds. The two families are at odds over foreign policy and former President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs, among others. In the Philippines, the vice president is elected separately from the president and has no official duties. Many vice presidents have pursued social development activities, while some have been appointed to cabinet posts.

Persons: Sara Duterte, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Marcos ’, Duterte, Marcos, “, BBM, Liza Araneta, Martin Romualdez, ” Duterte, ”, Romualdez, Rodrigo Duterte’s, Benigno Aquino Organizations: Philippines Reuters, Philippine, Presidential Communications, Presidential Security Command Locations: Manila, Philippines, Philippine

☆ Mary Jane Veloso: Indonesia agrees to send Filipino death-row drug convict back to the Philippines
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Story The Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“Mary Jane Veloso is coming home,” Marcos said in a statement. Philippine Foreign Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said at a news conference in Manila that Filipino authorities would discuss the legal terms of Veloso’s transfer with their Indonesian counterparts. The Indonesian government has asked the Department of Justice in Manila to formally request Veloso’s transfer back to the Philippines, Justice Department spokesperson Mico Clavano said. Veloso traveled to Indonesia in 2010 where her godsister reportedly told her a job as a domestic worker awaited her. That Philippine case helped convince Indonesian authorities to delay Veloso’s execution and eventually consider her transfer back to her country, Clavano said.

Persons: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Marcos, Prabowo Subianto, Mary Jane Veloso, “ Mary Jane Veloso, ” Marcos, “, Mary Jane’s, Veloso, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Subianto, Eduardo de Vega, Mico Clavano, ”, godsister, Josefiel Rivera, Clavano Organizations: Philippines AP, Philippine, Indonesia’s, Law, Human Rights, Indonesian, Department of Justice, Justice, Indonesia —, Roman Catholic, Department of Foreign Affairs, AP Philippine Locations: Manila, Philippines, Indonesia, Philippine, Australia, Brazil, France, Ghana, Nigeria, Pasay

CNN —More than half a million people have been evacuated from their homes as Super Typhoon Man-yi made landfall along the eastern coast of Catanduanes, Philippines on Saturday. A further 18,000 were preemptively evacuated from the Eastern Samar and Samar provinces, PNA reported, with patients and staff members of Eastern Samar’s Arteche District Hospital being evacuated to the area’s municipal hall. Man-yi underwent rapid intensification on Friday, jumping from a tropical storm early Friday to a super typhoon early Saturday. Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes as others made preparations for the typhoon ahead of its landfall on Saturday. After crossing Catanduanes, Man-yi is expected to make another landfall about 70 miles (110 km) northeast of Manila Sunday afternoon.

Persons: Joseph Boboy Cua, “, ”, Charism Sayat Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Philippine News Agency, PAGASA, Facebook, Getty, Manila Sunday Locations: Catanduanes, Philippines, Bicol, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar’s Arteche, area’s, AFP, Manila, Luzon

☆ Rodrigo Duterte wants to make a comeback in the Philippines. What could go wrong?
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

But major cracks appeared in January, when Rodrigo Duterte called Marcos a “drug addict” and threatened that the president could be removed from power. Months later, Vice President Duterte-Carpio resigned as education secretary, a departure seen by analysts as a sign that the relationship between the country’s top leaders was beyond repair. “And when they get there, I will be the president of hell.”Marcos insisted he thought he and the vice president were friends. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte attend an education-related event in Manila on January 25, 2024. Despite all the controversies and alleged links to extrajudicial killings and suspected criminals, Duterte has told Davao voters that a vote for him is a vote for order.

Persons: Rodrigo Duterte, Donald Trump’s, Sara Duterte, Carpio, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, –, Ferdinand Marcos, Marcos, Rodrigo Duterte’s, Richard Heydarian, ”, Duterte, “, ” Duterte, Duterte's, Jes Aznar, Sebastian Duterte, Paolo Duterte –, Heydarian, “ It’s, ” Heydarian, Ezra Acayan, Ferdinand Marcos Sr, ” Marcos, Sandro Marcos, behead, Ranjit Singh Rye, ” Rye, Cleve Arguelles, Numero, Sebastian, Rodrigo’s, Paolo, ” Arguelles, reigniting, Prospero Nograles, Margarita, Karlo Nograles, Arguelles, Pastor Apollo Carreon, God ”, of Jesus Christ Organizations: CNN, Trump, Asian Center of, University of the, International Criminal Court, ICC, Department of Education, Lawmakers, Getty, Davao, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Kyodo, Marcos, FBI Locations: Philippine, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, United States, China, University of the Philippines, Davao, Manila, “, Duterte, West Philippine, Washington, Beijing, Rye, Karlo, of

☆ Philippines braces for Typhoon Man-yi as Usagi weakens
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directed authorities on Friday to stock up on food and other supplies in advance as Typhoon Man-yi threatened to hit the capital region. Man-yi, locally known as Pepito, is the sixth tropical cyclone to enter the typhoon-battered Philippines in a month. A resident securing the roof of a house in Legazpi, the Philippines, on Friday ahead of Typhoon Man-yi. In October, Tropical Storm Trami and Typhoon Kong-rey brought heavy flooding and triggered landslides, killing 162 people with 22 still missing, according to government data. About 20 tropical storms strike the Philippines each year on average, bringing heavy rains, strong winds and deadly landslides.

Persons: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Marcos, ” Marcos, Juanito Victor Remulla, Sayat, Usagi, Rueli Rapsing, ” Rapsing, Trami, rey, Haiyan Organizations: Metro, “, Capital, NCR, Getty, Typhoon Kong, Japan Meteorological Agency Locations: MANILA, Philippines, Philippine, Metro Manila, Pacific, Catanduanes, Legazpi, AFP, Taiwan, Cagayan, Typhoon, Tacloban

☆ Trump's first term avoided a fight in the South China Sea. It's only getting harder.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-13 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementIn his first term, Donald Trump ramped up military actions to counter China in the South China Sea. South China Sea observers expect continuity with the Biden administration, which tried to ramp up diplomatic efforts and strengthen US alliances and security partnerships. Chinese Coast Guard holding knives and machetes as they approach Philippine troops in the disputed South China Sea on June 17, 2024. AdvertisementThough Trump hasn't outlined a specific South China Sea plan, he could pursue his broader foreign policy mantra of "peace through strength." "Unrestrained US militarization is precisely what drives Beijing's insecurity and will continue to exacerbate tensions in the South China Sea," Marston said.

Persons: Donald Trump ramped, Donald Trump, Trump, Hunter Marston, Trump hasn't, Biden, Gregory Poling, Joe Biden, Marston, Sari Arho Havrén, Chip Somodevilla, Zeno Leoni, Leoni Organizations: Australian National University, China, Southeast Asia, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Trump, Coast Guard, Armed Forces, AP, CBS, Royal United Services, Ukraine, King's College London's Defense Studies Department, Rand Corporation, Biden's National Security Locations: China, South China, Philippines, Asia, Pacific, Philippine, Europe, South Korea, Palm Beach, South, East Asia

☆ Scarborough Shoal: China maps out baseline claims over a contested South China Sea shoal with the Philippines
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-10 | by ( Story Ap | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims. Both China and the Philippines claim Scarborough Shoal and other outcroppings in the South China Sea. The statement added that one of the laws signed by Marcos, the Philippine Maritime Zones Act, violates China’s sovereignty in the South China Sea. This photo taken on February 15, 2024, shows an aerial view of over Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea. China stakes claim to almost the entirety of the South China Sea.

Persons: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Marcos, Sta Rosa Organizations: Foreign Ministry, Scarborough, Philippine, Ministry, United, Philippine Maritime, Getty Locations: China, South China, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, Philippine, Luzon, Beijing, United Nations, AFP, Vietnam, Asia

MANILA, Philippines — Police in the Philippines said Wednesday that they had arrested three suspects in the kidnapping of an American in the country’s south and that they believe the victim, who was shot in the leg during the abduction, is still alive. Two of the suspects in the Oct. 17 kidnapping of Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, in Sibuco town in Zamboanga del Norte province surrendered separately and pointed to a third suspect, who was arrested in Sibuco, police officials said. Three other suspects, who may be holding Eastman, have been identified, police said, adding that more people could be involved. He has been posting Facebook videos of his life in Sibuco, a remote and poor coastal town, where the suspects spotted him, Galvez said. The Abu Sayyaf group had targeted American and other Western tourists and religious missionaries, most of whom were freed after ransoms were paid.

Persons: Elliot Onil Eastman, “, Helen Galvez, ”, Galvez, Eastman, Abu Sayyaf, ransoms, Guillermo Sobero, Martin Burnham, Gracia Burnham Organizations: Philippines — Police, Eastman, Associated Press, Catholic Locations: MANILA, Philippines, Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte, Vermont, Moro Islamic, American, Basilan, Philippine, Sirawai

☆ ‘Emily in Paris’ star Lucas Bravo mulling exit from show because he’s ‘frustrated’ with his character’s direction
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Actor Lucas Bravo has some notes about his “Emily in Paris” character. “It makes me question if I want to be part of Season 5,” Bravo added. “When you love something you want it to be…you want the best version of it,” Bravo told IndieWire. “I’m not going to lie, I’ve been frustrated with the direction my character is taking. The show is not over.”“Emily in Paris” stars Collins, Ashley Park, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Kate Walsh, Camille Razat and Lucien Laviscount, among others.

Persons: Lucas Bravo, Emily, Paris, Gabriel –, Lily Collins, ” Bravo, IndieWire, “ I’ve, ”, Bravo, Gabriel, “, “ I’m, I’ve, Collins, Ashley Park, Philippine Leroy, Beaulieu, Kate Walsh, Camille Razat, Lucien Laviscount Organizations: CNN, Netflix Locations: guacamole, Rome, Paris, Philippine, Chicago

☆ Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte confirms existence of ‘death squad’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

MANILA, the Philippines — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed a “death squad” existed under his watch to control crime when he was Davao City mayor, but gave conflicting accounts of its makeup, first saying it was run by police officers, then by gangsters. Appearing on Monday before a Senate inquiry into his campaign against illegal drugs, Duterte identified “commanders” of the death squad which he said included former national police chief-turned senator Ronaldo dela Rosa, who was also present at the hearing. “That is the job of the police,” said Duterte, who admitted to senators that thousands of criminals had died when he was Davao mayor. Police reject allegations that the killings were executions, saying the drug suspects violently resisted arrest and that authorities acted in self-defense. Senator dela Rosa, who oversaw Duterte’s bloody crackdown when he was national police chief, previously said the death squads were “fiction.” In the hearing on Monday, he played down Duterte’s remarks, saying they should be taken as a joke.

Persons: Rodrigo Duterte, ”, Duterte, Ronaldo dela Rosa, —, ” Duterte, “, dela Rosa, Duterte’s Organizations: Davao City, Senate Locations: MANILA, Philippines, Philippine, Davao

☆ Super Typhoon Kong-rey (Leon) edges towards Taiwan, could sweep ‘almost the whole’ island
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | Eric Cheung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Authorities in Taiwan are warning residents along its eastern coast to brace for the impacts Super Typhoon Kong-rey, which has rapidly intensified as it barrels towards the island after bashing the Philippines. Kong-rey, moving northwest over the Philippine Sea, reached super-typhoon strength on Wednesday, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC). More than 6,000 first responders have also been put on standby to assist in response to the typhoon, according to the Central Emergency Operations Center. Two outlying islands of Taiwan, Green Island and Orchid Island, suspended work and classes on Wednesday, according the county government. As of Wednesday morning, Kong-rey continued to skirt the island’s north as it moved towards Taiwan.

Persons: Chu Mei, ” Chu, Chu, Krathon, Trami, Kristine, rey Organizations: CNN, Authorities, Typhoon Kong, Typhoon Warning, Central Weather Administration, Ministry of National Defense, Central Emergency Operations Center Locations: Taiwan, Typhoon, Philippines, Kong, Philippine, Taitung, Taipei, Green, Luzon, Leon

☆ The Philippines is prone to extreme weather. But few expected Tropical Storm Trami to be this devastating
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The Philippines is struck by multiple typhoons a year and Trami was not an especially strong storm when it made landfall, at least in terms of windspeed. Residents use a boat to recover items from their flooded homes as the storm inundated Libon town, Albay province, Philippines on Thursday October 24, 2024. A neighborhood in Talisay, Batangas province, Philippines was swept away by a landslide triggered by Tropical Storm Trami on October 26, 2024. Villagers gather to pay respects to family and friends who died after a landslide hit their homes triggered by Tropical Storm Trami, in Talisay, Batangas province on October 26, 2024. A man crosses a flooded rice field as Trami dumped heavy rains at Libon town, Albay province, Philippines on October 24, 2024.

Persons: Trami, Kristine, ” Garlan, Garland, “ We’re, ”, John Michael Magdasoc, Ferdinand Marcos, we’ll, ” Marcos, Aaron Favila, Hermilando Mandanas, Raynaldo Dejucos, –, “ I’m, ” Dejucos, Heinrich Sandrino, Sandrino, Marcos, Kong Rey, Gaemi, Typhoon Yagi Organizations: CNN, Trami, Residents, Typhoon Kong, PTV, AP, Kong Locations: Philippines, Bicol, Sorsogon, Bulan, Sorsogon –, Manila, Libon, Albay, Philippine, Batangas province, Trami, Talisay, Batangas, Typhoon, Leon, Bicol’s, Camarines Sur, China, Vietnam, Thua Thien Hue, Taiwan, Luzon, Southeast Asia

☆ Philippine preacher denies accusations of sexual abuse
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Quiboloy, 74, denied the claims, saying: “There is no truth to what they said.” He challenged the accusers to file charges regarding the new allegations. Teresita Valdehueza told senators she left the church after 19 years of membership in 1999 due to the alleged abuse. “If you say I do not want, he will say you did not overcome your flesh. Quiboloy was arrested last month after thousands of police officers searched his sprawling compound in the southern city of Davao. Former President Duterte and his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, have accused the police of rights violations and abuse of power in arresting Quiboloy, widening the rift between the Duterte family and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s administration.

Persons: Apollo Quiboloy, “, God ”, of Jesus Christ, ”, Teresita Valdehueza, God, ” Valdehueza, undressed, ” Yulya, Quiboloy, Tartova, Rodrigo Duterte, Duterte, Sara Duterte, Ferdinand Marcos Jr Organizations: Federal Bureau of Investigation Locations: MANILA, Philippines, Philippine, of, Ukrainian, Davao, United States

☆ Philippines' growth strategy might be invalidated by greater spread of AI adoption: BMI
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPhilippines' growth strategy might be invalidated by greater spread of AI adoption: BMIDarren Tay from BMI explains why the Philippine economy is vulnerable to AI technology given its high exposure to the BPO industry.

Persons: Darren Tay Organizations: BMI Locations: Philippine

☆ An American was kidnapped from a southern Philippine town and a search is underway
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Philippine police said Friday it has launched a search after gunmen reportedly abducted an American national, who was shot in the leg as he tried to resist before being spirited away from a southern Philippine coastal town by speedboat. Police in Sibuco town in the southern province of Zamboanga del Norte tried to pursue the suspected abductors and their victim, who they identified as Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, from Vermont, after the reported abduction on Thursday night. “We confirm that there was a report of the alleged abduction of an American national,” the regional police said in a statement. The southern Philippines has bountiful resources but has long been hamstrung by stark poverty and an array of insurgents and outlaws. They targeted American and other Western tourists and religious missionaries, most of whom were freed after ransoms were paid.

Persons: Elliot Onil Eastman, Hamsiran Jala, Eastman, Abu, Abu Sayyaf, ransoms Organizations: Philippine, Catholic, Police, American, Associated Press, Eastman, Facebook, Embassy Locations: American, Philippine, Philippines, Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte, Vermont, Basilan, Sulu, Sibuco ., U.S, Manila, Moro Islamic, Abu Sayyaf, United States, beheadings, Sirawai

☆ Pregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Story The Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Phnom Penh, Cambodia AP —Thirteen pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth, a senior Interior Ministry official said Saturday. The law was updated in 2016 to ban commercial surrogacy after Cambodia became a popular destination for foreigners seeking women to give birth to their children. The surrogacy business boomed in Cambodia after it was put under tight restrictions in neighboring Thailand, as well as in India and Nepal. She said the seven Philippine women and four Vietnamese women who were caught in the raid but who were not pregnant would be deported soon. The 13 pregnant women have been placed under care at a hospital in Phnom Penh, said Chou Bun Eng.

Persons: Chou Bun Eng, ” “ Organizations: Cambodia AP, Interior Ministry, Associated Press, Philippine Embassy, Embassy Locations: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Kandal province, Philippine, United States, Australia, Thailand, India, Nepal

☆ Efforts by the US to counter China in the South China Sea could backfire
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The US has played a key role in countering China in the South China Sea. They "want a Goldilocks situation in the South China Sea — not too hot, not too cold," he added. A China Coast Guard ship, at right, sails past the Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Cape Engaño on August 26, 2024. AdvertisementASEAN held its annual summit in Laos this week, in part to discuss territorial tensions in the South China Sea. A Philippine Coast Guard vessel and a Chinese Coast Guard vessel during an incident in the South China Sea on August 19, 2024.

Persons: —, Bill Hayton, Antony Blinken, Hunter Marston, Omar Zaghloul, Bush, Marston, George W, Obama, Trump, Biden, It's, Martson, Gregory B, Poling, Chatham House's, Samuel Paparo, Hayton, Sabina, REUTERS Poling, Mutual Defense Treaty, of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro Organizations: US, Service, Chatham, South China, China Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard, BRP, ROSA, Getty, ASEAN, Southeast, Australian National University, Coral Bell School of Asia, Pacific Affairs, Anadolu Agency, Center for Strategic, Studies, Asia Program, Transparency Initiative, Pacific Command, US National Bureau of Economic Research, coastguard, Coast Guard, Chinese Coast Guard, REUTERS, Mutual Defense, CBS, of National Defense Locations: China, South China, Philippines, South, Asia, Chatham House's Asia, BRP Cape Engaño, AFP, Laos, Filipino, United States, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Brunei, Pacific, Chatham House's Hayton, Philippine, Taiwan, Hong Kong, West Philippine, Weibo, Handout, Poling, Ukraine

☆ China’s ‘New Great Wall’ Casts a Shadow on Nepal
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

Hilsa Village NEPAL CHINA Area of detail CHINA Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA 75 miles NEPAL CHINA Hilsa Village CHINA Area of detail Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA 75 miles Source: OpenStreetMap, ESRI By Agnes ChangThe Nepalis have other complaints, too. “This is the new Great Wall of China,” said Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, the former provincial chief minister of the area. Without proper roads, it takes goat herders three days to cover the seven miles from Simikot, Nepal, to Humla. CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDER CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDER CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDERThe Chinese side used to be nearly as remote, the seclusion broken only by a flow of pilgrims to Mount Kailash, which is holy to four faiths. Just 20 miles away is the junction of China, Nepal and India.

Persons: Nepalis, Agnes Chang, Dalai Lama, ”, Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, Xi’s, Xi, Brian Hart, ” Mr, Hart, Arzu Rana Deuba, —, Saud, Saud’s, “, Mr, Deuba, Pan Yue, China “, Shahi, Lhamu Lama, Hilsa, Pema Wangmu Lama Organizations: Chinese Communist Party, Covid, China Power, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Liberation Army, U.S . Department of Defense, The New York Times, Nepali Home Ministry, The Times, Communist, Security, Guard, Times, National Ethnic Affairs, Nepali Locations: Tibet, Nepal, Nepal’s Humla District, China, Hilsa, NEPAL CHINA, CHINA Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA, NEPAL CHINA Hilsa, CHINA, Humla, NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA, ESRI, Nepali, Nepal’s Humla, Simikot, Beijing, Washington, Philippine, India, Humla District, N.P, Hulma, Kathmandu, Vietnam, People’s Republic of China, CHINA NEPAL CHINA, NEPAL, Mount Kailash, Xinjiang, Purang, ”, Bhutan, District

☆ Global trade at risk as tensions escalate in South China Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Dylan Butts | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A vessel identified by the Philippine Coast Guard as "Chinese maritime militia" (back R) and a China Coast Guard vessel (front R) sailing near the Philippine military chartered Unaizah May 4 (L) during its supply mission to Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on March 5, 2024. Some of the world's busiest shipping lanes are at risk due to rising tensions in the South China Sea, experts warn. In recent months, skirmishes have escalated in the highly-contested South China Sea – a marginal sea in the Western Pacific ocean that's a crucial trade route for China, Japan and India, three of the world's biggest economies. These developments in the South China Sea should be on the radar of global markets and supply chains due to the importance of these waterways to international trade, according to Marko Papic, chief global geo-macro strategist at BCA Research. "The South China Sea is the most valuable shipping lane in the world in terms of the value of trade that transits through it," Papic told CNBC, noting that conflict there poses obvious risks to global shipping.

Persons: Thomas Shoal, Marko Papic, Papic Organizations: Philippine Coast Guard, China Coast Guard, Philippine, Unaizah, Beijing, BCA Research, CNBC Locations: China, South China, Japan, India, Philippines, Vietnam, South, U.S

☆ Rare satellite image shows China's only two operational aircraft carriers together at a base in the South China Sea
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-10 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A satellite image shows China's two operational aircraft carriers docked together. Liaoning and Shandong were pier-side at Sanya Naval Base on Hainan Island in the South China Sea. AdvertisementA rare satellite image captured China's two fully operational aircraft carriers sitting pier-side together in the South China Sea earlier this week. CNS Liaoning and CNS Shandong, China's two fully operational aircraft carriers, pier-side at Hainan Island. Kevin Frayer/Getty ImagesThe Shandong, China's second carrier, is the country's first domestically-produced aircraft carrier.

Persons: —, Kuznetsov, Admiral Kuznetsov, Kevin Frayer, Pu Organizations: Sanya Naval, Service, South China, Business, People's Liberation Army Navy's, Ford, Getty Locations: Liaoning, Shandong, Sanya, Sanya Naval Base, Hainan, South China, South, People's Liberation Army Navy's Liaoning, Vietnam, CNS Liaoning, China's, China, Russia's, Fujian, Taiwan, Xinhua, East, Philippine, Pacific, Russia, Beijing, Scarborough, Philippines

☆ Olivia Rodrigo donates all sales from historic Manila show to group that helps women and girls
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Olivia Rodrigo, who’s currently on her GUTS World Tour, capped off a memorable stop in the Philippines with another major announcement. The global organization, an affiliate with Johns Hopkins University, helps provide health care to women and girls in the Philippines. to say I’m grateful doesn’t even cut it!” Rodrigo wrote in a post, before saying “I love you” in Filipino. Filipino fans, of course, rightfully had no chill. !” Rodrigo wrote on social media.

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