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MANILA — The Philippine authorities said at least seven people had been killed by tropical storm Ewiniar, which hit the country on the weekend, and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on May 28 that search and rescue efforts would continue.
Raising tensions in the South China Sea is “the last thing we would like”, said Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr recently, when pressed on whether Manila would adopt more aggressive tactics, such as the water cannons used by the Chinese. “And that [using water cannons] will certainly do that,” he said, dismissing the idea.
“While the ‘buyers’ are often childless couples who may want to start a family and [are] frustrated with the adoption policies, children are also subject to being sexually exploited by syndicates who groom children for paedophiles,” Amihan Abueva, regional executive director of Child Rights Coalition Asia and the co-founder of anti-child trafficking organisation ECPAT, told This Week in Asia.
On Thursday, one of Duterte’s most trusted police officers, Police Colonel Richard Bad-ang, was removed from post as Davao City police chief. The next day, 34 other police officers, including six station commanders, were removed from their posts, according to Davao City mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, the youngest son of the former president.
The 165-metre Chinese coastguard vessel with bow number 5901, nicknamed “The Monster”, was seen on Friday 93km (50 nautical miles) off the Scarborough Shoal, a highly contested maritime feature, accompanied by another 102-metre long coastguard ship. Beijing refers to the shoal as Huangyan Island while Manila has named it Panatag Shoal.
On May 8, as the Philippine armed forces made history by firing their first ever acquired anti-ship cruise missile during high-profile war games, the country’s top official was noticeably absent inside the military command centre.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan said Monday that North Korea has informed it of a plan to launch a satellite by June 3, an apparent effort to put its second military spy satellite into orbit.
