News Update
As of September 04, 2017 (Monday)
1. Manila Bulletin
North Korea declares hydrogen bomb test ‘a perfect success’
North Korea declared itself a thermonuclear power on Sunday, after carrying out a sixth nuclear test more powerful than any it has previously detonated. The announcement came after monitors measured a 6.3- magnitude tremor near the North’s main testing site, which South Korean experts said was five to six times stronger than that from the 10-kiloton test carried out a year ago.
Hours earlier, the North released images of Kim inspecting what it said was a miniaturised H-bomb that could be fitted onto an ICBM, at the Nuclear Weapons Institute. South Korean President Moon Jae-In summoned the National Security Council for an emergency meeting and Seoul’s military raised its alert level.
http://news.mb.com.ph/2017/09/03/north-korea-declares-hydrogen-bomb-test-a-perfect-success/
2. Philippine Star
Impeach raps vs ombudsman filed this week
An impeachment complaint is set to be filed against Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales this week. The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC), which supports President Duterte, will seek Morales’ ouster.
A draft of the impeachment complaint accuses the ombudsman of betrayal of public trust and culpable violations of the Constitution. It cites as bases Morales’ alleged selective prosecution of cases and inordinate delays or failure to act on complaints filed before the anti-graft office.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/09/04/1735665/impeach-raps-vs-ombudsman-filed-week 3. Daily Inquirer
Putin condemns North Korea nuclear test, appeals for calm
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Pyongyang’s claim it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb was a threat to regional peace and issued an appeal for calm.
Putin said the crisis on the Korean peninsula problems “should be resolved only by political and diplomatic means,” a Kremlin statement said. “We call on all interested parties to immediately return to dialogue and negotiations as the only possible way for an overall settlement of the problems of the Korean peninsula,” it said.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/927746/news-vladimir-putin-north-korea-russia-nuclear-test-japan-shinzo-abe 4. Manila Times
6 Malaysians, 2 Filipinos arrested for terror links
Six Malaysians and two Filipinos have been arrested by the Royal Malaysian Police in Taman Desa Baiduro, Cheras, in Kuala Lumpur for alleged involvement in terrorism, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed on Sunday.
One of the arrested Filipinos, according to Arevalo, was identified as Hajar Abdul Mubin alias Mheraiz, who was revealed to be the right hand man of Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader Furuji Indama based in Basilan province in southern Philippines.
http://www.manilatimes.net/6-malaysians-2-filipinos-arrested-terror-links/348465/
