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National emergency? Duterte nagbanta kontra kriminalidad

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 09:47 PM

Nagbabala si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng "matinding pagbabago" kung patuloy na maglilipana ang krimen sa bansa. Read more »

Winds whip California fires as they spread south

Veronique Dupont and Robyn Beck, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 09 09:47 AM

BONSALL, United States – Unrelenting winds fanned towering flames Friday in southern California, where hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee multiple devastating fires in the Los Angeles area and new outbreaks near San Diego.   Read more »

Turkey extends post-coup state of emergency

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 18 07:29 AM

Turkey's parliament voted on Monday to renew a state of emergency in effect since last year's failed coup attempt sparked the biggest crackdown in the country's modern history. Read more »

Palm Sunday bombings of Egyptian Coptic churches kill 44

Arwa Gaballa and Ahmed Tolba, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 10 11:35 AM

At least 44 people were killed in Egypt in bomb attacks at the cathedral of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday, prompting anger and fear among Christians and leading to troop deployments and the declaration of a three-month state of emergency. Read more »

Hollande proposes to extend French state of emergency until May

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 16 07:43 AM

President Francois Hollande on Tuesday proposed extending France's year-old state of emergency to May, to cover the next presidential election. Read more »

Duterte orders unnecessary checkpoints dismantled

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 05:46 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday ordered the dismantling of all checkpoints in the country, unless these were set up against a specific target. Read more »

Turkey pulls plug on 20 radio, TV channels in post-coup emergency decree

Ayla Jean Yackley, Reuters
Posted at Sep 30 06:16 PM

ISTANBUL - Turkey has ordered the closure of 20 television and radio stations, including one that airs children's programs, on charges they spread "terrorist propaganda", adding to fears that emergency rule is being used to stifle the media. Read more »

No grounds to suspend writ of habeas corpus: law dean

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 10:56 AM

The grounds for the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, which will pave the way for arrests without warrant, do not exist, a constitutional law expert said Friday. Read more »

Gordon wants 'habeas corpus' suspended for drugs, terrorism

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 05:56 PM

Congress should suspend writ of habeas corpus, which directs authorities to present a prisoner to the court to determine if the detention is lawful, for cases pertaining to drugs and terrorism, a senator said on Thursday. Read more »

'State of emergency' to push LGUs to action: Sueno

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 02:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of a state of national emergency will push the local government units (LGUs), especially those in sensitive areas, to be alert, the Interior and Local government chief said. Read more »

READ: Palace directives on 'State of national emergency'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 01:36 PM

Malacanang has issued the guidelines for the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police with regard to the state of national emergency declared by President Rodrigo Duterte on account of lawless violence in Mindanao. Read more »

Indonesian province declares emergency as forest fires flare

Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 02:20 PM

JAKARTA - Indonesia's western province of Riau has declared a state of emergency over forest and land fires blazing on the island of Sumatra, a government official said on Tuesday. Read more »

El Niño blamed for widespread flooding in Peru, Bolivia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 06:18 PM

Widespread flooding wreaked havoc across Peru and Bolivia killing at least two people and leaving at least 2,000 stranded. Read more »

Thousands rally across France over state of emergency extension

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 10:27 AM

Thousands of people marched through Paris and in other French cities on Saturday to decry the proposed extension of a state of emergency imposed after the November Paris attacks. Read more »

Mali declares 10-day state of emergency following hotel attack

Agence France Presse
Updated as of Nov 21 12:15 PM

Mali's government declared a 10-day nationwide state of emergency Friday evening after a jihadist attack on a hotel in the capital Bamako that left least 27 people dead. Read more »

Dozens killed in attacks in Paris, Hollande declares emergency

Ingrid Melander and Marine Pennetier, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 14 03:36 PM

Gunmen and bombers attacked busy restaurants, bars and a concert hall at locations around Paris on Friday, killing dozens of people in what a shaken President Francois Hollande described as an unprecedented terrorist attack. Read more »

France to decree state of emergency, shut borders: Hollande

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 14 10:09 AM

French President Francois Hollande said a state of emergency would be declared across France and national borders shut following a spate of attacks in Paris on Friday evening in which he said dozens were killed. Read more »