MANILA: Authorities intercepted yesterday afternoon six anti-tank improvised explosive devices (IED) from a suspected member of the leftist New People’s Army (NPA) in Davao, the local military said.
The explosive devices or landmines were caught in the possession of Joey Atienza, at Upper Mabuhay village in Paquibato District, said Lieutenant Colonel Inocencio Pasaporte, commander of the 69th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.
Easter Island statue in Japan
TOKYO: A giant statue from Chile’s Easter Island yesterday found a new home in a small tsunami-devastated Japanese town where it will become a symbol for its recovery.
The three-metre Moai statue is a gift from Chile, which pledged to supply a new statue to the fishing community of Minami Sanriku after the town’s original was destroyed in the disaster.
Japanese PM’s house haunted?
TOKYO: A delay in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife moving into their official residence, the site of past assassinations, has revived talk of ghosts in the corridors, prompting the government to deny any knowledge of hauntings.
Asked by an opposition lawmaker about the reported hauntings, the government issued a statement on Friday saying it was not aware of ghost sightings, Asahi newspaper and other media reported.
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