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B14 WORLD Tuesday, 9 July 2019 Daily Tribune TSUNAMI WARNING LIFTED 6.9 quake rocks Indonesia The Southeast Asian nation is one of the most disaster-hit on Earth due to its position straddling the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates collide Tianjin has established a complete autonomous information industry including high-performance chips, autonomous control system, high-performance server and database, setting up a model on the transformation of technologic innovation achievements BEIJING, China — China has built six National Supercomputing Centers (NSCC) since 2009, serving as a new JAKARTA, Indonesia — A strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off Indonesia on Sunday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported, triggering a brief tsunami warning that sent panicked residents fleeing to higher ground. The Southeast Asian nation is one of the most disaster-hit on Earth due to its position straddling the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates collide. Earthquakes and tsunamis have claimed thousands of lives in recent years. Sunday’s quake struck at a depth of 24 kilometers in the Molucca Sea, 185 China supercomputing advances driver for the country’s innovation, according to the NSCC in north China’s Tianjin Municipality, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the founding of the center on Saturday. Since the establishment of the NSCC in Tianjin was approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology in May 2009, other five supercomputing centers were founded one after another in Shenzhen, Jinan, Changsha, Guangzhou and Wuxi, respectively. As the first supercomputing center in China, the NSCC in Tianjin is not only where China’s first petaflop supercomputer the Tianhe-1 is located, but also responsible for developing China’s new generation of the exascale supercomputer the Tianhe-3. Tianjin has established a complete autonomous information industry including high-performance chips, autonomous control system, high-performance server and database, setting up a model on the transformation of technologic innovation achievements, said Li Xiang, vice president of the National University of Defense Technology. “The supercomputer has become a symbol of power reflecting the innovative capabilities of China. Next, we will connect these supercomputing centers and share the resources nationwide,” said Mei Jianping, deputy director-general of the Department of High and New Technology of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Xinhua kilometers southeast of Manado, between Sulawesi and Malkuku islands, according to the USGS. Indonesia’s geophysics agency issued a tsunami warning for coastal communities nearby, where residents were advised to stay away from the coast. The warning was later lifted by the agency and there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Residents of Ternate in the Maluku island chain described panic as the quake hit. AFP ROHINGYA children walk around a landslide area at Balukhali refugee camp in Ukhia on Sunday. Monsoon-triggered landslides have killed one person and left more than 4,500 homeless. AFP AFGHAN security personnel arrive at the site of a car bomb attack that targeted an intelligence unit in Ghazni on Sunday. A Taliban car bomb in eastern Afghanistan killed at least five people and wounded scores, officials said. AFP While fighting was going on some of the villagers started running away from their houses at the time the fighter jet was bombarding the terrorists KANO, Nigeria — At least 13 civilians were killed in an air raid as the military repulsed a jihadist assault in northeast Borno state, residents and a security source said Sunday. Multiple inhabitants of Gajiganna village, 50 kilometers (30 miles) from state capital Maiduguri, told AFP Afghan peace in the works Washington has said it wants to seal a political deal with the Taliban ahead of Afghan presidential polls DOHA, Qatar — Dozens of powerful Afghans including bitter rivals met the Taliban in Doha on Sunday, discussing a possible ceasefire and the future of women and minorities after 18 years of conflict. Stakes are high for the talks which follow a week of US-Taliban negotiations with both sides eyeing a peace deal. Washington has said it wants to seal a political deal with the Taliban ahead of Afghan presidential polls due in September to allow foreign forces to begin to withdraw. Security was tight at the luxury hotel Nigeria air strike kills 13 civilians a military jet on Tuesday targeted jihadists from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) after they attacked a nearby military base. The Nigerian air force, however, said it had no reports of civilian casualties. Fleeing residents were caught up in the bombing, residents said on condition of anonymity over fears for their personal safety. “We lost 13 people in the bombardment as many people tried to escape the fighting between the insurgents and troops,” a resident said. “Many people were injured in the attack,” he said. The military jet was deployed around 7:30 p.m. (1830GMT) to support troops in the base who were trying to fight off the militants, residents said. “Many residents were too scared to remain in their homes and ran out to escape from the village as the fighting raged between the troops and the insurgents,” a second resident said. “They were mistaken for the attackers by the jet which fired on them, killing 13 and injuring many,” he said. Nigerian air force spokesman Ibikunle Daramola told AFP “there has been no such report” of civilian casualties from forces on the ground. “What I can assure you is that the Nigerian Air Force responded to provide close air support to our troops that were under attack by the Boko Haram terrorists and everything that was done was in coordination with the army,” he said. But a security source in Maiduguri confirmed the incident to AFP and blamed residents for flouting military orders to remain indoors. “The villagers were warned not to step out of their homes before the terrorists attacked because there was intelligence they were planning an attack,” said the source. “While fighting was going on some of the villagers started running away U.S. losing insurance market lead China consolidated its position as the second largest insurance market globally in 2018, with total premiums reaching $575 billion BEIJING, China — China is expected to surpass the United States to become the world’s largest insurance market in the mid-2030s, according to a report from Swiss Re Institute. China consolidated its position as the second largest insurance market globally in 2018, with total premiums reaching $ 575 billion. However, the Chinese market is currently still less than 40 percent of the size of the US market and is also smaller than the three largest markets in Europe — Britain, Germany and France — combined. The shortfalls serve to highlight the catch-up potential. Swiss Re Institute forecast that the Asia-Pa cific region will account for 42 percent of the global premiums by 2029, mainly driven by China. China’s share of the global premiums went from zero in 1980 to 11 percent in 2018 and is forecast to reach 20 percent over the next decade and then surpass the US as the biggest market in the mid-2030s. Global insurance premiums passed the $5 trillion mark for the first time in 2018, equivalent to more than 6 percent of the world’s gross domestic product, the report said. Led by the emerging markets, global insurance premiums are likely to grow by 3 percent in real terms over the next two years. Life premiums will increase by 2.9 percent, well above the 0.6 percent annual average of the previous 10 years, with a bounce back in China as the main driver. Xinhua CHILDREN play in a water park in Bozhou, Anhui Province as summer officially starts in China. XINHUA hosting the intra-Afghan summit as around 70 delegates, who were required to surrender their phones, filed into the hall. They sat in a vast semi-circle facing a large video screen and the hosts from Qatar and Germany. Taliban negotiator Abbas Stanikzai had a brief altercation with a security guard as he attempted to enter the secure conference area. But he and the rest of the Taliban delegation, which included Suhail Shaheen, the group’s Doha office spokesman, took their seats in the expansive ballroom shortly before the talks began at 0630 GMT. The discussions concluded just after 1500 GMT, two delegates said, and were due to resume on Monday morning. AFP from their houses at the time the fighter jet was bombarding the terrorists,” said the security source who asked not to be named for fear of sanction. “I learned between 13 and 16 people from the village died and some others were wounded”, he said. A military officer said ISWAP fighters in nine pickup trucks fitted with machine guns attacked the base around 17:00 GMT, engaging troops in a gunbattle. The jihadists were subdued with the support of the fighter jet which destroyed six trucks and captured two others, the officer said. AFP
Tuesday, 9 July 2019 Daily Tribune NATION Osmeña sued for stripping office bare B15 Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña Hefty penalty opposed By Andrio Atienza PUERTO PRINCESA — Opposition Councilor Peter Maristela has asked his fellow city councilors to convince Puerto Princesa Mayor Lucilo Bayron to reduce the P3,000 penalty against traffic violators in the city. Maristela said it was Bayron who “ordered” the increase of the penalty to P3,000. “I know that it was an order of the mayor to increase the penalty...” City Ordinance 909 amends the City Traffic Management Code and imposed P3000 penalty for traffic violators. The ordinance, which took effect last April 2018 aims to ease traffic congestion in the city. For his part, Councilor Elgin Robert Damasco said he wants to lower the penalty especially on tricycles that ply in the city. Damasco also said he accepted the challenge to lead the committee on transportation as no one would want to lead the committee formerly led by Rolando Amurao. “I believe that whatever amount is not enough to discipline them. It depends on how they will follow the law,” Damasco said. The councilor said public consultations among different organizations of tricycles and operators must be organized first before they amend the ordinance. “I would like to suggest that if the violators would commit four or five times, their franchise would be revoked. Then maybe they will follow the rules on our traffic.” “I think they will not commit mistakes to avoid reaching the maximum number of violation because they fear that their franchise will be canceled,’’ Damasco said. Meanwhile, Damasco has also urged the new administration to pass an ordinance that will increase the salary of job-order employees in the city government. Osmeña lost to then vice mayor Edgardo Labella in the May elections Former Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña is facing charges before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas for stripping his office bare when he left the city hall last month. Complainant Mejelito Cajes from the city’s Building Maintenance Office, in his complaint filed yesterday said Osmeña and his staff “willfully, unlawfully, feloniously destroyed and demolished” the mayor’s office when they removed the tiles, pipes, toilet, lavatory, faucet and the mayor’s seal before the new mayor assumed office. Osmeña was accused of theft malicious mischief, grave misconduct, grave neglect of By Rico Osmeña The Environmental Management Bureau-Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas yesterday conducted its investigation on the allegations raised by Biga Barangay officials against the blasting activities of Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC) in Toledo City, Cebu. The Barangay Council of Biga, in its complaint letter to Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Director Efren Carido said two recent blasting activities of the CCC allegedly caused cracks on the walls and floors of houses within 350 meters away from the mining site. The council said the issuance of notices were not consistent with the blasting activities and duty, conduct unbecoming of a public official and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service. Osmeña’s executive assitants Raymund Paul Climaco Taboada and Fransisco Fernandez; an architect of the City Planning Office; heads of a private security firm; security officers; the contractor of Dakay Construction and 32 of its workers were also named respondents in the complaint as they “conspired” with the former mayor. “Respondent Tomas Osmeña is the mastermind after having readily admitted before the press that he ordered Pericles Dakay owner and president Blasts probed For his part, Biga Barangay Captain Pedro Sepada Jr. insisted that the blasting activities greatly affected the lives of the residents in the barangay A MAN selling bananas along Commowealth Avenue in Quezon City. ANALY LABOR further complained that the groundwater spring which is the source of water of the residents dried up because of the blasting activities. For his part, Biga Barangay Captain Pedro Sepada Jr. insisted that the blasting activities greatly affected the lives of the residents in the barangay. of Dakay Construction and his staff at the Office of the Mayor to take out his personal property or everything he paid for when he renovated the Office of the Mayor after the Sangguniang Panlungsod denied his request to renovate the eight floor back in 2016,” Cajes said. In the complaint, Cajes argued that under Republic Act 386 or the Civil Code of the Philippines, officials who introduce improvements to their office out of private funds lose what they built without right to compensation. Osmeña lost to then vice mayor Edgardo Labella in the May elections. KAC “We will work at ensuring that mine wastes are not dumped anywhere, that our human rights are respected and that the barangay’s income will improve from mine wastes fees,” Sepada added. According to the barangay around 60-70 families in Sitio Danawan and Hag-it have been affected due to the blasting activities. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, in an interview said the local government would act on the complaint of the Biga Barangay officials only if they will file a complaint before her office. Suspect in footbridge By Aldwin Quitasol death found The Baguio City Police Office (BCPO) will file criminal charges against the man who hit a pedestrian as the latter was going down a footbridge in Baguio City. Allan Rae Co of the BCPO on 8 July said they will definitely file a homicide case against the suspect identified as Marc Calical. On 1 July, Calical was seen in a closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) hitting the victim Colin Akinchang as the latter was going down the stairs at an overpass in Magsaysay Avenue in the city. The victim was outbalanced and fell facedown hitting his head against the concrete. He was rushed to the hospital for treatment but later died. The CCTV footage that went viral since led to the suspect’s identification. Co said Calical went hiding at his house in Bauko, Mountain Province after the CCTV footage went viral in social media. Co disclosed that through the family and relatives of Calical and the efforts of the local government of Bauko, the suspect surrendered to the Bauko police. He said the Bauko Municipal Police Station contacted the BCPO for the safe transfer of Calical to the city. Before the flood An official from the Department of Public Order and Safety checks the condition of this banca in preparation for the rainy season. ANALY LABOR
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