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Marcos to be buried at Libingan ng mga Bayani today November 18 2016

MANILA – The remains of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos will be buried at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes’ Cemetery) on Friday, a police official said.

The body will be flown to Manila from Ilocos Norte province and will be interred by noon, said Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office.

The Supreme Court on Nov.8 ruled that there was no basis to stop Marcos’ burial at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, which had been given the greenlight by President Rodrigo Duterte.

Pinay set on fire by Iranian in Japan restaurant

Pinay set on fire in Japan restaurant

TOKYO – A man set a woman on fire following an argument in a restaurant in Japan, local media reported yesterday, in a rare act of violence in the country.

The 52-year-old Iranian man was seen pouring liquid over his 36-year-old Filipina girlfriend before setting her alight at the eatery in Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Friday, reports cited police as saying.

Workers at the restaurant called an ambulance, saying: “People are burning.”

The couple was taken to hospital with severe burns and both remain unconscious, public broadcaster NHK said.

There were several customers inside the restaurant at the time of the incident, but no one else was injured, the reports said.

Police are treating the case as attempted murder.

The man and woman had been advised by police to stay away from each other following a dispute involving their child, Kyodo News reported.          – AFP

Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand

A strong new earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck New Zealand’s South Island on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, hours after a more powerful quake killed two people and damaged buildings along the east coast of the South Island.

The latest quake was initially measured with a magnitude of 6.8. It struck at about 1.45 p.m. local time (0045 GMT) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), about 120 km (75 miles) northeast of Christchurch, the USGS said. — Reuters