FRENCH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS STRIKE ON SEPTEMBER 15 Updated on September 14, 2016 at 15h00 Paris local time In the context of a national call for strike action on Thursday 15 September, the DGAC (French Civil Aviation Authority) has requested airlines to adapt their flight schedule to and from Paris airports. The […]
The U.S. Consulate General advises all U.S. citizens that local authorities are forecasting that Super Typhoon Meranti will impact South China, particularly eastern Fujian province, the morning of Thursday (September 15) through late Friday evening (September 16). Weather conditions are expected to deteriorate rapidly and may include maximum sustained winds of at least 150 mph, […]
Australia’s Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) announced Wednesday a week of industrial action at airports, starting from September 26, in a bid to force a swift end to its dispute with the government. After almost three years of bargaining, the trade union has been unable to clinch a deal with the government and the Department of Immigration and […]
A MASSIVE earthquake has rocked Colombia, striking close to one of the country’s largest cities and forcing people to run for their lives during a mass evacuation of the surrounding area More than 400 people had to flee their homes in Citadel Sevilla, Medellin – the home city of infamous cocaine drug lord Pablo Escobar. […]
The south east of Australia is set for a deluge of rain over the next 24 hours, with a month’s worth of rain forecast to fall in parts of Victoria tomorrow. Sydney could be hit by 34mm rain starting from this evening – half the amount that usually falls throughout the whole of September. Floods were […]
Flights from Manila to Basco, Batanes and vice versa have also been cancelled. Several areas in Northern Luzon are preparing for Typhoon Ferdie (Meranti), which could make landfall in Batanes very early Wednesday, September 14. Classes in all levels in Batanes were suspended Tuesday, September 13. As of 11 am on Tuesday, state weather bureau […]