Cuba has run out of diesel and oil, energy minister says

The minister says the situation in Cuba is "extremely tense", as a US-led blockade of oil to the country causes widespread power cuts.

Video Shows Philippine Senator Outrunning Agents and Avoiding I.C.C. Warrant

Video shows Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court over Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, dashing into the Philippine Senate.

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Cuba has run out of diesel and fuel oil, energy minister says, as US blockade pushes island to brink

Minister Vicente de la O Levy says ‘Cuba is open to anyone that wants to sell us fuel’ as rolling power blackouts increase Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, the country’s energy minister said on Wednesday, as Havana faces its worst rolling blackouts in decades amid a US blockade that has strangled the island of fuel. “We have absolutely no fuel (oil), and absolutely no diesel,” the energy minister, Vicente de la O Levy, said on state media, adding that the national grid was ...

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Video: Philippine senator flees ICC arrest over role in drug war

Philippines Senator Ronald Dela Rosa has taken refuge in the country’s parliament, as police sought to detain him.

Dela Rosa’s flight turns Philippine Senate into battleground for ICC accountability

A clip of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa running through the Senate halls to evade an International Criminal Court arrest warrant has become one of the most startling images in recent Philippine politics. By Tuesday, the former national police chief was still inside the Senate under protective custody, turning the chamber into the centre of a legal and political stand-off over whether one of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s closest allies could be handed over to The Hague. But Monday’s cha...

By Sam Beltran

Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate where authorities tried to arrest a senator

Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate

A burst of gunfire rang out late Wednesday in the Philippine Senate, sparking chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court in connection with a deadly government crackdown on drugs. No one was hurt, officials said. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. asked the public to stay calm in televised remarks. It was not immediately clear who fired the shots or why. The gunfire erupted as Philippine authorities tried to arrest Sen. Ronald del

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Cuba Has "No Fuel, No Diesel" Amid Hormuz Blockade: Energy Minister

Cuba has installed 1,300 megawatts of solar power over the past two years, but much of that capacity is lost to grid instability amid fuel shortages.

Duterte ally flees agents in Philippine Senate to avoid arrest under ICC warrant

Closed-circuit television caught images of Sen. Ronald dela Rosa dashing down hallways and up emergency stairwells to evade arrest.

Bato dela Rosa no longer inside Senate premises – source

(1st UPDATE) Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa's exit comes after gunshots were fired inside the Senate premises

By Dwight de Leon

Palace: Senate sergeant-at-arms was first to fire; meant as warning shot to NBI

MANILA, Philippines — Palace Press Officer Claire Castro on Thursday said Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca first fired a warning shot at National Bureau of Investigation agent who was at the premises of the Government Service Insurance System, prompting the latter to fire back. She said this during a briefing a day following the chaos that

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Tulfo: Cayetano shifted caucus to majority-only before Senate gunfire

Sen. Erwin Tulfo said Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano changed a planned all-member caucus on Wednesday, May 13, into a majority-only meeting, which is why minority senators had already left the premises when gunshots rang out in the Senate.

By Cristina Chi

Cuba has run out of diesel and fuel oil amid US oil blockade

Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, the country's energy and mines minister said ​on Wednesday, as the capital Havana faces its worst rolling blackouts in ‌decades amid a U.S. blockade that has strangled the island of fuel.

By Abubakar Ibrahim