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The Standard
13-06-2025
- The Standard
Air India flight makes emergency landing in Thailand after bomb threat; all passengers off plane
Air India flight 185 arrives from New Delhi at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo
Sunday World
27-04-2025
- Sunday World
Nine killed after car plows into revellers at street festival in Canada
The driver has been taken into custody, police said in a post on social media platform X, without giving further details A number of people are believed to have been killed (Rich Lam/The Canadian Press/AP) Nine people were killed when a car was driven into revellers at a street festival celebrating Filipino culture in Canada, local police have said. The vehicle entered a street in Vancouver where the Lapu Lapu Day festival was taking place just after 8pm local time on Saturday. A number of people were also injured. An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day block party, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 26, 2025. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier A 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested at the scene and the department's Major Crime Section is overseeing the investigation, police said. Police said early on Sunday they are 'confident that this incident was not an act of terrorism'.
The Star
27-04-2025
- General
- The Star
What is Lapu-Lapu Day? Filipinos shocked by festival tragedy in Vancouver
FILE PHOTO: Police officers walk on Fraser street, near the site of the Lapu Lapu day block party where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 26, 2025. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo MANILA (Reuters) - Thousands of Filipinos in Vancouver were celebrating Lapu-Lapu Day on Saturday, marking a defining moment in Philippine history, when tragedy struck - a vehicle drove into the crowd killing multiple people and injuring others. The festival, celebrated especially in the central Philippines, honours Datu Lapu-Lapu, the Filipino chieftain who famously defeated Spanish forces led by Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of Mactan in 1521 and became a national hero. The centrepiece of the festivities in Vancouver is a multi-block street party in the Sunset neighbourhood featuring Filipino food and traditions, live performances and cultural displays. The party on Saturday was just starting to break up but many people were still in the streets when a dark SUV rammed into the crowd. Police said they were investigating a mass casualty incident and had arrested a 30-year-old Vancouver man at the scene, but did not immediately give the number of fatalities or injured. "We pray that our community remains strong and resilient imbued with the spirit of bayanihan (community spirit) during this difficult time," The Philippine consulate in Vancouver said in a statement. The government of British Columbia officially recognised April 27 as Lapu-Lapu Day in 2023, acknowledging the cultural contributions of the Filipino-Canadian community, one of the largest immigrant groups in the province. Lapu-Lapu's victory is celebrated in the Philippines as a symbol of nation's resistance to colonisation and the bravery of its early leaders. The city of Lapu-Lapu on Mactan Island in the central Philippines is named in honour of the chieftain and serves as living tribute to his legacy. (Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by Kim Coghill)
Sunday World
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Sunday World
Multiple people dead and injured after vehicle plows into festival in Canada
The driver has been taken into custody, police said in a post on social media platform X, without giving further details An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day block party, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 26, 2025. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier A number of people were killed and multiple others were injured in Vancouver after a driver drove into a crowd at a Filipino street festival in the western Canadian city, police said on Saturday. The driver has been taken into custody, police said in a post on social media platform X, without giving further details. Police are expected to give an update at midnight. The incident happened shortly after 8 pm near East 41st Avenue and Fraser Street, where the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party was taking place. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on X: "I am devastated to hear about the horrific events at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver earlier this evening." Vancouver's Mayor Ken Sim and British Columbia Premier David Eby posted similar comments on X. One witness told CTV News he saw a black vehicle driving erratically in the area of the festival just before the crowd was struck. Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, was among the attendees at the event, but left minutes before the vehicle arrived, CTV news said. "This is so horrific, I don't even know what to say," CTV quoted Singh as saying. "I was just there, and I just imagine the faces of the kids that I saw smiling and dancing." Canada's federal election takes place on Monday. The Vancouver Sun said thousands of people had been in the area. "I didn't get to see the driver, all I heard was an engine rev," Yoseb Vardeh, co-owner of food truck Bao Buns, said in an interview with Postmedia. "I got outside my food truck, I looked down the road and there's just bodies everywhere,' said Vardeh, as his voice broke. "He went through the whole block, he went straight down the middle.'
