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by Sanjay Kanojia VARANASI, India | AFP | — A stampede at a religious gathering in northern India killed at least 24 people Saturday as thousands of devotees of a controversial guru tried to cross a bridge at once, police said. The followers of Jai Gurudev, a leader of a local religious sect, had gathered on the outskirts of Varanasi, a Hindu holy town in Uttar Pradesh state, when the deadly stampede broke out. […]
HANOI, Vietnam | AFP |– At least 11 people have died and several more are missing in heavy flooding in central Vietnam, state media said Saturday, with tens of thousands of homes completely submerged by water. The communist government has ordered local authorities to mobilise the army and police to rescue trapped residents following heavy downpours, state-run Vietnam Television reported. The channel said at least 11 had died in the flooding with some 27,000 […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – At least one person was killed and three were missing as the Philippines faces what could be “the most damaging” storm this year in the approaching Typhoon Sarika, officials said Saturday. A man was found dead on the seashore while three fishermen were reported missing in the eastern island of Catanduanes as Sarika, packing maximum winds of 180 kilometres (112 miles) per hour, passed nearby, the civil defence office said. […]
CLEVELAND, United States (AFP) – by Andrew BEATTY US President Barack Obama warned Friday that American “democracy itself” is on the ballot in November’s presidential election, as White House concern grows about the lasting impact of Republican Donald Trump’s scorched-earth campaign. At a fiery campaign event for Democrat Hillary Clinton in Cleveland, Ohio, Obama trashed Trump as a dictator-in-the-making, but also voiced concerns about how Trump’s legion of supporters might react to a possible election […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Filipino businessmen are expecting an increase in the trade between the Philippines and China with the upcoming visit of President Rodrigo Duterte to Beijing on October 18. Meanwhile, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Director-General Ernesto Pernia said that despite President Duterte’s anti-American rhetoric, there are still many foreign investors in the Philippines.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights will submit the report regarding its investigation on extra-judicial killings by Monday, October 17. According to Senator Richard Gordon, chairman of the Committee, all of the evidence connected with the rampant killings due to illegal drugs is being prepared. Gordon said that the laws that they will pass on the matter will help the country to prevent extra-judicial killings. https://youtu.be/VgqV04lSw5Y
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Presidential Task Force Against Media Killings will form a special oversight team composed of investigators and prosecutors to focus on media killings and to investigate threats against media workers. According to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, Administrative Order 1 proves that President Rodrigo Duterte cares about human rights. https://youtu.be/VynhL6No5XM
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Senate has no plans to re-open its investigation on extra-judicial killings even if other witnesses reveal themselves during the investigation of the representatives from the United Nations. According to Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights Chairman Senator Richard Gordon, the investigation proved that the government is not behind the killings but drug lords and drug syndicates to ensure that no one will testify against them.
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Itinalaga bilang bagong administrator ng Overseas Workers Welfare Administration o OWWA si dating Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Chief Hans Leo Cacdac. Pinalitan ni Cacdac si Rebecca Calzado. Si cacdac ang pinakabatang naging administrator ng OWWA. Naging bahagi rin siya sa repatriation team ng owwa para sa mga Overseas Filipino Worker (OFWs) na naapektuhan ng krisis sa Saudi Arabia. Sinuguro naman ni Cacdac na laging handa ang OWWA na magbigay […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Naki-isa ang Eagle Broadcasting Corporation sa malaking gawain para sa propagasyon ng Iglesia Ni Cristo. Nag-anyaya ng mga panauhin ang mga kawani ng EBC kaugnay ng isinagawang Lingap-Pamamahayag sa Templo, Central na pinangasiwaan ng kapatid na Glicerio Santos, Jr, Ministro ng Ebanghelyo. Bahagi ito ng pakiki-isa ng EBC sa puspusang gawaing Pagpapalaganap upang ipakilala ang Iglesia Ni Cristo sa mga kababayan. Una na ring nakibahagi ang mga boluntaryong kawani […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kinasuhan sa Ombudsman ni Albuera Police Chief Jovie Espenido si Senadora Leila De Lima at isang barangay kagawad dahil sa umano’y pagtanggap ng drug money. Ayon kay Espenido, tumanggap sina De Lima at nasabing barangay kagawad ng Payola mula kay suspected drug lord na si Kerwin Espinosa. Sinabi ni Espenido na ang pagsasampa ng kaso laban kina De Lima ay resulta ng serye ng imbestigasyon at panayam sa ilang tao […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nahaharap sa panibagong drug trafficking case si Senadora Leila De Lima sa Department Of Justice. Sina dating NBI Deputy Directors Reynaldo Esmeralda at Ruel Lasala ang naghain laban kay De Lima ng reklamong paglabag sa Section 5 ng Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 o ang ukol sa illegal drug trading trafficking at conspiracy sa pagsasagawa nito. Bukod kay De Lima, sinampahan din ng kaparehong reklamo nina Esmeralda at Lasala si […]
