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(Eagle News) – The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) filed on Tuesday drug trafficking complaints against Senator Leila de Lima and seven others for their alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade at the national penitentiary. The complaints were based on earlier testimonies of inmates from the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP) who were presented as witnesses at the hearing of the House committee on justice on the proliferation of drugs and the rampant illegal […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The House of Representatives is satisfied with the hearing conducted by the House Committee on Justice on the alleged illegal drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison and will no longer conduct further hearings on the matter. According to Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali, the past hearings already established the proliferation of illegal drug syndicates in the NBP and that the personnel of the Bureau of Corrections and the NBP should […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Doctors treating Thailand’s hospital-bound King Bhumibol Adulyadej placed the ailing monarch on a ventilator this week, the palace said Sunday, adding that the 88-year-old’s health was “not stable”. Bhumibol is the world’s longest-reigning monarch and beloved by many in Thailand. But he has not been seen in public for nearly a year as he battles a series of ailments in a Bangkok hospital. Historically the palace has tightly controlled news about […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing rapped Washington Tuesday for its interventions in Asia, as tensions grow between the two powers over territorial disputes in the South China Sea and how to handle increasingly erratic North Korea. Speaking at the 7th annual Xiangshan regional defence forum in Beijing, Chang Wanguan, China’s defence minister, levied thinly veiled criticism at recent US involvement in Asia’s trouble spots. Washington has conducted freedom of navigation operations close to artificial islands […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nilinaw ngayon ng Task Force Tugis na hindi lahat ng kaso na naitatala sa Death Under Investigation o yung mga kaso ng pagpatay na kinasasangkutan ng mga hindi kilalang indibidwal ay may kaugnayan sa iligal na droga. Iginiit din nila na hindi totoong tumataas ang murder case dahil sa pinaigting na kampanya kontra droga.
MANILA, Oct. 11– Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said on Monday that the Palace respects the opinion of former President Fidel V. Ramos saying his observations are worth looking into. Abella said the former president was not referring to the actual actions but to the public relations and foreign relations that tend to be affected by President Rodrigo Duterte’s language. “So in a sense, yes we listen to him (Duterte), we respect him,” Abella said in […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – Germany on Monday hailed three Syrians who helped police capture a compatriot suspected of planning a jihadist bomb attack, with social media coming alive with jibes against anti-migrant protesters. “Syrian turns in terror suspect. I’m celebrating this. What about you, Pegida and co?” said Julia Frick on Twitter, in reference to the Islamophobic movement that has been ranting against migrants in the eastern city of Dresden. Another Twitter user took a […]
WHITE PLAINS, United States (AFP) – by Ivan Couronne Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on Monday headed back to the campaign trail after a fiery presidential debate, with the Republican looking to bounce back after a weekend that crippled his White House bid. With just over four weeks to go before American voters head to the ballot boxes to choose their next commander-in-chief, the candidates traveled to swing states — Trump to Pennsylvania and Clinton to […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima, two of her former close aides, and three former government officials reporting to the former justice secretary had been issued an immigration lookout bulletin order (ILBO) for their alleged involvement in the rampant illegal drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prisons (NBP). The Department of Justice’s immigration lookout bulletin order was issued against De Lima, former justice undersecretary Francisco Baraan, former Bureau of Corrections head Franklin Jesus […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Hundreds of detained communist rebels in the Philippines are likely to be granted amnesty, officials said Monday, after fresh talks aimed at ending one of Asia’s longest-running insurgencies. Government negotiators said in a statement they had submitted a proposal to President Rodrigo Duterte to free 434 communists accused of a range of crimes including murder, kidnapping and arson. “The (peace) panel has a commitment that there will be releases. We […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Handa na ang selda kung saan pansamantalang ilalagay ang self-confessed hitman na si Edgar Matobato na ngayon ay nasa kustodiya na ng Philippine National Police (PNP). Ito ang pahayag ni Senior Inspector Catherine Dela Rey, tagapagsalita ng Davao City Police Office (DCPO). Posibleng ikulong si Matobato sa Sasa Police Station pagdating nito sa lungsod ng Davao. Nilinaw din ni Dela Rey na patas ang pagtrato kay Matobato at gagawin lang […]
by Michael Mathes St. Louis, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump went toe to toe Sunday in their second presidential debate, clashing over crude remarks by the billionaire Republican — who vowed that if elected he would jail his opponent over her email use as a secretary of state. Here are five key highlights of the showdown: Trump dredges up Bill Clinton Donald Trump went there, big league. After holding his tongue […]
