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(Eagle News)- Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa on Tuesday (September 27) presented to members of the media P6 million worth of seized high-powered firearms bought by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG). “Isa’s group and some ASG members have been in Manila since August 2016 to buy a cache of guns, explosive components, and ammunition upon orders of unidentified ASG commander,” Dela Rosa told reporters at Camp Crame. “The contraband will […]
by Jennie Matthew HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump strode out cloaked in icy politeness. Yet within minutes their debate degenerated into bickering, insults and diatribes — a gladiatorial contest of modern times. It was a 90-minute battle of endurance between two of the most famous people in America: Clinton, cool, calm and collected, almost serene as she smiled through the insults — and landed jabs of her own — […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (September 26) revealed his doubts on supposed Davao Death Squad (DDS) member Edgar Matobato regarding his statements on incumbent Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte’s alma mater and Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) membership claim. “So iyang sinasabi ni [Senator Leila] De Lima, I was not even—I was a fiscal at that time and a vice mayor. Ang sabi ko, masasaktan lang ang anak mo, kahit sabihin […]
(Eagle News)– Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Monday (September 26) announced on his colleagues that they will undergo random drug tests in order to show their cooperation to the Duterte administration’s campaign on illegal drugs. “This is part of our efforts to support the President’s war on drugs. We cannot clean the houses of our countrymen, if our own house is not clean and not in order,” Aguirre said during his speech at the Department […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (September 26) immediately made a comeback statement for Senator Leila De Lima following her remarks that the Duterte was romantically interested in her due to non-stop tirades to her alleged love affairs. “Susmaryosep. Alam mo every time I view the video, I lose my appetite. Nawawala ang gana ko sa kanya,” Duterte retorted citing De Lima’s supposed sex video. “Ang magkaron ng gusto sa kanya ‘yung mga, hindi […]
by Jennie MATTHEW with Andrew Beatty in Washington HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump bickered and traded insults in a fiery US presidential debate Monday, as they aggressively pitched their case to tens of millions of American voters. With the White House rivals in a dead heat six weeks before election day, Clinton from the get-go painted her Republican rival as out of touch and having a tenuous relationship with the truth, […]
HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Democrat Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump took the stage Monday for their crucial first presidential debate, in what could be the most watched US political event in years. The two White House hopefuls, in a virtual dead heat in polls with barely six weeks before the November 8 election, cordially shook hands as they readied for a 90-minute face-off. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
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by John BIERS NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Deutsche Bank’s woes and the looming first debate between battling US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton helped send global markets broadly lower Monday. Banking shares in the US and Europe fell sharply following reports that Berlin has refused state aid to fortify Deutsche Bank as it faces a multibillion-dollar fine in the United States over its sale of mortgage-backed securities before the 2008 financial […]
by Jennie Matthew with Michael Mathes in Washington HEMPSTEAD, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face off Monday in one of the most consequential presidential debates in modern US history, with up to 100 million viewers to tune in for the hotly-anticipated political duel. With polls tightening into a virtual dead heat, the stakes could hardly be higher: the first woman to win the White House nomination for a major US […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines on Monday reported its first known case of a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus that threatens unborn babies, as authorities warned people to avoid mosquitos. Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial said 12 cases of Zika had been detected across the Philippines this month, including a 22-year-old woman from the central island of Cebu who is 19 weeks’ pregnant with her first child. “Initial ultrasound did not detect any […]
