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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday stood by his earlier pronouncement the Philippines will no longer accept grants from the European Union. In a speech at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Taguig, Duterte said this was because the aid comes with strings attached. He said for instance, when they offered an amount, “i-specify nila na para ito sa Bureau of Fire kasi magbigay sila ng truck. Pero, gusto nila bilihin mo […]
In this video made available by the Hukbong Sandatahan ng Pilipinas in its YouTube account, three members of the Philippine Marine Corps are seen dancing to the nursery hit “Baby Shark” in war-torn Marawi. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1mCf1-tfeWM
(Eagle News) — At least 13 terrorists were neutralized by government troops in Marawi in operations that began on Thursday night. Col. Romeo Brawner, deputy commander of Task Force Ranao, said those killed were 13, but Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Major General Restituto Padilla said in a radio interview that the figure amounted to 20. Padilla said of the 20, 13 were killed on Thursday, while the remaining were neutralized on Friday morning. […]
(Eagle News) — Social Welfare Assistant Secretary Lorraine Badoy has been appointed to the Presidential Communications Operations Office. Undersecretary Emmanuel Leyco, officer in charge of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, confirmed her new appointment as undersecretary in the PCOO on Wednesday. “…(She) is now in the process of completing and turning over her responsibilities which is expected to last until the end of the month,” Leyco said. He also thanked Badoy for her contributions to […]
Here are some excerpts from what the Manila Police District said was an online exchange among members and alumni of the Aegis Juris fraternity. Some of those who participated in the exchange are already full-fledged lawyers. Their identities have been concealed, pending the MPD’s filing of additional charges against them. The quotes are also not in order. “May news na kung nalinis na frat (library)? “If worse puntahan ka, just deny it, for me, let […]
(Eagle News) –Three members of the Abu Sayyaf– including a relative of Isnilon Hapilon–have surrendered to authorities in Basilan. Joint Task Force Basilan Commander Col. Juvymax Uy said Ben Salim Sapilin, alias Ben Bilog, Hapilon’s cousin; Rami Ben Sapilin, alias Attik; and Mohammad Endeng, alias Aburayhan; turned themselves in to the 74th Infantry Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Jonas Templo at the 74th Infantry Battalion headquarters on Tuesday. The surrender came a day after Abu Sayyaf […]
(Eagle News) — At least seven members of the Aegis Juris fraternity who attended Wednesday’s Senate hearing refused to submit DNA samples and be subjected to a test that would determine if they were present in the fraternity library where the hazing rites that led to the death of Horacio Castillo III took place. As such, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian concluded that Arvin Balag, Oliver Onofre, Ralph Trangia, Joshua Macabili, Bongget Rogelio, Ranie Santiago and Mhin Wei […]
(Eagle News) — An initial assessment of the damage in Marawi is expected to be completed by Oct. 27. Mina Marasigan, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council spokesperson, said that five teams with 145 members each were deployed in the war-torn city for this purpose on Monday. She said 49 barangays are to be assessed. On Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi liberated from the clutches of terrorists who overran the city in May in a […]
(Eagle News) – The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested a woman who allegedly recruits foreigners to join terrorist groups in Mindanao. Karen Aiza Hamidon, 36, was arrested in her house in Taguig City last October 11 by operatives of the NBI Counter Terrorism Division. The NBI found 296 posts made by the suspect. It said they were inciting rebellion in Marawi City.
(Eagle News) — Senators on Wednesday cited Aegis Juris fraternity member Arvin Balag in contempt and subsequently ordered his detention. This was after Balag repeatedly refused to answer pointblank Senator Grace Poe, who asked whether he was indeed the president of the Aegis Juris fraternity as claimed by other members. Balag repeatedly invoked his right against self-incrimination instead. “For the position you’re holding in the frat, you’re invoking your right?” Poe, visibly irked, said. Balag […]
(Eagle News) — Several members and alumni of the Aegis Juris fraternity met at a hotel after Horacio Castillo III died to discuss the steps they were to take following the incident. This was according to Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District director, who spoke during a joint hearing of the committees on dangerous drugs, and justice on hazing on Wednesday. According to Coronel, based on their investigation, the meeting was suggested by one […]
(Eagle News) — The names of at least six individuals affiliated with the Aegis Juris fraternity who were present during the initiation rites of hazing victim Horacio Castillo III, and the circumstances leading to his death were released on Wednesday. Based on the testimony provided by Solano during a Sept. 25 executive session, and which was read out during the Senate hearing, it was OJ Onofre who called Solano on Sept. 17, asking him to go […]
