QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is asking the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), to make the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) pay the rental and storage fees of the ballot boxes, as well as the other fees on the preservation and safekeeping of election materials and paraphernalia, in connection with his electoral protest. Marcos, through his counsel George Erwin Garcia, said that it is the duty […]
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President Duterte renews commitment to make PHL business-friendly
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensure that private companies can do business with ease in the country. Duterte did this as he led the launch of Azuela Cove–a 25-hectare property which Ayala Land Inc. and the Alcantara Group of Companies plan to develop into Davao’s prime waterside business and residential district. “I assure you, the government has taken measures to ensure you can do business with ease […]
Tropical Storm “Jolina” to make landfall in Aurora on Friday night
(Eagle News) — Tropical Storm “Jolina” is expected to make landfall in Aurora on Friday night as it makes its way to southern China, In its 5 p.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the landfall is expected between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Moderate to heavy rains are expected within the 300-kilometer diameter of the tropical storm, while monsoon rains are expected in Metro Manila, southern Luzon and Western Visayas, […]
Caloocan cops face criminal raps over Kian’s death
(Eagle News) — The parents of Kian delos Santos filed on Friday criminal charges against the policemen who took part in the anti-drug operation in Caloocan where the 17-year-old was killed. Zaldy and Lorenza delos Santos filed the murder charges and charges for violation of the Anti-Torture Law against P01 Jerwin Cruz, P03 Arnel Oares, and P01 Jeremias Pereda before the Department of Justice. Also facing the charges are Chief Insp. Amor Cerillo, commander of […]
Gov’t forces recover Marawi’s Grand Mosque from Maute terrorists
(Eagle News) –Government forces have retaken Marawi City’s Islamic Center mosque or Grand Mosque which had been used by Islamist extremists, particularly the Maute Group, to position their snipers and to hide their hostages. The mosque was retaken before the visit of President Rodrigo Duterte in Marawi for the third time on Thursday afternoon (Aug. 24) For the soldiers and the policemen fighting the Islamist extremists, this is a big win as they predict […]
AFP sa PNP: Imbestigahan ang pagkakapatay sa sundalong galing sa Marawi City
(Eagle News) — Nanawagan ang Armed Forces of the Philippines sa Philippine National Police na paimbestigahang mabuti ang nangyaring insidente sa Zamboanga City kung saan isang sundalo na galing sa Marawi City ang napatay ng mga pulis. Ayon kay AFP Spokesperson BGen.Restituto Padilla, nais nilang mabigyang linaw ang insidente dahil nagdulot umano ito ng galit sa mga sundalo na kasamahan ng biktima. Base umano sa initial report na nakarating sa AFP, nag-aabang ng masasakyan ang […]
UPDATED: 34 people with “flu-like symptoms” test negative for H5N6; health dep’t awaiting results of tests on 7 more
(Eagle News) — There are no cases of bird flu transmission in humans in the country so far. This is according to Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial, who held a press conference a day after Australian lab tests confirmed that the strain found in Pampanga farms where the bird flu outbreak took place could be transmitted to people. According to Ubial, the 34 people who were tested for H5N6 because they exhibited flu-like symptoms have tested […]
Tropical Storm “Jolina” intensifies; Signal No. 2 up in 11 areas
(Eagle News) — Expect heavy rains in the eastern coast of Central and Northern Luzon on Friday night, as Tropical Storm “Jolina” (international name “Pakhar) intensified. According to Nikos Penaranda, weather specialist at the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services, as of 7 a.m., “Jolina” was located 210 kilometers southeast of Casiguran, Aurora, packing maximum sustained winds of up to 80 kph near the center, and with gustiness of up to 95 kph, “much higher” […]
Marawi City Police Station at ang Grand Mosque, nabawi na ng militar
(Eagle News) — Paliit na raw ng paliit ang lugar na hawak ng teroristang grupong Maute sa ika-siyam-na-pu’t apat (94) na araw ng bakbakan sa Marawi City. Kahapon tuluyan na umanong nabawi ng militar ang Marawi City Police Station na kinubkob ng mga terorista noong May 23. Maituturing daw itong strategic location at malaking bagay sa patuloy na pag-usad ng militar. Bukod sa police station, nabawi na rin daw ng militar ang Grand Mosque na […]
LOOK: President Duterte visits war-torn Marawi for third time
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited Marawi for the third time as martial law in Mindanao entered its fourth month. A statement from the Presidential Communications Operations Office said the President made a stopover at a “temporary patrol base,” where he even “tried out a sniper rifle and fired it toward the direction of the enemies.” The media was not informed of Duterte’s visit beforehand as in his previous visits to Marawi on July […]
Six Comelec commissioners to Bautista: Take leave of absence or resign
(Eagle News) — Take a leave of absence or resign. This was the message of the six commissioners of the Commission on Elections to their embattled chief, Andres Bautista. In a statement on Thursday, Commissioners Christian Robert Lim, Rowena Guanzon, Luie Tito Guia, Arthur Lim, Sheriff Abas and Al Parreno urged Bautista to do either or “for the sake of his career, and most importantly, for the sake of his family, particularly his four innocent […]
2 of 3 policemen believed involved in Kian killing break silence in public; Reiterate their version of story
(Eagle News) — Two of the three policemen believed involved in the killing of Kian delos Santos finally broke their silence in public about what supposedly happened the night the boy was killed. P01 Jerwin Cruz insisted on Thursday that the man who was being dragged in circulated footage from the barangay’s closed-circuit television camera was their asset, and not the 17-year-old boy. “Yun po ang asset namin. Isa siya sa nakakakilala sa aming hinahanap na […]