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(Eagle News) — The contents of the spot report supposedly detailing what happened on the night Kian Delos Santos was killed do not match what the Internal Affairs Service of the Philippine National Police believed happened, based on testimonies. This was revealed during Senator Bam Aquino’s questioning of PNP-IAS Director General Alfegar Triambulo and Senior Supt. Chito Bersaluna during the hearing held by the Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs on Thursday. The […]
(Eagle News) – The bird flu strain that hit Pampanga is H5N6, a strain of avian influenza that can be transmitted to humans, the Department of Agriculture said, citing confirmatory results of tests of affected samples that the Philippines had submitted to another country. The government, however, said that the rate of transmission for such a strain is “very low.” The agriculture department had earlier sent the samples from Pampanga of the affected poultry […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday swiped back at former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, who has accused the senator’s son of being engaged in smuggling activities. “First, I have nothing to do with my son’s business,” he said in a statement. He added that there was “no smuggling of cement as it is not subject to Customs tariff and duties but (was) only subject to (Value Added Tax).” “My son said when I […]
(Eagle News) – Former Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon accused Senator Panfilo Lacson of being irresponsible when he “destroyed” his and his men’s reputation at the Bureau of Customs, and claimed that the senator’s son was involved in the smuggling of cement in the country. In a press conference in Taytay, Rizal on Thursday, Faeldon claimed that “Bon Journo,” a company connected to Panfilo Lacson Jr., son of the senator, was the “number one smuggler of cement […]
(Eagle News) — Naglatag na ang Korte Suprema na umuupo bilang Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) ng mga panuntunan para sa paghahanda sa recount ng mga balota kaugnay sa electoral protest ni dating senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. Sa limang pahinang resolusyon ng PET, nakasaad ang mga patakaran sa isasagawang ballot revision kabilang na ang binuong exploratory mission o retrieval team. Ang retrieval team ang tutunton at mageeksamin sa lahat ng ballot boxes sa mga probinsya at […]
(Eagle News) — Piso para sa laban ni Leni. Ito ang naging paraan ng mga indibiduwal na sumusuporta sa bise presidente kaugnay sa counter protest ng Pangalawang Pangulo sa inihaing electoral protest ni dating senador Ferdinand “Bongbong Marcos” hinggil sa nakaraang halalan. Nauwi sa fund-raising ang grupo dahil hindi anila kayang bunuin ng bise presidente ang natitirang P7.4 million na dapat bayaran sa Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET). Sabi ni Atty. Purificacion Bernabe, walang iligal sa kanilang […]
(Eagle News) – Paraffin tests done by the police on the slain Grade 11 student Kian Loyd delos Santos showed he was negative for gunpowder nitrates, which meant he did not fire a gun contrary to the arresting policemen’s claim. “Both hands of the cadaver do not contain gunpowder nitrates,” said the results of the Philippine National Police’s paraffin tests on Kian’s body. “The qualitative examination conducted on the paraffin cast taken from both hands […]
(Eagle News) — Commission on Elections Andres Bautista is mulling “all options” following the filing of an impeachment complaint against him. In an interview with reporters before a House committee deliberation on the Comelec’s proposed budget, Bautista said among these options was resignation or a leave of absence. “Yun ang ating tinitimbang, kung ano ang ating susunod na hakbang,” he said. He said he wanted to protect “first and foremost” the interest of his family […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines now has 10 gold medals, 15 silver medals and 20 bronze medals as of Wednesday night, August 23, in the ongoing Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but remains in the sixth place in the over-all medal tally. Philippine runner Trentren Anthony Beram won the country’s 10th gold in the Men’s 200-meter run, while another runner Aries Toledo won the 9th gold in the men’s decathlon event on […]
At least 100 enlisted and non-commissioned female personnel coming from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police will be deployed to Marawi City. AFP public affairs chief Colonel Edgard Arevalo said the deployment of an all-female group of military and police is to give a “feminine touch” to the ongoing crisis in Marawi City. He also said the battle area is predominantly male already so the Armed Forces and the PNP […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Malacañang assured there would be a fair and thorough investigation into the killing of 17-year-old Kian de los Santos by the Caloocan police. According to presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella, President Rodrigo Duterte himself said that the police who killed Kian will face charges if proven liable. Abella made the assurance to the United States Embassy after US Ambassador Sung Kim visited the wake of De los Santos and asked […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday reiterated his commitment to rid the government of corruption. “I said I would stop corruption in government. I’m doing it,” he said during the opening of a solar plant in Batangas. He provided what could be an explanation for why his son’s name was being dragged into the P6.4-B drug shipment mess, saying Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte–who eloped with his wife when he was 18 years […]
