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(Eagle News) — National Bureau of Investigation agents arrested the alleged middleman in the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country in May after the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on Tuesday. NBI deputy director Ferdinand Lavin said in an ambush interview that Kenneth Dong was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest issued by the Paranaque regional trial court in connection with a case of rape he is facing. In a press conference, […]
(Eagle News) – Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Tuesday threatened to cite Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon in contempt after he refused to answer questions on corruption in the Bureau of Customs. Faeldon said he would not answer the question because “In the past few days, the honorable senator has come up with a lot of accusations already that I am in the middle of the smuggling of shabu in the country.” “It is pointless for me […]
(Eagle News) — Itinaas na ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) ang alert level 1 sa Guam at northern Mariana Islands at hinimok ang mga Filipino na maging alerto at i-monitor ang sitwasyon sa gitna ng bantang pag-atake ng North Korea sa bansang Guam. Sa ilalim ng alert level 1 o precautionary phase, dapat kilalanin ng mga Pilipino na naninirahan at nagtatrabaho sa Guam na hindi ordinaryo ang sitwasyon kaya dapat itong tutukan. Kabilang sa […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — People from different walks of life gathered at the Mall of Asia Arena on Thursday, August 10, with a common goal to help fellow Filipinos affected by the conflict in Marawi City. Dubbed as “Rebuilding Life in Marawi”, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in collaboration with the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation, Net25, Pinas FM 95.5, and other media partners spearheaded a fundraising concert for Marawi evacuees. Popular singers and bands […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)- – Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, chairman of the Senate committee on banks, expressed the need to conduct a probe the undeclared wealth and assets of Commission on Elections Chair Andres Bautista. Escudero said that the Senate and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) have expressed their interest to conduct a probe on the almost P1 billion that allegedly belonged to Bautista which his wife, Patricia, said were not declared his Statement […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar assured that the accreditation of social media practitioners or bloggers will not be influenced by politics. “Kapag sila po ay nag-apply, whether pro-Digong, whether dilaw ka or whether wala kang kinakampihan, apolitical or talagang as in observer ka lang ng politika, you are all welcome … at tingnan natin kung yung mga past blogs at write-ups mo are really consistent and until now you’re […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Mindoro Occidental Representative Josephine Ramirez Sato asked government agencies to be vigilant to ensure that no contaminated poultry products will be sold to consumers following the outbreak of the bird flu virus in San Luis, Pampanga. Sato said that the government agencies should strictly monitor the movement of poultry products even if the strain found in the affected area cannot be transmitted to humans. She also called on the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Health allayed the public’s fears on the bird flu outbreak in Pampanga, saying there was a small possibility of the bird flu virus affecting humans. Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial made the statement after an outbreak of bird flu in San Luis, Pampanga. Ubial also said that it was safe to eat bird flu-infected poultry if it was properly and well-cooked. “Sa ating mga kababayan, huwag po […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture on Monday (August 14) assured that the current bird flu outbreak in a town in Pampanga is the kind that is not transferrable to humans, as it announced a ban of poultry products, eggs and live birds from Luzon to Visayas and Mindanao as a “precautionary measure.” As of Monday, only 19,000 poultry birds in San Luis, Pampanga – the area of the bird flu outbreak – had […]
(Eagle News) — A House of Representatives committee on Monday gave the green light to a bill seeking the postponement of the 2017 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to next year. More than 10 members of the suffrage and electoral reforms panel voted for the postponement to May 2018, echoing President Rodrigo Duterte’s position that barangay and other local officials involved in illegal drug activities should be weeded out before the conduct of the polls. Only two representatives […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has a new associate justice. Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo takes the place of Associate Justice Jose Catral Mendoza, who retired on Aug. 13, the Supreme Court said on Monday. In a letter to SC Chief Ma. Lourdes Sereno, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said President Rodrigo Duterte had signed Gesmundo’s appointment, making him the 178th justice of the country’s High Court. Gesmundo chaired the anti-graft court’s seventh division […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — Manila’s metro disaster corps is providing free training to Filipino pet owners who want their canines to become rescue dogs if a devastating earthquake hits the city. To prepare Filipinos for a magnitude 7.2-magnitude earthquake that, Philippine geologists believe, may hit the Philippine capital, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) trains dozens of volunteers and their dogs in search and rescue protocols every Saturday. The training includes searching through debris and agility […]
