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Three men kidnapped by Islamist militants in the southern Philippines escaped while their captors prayed, dodging bullets as they ran, police said Saturday after a ruse using fake ransom money failed. The fate of a fourth man who ran off in a different direction was unclear. The construction workers were taken to the police on Jolo island on Friday, four weeks after being abducted by the Abu Sayyaf group, which is holding more than […]
Opposition and administration lawmakers want him out of BOC (Eagle News) — More senators are asking for Malacanang to “show the door” to Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon citing the results of hearings on the P6.4 billion shabu shipment that had passed through the customs bureau without any inspection. Both opposition and administration senators are calling for his resignation, with both Liberal Party senators Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan and Franklin Drilon citing the “bipartisan clamor” for […]
(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas took home the bacon on Friday night, crushing the Iraqi team with double digits, and getting a free pass to the quarterfinals. The Philippine team was off to a rough start, though, lagging behind the Iraqi team during most of the first quarter. The national team picked up their game slightly in the first part of the second quarter, but led the Iraqi team by only single digits. It was […]
(Eagle News) — Classes and work on Friday were suspended in some parts of the country after a 6.3-magnitude quake hit Batangas, and was felt in other areas. Below is a list of places where they have been suspended. Local government units Classes suspended (all levels) Dasmarinas, Cavite Imus, Cavite — public and private schools; work also suspended Olongapo Pateros — public, private Taguig — public and private schools Institutions Classes and work […]
A magnitude 6.3 quake struck Batangas, about 1:30 pm Friday, August 11, which was also felt in parts of Luzon, including Mindoro and Metro Manila, sending many people out to the streets. The quake’s epicenter was located at 16 kilometers southwest of Nasugbu, Batangas and had a depth of 160 kilometers, according to PHIVOLCS. The quake was felt at intensity four in Calapan, Mindoro; Subic, Zambales; Rosario, Cavite; Manila; and Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro. It […]
(Eagle News) — Pinuntahan umano ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center sa Camp Crame, kung saan nakakulong si Senator Leila De Lima. Ikinuwento ito ng Pangulo sa kanyang pagdalo sa 116th Police Service Anniversary at Command Conference noong Miyerkules, Agosto 9. Ayon sa Pangulo, ninais niyang bisitahin si De Lima, pero malayo ang selda nito sa pnp sports center kung saan isinagawa ang kanyang dinaluhang selebrasyon. “Nagpunta ako doon sa […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Gregorio Honasan posted bail in a local court in Laguna on Friday, a day after he was ordered arrested by the Sandiganbayan over the alleged misuse of almost P30 million in pork barrel funds. Honasan posted a P60,000-bail for the two counts of graft in the sala of Executive Judge Teodoro Solis of Branch 25 of the Binan Regional Trial Court around 10 a.m. The judge signed his release order. Prior […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has acquitted Senator JV Ejercito of the technical malversation case filed against him over the allegedly anomalous use of P2.1 million in calamity funds in 2008, when he was San Juan mayor. In its 32-page decision, the sixth division also acquitted Ejercito’s 14 co-accused–Leonardo Gonzales Celles, Andoni Miguel Lopez Carballo, Vincent Rainier Manago Pacheco, Dante Espiritu Santiago, Grace Cortes Pardines, Francis Keith Peralta, Edgardo Velarde Soriano, Jannah-Altarejos-Surla, Joseph Christopher Torralba, […]
Bloggers and other social media “influencers” who have more than 5,000 followers will be eligible for official press passes to cover Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, his aides said Thursday. The government said giving bloggers presidential press accreditations reflected the new media landscape in which social media personalities were competing with traditional institutions such as newspapers. “We have to recognize new media and their influence,” assistant presidential press secretary Kris Ablan told reporters. He said Margaux […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a state of calamity in Ormoc City and Kananga town in Leyte, the areas most affected by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Eastern Visayas in July. Duterte made the declaration via Proclamation No. 283, which he signed on Aug. 7. According to Duterte, the declaration of a state of calamity “will hasten the rescue, recovery, relief and rehabilitation efforts of the government and the private sector, including any […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the promotion of ten members of the Philippine National Police. The President approved the promotion of Chief Supt. Noel Gicano Constantino to director; and of Supt. Arthur Riosa Llamas to Senior Supt. Also promoted were Supts. Mark Manfred Anthony Estacio Solero, Ignacio Reyes Cumigad Jr., Julian Gumahad Boquida, Roy Tubio Abella, Michael Forro Lebanan, Georby Cawaling Manuel, Rudecindo Licup Reales and John Audie Felipe Antonio. They now […]
(Eagle News) — An interagency task force has been created to monitor the government’s rehabilitation and recovery efforts in areas struck by Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. The body, to be led by Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr., was created through Administrative Order 5, which President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Aug. 8. The task force will be co-chaired by Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael Dino and Presidential Assistant for Special Concerns Norberto Gonzales. Its members […]
