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(Eagle News) — Napatay ng tropa ng gobyerno ang isang sub-leader ng Abu Sayyaf Group sa isang engkwentro sa Sulu nitong Sabado. Ayon kay Brig. Gen. Cirlito Sobejana, Commander ng Joint Task Force Sulu, napatay ng Marines si Abu Sayyaf Sub-Leader Bagong Muktadil sa isang engkwentro sa Barangay Silangkan, sa bayan ng Parang. Naka-engkwentro aniya ng puwersa ng Marines ang grupo ni Muktadil na nakasakay sa isang jungkong type na watercraft. Sinabi ni Sobejana na […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture is looking into the possible criminal liability of people who reportedly had the “intent to refuse to share information” about the outbreak of bird flu in San Luis, Pampanga. In a radio interview on Monday, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said he has directed the Bureau of Animal Industry to do this. “Tingin ko, sa ating mga protocol, ay merong mga kaparusahan pag di sila nagreport,” he said. […]
(Eagle News) — Gilas Pilipinas stormed to yet another victory in the Asia Cup on Sunday, beating Qatar who never said die but fell short nonetheless. The Philippine national team–which had secured a slot in the quarterfinals even before Sunday’s match— swept Group B with its six-point win against the Qataris, who did not disappoint with their outside shooting, especially in the later part of the game. The threes were what essentially put the Qataris […]
(Eagle News) — The local chief executives of Lanao del Sur are recommending the “organization, training and arming” of barangay peacekeeping action teams that will “assist (in) and sustain” the war against the Maute group, against whom they declared an “all-out war.” In a manifesto, the League of Municipalities of the Philippines-Lanao del Sur chapter said they made the recommendation to train the BPATs as Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units or Special Civilian Active Auxiliaries to […]
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, […]
