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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that the fate of Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr., should serve as a lesson and warning for narco-politicians. Mayor Parojinog and 14 others died when the Parojinog’s camp attempted to resist efforts by the Philippine National Police raiding team to serve search warrant for firearms on their residences. Andanar said that this proves that whether powerful or not, no one is exempted […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ozamiz City Vice-Mayor Nova Parojinog is now being questioned at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame where she is undergoing booking procedures before undergoing inquest proceedings at the Department of Justice. Parojinog is asking President Rodrigo Duterte to investigate the shooting incident between the slain mayor’s men and the police. “I am asking President Duterte to investigate this and the Senate of the Philippines,” Parojinog said. According […]
The bodies of seven loggers who were beheaded by members of the Abu Sayyaf Group have been found in Basilan. Local police chief John Cundo told AFP Nestor Divinagracia, 50; his son Ily, 25; Berto Lacastesantos, 48; Hernando Sally, 53; Renato Casiple Jr., 36; Rene Sanson, 28; and Mamerto Falcasantos, 55; who were abducted last July 20 at Lower Mahayahay, Maluso town, were found over the weekend in a mountainous village, in Barangay Switch Yakal, Lantawan. […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – Sinimulan na ng Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Central Visayas (CIDG-7) ang pag-iimbestiga sa negosyanteng si Peter Lim. Matatandaang dati nang tinukoy ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si Lim bilang isa sa mga pinakamalalaking drug lords sa bansa. Ayon kay CIDG-7 Director Supt. Royina Garma, nagsasagawa na sila ng complete background at financial investigations kay Lim alinsunod sa utos ng mga nakatataas sa kanila. Inaasahang may ipapadala nang subpoena kay Lim sa […]
OZAMIS CITY, Misamis Occidental (Eagle News) – Mga hindi lisensyadong armas ang pakay ng paghahalughog ng mga pulis sa bahay ni Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, ngunit nakasabat rin ang mga awtoridad ng nasa isang kilo ng shabu. Ayon kay Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido, Hepe ng Ozamiz City Police, kalahating kilo ng iligal na droga ang narekober ng mga awtoridad sa mismong tahanan ng alkalde na nasawi sa naturang raid. Natagpuan naman ang isa pang kalahating […]
(Eagle News) — Bagamat tuluyan mang nakalabas na ng bansa ang bagyong “Gorio,” patuloy pa rin ang masamang lagay ng panahon dulot naman ng sumunod na bagyong “Huaning.” Dahil dito, nagdesisyon ang ilang mga lungsod at lalawigan na magkansela pa rin ng mga klase para sa araw na ito, July 31. Nagdeklara na ng suspensyon ng klase para sa lahat ng antas, public at private school sa mga probinsya at bayan ng: Abra Kabayan, Benguet […]
(Eagle News) – Tropical storm Huaning (international name Haitang) has slightly weakened and is about to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, on Monday, July 31. But it said that rainfall is still expected to be moderate to heavy especially within 400 kilometers of the storm’s diameter. As of 4 a.m. today, the center of tropical storm “Huaning” was estimated at 525 kilometers north northwest of […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said it welcomed an earlier pronouncement made by United States ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim who assured the Philippine government that the US is “trying to reach an early resolution on the Balangiga bells.” “The Balangiga bells, as the President mentioned, are an important part of our national heritage,” said Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella in a statement. “The Philippine government will continue to work with the US to pave […]
(Eagle News) – Typhoon “Gorio” has left the country, but a new weather disturbance, tropical storm “Huaning” (international name Haitang) has taken its place. Storm “Huaning” entered the country Sunday morning with maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 110 kph, and could trigger possible flashfloods and landslides, according to the country’s weather bureau PAGASA. It will be bringing in moderate to heavy rains within 500 kilometers of […]
A mayor named as being involved in the narcotics trade was shot dead in a police raid Sunday, authorities said. President Rodrigo Duterte has singled out some local officials, policemen and judges as part of the drug trade in a crackdown that has made him popular with many Filipinos Among those Duterte named was Reynaldo Parojinog, mayor of Ozamiz city, who was killed along with 11 others in a dawn raid on his home, police […]
(Eagle News) – Typhoon Gorio is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Sunday morning (July 30), as it heads towards Taiwan, according to PAGASA’s latest weather bulletin. As of 10 a.m. today (July 29), the eye of typhoon Gorio was located at 335 kilometers north of Basco, Batanes with maximum sustained winds of 145 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 180 kph. By Sunday morning, it […]
Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao lifted the spirits of troops in a visit on Saturday Marawi, where soldiers have been battling pro-Islamic State militants for over two months. The boxer-turned-senator, dressed in a military camouflage uniform, joked that he would join the fight in the city of Marawi where militants have been on a rampage, holding hostages and burning buildings while flying the black IS flag. “You are the real heroes, not Manny Pacquiao. I am […]
