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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Thursday, June 15, said that he would send a letter to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, seeking the urgent cancellation of the passport of Arturo Lascañas due to his alleged lack of intention to return to the country to face the charges against him. ”Since he is abroad and since there is no indication that he will return, we are constrained to request the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang and the Armed Forces of the Philippines expressed their gratitude to the media and to the public for remembering and honoring the members of the AFP and the Philippine National Police who gave their lives defending the people and the government in Marawi City. AFP spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said that the heroism of the government troops should not be forgotten, and asked the public to continue giving support […]
MARAWI, Philippines — An Australian television journalist was shot in the neck on Thursday as he reported from Marawi where Islamist militants are battling government troops, but he did not suffer major injuries. Adam Harvey, a reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, wrote on Twitter: “Lucky,” alongside an image of an X-ray showing the bullet lodged in his neck, close to his spine. “Thanks everyone – I’m okay. Bullet is still in my neck, but it […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Cynthia Villar on Friday clarified that she was not planning on enacting a law banning unlimited rice offerings in food establishments. “I just voiced out my concern that eating too much rice is one of the main causes of high blood sugar that leads to diabetes,” she said. She said she “cannot prevent people from eating (an) unlimited amount of rice.” “It is their choice. It was just a genuine […]
(Eagle News) — An alleged member of the Maute clan–believed to be a bomb-maker—was arrested by authorities in Cagayan de Oro on Friday. A report said Mohammad Noaim Maute was apprehended by members of the Martial Law Special Action Group in Sta. Cruz, Macasandig, at 7 a.m. Maute is in the first arrest order issued by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, also the martial law administrator, after martial law was hoisted over Mindanao. President Rodrigo Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — Isinusulong ni Senadora Cynthia Villar na ipagbawal na sa mga restaurant o fast food ang pag-aalok ng unli o unlimited rice sa kanilang mga kostumer. Ito ang inihayag ng Senadora kasabay ng pagdinig ng Senate Committee on Agriculture hinggil sa planong pag-aangkat ng karagdagang suplay ng bigas sa bansa. Ayon kay Villar, may mga pag-aaral na susuporta hinggil sa hindi magandang benepisyo sa kalusugan ng sobra-sobrang pagkain ng kanin. Mas mainam ayon […]
(Eagle News) — Nakatakda nang muling ipatupad ng Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board ang kontrobersyal na Anti-Distracted Driving Act sa susunod na buwan. Gayunman, niluwagan ng LTFRB ang mga alituntunin sa pagpapatupad ng nasabing batas. Maaari nang maglagay ng mga gadget sa dashboard ng mga sasakyan basta’t hindi ito makasisira sa atensyon ng mga tsuper, ayon sa LTFRB. Paglilinaw naman ng Department of Transportation (DOTr), saklaw din ng nasabing batas ang mga sasakyang hindi […]
MARAWI, Philippines (AFP) — United States troops are on the ground helping local soldiers battle Islamist militants in a Philippine city, the Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson said Wednesday, giving the most detailed account of their role. The small number of US soldiers are providing vital surveillance assistance and, although they do not have a combat role, are allowed to open fire on the militants if attacked first, Brigadier-General Restituto Padilla said. “In a battle […]
(Eagle News) — Many Filipinos were living in the apartment block in West London that was engulfed by a massive fire early Wednesday, killing at least six people. Consul General Senen Mangalile, who is based in the Philippine embassy in London, England, said they did not have an exact figure of Filipinos living in the 27-storey Grenfell Tower in the working-class north Kensington area, but that some of them who were in the evacuation centers for the fire […]
“It’s no big deal,” Senator Panfilo Lacson says (Eagle News) — Several senators on Wednesday dismissed President Rodrigo Duterte’s continued absence from the public eye, with some of them saying he was just “resting.” “No need to announce ‘the President is resting.’ What for? Hence, if there is no announcement that he is sick, why do we insist that he is sick? He is resting from the public eye! I see no issue at all,” Senate […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines West Mindanao Command said that the Islamist militants, including the Maute group, are losing ground in Marawi City as more and more territories in the city are being recovered by the government forces fighting in the area. The AFP stressed that the Islamist militants are just holding a small part of Marawi City, contrary to the earlier claims by the Islamist terrorists. According […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno has asked Defense Secretary, and Martial Law Administrator Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año to attend the oral arguments on martial law. Sereno issued the directive, thereby granting the request of Rep. Edcel Lagman for the principal martial law implementors to attend the oral arguments. They are the principal actors now with respect to the implementation of […]
