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https://youtu.be/5-dEefh1G-M (Eagle News) — A girl weeps as she tries to draw a tragic scene that she witnessed in her well-loved home city of Marawi. She bows her head, drawing her knees close to her body, and sobs, holding a pencil and a pad paper. She doesn’t want to look up. Her once peaceful environment was shattered when Islamist terrorists — combined forces of Maute rebels, the Abu Sayyaf Group and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday made the offer for New People’s Army “able-bodied” and qualified “soldiers” to fight for the government instead, noting that the communist insurgency has already gone on for around 50 years. “I am again addressing myself to the NPA…Kayong mga sundalo sa NPA, kung gusto niyo sumali sa government ko, I will take you in as soldiers of the country…Anytime. Bumaba lang kayo at magtrain..,” he said during his visit to a military camp in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, […]
Aguirre says Maute cases should be tried outside Mindanao for the judges’ safety QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Justice will appeal the Supreme Court order assigning to special courts in Cagayan De Oro City the cases involving members of the Maute Group as well as others involved in the violence in Marawi City. Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said that while the High Court agreed with the creation of special courts that […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment is set to send augmentation forces to different Philippine overseas labor offices in the Middle East. This as a diplomatic crisis hounded the region, with Saudi Arabia and several of its allies cutting ties with Qatar, which was accused of supporting terrorist groups. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said that contingency measures were already in place, including the repatriation of more than 50, 000 overseas Filipino […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office on Wednesday stood by its original statement that the act of Jessie Carlos that led to the deaths of 37 Resorts World Manila guests and employees was not a terrorist act. This even as House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez insisted during a House of Representatives inquiry that the attack could be classified as an act of terrorism. “Kung nag-cause ng terror so anong tawag natin […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday ordered the submission of the closed-circuit television camera footage that captured the June 2 tragic incident in Resorts World Manila. In its hearing on the violent incident in Resorts World Manila, lawmakers also questioned why the lone gunman in the June 2 attack, Jessie Carlos, was able to enter the establishment and roam around the premises. The Resorts World Security men also failed to stop him […]
Eagle News – Nasa 15,000 hanggang 17,000 ang mga indibidwal na nagkakasakit sa bato kada taon. Ayon kay Rose Marie Rosete-Liquete, National Kidney and Transplant Institute director, batay sa datos ng ospital, one percent sa kidney patients ay mga bata. Nasa Region 4a, National Capital Region (NCR) at Region 3 ang kalimitang may mataas na bilang ng kidney patients kabilang na ang dumaraan sa dialysis, aniya. Sinabi naman ni Dr. Sergio Simangan, chairman ng Organ Transplantation and […]
Eagle News – Aminado ang Department of Education (DepEd) na problema pa rin nila ang kakulangan sa mga silid-aralan. Ayon kay DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones, nasa 18,000 pang classroom ang kailangang ipatayo upang sumapat sa lumalaking bilang ng mga estudyante sa buong bansa. Tiniyak naman ni Briones na masosolusyonan ang matagal nang problema na ito sa loob lamang ng tatlo hanggang apat na buwan. Gayunman, hindi naman aniya problema ang budget. Aniya, ang problema ay […]
Resorts World security chief says they thought gunman was ISIS (Eagle News) — Lawmakers on Wednesday (June 7) pressed the heads of the security of Resorts World Manila why they allowed the lone gunman, Jessie Carlos, who was not even a terrorist to roam around the casino and hotel premises. During the hearing at the House of Representatives, lawmakers pointed at the security lapses at the Resorts World Manila where an arson attack done […]
Eagle News – Unti-unti na ring nababawasan ang bilang ng mga guro sa nakalipas na pitong taon bunsod ng patuloy na pagtaas ng bilang ng mga bumabagsak sa Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). Ngayong taon, 10.39 % (percent) ang passing rate para sa examination ng mga naghahangad na maging elementary school teachers, ang pinakamababa simula noong 2010. Tinukoy ng Philippine Business for Education na ang pagsasanay ng Teacher Education Institutions (TEI) sa kanilang mga estudyante […]
By Meanne Corvera and Jodi Bustos Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) on Wednesday (June 7) said their system was experiencing an “internal data processing error” amid customer complaints the money in their accounts had been reduced or increased. One Jean Tengko said in a Facebook post that she had lost P6000 from her savings account when she checked the automated teller machine. She said when she reported […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi pa masabi ng Department of Education (DepEd) kung kailan magbubukas ang klase sa Marawi City. Sinabi ni Education Secretary Leonor Briones na nakikipag-ugnayan sila sa DepEd-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao kung kailan magbubukas ang klase sa siyudad dahil hindi pa ligtas ang seguridad doon. Ayon kay Briones, nasa 20,000 ang dapat na mag-enrol sa Marawi city subalit nasa 1,300 lamang ang nakapag-enrol. Umapela rin si Secretary Briones sa mga magulang ng mga […]
