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QUEZON CIty, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine Airlines will continue its trips to Qatar despite the diplomatic row between Qatar and its neighbors. “As of now, PAL’s four times weekly flights to and from Doha remain unaffected. The Philippines is not a party to the dispute and our bilateral ties with Qatar remain unaffected,” PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said. According to Villaluna, they will wait for the advice of the Department of Foreign Affairs […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Labor and Employment has suspended the deployment of Filipino workers to Qatar amid a diplomatic crisis that has engulfed the region, this as the head of the Philippine Embassy in Doha called on all Filipinos there to “remain calm.” Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the suspension of the deployment was effective today, June 6. There are 141,000 documented Filipino workers in Qatar. Meanwhile, in an advisory, Ambassador Alan TImbayan called on […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said on Tuesday that the money recovered by authorities in Marawi, and believed to form part of the funds of terrorists, had been compiled within a two-year period. “I don’t know exactly the direct implications of (the recovery), although I did inquire and apparently, the money has been compiled between 2014 and 2016,” he said. It was unclear if Abella was referring to only the cold cash recovered by the Philippine Marines, […]
Says agencies “will extend assistance, other support” to those who may be affected (Eagle News) — The Palace on Tuesday admitted that the cutting of diplomatic ties of some Arab countries with Qatar “may have some ripple effects” on Overseas Filipino Workers. In a statement read by Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, the Palace said “concerned government agencies are now looking at the matter.” (The concerned government agencies) will extend assistance and other support to OFWS who may be […]
Eagle News – Mayroon pa umanong 20 dayuhang terorista ang kasama ng Maute Group na nakikipagbakbakan hanggang sa kasalukuyan sa tropa ng gobyerno sa Marawi City. Ayon kay AFP Western Mindanao Command Commander, Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez, maliban pa ito sa bilang na walong iba pang foreign tourists na napatay sa mga naunang araw ng sagupaan sa siyudad. Kasabay nito, itinanggi naman ni Galvez na nasa Marawi City ang sinasabing 1,200 terorista ng isang mataas na opisyal mula Indonesia.
Gov’t now investigating source of funds of Islamist terrorists (Eagle News) — Members of the Philippine Marines have recovered more than P78 million worth of combined cash and checks in a house in Marawi City which had been used as a machine gun position of the Islamist militants, including the Maute group. The cash recovered amounted to P52 million, while the checks found there amounted to P23.7 million. The money and checks were already turned […]
Eagle News – Sinimulan na ng Philippine National Police ang imbestigasyon sa malagim na pag-atake sa Resorts World Manila noong Biyernes. Nag-report na sa tanggapan ng PNP Supervisory Office for Security and Investigation Agencies (SOSIA) ang ilang security guard ng Resorts World Manila na naka-duty nang mangyari ang insidente. Ipinatawag sila ng SOSIA para sumailalim sa hiwalay na imbestigasyon kaugnay ng posibleng kapabayaan o security lapses sa naging pag-atake ni Jessie Carlos. Malaking tanong pa rin […]
The United States on Monday gave the Philippines hundreds of machine guns, pistols and grenade launchers, which a local commander said would be used against Islamist militants battling troops in a southern city. The weapons, including machine guns capable of firing thousands of rounds a minute, were handed over at a ceremony in Manila that highlighted a decade-old American counter-terrorism assistance program to the Philippines worth about $150 million. “This equipment will enhance the (Philippine […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government said it has rescued a total of 1,467 civilians since the start of the fighting in Marawi City, including 179 civilians rescued on Sunday by government forces. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the latest rescued by government forces were the 179 civilians rescued during the “four-hour humanitarian pause” — or from 8 a.m. to 12 noon — in the firefight on Sunday, June 4. There were also […]
(Eagle News) — Mahigit 22 milyong estudyante sa pampubulikong paaralan ang nagbalik-eswela ngayong araw sa opisyal na pagbubukas ng klase para sa School Year 2017-2018. Ngayong school year din ang pagsisimula ng first official batch ng Grade 12 senior high school students at ng Grade 11 students. Ayon sa Department of Education (DepEd), ang pagbubukas ng klase para sa mga pampublikong paaralan ay tuwing unang Lunes ng Hunyo. Sa mga pribadong paaralan ay maaaring […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has offered a P10-million bounty on the alleged “Emir” of ISIS in the Philippines and Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon. “The President is offering P10 million reward money for the neutralization of Isnilon Hapilon who is believed to be leading the terrorist Maute-ISIS group in attacking Marawi City,” Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Eduardo Año said Monday. Año said the President also offered P5 million each for […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Finance on Sunday, June 4, confirmed that Resorts World Manila gunman, Jessie Carlos, was a former employee, working as Tax Specialist 1. DOF said that it dismissed the gunman for failing to properly declare his assets in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. “Carlos, whose total income from 2001 to 2011 grossed P2,460,156.00 was found by the Ombudsman to have purchased, in cold cash, two (2) […]
