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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited the wake of some of the victims of the Resorts World Manila tragedy late Saturday night (June 3). The presidential convoy was spotted in two memorial houses in Pasay City as well as in Taguig City. The president came to visit the wake of victims after he visited wounded soldiers in Cagayan de Oro City. Duterte visited the Veronica Memorial Chapel past 11 p.m., where […]
(Eagle News)– Retired policeman Arturo Lascañas is facing murder and frustrated murder charges stemming from the two attempts on broadcaster Juan “Jun” Pala’s life and his killing in 2003. The cases were filed at the Davao City Regional Trial Court last Thursday (June 1), this after the Davao City Prosecutor’s Office found probable cause for the criminal charges filed against him over the attempts on Pala’s life in June 2002 and April 2003, and his killing in […]
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(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Monday (June 5) ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to carry out a DNA examination on the remains of Jessie Javier Carlos, the gunman in the Resorts World Manila attack. According to Aguirre, he made the decision in order to erase doubts on the identity of Carlos. The police earlier alleged the gunman was a Caucasian who appeared to stand six-foot tall. However, officials identified […]
Opposition lawmakers on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reject President Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of martial law in Mindanao, branding it unconstitutional. Duterte declared military rule in the region on May 23 to quell what he said was a fast-growing threat from the Islamic State (IS) group there. Duterte made the declaration a few hours after militants flying black IS flags rampaged through the southern city of Marawi, triggering clashes with security forces that are […]
President Rodrigo Duterte discussed matters with Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chair Nur Misuari during a meeting at the Presidential Guest House in Panacan, Davao City on Saturday, June 3. Misuari was accompanied by his wife, Tarhata, and their son, Abdulkarim.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 4, visited the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Escort Flotilla One JS IZUMO (DDH-183) at the Alava Pier of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in Olongapo City, Zambales. The President and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana conduct a shipboard tour and inspection of the helicopter carrier’s different stations. JS IZUMO, together with a guide-missile destroyer JS SAZANAMI (DDG-113), berthed at the Subic Bay Port for […]
SYDNEY, Australia — Top United States and Australian officials on Monday said foreign fighters may return to Southeast Asia from the Middle East and take up arms in their own countries. The warning follows this weekend’s terror attacks in London, which were claimed by the Islamic State group, and amid ongoing clashes with local terrorists who have pledged allegiance to the IS in a city in Mindanao, Philippines. IS fighters will “come back with battlefield […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Koko Pimentel on Sunday urged the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. to come out with a program for “casino gambling addicts” and for those “whose lives have been destroyed by casino gambling.” Pimentel made the suggestion after the police revealed that the gunman in the Resorts World Manila attack early Friday was heavily indebted as a result of his gambling activities. The police said the gambling addiction of Jessie Carlos, […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines on Sunday condemned the Saturday attack in London that left seven people killed, as it assured its citizens it was “closely monitoring” the situation there. “The Philippines strongly condemns the appalling attacks in London and conveys its deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who perished and those who were injured,” the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. According to the DFA, the attacks were “evidently […]
(Eagle News) — Police on Sunday identified the gunman in the Resorts World Manila attack that left more than 30 dead on Friday. National Capital Region Police Office chief Oscar Albayalde said Jessie Carlos, 42, was identified by his kin based on the footage recovered from the closed-circuit television camera in the establishment. Carlos, a Filipino, is a former Department of Finance employee, a tax specialist, assigned to a One Stop Shop Tax Credit and […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday echoed the police and military stataments on the Resorts World Manila attack on Friday, saying it was not done by the Islamic State. “I know that is not ISIS..That is not the work of ISIS,” he told the media during a visit of wounded soldiers in Camp Evangelista Station Hospital in Cagayan de Oro. President Duterte issued the statement after ISIs claimed responsibility for the assault that […]
