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(Eagle News) — If President Rodrigo Duterte asks for an extension of martial law in Mindanao, “it shall be given.” This is according to House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr., following statements from the Palace extending the same was an option after the bombing in Sultan Kudarat that killed at least three people. “The declaration of martial law is the call of the executive. The President declares or extends, Congress concurs,” he said. He added, however, […]
(Eagle News) — Para kay Vice President Leni Robredo hindi sagot ang panibagong ekstensyon ng martial law. Aniya, malinaw na hindi ito epektibo simula ng ipatupad ito sa Mindanao dahil patuloy pa rin ang terrorist activity doon. “Merong martial law sa Mindanao, pero nakita natin over the past months, hindi ito nagiging hadlang para yung karahasan maprevent. Una nyan nagkaroon ng bombing sa Lamitan. Ito na naman sa Sultan Kudarat kahapon (Agosto 29). Patuloy pa […]
(Eagle News) — Former Akbayan party-list Rep. Barry Gutierrez will represent the opposition senators who filed a petition against the Philippines’ planned withdrawal from the International Criminal Court before the Supreme Court. Gutierrez formally entered his appearance as counsel for Senators Kiko Pangilinan, Bam Aquino, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Antonio Trillanes IV after the High Court denied De Lima’s appeal she be allowed to represent herself and her co-petitioners in the oral arguments […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency chief Aaron Aquino on Thursday, Aug. 30, stood by his claim the four magnetic lifters that his agency discovered in Cavite recently contained shabu amounting to P6.8 billion. Speaking before the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs that is conducting a motu proprio investigation into the recent shabu smuggling incidents in the country, Aquino said that even if results of a swab test showed something was negative of drugs, it doesn’t […]
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — More than 300 sea turtles from an endangered species were found dead on a beach in southern Mexico, trapped in a banned type of fishing net, environmental authorities said. In Mexico’s second mass turtle death in as many weeks, the Pacific Ridley turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) were found floating just off the beach of Puerto Escondido in the state of Oaxaca, their shells forming a bleak mini-island. “They had drowned at […]
(Eagle News) — Inaasahang maaabot ng inflation ang pinakamataas na lebel nito ngayong third quarter ng taon. Ayon kay Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla Jr., kabilang sa mga factor na makapagdudulot ng mataas o mabilis na inflation ay ang mas mataas na excise taxes sa tobacco products at ang mas mataas na presyo ng produktong petrolyo sa pandaigdigang merkado. Inaasahan aniya na ang inflation ay babalik sa target na 2 hanggang 4 […]
Ni Erwin Temperante Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Sa video na kuha ng asset ng Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission makikitang abala sa pagbibilang ng limpak-limpak na pera ang mga opisyal ng Department of Public Works and Highways-Pasig na sinasabing kick back para sa steel parking project ng naturang lungsod. Ito ang ibinunyag ng PACC sa harap ng media at ni DPWH Sec. Mark Villar nitong Miyerkules kung saan sangkot sa kurapsyon ang ilang opisyal ng […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asia struggled on Thursday to ride the wave of optimism that swept Wall Street to another record close, with investors taking a breather after a strong week across most markets. New York’s indexes powered ahead as news that Canada and the United States were close to a fresh trade deal that would revive NAFTA coincided with better-than-expected US growth and a possible breakthrough in Brexit talks. The pound and euro […]
(Eagle News)– Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday, Aug. 30, expressed support for martial law in Mindanao, after the Palace floated the possibility of extending the same following the blast in Sultan Kudarat that killed at least three people. “I support martial law in Mindanao,” she said. She said she supports “what the President does because I’ve been President and I believe that he (President Rodrigo Duterte) doesn’t need a peanut gallery to tell him what […]
(Eagle News) — Tuesday’s bombing in Sultan Kudarat is proof that “neither martial law nor the Bangsamoro Organic Law could guarantee peace in Mindanao,” Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday, Aug. 30. As such, Lacson said the National Security Council and ground security forces should “take a hard look at their security plans and strategy, especially in the South, and try to avert the vicious cycle of talking peace with one tribal group while alienating the others.” […]
(Eagle News)—-Authorities are eyeing another group in the blast in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday, Aug. 28, as the death toll rose to three. A report over dzbb said authorities were looking into the possibility one Abu Turaifie group, led by one Esmail Sheikh Abdulmalik alias Abu Turaifie, was behind the incident in Isulan that also injured over 30 others. The Philippine National Police said the group claimed to have ties with the Islamic State. Earlier, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump raised the spectre of violence around upcoming midterms Wednesday, saying he did not want to see “unnecessary” unrest days after he reportedly warned evangelical leaders of violent change if Republicans lose control of Congress. When asked by a reporter why he had on Monday suggested there would be violence around the November elections, Trump simply said “because that’s the way.” “If you look at what happens […]
