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(Eagle News)——Three people, including the alleged son of a comedian, were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City on Friday, Aug. 10. Nabbed by operatives of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit on Road 8 were Michael Clarion, alleged son of comedian Dinky Doo; and Junard Salas. Salas and Clarion, the police said, yielded 300 grams of marijuana worth P30,000. A third suspect, Jerome “Rom” Lorenzo, was arrested in a follow-up operation in Clarion’s residence, […]
(Eagle News) — The Israel embassy and a group called “Pass it Forward” donated to the Philippine Red Cross a mobile water purification system that can purify up to 20,000 liters of sea water a day, and 80,000 liters of brackish muddy or contaminated water, turning these into water fit for drinking. It was tested on waters from the Pasig River, particularly on the Libertad Channel. PRC chairman, Senator Richard Gordon, led the guests and […]
(Eagle News)–The Hugpong ng Pagbabago has denied urging members of other national parties to join them instead. In a statement, the Davao-based party formed by Davao Mayor Sara Duterte said that in fact, it advises its supporters outside the Davao Region to “form their own local parties or join other national parties” such as the National Unity Party, the Nacionalista Party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan and the Nationalist People’s Coalition. It did not […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde sacked all the policemen from the Lapinig Town Police Station in Northern Samar after their station was reportedly raided by at least a hundred members of the New People’s Army on Friday, Aug. 10. The sacked officials included Lapinig’s chief of police Inspector Noli Montebon; Senior Supt. Romeo Campomanes, Northern Samar provincial director; and Chief Insp. Juan Byron Leogo, commander of the 2nd Northern Samar Provincial Mobile Force Company. After a deliberation […]
SURREY, B.C (Eagle News) – Smoke billows from a barge fire along the Fraser River in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada early morning on Friday, August 10, 2018. The cloud of smoke could be seen for miles.
(Eagle News)–Tropical Storm “Karding” continues to move in a northward direction as it prepares to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Saturday, Aug. 11. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said that meanwhile, as of 10 p.m., the tropical depression spotted outside PAR was 1065 kilometers west of extreme northern Luzon, with maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 75 kilometers per […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia’s 2019 presidential race took shape Friday with incumbent Joko Widodo choosing to run alongside a conservative Islamic cleric against controversial ex-general Prabowo Subianto. Widodo, whose down-to-earth style and ambitious infrastructure drive has made him popular with many Indonesians, picked cleric Ma’ruf Amin as his vice presidential nominee. The decision will bolster the president’s Islamic credentials but could be polarizing among more progressive voters. Amin, 75, is the current chairman the […]
by Kerry Sheridan Agence France-Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) – NASA counted down Friday to the launch of a $1.5 billion spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Sun’s sizzling atmosphere and become humanity’s first mission to explore a star. The car-sized Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to blast off on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida early Saturday. The 65-minute launch window opens at 3:33 am (0733 GMT), and the weather forecast is […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Flash floods have claimed at least 27 lives in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said Friday, prompting the US to advise its citizens to stay away from the tourist hotspot. The coastal state, famed for its pristine palm-lined beaches and tea plantations, is battered by the annual monsoon every year but the rains have been particularly severe this season. Nationwide, more than 700 people have been killed in […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Justice has found probable cause to file charges against businessman Peter Lim for conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading with suspected drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and several others. In finding probable cause against Lim, Espinosa, Ruel Malindangan and Marcelo Adorco, the panel composed of Senior Assistant State Prosecutors Juan Pedro Navera, Anna Doreen Devanadera and prosecution lawyer Herbert Calvin Abugan gave weight to the admission of Espinosa he was a drug […]
by Zakeria Hashimi Agence France Presse GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) — US forces launched airstrikes Friday to counter a major Taliban assault on an Afghan provincial capital, where terrified residents cowered in their homes amid explosions and gunfire as security forces try to beat the insurgents back. Officials said Afghan special forces were also being deployed to the southeastern city of Ghazni after the latest attempt by the Taliban to capture an urban center, with the […]
President Rodrigo Duterte has conferred the Order of Sikatuna on outgoing Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ephraim Ben Matityau during his farewell call at the Music Room of the Malacañan Palace. The Order of Sikatuna with the rank of Grand Cross (Datu), silver distinction, was conferred on the Israel envoy for his significant role in strengthening and deepening the cordial relations between the Republic of the Philippines and the State of Israel. President Duterte […]
