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(Eagle News) — General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Vice Mayor Melvin Pascual has been sworn in as the municipality’s new mayor. Pascual officially took over the post of slain Mayor Ferdinand Bote on Wednesday morning, July 4. Judge Celso Baguio of Gapan Regional Trial Court Branch 34 administered his oath-taking. Anna Rouselle Busalpa, the number one councilor, meanwhile, succeeded Pascual’s post as vice mayor. Bote died after he was shot as he was leaving the National […]
(Eagle News) — Labintatlong miyembro ng Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) ang napatay sa sagupaan sa Philippine Army sa Maguindanao nitong Miyerkules, ika-4 ng Hulyo. Ayon sa AFP, anim ang nasugatan sa panig ng 40th Infantry Batallion ng Philippine Army sa engkuwentro na tumagal ng mahigit sa isang oras. Umatras ang mga terorista matapos silang bombahin ng militar gamit ang 105-millimeter howitzers cannon at dalawang helicopter gunship ng Philippine Air Force (PAF). Narekober ng militar sa […]
by Alastair Himmer Agence France-Presse NARITA, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s football chief took aim at critics of the Blue Samurai on Thursday after the team’s World Cup return and confirmed he was on the lookout for a new coach. JFA president Kozo Tashima told a news conference that caretaker boss Akira Nishino would not continue in the role after steering Japan to the knockout stages in Russia. And after the Japan team was welcomed home […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s ageing Emperor Akihito resumed his official duties on Thursday after three days of treatment for insufficient blood supply to the brain, a palace spokesman told AFP. The 84-year-old had cancelled engagements from Monday after suffering dizziness and nausea caused by the condition, known as cerebral anemia. A palace spokesman said the monarch on Thursday was “doing his official duties as usual,” declining to comment further. On Wednesday the palace had […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The police on Thursday, July 5, confiscated more than P40 million worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride in Manila. Joint forces of the National Capital Region Police Office and the Manila Police District arrested Joshir Bernardo after confiscating the seven kilograms of suspected shabu from him in a buy-bust operation in San Andres Bukid. “During the buy-bust, ang napag-usapan one kilo (ng droga worth) P900,000 (ang bibilhin ng poseur-buyer)..Upon inspection […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government on Thursday, July 5, denied there was a “pattern” in the recent killings of two mayors. In a statement, DILG officer in charge Eduardo Año noted that “each case has its own facts.” He was referring to the killings of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili on Monday, July 2, and General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote. Halili was shot as he was presiding over the […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque dismissed as “unfounded” speculations the government had a hand in the killing of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili. In a press conference, Roque noted the three angles the police were looking into in the mayor’s killing: politics, his shame campaign and his alleged involvement in the illegal drug trade. “Apparently iba’t ibang aspeto ngayon ang lumalabas sa pag-imbestiga,” Roque said. On Thursday, July 5, Senator Panfilo Lacson said […]
Australia and the Philippines apologized Thursday for bringing basketball into “disrepute” with a massive on-court melee between players, fans and officials during a World Cup qualifier. The violence on Monday in Manila made international headlines. “We wish to apologize to the entire basketball community worldwide — and in particular to our fantastic fans,” said the joint statement from the nations’ basketball associations. The apology in particular cited “the behavior displayed by both teams and […]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — The world’s largest copper producer, Chile, said it was concerned Wednesday as copper fell to a nine-month low ahead of the first shots of a US-China trade war this week. “We are worried and we hope it’s a transitory effect,” Finance Minister Felipe Larrain told a news conference, attributing the 2.0 percent drop to US trade tariffs on goods from China and the prospect of Chinese retaliation. “Unfortunately, what we have […]
(Eagle News)–The family of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili suspects the government had a hand in his murder, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday, July 5. According to Lacson, who spoke to the mayor’s kin on Wednesday, family members came to the conclusion after they supposedly discovered a surveillance was conducted on them by vehicles using “manufactured plates.” Lacson, a former chief of the Philippine National Police, admitted that police made use of such plates […]
by Thanaporn Promyamyai Agence France Presse MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) — Thai rescuers on Thursday said they may be prodded into a complex extraction of 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave if forecast rains hammer the mountainside and jeopardize the rescue mission. Thirteen sets of diving equipment have been prepared for the team, who have endured 12 nights underground in the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand. Water is […]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Wednesday that its first nuclear reactor would come online in late 2019 or early 2020, further delaying the launch of the Arab World’s first atomic power station. Construction of the first of four reactors at the $20 billion (17 billion euro) Barakah plant has been completed ahead of “operation by the end of 2019 (or) early 2020,” Emirates Nuclear Energy Corpation said, quoted […]
