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(Eagle News) — Nasabat sa isinagawang buy-bust operation ng National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) ang aabot sa mahigit na P2 milyong halaga ng shabu sa Quezon City Martes ng gabi. Target ng isinagawang operasyon sa Katipunan Avenue ang isang Jayson Lagumbay at ang iba pa nitong mga kasamahan na sina Jorge Golfo, Leonardo Jacinto, isang alyas Jay maging ang dalawa pang mga menor de edad na pinag-hihinalaaang ginagawang mga drug courier. Napag-alaman naman ng mga […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police on Tuesday, June 19, gave a posthumous award to the Isabela town police chief who was recently killed in a buy-bust operation. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde personally gave the award to the kin of Michael Angelo Tubaña, head of the Mallig town police force who was shot dead while conducting the operation in Barangay Centro 1 on Sunday, June 17. The subjects of the operation, Warren […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks led a sell-off across Asian and European markets Tuesday on rising trade war fears after Donald Trump threatened fresh tariffs on Chinese imports and Beijing warned of countermeasures. Trump said he had asked the US Trade Representative to identify $200 billion worth of imports to be targeted, adding he would hit a further $200 billion if Beijing retaliates. Investors were already on edge after the world’s […]
(Eagle News) — Maria Lourdes Sereno on Tuesday, June 19, called the Supreme Court decision that “stripped” her of her “authority and power” as Chief Justice an “unjust” one, as she lashed out at President Rodrigo Duterte and his administration for the supposed “weakening” of the “rule of law” in the country. Speaking before the University of the Philippines Diliman, Sereno said the SC “committed seppuku without honor” when it upheld its May 11 ruling that […]
JERUSALEM,Undefined(AF) —Israel declined to comment on Tuesday on a weekend air strike against an Iraqi paramilitary base in eastern Syria after its US ally implicated it in the attack. The Sunday evening strike against the Al-Hari base on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq came less than 24 hours after Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would strike Iran’s “proxies” anywhere in Syria. Fighters of Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force, mainly composed of Iran-trained […]
by Ryan Mcmorrow © Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of “blackmail” and warned it would retaliate in kind after the US president threatened to impose fresh tariffs on Chinese goods, pushing the world’s two biggest economies closer to a trade war. Trump said on Monday he had asked the US Trade Representative to target $200 billion worth of imports for a 10 percent levy, citing China’s “unacceptable” move to raise […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Authorities on Monday, June 18, arrested a former member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and his uncle after they sold P50,000 worth of shabu to a police poseur-buyer in Quezon City, the police said on Tuesday, June 19. The suspects were identified as Kasle Manap alias Castro from Cotabato, and his uncle Ibrahim Usman. According to Quezon City Police District director Chief Supt. Joselito Esquivel, the two sold the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a two-day visit to Beijing, Chinese state media reported Tuesday, a week after his unprecedented summit with US President Donald Trump. The outing comes as China has sought to strengthen its role as a mediator between the US and North Korea, where Beijing claims compelling security and economic interests. Dozens of security vans, police cars and armoured vehicles lined streets around Beijing’s Diaoyutai State […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court has decided with finality to remove Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. This was after the High Court voted to junk Sereno’s motion for reconsideration of the May 11 SC ruling that ruled in favor of the quo warranto petition filed against her. In the quo warranto petition, Solicitor General Jose Calida argued Sereno’s appointment as Chief Justice should be nullified because she lacked the integrity […]
By Phoebe Salvador Eagle News Service The Philippines has been chosen as the first country to become the administrator of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Academy through the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). In a statement, the DTI said that in particular, the Philippine Trade Training Center (PTTC) was named as the administrator of the academy, a one-stop multi-platform online learning and information resource for Southeast Asian SMEs. […]
(Eagle News) — Magpapaulan sa eastern part ng Visayas ang trough o extension ng low pressure area (LPA) na binabantayan ng Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA). Ayon sa PAGASA, huling namataan ang LPA sa 655 kilometers east northeast ng Guiuan, eastern Samar. Sinabi ni PAGASA Senior Weather Specialist Cris Perez na ang extension ng nasabing LPA ay nagdudulot na ng maulap na papawirin sa eastern Visayas na makararanas na ng kalat-kalat na […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)—Justin Rose got off to a sizzling start in sweltering conditions Saturday, then held on to push his PGA Fort Worth Invitational lead to four shots with a third-round 66. England’s Rose birdied four of the first six holes at Colonial Country Club, where temperatures reached 100 degrees Farenheit (38 C). His 14-under par total of 196 put him four clear of another US Open winner, Brooks Koepka, and Argentina’s Emiliano […]
