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PNP pinaigting ang pagsugpo sa mga riding in tandem sa pamamagitan ng ‘Oplan Clean Riders Alpha’

(Eagle News)– Hinikayat ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang lahat ng mga motorcycle riders sa bansa na lahukan ang bagong kampanya ng mga kapulisan na “Oplan Clean Riders Alpha.” Ang nasabing kilusan ay isang hakbang upang masugpo ang kriminalidad na gawa ng mga riding in tandem, mga krimen na kadalasang kinasasangkutan ng dalawang tao na nakasakay sa motorsiklo. Kabilang sa mga krimen na madalas nilang gawin ay ang pagsamsam ng mga mamahaling gamit o bag, pagnanakaw, […]

Sinibak na alkalde ng Pozorrubio, muling pinaupo sa pwesto

Ni Nora Dominguez Eagle News Service POZORRUBIO, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Muling pinaupo ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) sa pwesto si Pozorrubio Mayor Artemio Chan nitong Lunes, ika-28 ng Mayo, matapos itong masibak noong August 2017. Ito ay matapos paburan umano ng  Ombudsman ang motion for reconsideration  ni Chan kaugnay sa inilabas nitong kautusan na masibak ito dahil sa pagpirma sa isang marriage contract bagamat wala naman siya nang mangyari ang kasal. […]

PCC: Grab PHL’s quality of service “decreased” after Uber exit from Southeast Asia

(Eagle News) — The quality of services provided by Grab Philippines has declined after its parent company acquired the Southeast Asian business of Uber Technologies. This is according to the Philippine Competition Commission, whose Mergers and Acquisitions office conducted a motu proprio review of the transaction. In making the conclusion, the PCC noted that prior to the transaction, “prices charged by Grab have been flat to declining, while post-transaction prices have been increasing, despite the increased supply […]

Asia energy firms dive with oil, Trump-Kim hopes provide optimism

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Energy firms plunged with oil prices in Asia Monday after Saudi Arabia and Russia signaled they could lift output, while indications Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un could be back on provided support to equity markets. Both main contracts tanked on Friday after Saudi oil minister Khaled al-Faleh said his country could open the taps wider in the second half of the year to ensure against any supply shocks. […]

Senator Pangilinan urges Calida to resign over allegations of conflict of interest

(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Pangilinan on Monday, May 28, called for the resignation of Solicitor General Jose Calida amid reports the security agency of his wife bagged contracts in at least four government agencies since he assumed the post in 2016. “If (Tourism) Secretary Wanda Teo resigned because the DoT/PTV 4 favored her Tulfo brothers’ TV production company to the tune of P60 million worth of government contracts(Calida), the lawyer of the government, should […]

Beijing protests US warship operation in South China Sea

BEIJING, China (AFP) — China has voiced “strong dissatisfaction” after two US warships sailed by an island claimed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, adding to simmering tensions in the strategic waterway. The foreign ministry issued a statement expressing “resolute opposition” to the US sail-by of the territory in the disputed Paracel Island chain on Sunday. The US military conducts what it calls “freedom of navigation” voyages in the South China Sea to […]

Roque defends Calida; says SolGen does not exercise “management powers” in security agency that bagged contracts with some gov’t agencies

(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday, May 28, defended Solicitor General Jose Calida from allegations of conflict of interest after the security firm allegedly owned by his wife was reported to have bagged contracts with at least four government agencies after he assumed office in 2016. According to Roque, “I think mere stock ownership is not prohibited for as long as you declare it in your (Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net […]

Halos 4 na taong nakabinbing paaralan sa Tondo, Maynila, problema ngayon ng mga guro at magulang

(Eagle News)– Kasabay ng Brigada Eskwela, nanawagan ang ilang mga magulang at guro sa alkade ng Maynila na si Joseph Estrada na tulungan silang aksyunan ang mabagal na paggawa sa Gregorio Perfecto High School (GPHS), sa Tondo, Maynila. Ang nasabing eskwelahan na may 40 silid aralan ay sinimulang kumpunihin noon pang Agosto 4, 2014 ngunit hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin ito natatapos. Ayon sa school administrator na si Edwin Santos, dalawang beses na raw nasunog […]

Training sa AFP reserve command, gaya rin ng karaniwang sundalo

Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Iba ang karaniwang eksena sa headquarters ng AFP reserve command sa Kampo Aguinaldo tuwing araw ng Sabado. Ito kasi ang itinakdang araw ng kanilang training bilang mga laang kawal o reserve force ng AFP. Kasama na rito ang Basic Citizen Military Training at Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response. Sumasailalim din sila sa Combat Lifesaver course na ginagawa ng mga regular na sundalo. Sa kasalukuyan aabot sa 300,000 ang miyembro ng […]

Legarda: P1.16-billion budget for those administered with Dengvaxia to be passed before Congress adjourns this week

(Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on finance, gave the assurance that the proposed P1.16 billion supplemental budget for Dengvaxia vaccinees would be passed before Congress adjourns this week. She said this was after the proposal was transmitted by the House of Representatives to the Senate. “Bago matapos ang session at mag-adjourn, magkakaroon tayo ng P1.16 billion para sa mga biktima ng Dengvaxia vaccine,” she told reporters, noting that the […]

PNP: Three members of “budol-budol” gang nabbed in Pasay

By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Three foreigners who are alleged members of a “budol-budol” gang were arrested in an operation in Pasay last week. Aroon James, 44, Brown Akwe Fonboh, 43, and  Gum Blanche Murphy, 28, were nabbed by members of the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group after they allegedly extorted P250,000 from a Chinese national. It was the Chinese national who sought the help of the police after the suspects demanded […]

Marcos asks PET to junk Robredo’s appeal on ballot shading threshold

  (Eagle News) –The camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos on Monday, May 28, asked the Supreme Court sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to deny Vice President Leni Robredo’s request to for the manual vote recount to follow a 25 percent ballot shading threshold. In a two-page comment to Robredo’s petition, Marcos said it was “incumbent” upon the PET to “obey and abide by its own rules of procedure which mandate the application of […]