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(Eagle News) — Posibleng magpatupad ng bagong oil price hike ang mga kumpanya ng langis sa susunod na linggo. Batay ito sa unang tatlong araw ng trading sa pandaigdigang merkado. Dahil sa patuloy na pagtaas sa presyo ng mga produktong petrolyo, pinag-aaralan na ng Malacañang ang posibilidad na umangkat ng langis sa Estados Unidos o Russia o mga bansang hindi miyembro ng Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, […]
(Eagle News) — The schedule of the Boracay rehabilitation and clean up might be extended beyond six months. This came after Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu revealed that more than 40 illegal pipelines were discovered in a beachfront where tourists usually go swimming. The illegal pipelines were discovered after the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) conducted surveys using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). The agency also discovered that waters […]
(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday, May 25, terminated Janet Lim Napoles’ provisional coverage to the Witness Protection Program. The Department of Justice said in a statement the termination was “considering the denial” of her urgent motion for transfer of custody to the DOJ by the first, third and fifth divisions of the Sandiganbayan, which means “the main purpose for which (Napoles) had sought admission” into the program “has become moot and academic.” “As […]
(Eagle News) — Patay sa engkuwentro ang isang drug suspect matapos na magsagawa ng drug buy bust operation ang mga operatiba ng Paranaque Police kaninang medaling araw, Mayo 25. Nakilala ang suspect sa alyas na “Tarat” kilalang notorious na kriminal sa lugar dahil sa pagkakasangkot nito sa kabi-kabilang holdapan at nakawan. Nagpanggap na poseur buyer ang pulis para makipag-transaksyon kay Tarat. Nang makatunog ang suspek na pulis pala ang katransaksyon nito dito na nangyari ang […]
(Eagle News)–Australian nun Patricia Fox on Friday, May 25, appealed the Bureau of Immigration order that affirmed the forfeiture of her missionary visa. Fox filed the appeal before the Department of Justice even if the BI said she only had one day to leave the Philippines following the issuance of the order. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said, however, that Fox could still file an appeal in the justice department. In its May order, the BI […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte will visit South Korea from June 3 to 5. A statement from South Korea’s Blue House said its president Moon Jae-In and Duterte will have a summit on June 4. This would have been President Duterte’s first visit to South Korea, which only last month held a very successful summit with North Korea. During the summit, the two Koreas agreed to, among others, put an end to the Korea War which […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte will sign into law a proposed national ID system. This is according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, who held a press conference on Friday, May 25. “This landmark bill is part of the legislative priority agenda of the Duterte administration to improve the delivery of government services; thus, once ratified, the President will sign this into law,” Roque said. The bicameral conference committee has approved a measure seeking for the same. […]
by Park Chan-kyong with Jerome Cartillier in Washington Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea said Friday it is willing to talk to the United States “at any time” after President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a summit, a decision that once more casts a pall of uncertainty over the the turbulent Korean peninsula. Trump blamed “open hostility” from the North Korean regime for his decision to call off the planned talks […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia passed a new law Friday that will give police more power to take pre-emptive action against terror suspects in the wake of the country’s deadliest Islamist attacks in years. The bill had been stalled for almost two years as parliament wrangled over details, including how to define terrorism, but a wave of deadly suicide bombings this month hiked pressure on lawmakers to pass the legislation. Police will now be […]
(Eagle News)–The commander of the Presidential Security Group has a new post. Brig. Gen. Lope Dagoy assumed the position as brigade commander of the 802nd Brigade based in Leyte. He replaced Brig. Gen. Francisco Mendoza Jr. The PSG is tasked to protect the President.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysian police said Friday they found cash amounting to almost $30 million in a raid on a luxury apartment as they probed corruption allegations swirling around ousted leader Najib Razak. The money was seized along with 284 boxes containing designer handbags, as well as watches and jewellery from a condominium in Kuala Lumpur, which was raided along with Najib’s home and other sites last week. Najib’s coalition was thrown […]
BUENOS, Aires (AFP) — Three people were killed and two injured when a near century-old theater building in Argentina collapsed while undergoing renovation work, police said Thursday. The historic building in the northern city of San Miguel de Tucuman collapsed around 8:00 pm (2300 GMT) on Wednesday with heavy traffic in the street outside. Police first reported one man had been killed but revised the toll after discovering in the rubble two more bodies, those […]
