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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Shootouts across Bangladesh left nine alleged drug dealers dead Thursday, police said, as authorities stepped up a crackdown that now has claimed at least 52 lives in 10 days and drawn criticism from rights groups. The campaign comes as Bangladesh struggles to contain a surging drugs trade, particularly in methamphetamine pills known as “yaba”. However, human rights groups say many of the deaths are the result of extra-judicial killings. Two of […]
(Eagle News) — At least two people were hurt after a fire broke out in a residential area in Malabon City on Thursday, May 24. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection, the fire in Sitio 6, Barangay Catmon started at 12:58 p.m. The blaze, which reached the Task Force Bravo, immediately spread to adjacent houses as they were made of light materials. The BFP said it has not yet determined the number of houses affected […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Education has said it was ready for the opening of classes next month. DepEd Undersecretary for Planning and Field Operations Jess Mateo said in an interview over Net25’s Agila Balita on Thursday, May 24, that as early as January of 2018, they already called on parents and students to avail of the early registration for School Year 2018-2019. He said that late applicants can, however, still be accepted. “Pero […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs (BoC) on Thursday, May 24, intercepted P36.5 million worth of smuggled cigarettes at the Manila International Container Port (MICP). In a statement, the BoC said it would file charges for violation of the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act against the five consignees responsible for the seven container vans containing “947 cartons of More cigarettes and 53 cartons of Marvels cigarettes, 950 boxes of Mighty cigarettes, boxes of apples mixed with […]
(Eagle News) – “Martial law in Mindanao should not be lifted.” The chairman of the crisis committee in Marawi City, Assemblyman Zia Alonto Adiong, made this clear in a phone patch interview over Net 25’s Agila Balita on Thursday, May 24, amid calls from human rights groups for the declaration to be lifted. The calls made by groups such as Karapatan were made a year after Marawi City was attacked by members of Maute and Abu […]
SOCOTRA, Yemen (AFP) — Seventeen people were missing and hundreds of others evacuated from their homes Thursday after Cyclone Mekunu hit the Yemeni island of Socotra, causing severe flooding and damage, officials said. Neighboring Oman is preparing for landfall on Friday, with national weather experts expecting Mekunu to intensify to a category two cyclone from category one, after it hit Socotra on Wednesday night. The missing people had been in two boats that sunk and […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service “Distractions, silly accusations, fake news.” This was how Tito Sotto on Thursday, May 24, described criticisms he should not hold the post of Senate president because of his alleged lack of qualifications. Sotto replaced Koko Pimentel, who stepped down after 15 senators signed a resolution seeking for a Senate reorganization and electing him as their new leader. Senator Gringo Honasan, who was one of the 15 who signed the […]
(Eagle News) — At least eight people were injured after a passenger bus overturned in Tanauan, Batangas on Thursday, May 24. A police report said the N. Dela Rosa Liner bus, with plate number DX-127, was traversing the northbound lane of STAR tollway when it swerved to avoid another vehicle at 1:15 p.m. This prompted the driver to lose control of the vehicle, which ended up on its right side on the road. The report said […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Tito Sotto on Thursday, May 24, reiterated the proposal to revive the death penalty has more chances of being approved in the Upper House if it was to be limited only to those convicted of high-level drug trafficking. He said the same could not be said of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption proposal to include rebellion, terrorism and plunder on the list of crimes penalized by death. […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly rose Thursday but traders remain concerned about the China-US trade deal and Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un, while automakers were hit by news Washington was considering huge tariffs on vehicle imports. Investors went into selling mode despite minutes from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting that showed the central bank was less hawkish on interest rates than previously thought. The selling is a far cry […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service House leaders have asked President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a measure that seeks to provide for a Bangsamoro Basic Law and to abolish the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In asking Duterte to make the certification on House Bill 6475, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and House Majority leader Rodolfo Farinas said they aimed to pass the measure on third reading “before the sine die adjournment of Congress on […]
But adds it is “always ready” to go to Taiwan to get him so he can face cases vs him By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Philippine National Police spokesperson John Bulalacao said it “may take time” before Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog is deported to the Philippines so he can face the charges against him. In a press conference on Thursday, May 24, Bulalacao said this was because Parojinog also committed violations in Taiwan, which means […]
