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Protect yourself and your surroundings as you welcome the New Year! This is one of the busiest times of the year for most people. This is also the time of the year when cases of accident, even stealing, are rampant. Uncontrolled eating also happens for many this season, so it is important to be cautious and alert, not only in our surroundings but in taking care of ourselves as well. This New Year celebration, the […]
(Eagle News)– Davao Mayor Sara Duterte on Friday said her husband and brother did the right thing when they sued Senator Antonio Trillanes. Duterte said she hopes that the case Mans Carpio and Paolo Duterte filed against the senator for his statement linking them to the so-called Davao Group will prosper. “I feel na what Trillanes did to them is too much, especially that my husband is a private individual. He is not a public official,” […]
(Eagle News) — A “harassment suit.” This was how Senator Antonio Trillanes IV described on Thursday the civil case filed against him by Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio. “..Because our corrupt and co-opted justice system have become the refuge of the Duterte scoundrels,” Trillanes said. “Just be sure that you’d be in power forever because I have made it my life’s mission to make your murderous and corrupt clan accountable for your actions,” he added. Duterte […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s son and son-in-law have sued Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for damages over his statement linking the two to the entry of a P6.4-billion shabu shipment in the country via Customs express lanes in May. Quoting a Davao court official, a GMA 7 report said Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio filed the charges on December 27. The filing comes days after the younger Duterte resigned from his post as vice […]
(Eagle News) –The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Thursday admitted that the “faceless” P100 bills were due to a “printing error.” “We have resolved the mechanical cause of printing error that led to the faceless notes,” BSP managing director Carlyn Pangilinan said. According to Pangilinan, the error was “isolated.” She said 33 misprinted P100 bills were released to the public. Of the 33, 19 have been recovered. She said that the “affected machine” has been identified […]
(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Thursday said that he respects President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to appoint former Bureau of Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon to the Office of the Civil Defense. But in a text message, Ejercito said he “would rather that appointees or those who intend to run for public office (do) not have any derogatory record or blemish in their track record.” According to Ejercito, this was because they were “entering public service.” “Public […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday appealed for the public to follow the rules and regulations on the use of fireworks and pyrotechnics in celebration of the New Year. “Let us all have a safe New Year celebration,” the Office of the Executive Secretary said in a statement. The OES noted that President Rodrigo Duterte has already signed Executive Order No. 28, which limits the use of allowable fireworks to a mere community fireworks […]
(Eagle News) — The suspect in the murder of a woman and her seven-year-old child daughter surrendered to authorities on Thursday. Ruel Cabatingan surrendered to the Eastern Visayas provincial office around 8 a.m. Cabatingan is a suspect in the killing of Ruby Gamos, 37, and her child, Shaniah Nicole, whose bodies were found inside their private subdivision in Barangay Navarro on December 11. The family’s car, television, gadgets and jewelry were missing, according to authorities. According […]
(Eagle News) — The number of fireworks-related injuries in the run-up to the New Year has reached 42. In a television interview on Thursday, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the figure–which is far lower than the figure recorded during the same period in 2016—was as of 6 a.m. on Wednesday. He said the drop has to do with the recent Executive Order No. 28 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte. The order regulates the use […]
(Eagle News) – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Thursday called on members of the public to come forward should they come across a “faceless” bill. “Pakiusap sa mga tao, pag may nakuhang ganyan, maaari pong dalhin sa BSP. Kung napatunayan naming na totoo ang pera, papalitan namin agad,” Carlyn Pangilinan, head of the BSP’s currency management sector, said in an interview over radio dzbb. According to Pangilinan, they could also go to the nearest […]
(Eagle News) — A 4.1 -magnitude earthquake hit Davao Occidental on Thursday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 101 kilometers east of Sarangani at 7:34 a.m. The depth of focus of the quake–which was tectonic in origin—was at 51 kilometers. There were no reported aftershocks nor damage.
by Francisco Jara Agence France-PresseLIMA, Peru – Families of victims of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori prepared Wednesday to intensify protests against a pardon given to the ex-leader, who was serving 25 years for murder and other human rights abuses. They planned a fresh march on Thursday denouncing both the pardon and current President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who decreed Fujimori’s release on Sunday, three days after narrowly surviving impeachment on graft allegations thanks to Fujimori’s son Kenji. “This […]
