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(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre on Friday decried what he said was the refusal of Risa Hontiveros’ camp and the Rise Up for Life and for Rights to allow investigators to interview alleged witnesses into the killings of Carl Angelo Arnaiz, Kian Loyd delos Santos, and Reynaldo de Guzman, an act an anti-crime group has said was already tantamount to “obstruction of justice.” Aguirre said for instance, the investigators looking into the killing of Delos […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Who is your most memorable teacher? Is it the terror who makes the whole class tremble in fear just by entering the classroom? Is it the comedy king or queen who makes students laugh because of their jokes during lectures? Or is it the cool one who treats his or her students as peers? Whatever their teaching styles and techniques, we cannot deny that our teachers play an important role in our […]
SEOUL, South Korea — For the second time in less than a month, North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan, days after the international community further tightened its sanctions over its banned weapons and nuclear program. Here’s how the program got to where it is: Late 1970s: North Korea starts working on a version of the Soviet Scud-B (range 300 kilometers or 186 miles). Test-fired in 1984 1987-92: Begins developing variant of Scud-C (500 km), […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Education is a very important tool in empowering and developing the youth in becoming productive citizens of the country. To quote Nelson Mandela: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” The Philippine government, by virtue of Proclamation No. 409, signed in 1953, declared the second week of September and the year thereafter as the “Education Week.” Education in the Philippines is managed and regulated by […]
(Eagle News) — The National Capital Region Police Office is set to relieve the entire Caloocan City Police, in a bold move seen as a warning by the Philippine National Police leadership against erring policemen in general. The announcement came after another dubious incident that saw several personnel from police community precinct 4 barging inside a house in civilian clothes without a search warrant and stealing items on Sept. 4. The PCP4 commander, who was […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired an unidentified missile eastwards over Japan and into the Pacific on Friday, Seoul and Tokyo said, its latest provocation amid high tensions over its banned weapons programs. The launch, from near Pyongyang, came after the United Nations Security Council imposed an eighth set of sanctions on the country over its ballistic missile and atomic weapons programmes. That was in response to its sixth nuclear test — by far […]
LUCKNOW, India (AFP) — At least 20 people died on Thursday when a boat packed with laborers capsized on the Yamuna river in northern India, an official said. Twenty bodies have been recovered, Dharam Pal Singh, additional magistrate of Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh state, told AFP. “It appears the boat was crowded beyond its capacity,” he said. “The incident happened early morning. It was a privately hired boat and was carrying some 50-55 people,” […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam on Thursday ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate its central coastal area as Typhoon Doksuri closed in, with officials predicting the storm could be the most powerful in a decade. Doksuri is expected to make landfall in Vietnam midday Friday, packing heavy winds and rain. Officials ordered an offshore fishing ban, while some 47,000 people in Ha Tinh province began leaving their homes Thursday, according to an official from […]
(Eagle News) — Members of the Makabayan bloc on Thursday announced they would be leaving the House of Representatives’ supermajority, saying it “would be a violation of (their) duties and principles” if they remained. In a statement, ACT Teachers Reps. Antonio Tinio and France Castro, Kabataan Rep. Sarah Elago, Anakpawis Rep. Ariel Casilao, Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, and Gabriela Reps. Emmi de Jesus and Arlene Brosas said they decided to bolt the House majority […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has affirmed its June 13 resolution ordering the indictment of former President Benigno Aquino III for graft and usurpation of authority–but junking his indictment for homicide–over the Mamasapano incident in 2015. This was after the anti-graft body denied Aquino’s July 18 motion for partial reconsideration, and the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption’s consolidated motion for reconsideration of that resolution. In its 27-page consolidated resolution signed on Sept. […]
(Eagle News) — The military on Thursday said they have “not monitored” any destabilization move against President Rodrigo Duterte. Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Eduardo Año made the statement after Senator Antonio Trillanes IV verbally distanced himself from the allegations made in a post circulating online about the supposed plot. The Facebook post–which Trillanes said was made by one “General Kakilala”—quoted the supposed account of a “respected journalist,” who reportedly got word from […]
(Eagle News) — Former Rep. Jacinto Paras on Thursday said he would file charges against Senator Risa Hontiveros for making public what he said should have been private text messages between him and Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre without their consent. Hontiveros said in a privilege speech on Monday that Paras–now affiliated with the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption–was the recipient of Aguirre’s “Let us expedite your cases against (Hontiveros)” text, which she was able to […]
