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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte believes some parties are out to “sabotage” the government’s war on drugs, which some say was used as pretext to claim the lives of three boys, including Carl Angelo Arnaiz, whom the President described as his relative. “Silipin mong mabuti kasi may (nananabotahe). Sinasadya talaga iyan..Bantay ka riyan, may nagluluto diyan to discredit (the government),” he told Philippine National Police Chief Roland dela Rosa, who was with him when […]
(Eagle News) — No Filipino was injured or killed in the 8.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico on Thursday. Vice Consul Mikhal de Dios of the Philippine Embassy in Mexico said that in the whole of Mexico City, there were 700 Filipinos, but most of them lived west and north of the city, not in the south, where the quake took place. “(Pero) malakas ang lindol dahil umabot dito sa Mexico City kahit 1000 kilometers ang […]
(Eagle News) — Fourteen-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman had been dead for 12 hours when he was found in Gapan, Nueva Ecija on Wednesday. Public Attorneys Office Forensic Lab Director Erwin Erfe said it also appears De Guzman was already dead when he was stabbed over 20 times. “Wala kaming nakitang tama ng baril kay Kulot,” he added, referring to the boy’s nickname. As for De Guzman’s friend, Carl Angelo Arnaiz, Erfe said based on their […]
By Klaudine Caday and Renee Suarez EBC Florida Bureau FLORIDA (Eagle News) — The southeastern seaboard has made adjustments to the oncoming storm, Irma, more than just evacuations and deactivating tolls. Florida schools have begun the process of cancelling classes and closing down campuses to reduce the travel and motivation to stay in danger zones for families and other residents. Governor Rick Scott had issued a statement declaring over 60 counties within the state of […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The Senate has issued an arrest order against former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon over his repeated refusal to attend Senate blue ribbon committee hearings into corruption in the Bureau of Customs, and into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the bureau via express lanes. Senate Sergeant at Arms Retired General Jose Balajadia confirmed they received the order around 6:30 p.m. yesterday. But Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard […]
(Eagle News) — They’re pure baloney, wild propaganda. This was how the lawyer of Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte described Senator Antonio Trillanes’ allegations against his client. According to Rainier Madrid, who is also the vice mayor’s spokesperson, Trillanes’ claims the younger Duterte was a member of a triad, and was involved in illegal activities with corrupt Customs officials and employees, were only meant to “create perceptions in the minds of people.” For this, Madrid […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Thursday expressed “profound dismay” over the death of 14-year-old Reynaldo de Guzman, as he admitted the “whole nation was in the process of rethinking how we do things” as a result. “It is with profound dismay that we regard (De Guzman’s) disturbing death..,” he said during a news briefing. According to Abella, the National Bureau of Investigation has “already been ordered to conduct a thorough investigation and case […]
(Eagle News) — The lifeless body of a 17-year-old boy from Baguio who had been missing for six days was found in a creek on Thursday morning. The body of Vaughn Carl Dicang, a Grade 12 Baguio Science High School student, was recovered near Balacbac Bridge, at 9:40 a.m., the police said. When the teenager went missing on September 1, he was wearing dark pants, a grey jacket, and carried a red backpack. Van Dicang, […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate blue ribbon committee cited former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon in contempt after he failed to show up in Thursday’s hearing into corruption in the Bureau of Customs. “Make sure that he shares information and that he is brought here on Monday,” committee chair Senator Richard Gordon said. Earlier, Gordon urged the committee to take action on Faeldon, noting some of his “contentious remarks” in justifying his absence in the hearing. […]
(Eagle News) — “No way.” This was what Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte retorted when Senator Antonio Trillanes insisted that a photograph of the presidential son’s supposed “dragon tattoo” be taken. Trillanes had said he wanted a picture of the supposed tattoo on the presidential son’s back so this could be sent to the United States Drug Enforcement Agency and could be “decoded.” “We can ask the sergeant at arms to accompany you. Bigay natin […]
(Eagle News) — Both Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and Mans Carpio on Thursday admitted to knowing Charlie Tan, a supposed player in corruption in the Bureau of Customs, but noted that they knew nothing about his supposed illegal activities. The presidential son said Tan was his “friend” whom he knew to be a nightclub owner who was also engaged in a seafood business in Palawan and in a piggery business. Carpio said that was […]
(Eagle News) — The son-in-law of President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday denied he was engaged in illegal activities involving the Bureau of Customs, noting that he was only at one point in the Office of the Commissioner because he was representing a client. Mans Carpio said he went to the office of then-Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to explain to him the “crusade” of a certain “Mr. Reta.” He said “Mr. Reta” wanted the BoC to use […]
