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Australia offers to train Philippine troops in IS fight

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia Tuesday offered to help train the Philippine military to tackle Islamic militants terrorizing parts of the country, calling the threat “deeply concerning.” Philippine forces have been besieging militants in Marawi for almost 100 days. But the gunmen, flying the Islamic State group’s black flag, have defied military assaults including airstrikes and artillery barrages. Australia, which has an extensive defense cooperation program with Manila, has already deployed two high-tech AP-3C Orion aircraft for […]

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President Duterte defends son-in-law vs Trillanes’ accusations; says estranged wife of son Paolo “not a Duterte”

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday defended his son-in-law from Senator Antonio Trillanes’ allegations he was linked to the alleged Davao Group involved in illegal transactions with the Bureau of Customs, while disowning the estranged wife of his son Paolo who was being linked to smuggling activities. According to the President, Mans Carpio, the husband of his daughter Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, was seen in the BoC headquarters because he was a lawyer […]

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President Duterte to create “anti-graft commission” to investigate complaints of corruption in gov’t

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced he would create another antigraft body to “investigate complaints of corruption in government.” “Anak ni Bebot (Bello) siguro kung kaya niya hawakan. Ayaw niya? I’m looking really for someone. Mayroon akong gustong kunin, pero di papayag. Justice talaga,” he said, referring to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III. Duterte said he needed “maybe 1, or 2 or 3” people who would constitute the commission. President Duterte made […]

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President Duterte: Marcos family “ready to open and bring back a few gold bars”

(Eagle News) — The Marcos family want to subject their wealth to government scrutiny, and return some to the government, President Rodrigo Duterte said. “(They said) we are ready to open and bring back pati ang a few gold bars,” Duterte says the Marcoses told him. He said they noted that the gold bars were in their keeping “because their father was protecting the economy.” “How much? (The Marcoses) will give me an accounting,” Duterte […]

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UPDATED: LTFRB lifts Uber suspension

(Eagle News) —  The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Tuesday lifted the 30-day suspension on Uber, after the ride-sharing app  paid the P190-million fine imposed on it by the agency. The LTFRB imposed the fine in response to Uber’s appeal of the suspension the agency originally meted out for the transport network company’s defiance of a July order that banned the TNC from further accepting driver accreditations. The LTFRB said that Uber should also give […]

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Davao councilor denies allegations vs him

(Eagle News) — The Davao councilor being tagged as part of the supposed Davao  Group engaged in illegal activities in the Bureau of Customs has denied the allegations against him. In an affidavit submitted to the Senate blue ribbon committee, Nilo “Small” Abellera said that he “ha(s) no knowledge, let alone any participation (in the entry) of the shabu shipment from China.” He was referring to the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country via […]

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Ex-Customs Commissioner Faeldon, Davao councilor no-shows in Senate hearing on P6.4-B drug shipment

(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon and the Davao councilor being tagged in illegal activities in the Customs department were no-shows in Tuesday’s Senate blue ribbon committee hearing on the P6.4-billion drug shipment that entered the country via Customs express lanes. The hearing is the fifth being held by the committee on the drug shipment, and comes right after Senator Panfilo Lacson accused Faeldon of receiving a P150-million “pasalubong” when he took the […]

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Japan to take ‘full steps’ to ensure public safety: Abe

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan will take “full steps” to ensure the safety of its people following a North Korean missile test Tuesday that passed over the country, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. The firing comes days after Pyongyang launched three short-range missiles in what was seen as a minimal provocation after the start of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian South Korean-US joint military exercises. But Tuesday’s flight path represents a significant escalation by Pyongyang, which earlier […]

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Libya navy seizes oil tanker; detains Filipino crew

TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) — The Libyan navy said Monday it has seized an oil tanker near the maritime border with Tunisia and detained the 20-member Filipino crew on suspicion of fuel smuggling. Navy spokesman General Ayoub Kacem said the vessel was intercepted on Sunday off Abu Kamash, 170 kilometers (110 miles) west of Tripoli, and its crew transported to the capital to appear before the prosecutor general. The Liberian-flagged tanker belonging to a Greek company […]

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German nurse murdered ‘at least 90 patients’: police

by Frank Zeller Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A male nurse jailed for life two years ago for killing two hospital patients with lethal drug overdoses murdered at least 90 patients in total, and possibly twice as many, police said Monday, calling it post-war Germany’s worst killing spree. Niels Hoegel, 40, was jailed in February 2015 for two murders and four counts of attempted murder or causing bodily harm on intensive-care patients at […]

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Iloilo’s Mabilog says he’s “just an ordinary mayor”; welcomes Espenido’s appointment in city

(Eagle News) — Iloilo Mayor Jed Mabilog on Monday welcomed the appointment of Chief Insp. Jovie Espenido in his city, even as he insisted that the local government was already exerting a lot of effort in ridding the city of drugs. In a radio interview, Mabilog, who was included in President Rodrigo Duterte’s list of narcopoliticians, said Espenido’s appointment was “a good venue for us to really see kung ano ang nangyayari sa Iloilo.” “I […]

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Two dead, 25 missing in China landslide: state media

BEIJING, China (AFP) — A landslide struck some 34 homes in southwest China on Monday, killing two people and leaving another 25 missing in the latest natural disaster to hit the country, state media reported. Rescuers pulled six people out of the rubble, including two who died, in Bijie, Guizhou province, city authorities told the official Xinhua news agency. Search efforts are ongoing and local authorities sent tents, quilts and camp beds to the site, […]

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