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by Rebecca Libermann HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) — The main suspect in last week’s stabbing attack in Finland admitted Tuesday to killing two people and injuring eight others but denied any intent to murder, his lawyer said. The Turku district court placed Abderrahman Mechkah, an 18-year-old Moroccan citizen, in formal custody after he made his statement to the court via video link from hospital, where he is being treated for a police gunshot wound to the […]
(Eagle News) — The high-ranking airport official whose name was dragged into the P6.4-billion drug shipment mess in a Senate hearing on Tuesday has gone on leave. In a statement, Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Ed Monreal said assistant general manager for security and emergency concerns Allen Capuyan filed his leave of absence today. Monreal said Capuyan, who met him upon his arrival from Clark, told him “he wants to focus his efforts in clearing […]
(Eagle News) — The Myanmar team took a beating from the Philippine team on Tuesday, losing by almost 100 points to the white shirts. Gilas was clearly the better team even at the start of the game, with players making their shots from the paint and from the three-point lane without any defense hounding them as much. The Myanmar team exerted efforts to contain the Philippines but the white shirts continued on with their streak, […]
(Eagle News) — The director of the Northern Police District has been sacked. Philippine National Police Chief Director Ronald Dela Rosa said in a radio interview that Chief Supt. Roberto Fajardo’s relief was effective Tuesday. He said the relief was to give way to an impartial investigation into the death of 17-year-old Kian delos Santos in an anti-drug operation in Caloocan days ago. Police said Delos Santos had fired at them as they were approaching […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – National Coconut Week is observed from August 24 to 30 every year by the virtue of Proclamation No. 142 signed on August 19, 1987 by then President Corazon Aquino. This annual event is celebrated to pay tribute to the coconut as the “Tree of Life.” Coconuts are known for their great versatility, as evidenced by many traditional uses, ranging from food to cosmetics. Can’t see Infographics? Click here: Coconut Week!
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture on Tuesday lifted the ban on the transport of poultry products from Luzon, to Visayas and Mindanao. The agriculture department had imposed the ban after it declared a bird flu outbreak in San Luis, Pampanga. The ban remained in place after the department declared a bird flu outbreak in two towns in Nueva Ecija days after.
(Eagle News) — Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to allow her to attend the Senate hearing on 17-year-old Kian Loyd delos Santos on Thursday. An advisory said De Lima filed the urgent petition for a legislative furlough at 8:43 a.m. De Lima is facing drug cases in several Muntinlupa courts in connection with her alleged role in the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison when she was justice […]
A Philippine coach sustained minor injuries after two buses carrying Southeast Asian Games players and officials figured in an accident. Also slightly injured in the accident that saw one bus rear-ending the other were seven Myanmar players, including two—Aye Aye Thin and Ei Ei Pyone—who have since withdrawn from the women’s squash tournament doubles. They are resting at their hotel, and will be replaced in the mixed doubles, said the Games’ sports and technical committee secretary, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director Isidro Lapeña to head the Customs bureau. “If somebody is appointed in the position, meaning to say, automatic na ‘yun, umalis ka. But Faeldon, in fairness to him, tried to resign thrice,” Duterte said, referring to Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon. Faeldon is under fire after a P6.4-billion drug shipment entered the country via Customs express lanes. Lawmakers looking into the matter have […]
by Sébastien VUAGNAT / with Kerry SHERIDAN in Charleston Agence France-Presse MADRAS, United States – Emotional sky-gazers on the US West Coast cheered and applauded Monday as the Sun briefly vanished behind the Moon — a rare total solar eclipse that will stretch across North America for the first time in nearly a century. Eclipse chasers and amateur star watchers alike converged in cities along the path of totality, a 70-mile (113-kilometer) wide path running through 14 […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazil’s army went into action again Monday to support police in raids on some of Rio de Janeiro’s most violent favelas — but not before a rogue soldier allegedly tipped off the drug gangs. In the third such operation in just over two weeks, about 5,000 marines, army soldiers, air force personnel, police and agents from the elite federal intelligence service launched raids at dawn in seven neighborhoods, […]
by Catherine Rama and Andrea Palasciano Agence France-Presse MARSEILLE, France – One person was killed and another seriously injured in the southern French city of Marseille on Monday after a convicted criminal with psychiatric problems drove a van into people waiting at two bus stops, police said. The incident comes with Europe on high alert following last week’s car ramming attacks in northeastern Spain. But Marseille’s prosecutor Xavier Tarabeux said there was no evidence of a […]
