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by Amber Wang TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A samurai sword-wielding attacker carrying the national flag of China slashed a military police guard outside Taiwan’s presidential office Friday, authorities said. The Taiwanese man who was arrested at the scene said he was expressing his political views and had stolen the sword from a nearby history museum, police told AFP. The presidential office in the center of the capital Taipei is the headquarters of Taiwan’s Beijing-skeptic President […]
(Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Friday assured the public President Rodrigo Duterte would not tolerate abuses on the part of policemen. Abella issued the pronouncement after the family of Kian Loyd delos Santos, 17, surfaced and disputed the account of policemen that he had fired at them when they were about to approach him as part of an anti-drug operation in Barangay 160 on Wednesday night. Delos Santos’ father Zaldy noted that […]
(Eagle News) — The policemen who took part in an anti-drug operation that saw a minor killed on Wednesday night and their superior have been relieved from their posts. National Capital Region Police Office chief Director Oscar Albayalde said in a radio interview on Friday that the three policemen behind the operation in Barangay 160 that saw Kian Loyd Delos Santos, 17, killed have been ordered to report to the Regional Police Holding Administrative Unit. […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — The driver of a van that mowed into a packed street in Barcelona, killing at least 13 people, is still on the run, Spanish police said Thursday. Josep Lluis Trapero of the regional police of Catalonia, where the popular seaside city is located, told reporters that two other people suspected of being involved in Thursday’s terror attack had been arrested — a Spaniard and a Moroccan. © Agence France-Presse
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – A driver deliberately rammed a van into pedestrians on one of Barcelona’s most popular boulevards on Thursday, killing 13 people in what Spanish police called a “terrorist attack.” What happened? Around 5 pm (1500 GMT), a vehicle slammed into a crowd of pedestrians on the famous Las Ramblas boulevard. The promenade in the heart of the city center is one of the city’s busiest streets, normally thronged with tourists and street performers […]
The Philippine economy grew by 6.5 percent in the three months to June, likely one of the fastest in Asia, the government said Thursday. “I am pleased to inform you that we remain as one of the best-performing economies in Asia,” Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said in a speech to announce gross domestic product growth for the second quarter. “We are well on track to meeting our full-year target growth of 6.5-7.5 percent,” he […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited Ozamiz City on Thursday, a day after the Ozamiz Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog, who was believed to be engaged in illegal drug activities, was buried. In his speech before the policemen of the Misamis Provincial Police Office, Duterte reiterated his commitment to eradicate narcopolitics, which he said had taken its roots in Ozamiz with the Parojinogs. “Ang mga tao na nakatikim ng patronage nila, iiyak iyak kayo. Sumunod kayo […]
(Eagle News) — The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board has allowed Uber drivers affected by the one-month suspension on the transport network company to operate under other TNCs in the meantime. In a resolution issued on Thursday, the LTFRB said Uber’s Transport Network Vehicle Services could be “accommodated” by either Grab and U-Hop, subject to conditions–that the drivers produce proof of accreditation issued by Uber; and that they produce proof of insurance as coverage […]
(Eagle News) — At least 26 were killed in “one-time bigtime” operations held by police in Manila on Wednesday. Chief Supt. Joel Coronel, Manila Police District director, said the suspects were killed after they fought it out with policemen who were only out to arrest them. He said 166 others were arrested in the anti-criminality operations carried out in Sta. Cruz, Sampaloc, Malate, Tondo, and Abad Santos Ave., among others. Of the 166, he said […]
(Eagle News) — Senators Vicente Sotto III and Panfilo Lacson are seeking a Senate investigation into what they said was a possible violation by some “covered institutions” of the Anti Money and Laundering Act in connection with the supposed “splitting” of Commission on Elections Chair Andres Bautista’s 35 bank accounts in one “small thrift bank.” Lacson and Sotto filed on Thursday Resolution No. 468 “directing” the Senate committee on banks, financial institutions and currencies to look […]
(Eagle News) — Gilas’ Fiba Asia Cup journey came to an end on Wednesday after the South Korean team crushed the white shirts with their impressive three-point shooting and fast-paced game. The Philippine team lagged at a striking distance from the South Koreans by the end of the first quarter, with the blue shirts already making their shots from practically everywhere. There was a glimmer of hope in the second quarter though after Terrence […]
(Eagle News) — The death toll in overnight raids in Bulacan has risen to 32. In a press conference on Wednesday, Bulacan director Senior Supt. Romeo Caramat said of the 32 killed, 16 were on their drug watch list, two were surrenderees and 14 were new in the drug trade. He said all in all, the police conducted 66 operations from 12 a.m, August 15, to 12 midnight the same day. Of the 66, he said […]
