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A mayor named as being involved in the narcotics trade was shot dead in a police raid Sunday, authorities said. President Rodrigo Duterte has singled out some local officials, policemen and judges as part of the drug trade in a crackdown that has made him popular with many Filipinos Among those Duterte named was Reynaldo Parojinog, mayor of Ozamiz city, who was killed along with 11 others in a dawn raid on his home, police […]
(Eagle News) – Typhoon Gorio is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Sunday morning (July 30), as it heads towards Taiwan, according to PAGASA’s latest weather bulletin. As of 10 a.m. today (July 29), the eye of typhoon Gorio was located at 335 kilometers north of Basco, Batanes with maximum sustained winds of 145 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 180 kph. By Sunday morning, it […]
Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao lifted the spirits of troops in a visit on Saturday Marawi, where soldiers have been battling pro-Islamic State militants for over two months. The boxer-turned-senator, dressed in a military camouflage uniform, joked that he would join the fight in the city of Marawi where militants have been on a rampage, holding hostages and burning buildings while flying the black IS flag. “You are the real heroes, not Manny Pacquiao. I am […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte has no intention of destroying the indigenous community or the lumads, when he gave a warning that he intended to destroy schools being operated by miltant groups which are allegedly using the schools to teach hatred and rebellion against government. Instead, the President’s statement on the lumad schools “sends a strong message for illegal education centers to comply with government […]
by Julie Charpentrat Agence France Presse FREMONT, United States (AFP) — Tesla began delivering on a dream to make an electric car for the masses, rolling out the first of its keenly-awaited “Model 3” cars, aiming to disrupt a world accustomed to automobiles powered by pollution-spewing fossil fuel. An initial batch of the ‘Model 3’ cars that rolled out of the Tesla plant in Fremont, California late Friday were given to customers, most of […]
by Park Chan-Kyong Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-Un boasted of North Korea’s ability to strike any target in the US after a second ICBM test that weapons experts said Saturday could even bring New York into range -– in a potent challenge to President Donald Trump. China condemned the test but US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Beijing and Moscow bore “unique responsibility” for the growing threat posed by […]
MANADO, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesia and Australia on Saturday co-hosted a counter-terrorism meeting to address the rising threat of foreign fighters, as the Philippines battles pro-Islamic State militants. The one-day gathering in North Sulawesi brings together six countries including Malaysia, Philippines and New Zealand. Ministers are due to discuss the challenges posed by growing terrorism in Southeast Asia as well as concerns that IS is trying establish a regional caliphate in the Philippines, where government forces are pitted against Islamist […]
(Eagle News) — Policemen on a special operation in San Nicolas, Pangasinan had an encounter on Friday (July 28) with around 20 members of the New People’s Army (NPA), where one police officer was killed and another one injured. Pangasinan Provincial office director Senior Supt. Ronald Lee said the encounter happened on the third day of police operations of the Philippine National Police Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) after sightings of NPA rebels had been […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Commission on Population said that from formerly being ranked at the 12th place, the Philippines is now down one rung, sliding to the 13th place in the list of countries with the largest population in the world. The Philippines is listed as having 103,796,832 or an estimated 103.8 million people. “On July 1, 2017, Ethiopia overtook our spot, making the Philippines the 13th largest country in the world,” […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Alliance of Concerned Teachers party-list Representative France Castro asked Education Secretary Leonor Briones to expedite the giving of permits to Lumad schools, adding that many permits for application were still pending with the Department of Education. Castro dared DepEd Secretary Briones to act on their applications. “Hinahamon ko si DepEd Secretary Liling [Briones] na magsalita. Ilang araw na ang nakalipas pero hindi siya nagsasalita kaugnay ng mga permit,” Castro […]
(Eagle News Service) — Gorio intensified into a typhoon on Friday, as it moved toward Taiwan and continued to enhance the southwest monsoon, triggering rains over parts of the country. Signal Number 2 has been raised over Batanes, and Signal Number 1 over the Babuyan Group of Islands, where rains and maximum sustained winds of 30 to 60 kilometers per hour are expected in 36 hours. In its 5 p.m. bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (July 28) – World Hepatitis Day is celebrated every 28th of July to raise people’s awareness about the risk of hepatitis, which is one of the leading causes of death globally. Hepatitis alone is responsible for 1.34 million deaths per year. Eighty percent of liver cancer cases in the world are also caused by the hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C. With “Eliminate Hepatitis” as this year’s theme, the World Health Organization (WHO), […]
