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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — ANGKLA party-list Representative Jess Manalo suggested that members of the Philippine National Police should wear body cameras to remove suspicion regarding police operations. He said this will help particularly when the statement of the police conflicted with the claim of the other party. The measure will ensure that there will be an actual video footage of the questioned police operations. Manalo said that he will propose this bodycam law […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, Chief of Police of Ozamiz City, denied allegations that they planted evidence against the Parojinog family. “Planted lahat ng iyan… Tinapunan pa kami ng granada para akala namin puputok. Lumabas pa kami ng bahay, pasok ulit,” Ozamiz City Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog alleged during an interview with the reporters. Espenido also said that those in the Parojinog compound were the first to […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that the fate of Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr., should serve as a lesson and warning for narco-politicians. Mayor Parojinog and 14 others died when the Parojinog’s camp attempted to resist efforts by the Philippine National Police raiding team to serve search warrant for firearms on their residences. Andanar said that this proves that whether powerful or not, no one is exempted […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ozamiz City Vice-Mayor Nova Parojinog is now being questioned at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame where she is undergoing booking procedures before undergoing inquest proceedings at the Department of Justice. Parojinog is asking President Rodrigo Duterte to investigate the shooting incident between the slain mayor’s men and the police. “I am asking President Duterte to investigate this and the Senate of the Philippines,” Parojinog said. According […]
The bodies of seven loggers who were beheaded by members of the Abu Sayyaf Group have been found in Basilan. Local police chief John Cundo told AFP Nestor Divinagracia, 50; his son Ily, 25; Berto Lacastesantos, 48; Hernando Sally, 53; Renato Casiple Jr., 36; Rene Sanson, 28; and Mamerto Falcasantos, 55; who were abducted last July 20 at Lower Mahayahay, Maluso town, were found over the weekend in a mountainous village, in Barangay Switch Yakal, Lantawan. […]
(Eagle News) – Tropical storm Huaning (international name Haitang) has slightly weakened and is about to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), according to the country’s weather bureau, PAGASA, on Monday, July 31. But it said that rainfall is still expected to be moderate to heavy especially within 400 kilometers of the storm’s diameter. As of 4 a.m. today, the center of tropical storm “Huaning” was estimated at 525 kilometers north northwest of […]
by Glenda Kwek Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia has foiled an Islamist-inspired “terrorist plot” to bring down an airplane with an improvised explosive, authorities said Sunday, after four people were arrested in raids across Sydney. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the plot appeared to be “elaborate” rather than planned by a lone wolf, as security was beefed up at major domestic and international airports across the nation. “I can report last […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said it welcomed an earlier pronouncement made by United States ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim who assured the Philippine government that the US is “trying to reach an early resolution on the Balangiga bells.” “The Balangiga bells, as the President mentioned, are an important part of our national heritage,” said Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella in a statement. “The Philippine government will continue to work with the US to pave […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan braced for its second storm in two days on Sunday after Typhoon Nesat battered the island, leaving at least 103 injured while causing flooding and widespread power outages. Much of Taiwan came to a standstill on Saturday after Nesat made landfall in eastern Yilan county, whipping up massive waves of over 49.2 feet (approx 15 meters) and dumping rain of up to 23 inches (58 centimeters) in the southern region […]
(Eagle News) – Typhoon “Gorio” has left the country, but a new weather disturbance, tropical storm “Huaning” (international name Haitang) has taken its place. Storm “Huaning” entered the country Sunday morning with maximum sustained winds of 80 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 110 kph, and could trigger possible flashfloods and landslides, according to the country’s weather bureau PAGASA. It will be bringing in moderate to heavy rains within 500 kilometers of […]
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 […]
