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Palace says police official had served his suspension, is eligible to return to police force (Eagle News) — The Senate committee on public order and dangerous drugs will open an inquiry into Marvin Marcos’ reinstatement into the police force, even as the Palace explained that the police official who led a raiding team against drug suspects in 2016, but who were killed during the operation, was already eligible to be reinstated. According to Senator Panfilo […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (July 14) – July 15 is World Youth Skills Day, and every year,the United Nations observes the day with a special event revolving around a theme. This year, the UN is observing World Youth Skills Day with a special event on the theme of “Skills Development to Improve Youth Employment.” Understanding what works to support young people in today’s and tomorrow’s labor market through training and skills development will be the key in […]
A Vietnamese sailor being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu was killed during a gunbattle between the militants and troops, a military official said Thursday. Van Viet Tran was found dead on Saturday following the clash with members of the kidnapping group in the strife-torn island group, Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana said. A soldier was also killed and 15 other troops wounded while the Abu Sayyaf suffered undetermined casualties, said Sobejana who heads a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte assured residents of quake-hit Ormoc, Leyte the government was there to help them get back on their feet, as he expressed satisfaction over government relief efforts there. “Narito kami kasi tutulong kami sa inyo. Meron nang programa ang gobyerno kung paano ang gagawin sa mga tulong na dumating,” he said in a brief interview with Palace communications office Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson. According to the President, the government would […]
(Eagle News) — Bureau of Corrections Director Benjamin delos Santos announced his resignation on Thursday, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte admitted there was a resurgence in the drug trade in the New Bilibid Prison. In a statement, Delos Santos said the “issue about the resurgence has made me irrelevant.” As such, he said his “irrevocable resignation effective immediately” was filed through the Secretary of Justice. “I will refrain from further comments and take the […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Thursday said the military was still verifying claims made by the Turkish ambassador on the presence of Turkish terrorists in the country. “The military is verifying the statement of Turkish Ambassador Esra Cankorur regarding the presence of..particularly the Fetullah Gulen Movement, in the Philippines,” Palace spokesperson Ernesto Abella said in a statement. Cankorur was quoted by reports as saying that the group, which was responsible for an instigated failed coup […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that it would do its best to end the conflict in Marawi in fifteen days, in compliance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s assessment. “The 15 days is a period within which the President hopes the crisis in Marawi to end. The AFP will do its best, as it has been giving its level best, to crush the rebellion of the Maute-Isis group,” Col. […]
(Agence France Presse) — Top Philippine conglomerate San Miguel said on Thursday it had acquired an Australian wine bottling firm as part of its regional expansion. Packaging unit San Miguel Yamamura Packaging International bought Australia’s Barossa Bottling Services for an undisclosed amount, a San Miguel statement said. “We remain bullish on the Australasian market and will continue to look for bigger and better opportunities in that region,” San Miguel president and chief operating officer Ramon […]
(Eagle News) — A measure providing what a senator described as “virtually free” education in state universities and colleges, local universities and colleges, and selected vocational schools may soon become law. In a recent statement, Senator Bam Aquino, principal sponsor and co-author of the Senate version of the measure, said this was because the ratified version of the measure was already transmitted to the Office of the President for approval on July 5. This means […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Thursday condoled with the families of the two soldiers who were killed in Wednesday’s friendly fire incident, the second in Marawi after President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao to quell the rebellion there. “On behalf of the President, we wish to express our deepest condolences to the families of the two soldiers who were killed in yesterday’s air strike accident while fighting Maute rebel remnants,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities are now investigating the second friendly fire incident that saw two soldiers killed and 11 others injured in Marawi on Wednesday. The investigation will cover how a bomb released fell 200 meters away from a Maute hideout, in “an area proximate to a building where soldiers were hiding.” “The building absorbed the shock of the bomb that exploded, that caused a lot of debris to fall. The debris caused the (deaths […]
(Eagle News) — The police official who led a raid against drug suspects in a Leyte jail in 2016 but who faced criminal charges after they were killed during the operation has been reinstated. Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa confirmed in a radio interview that Supt. Marvin Marcos was “back to full duty status.” This means, he said, that he could be “utilized again by the PNP for whatever assignment na […]
