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ASEAN lawmakers urged to support President Duterte’s war on drugs

PASAY CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday urged fellow lawmakers from other Association of Southeast Asian member-states to throw their support behind President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs. “I take this opportunity to urge you to do the same. With political will and cooperation, we will dismantle the massive illegal drug trade apparatus,” he said at the opening of the 13th meeting of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Fact Finding Committee (AIFCOM) […]

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Magnitude 6.5 quake rocks Leyte – PHIVOLCS

  (Eagle News) — A strong magnitude 6.5 quake shook Leyte at 4:03 p.m. Thursday, July 6, with the epicenter located eight kilometers southwest of Jaro town in Leyte, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). It was felt at intensity 5 in Tacloban City and Palo City in Leyte; at intensity 4 in Tolosa, Leyte, Sagay City in Negros Occidental, and Burgos in Surigao del Norte; and at intensity 3 in […]

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Gov’t security officials say “enemy” in Marawi “weakening;” assure evacuees will return home “soon”

(Eagle News) — Government security officials on Thursday said the war in Marawi was nearing its end, as the “enemy” continued to “weaken” and state troops gained the upper hand. “Sa ngayon, we can see na weakening na ang kalaban because we already have the upperhand. Positions nila nakukuha na natin,” Lt. General Carlito Galvez, Western Mindanao Command chief said in a press briefing in Marawi. He said the latest gain by the government troops […]

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Venezuela gov’t backers attack opposition National Assembly lawmakers

https://youtu.be/Ctl3doavxrE CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan pro-government militants wielding clubs and pipes stormed into the opposition-held National Assembly Wednesday, attacking lawmakers and leaving seven hurt including three with blood streaming from their heads. The special independence day legislative session turned into a violent, nine-hour siege when supporters of leftist President Nicolas Maduro then blocked the building and prevented 350 lawmakers, staff and others from leaving. Police initially did not intervene, but eventually joined soldiers to […]

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Korean Embassy gives P5-million donation to PRC for Marawi evacuees

(Eagle News) — The Korean Embassy in the Philippines has donated P5 million to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to aid the families displaced by the conflict in Marawi. Senator Richard Gordon, PRC chair and chief executive officer, personally thanked Korean Ambassador Kim Jae-Shin for their “timely donation” during the turn-over ceremony on Wednesday (July 5) held at the PRC Tower in Mandaluyong City. According to the senator, the P5-million budget will be used to […]

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PHL Red Cross steps up program on disaster resilience

  The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has stepped up its programs and activities promoting disaster resilience as the country observes National Disaster Resilience Month this July. On June 28, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 29, shifting the focus of the month-long event from disaster consciousness to disaster resilience. With the onset of the typhoon season, PRC and all its chapters are on full alert and have intensified its recruitment and engagement of 143 […]

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Dismissed PNP Chief Purisima, family face forfeiture of P29.2 million worth of alleged unexplained wealth

(Eagle News)– The Ombudsman is set to initiate forfeiture proceedings to recover P29.2 million worth of alleged unexplained wealth reportedly accumulated by dismissed Philippine National Police chief Alan Purisima and his family. In a statement on Thursday, the Ombudsman said it had ordered the filing of a petition before the Sandiganbayan, to initiate the proceedings against  Purisima, his wife Ma. Ramona Lydia, and sons Rainier Van Albert, Eumir Von Andrei, Alan Jr, and Jason Arvi. […]

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Rehashed Anti-Distracted Driving Act enforced today

(Eagle News)– Authorities on Thursday, July 6, started implementing nationwide the Anti-Distracted Driving Act (ADDA) with new implementing rules and regulations (IRR), and have caught 33 violators so far. Under the improved IRR, drivers of all types of vehicles, whether private or public, who are caught fiddling with their cell phones and other entertainment devices while driving will be fined. Drivers are only exempted from the law if they need to use their phones because […]

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SOJ Aguirre mulls placing Dexter Carlos Sr. under WPP

(Eagle News)–Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II is considering placing the man whose entire family of five was killed in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, under the government’s Witness Protection Program (WPP). Aguirre said if Dexter Carlos Sr. was qualified, they would fast-track his admission into the program to ensure his security. He noted that the department would also do what it could to provide Carlos the assistance he needs. Carlos is being assisted by the […]

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El embajador de Panamá en Filipinas visita al Ministro Ejecutivo de la Iglesia de Cristo

(Eagle News) — El embajador de Panamá en Filipinas, H.E. Rolando Guevara, visitó al templo Central de la Iglesia de Cristo en Quezon City el miércoles, y tuvo una audiencia con el Ministro Ejecutivo de la Iglesia, el hermano Eduardo V. Manalo, siendo el primer embajador de Latinoamérica en hacer la visita. El embajador dijo que estaba abrumado por la bienvenida tan cálida que recibió cuando llegó a Central, donde las personas agitaron banderitas de […]

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Panama Ambassador pays courtesy call to INC Executive Minister

  (Eagle News) — Panama’s Ambassador to the Philippines H.E. Rolando Guevara Alvarado on Wednesday (July 5) visited Iglesia Ni Cristo Central Office in Quezon City, as he made a courtesy call to INC Executive Minister Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, becoming the first Latin American ambassador to visit the INC main office. The ambassador said he was “overwhelmed” with the warm welcome he received at the INC Central Office, where people waved flaglets of Panama […]

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Martial law extension will be based on military and police assessment, says President Duterte

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that he will ask for the extension of the martial law in Mindanao only if the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)  and the Philippine National Police (PNP) will recommend this. The President said only the AFP and the PNP are capable of determining if there is a need for a martial law extension based on the assessment of their ground commanders. “When is the […]

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