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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it was able to help 2,000 families in Batangas, which was hit by successive earthquakes over the weekend. According to the DSWD, an estimated 10, 000 individuals affected by the earthquake are currently assisted by the agency. For this, the DSWD Region IV – A Field Office sent 500 family food packs to Tingloy, 1, 000 family food packs to Mabini, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Passengers who plan to return to their home provinces this long weekend have rushed to the various bus terminals in Metro Manila as early as this week. The Philippine National Police – National Capital Regional Police Office deployed members of the police there to ensure the safety of passengers. In each terminal, at least three police officers were deployed.
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines sent military reinforcements to one of its most famous tourist islands Wednesday as a deadly operation to flush out heavily armed Islamic militants entered its second day. The army said the death toll rose to 10 before dawn as government forces killed a sixth gunman believed to be from the Abu Sayyaf, a notorious southern Philippines-based group which has pledged allegiance to Islamic State. Local officials said at least […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Wednesday confirmed that a leader of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group was killed in a firefight with the military and police in Bohol on Tuesday. AFP chief Major General Eduardo Año identified the fatality as Muammar Askali, alias Abu Rami. “(He) is a very promising leader. Para siyang si Abu Sabaya. Natatandaan niyo? Mahilig magpainterview, mahilig lumabas sa YouTube. At pinapakita niya na capable siya na subleader,” he said […]
(Eagle News) — A magnitude-6.0 quake shook Lanao del Sur early Wednesday morning (April 12) at 5:21 a.m. and was felt in Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, Gingoog City, and Misamis Oriental. The quake’s location was recorded 87 kilometers west of Wao, Lanao del Sur. It was shallow, with only a depth of a kilometer. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said that the quake was felt at intensity 4 in Davao City, Cagayan de […]
by Christophe Beaudufe and Emmanuel Barranguet Agence France Presse DORTMUND, Germany (AFP) — Three explosions rocked the Borussia Dortmund bus, injuring Spanish international Marc Bartra, as the German team headed for a Champions League game against Monaco on Tuesday. Bartra faces wrist surgery after being hit by flying glass and the quarter-final match was postponed until Wednesday because of the attack. The club said the other Dortmund players were “shocked” but safe. “We are assuming […]
(Eagle News) — If her bus did not stop in time, a Filipina, Pauline Bautista, recalls how she could have easily been one the victims of the truck that plowed into a crowd on a busy pedestrian street at the heart of Drottninggatan, Stockholm’s shopping district on Friday, April 7. Bautista, a correspondent of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation’s Eagle News Service in Sweden, recalled the horrific incident as she returned on that busy pedestrian street recalling […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s foreign minister will host three-way talks with his counterparts from Syria and Iran this week, Moscow said Tuesday, after the US launched strikes against Syrian forces. “A trilateral meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Syrian minister Walid Muallem and Iranian minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is planned for the end of this week,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
(Eagle News) — The Department of Foreign Affairs will have a new spokesperson. The DFA announced in a statement on Tuesday that the current spokesperson, Assistant Secretary Charles Jose, will be assuming his post as Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia on Wednesday, April 12. As such, it said Jose would be replaced by Robespierre Bolivar, who is officer-in-charge of the Office of the Undersecretary for Policy. It added he would assume the role of acting DFA spokesperson effective Wednesday, April 12. […]
by Ilgin Karlidag Agence France Presse Suspected Stockholm truck attacker Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek and jihadist sympathizer, admitted Tuesday to committing a “terrorist crime” by mowing down pedestrians on a busy street, killing four people and injuring 15 others. “Akilov confesses to a terrorist crime and accepts his custody detention,” his lawyer Johan Eriksson told a custody hearing in a Stockholm district court. Akilov, who was arrested in a Stockholm suburb just hours after Friday’s […]
Sweden’s Eagle News Service correspondent, Pauline Bautista, a Filipina, recalls the horror and shock of witnessing first hand the tragic truck attack in the country’s capital of Stockholm. Bautista recalled how the bus she was riding in stopped just in the nick of time, a few seconds before the “terror truck” passed through and rammed the crowd on the busy street. The people were crying, shouting, running. Some were frantically calling the police or […]
Ni Ghadzs Rodelas Eagle News Service Mabini, Batangas — Pinayagan na muli ng gobyerno ng Mabini ang mga diving activities sa lugar, ilang araw matapos nitong ipagbawal ito dahil sa pangambang maulit ang “earthquake swarm” sa probinsiya nitong katapusan ng linggo. “..Ang aming ipinaabot sa inyo…na (sa) ating tourist destination ay ganap ko na pong pinabalik yung ating diving activity,” sabi ni Mabini Mayor Noel Luistro nitong Martes, ika-11 ng Abril. Ayon sa kaniya, ang prayoridad sa ngayon ng […]
