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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa confirmed that there were terror threats in Central Visayas following the advisory of the United States Embassy in Manila. Dela Rosa said that he was informed by Region VII PNP Regional Director Police Chief Superintendent Noli Pariño about the terror threats. He said that the PNP is now taking actions on the said threat. The US Embassy on Sunday, April […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Bureau of Immigration said that retired police Arturo Lascañas will return to the Philippines on April 22, based on his return ticket. “As reported by our Port Operations Division Chief Marc Red Mariñas, a passenger by the name Arthur B Lascañas presented himself [on Saturday] for immigration departure clearance on or about 1701H,” (BI) spokesperson Antonette Mangrobang said. Lascañas went to Singapore last Saturday, April 8. The Bureau […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) has already recorded more than 1,000 aftershocks since Tuesday’s (April 4) magnitude 5.5 earthquake that first rocked Batangas last week. According to PHIVOLCS Director Renato Solidum, these recorded quakes include the four quakes that hit Batangas last Saturday, April 8, the strongest of which was the magnitude 6.0 quake that struck 3:09 p.m. Solidum explained that such quakes are what they called ‘earthquake swarm’ […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday sought to allay China’s fears the Philippines would disrupt the situation in the South China Sea, following his pronouncement he had ordered the military to “occupy 9 or 10” islands there. “I’d like to address myself to the Chinese government…Kaibigan natin si Amba. I ordered the occupation of the 10 or 9 islands that are just near our shores because there’s a heightening of the geopolitical issues and eventually […]
(Eagle News) — Niyanig ng 4.5 magnitude na lindol ang hilagang silangan ng Catarman, Samar. Ayon sa Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) temblor, tectonic ang origin nito na naitala pasado alas-otso kwarenta’y tres (8:43 AM)ng umaga. Intensity 2 ang naramdaman sa Catarman, Northern Samar, at Cabid-An, Sorsogon, Intensity 1 naman sa Sorsogon, Sorsogon, Legaspi City, Masbate City at Borongan sa Eastern Samar. Tiniyak naman ng PHIVOLCS na hindi ito magdudulot ng aftershocks at […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte kept a very good net satisfaction rating in the first quarter of this year, the Social Weather Stations said. The results of the SWS survey that was conducted from March 25-28 showed that Duterte had obtained a +63 rating, the same net satisfaction rating he received in December last year. For the survey, face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults (18 years old and above) were made nationwide—300 each in Balance […]
(Eagle News) — The retired policeman who initially denied then-Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte had a hand in the alleged killings of the supposed Davao Death Squad then later said he did has left the country. Media reports said Arthur Lascañas left for Singapore on Saturday. Lascañas had denied before a Senate inquiry last year that Duterte was responsible for alleged extrajudicial killings in Davao when he was mayor there. The testimony had been made by […]
(Reuters) — United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Sunday (April 9) peace in Syria would not be possible if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remained in power. “In no way do we look at peace happening in that area with Iranian influence. In no way do we see peace in that area with Russia covering up for Assad. In no way do we see peace in that area with Assad […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing two Egyptian churches on Sunday in the deadliest attacks in the country in recent memory. “Islamic State squads carried out the attacks on two churches in Tanta and Alexandria,” said the group’s self-styled Amaq news agency in a statement published on social media accounts. Egypt’s interior ministry said a suicide bomber was behind the blast in Alexandria that killed 11 people on Sunday. The […]
(Eagle News Service) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday ordered the Department of Budget Management and Department of Defense to “expedite the early release” of more than P6 billion worth of pension benefits for the country’s war veterans, noting that they “deserve a better life in the twilight of their years.” Before Duterte could finish his announcement, the war veterans in attendance at the Mt. Samat Shrine in Pilar, Bataan already cheered, and applauded. “Inom muna ako […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — A second suspect has been formally placed under arrest in connection with a truck attack that killed four people and injured 15 in Stockholm, a district court said on Sunday. “I can confirm that a second person has been arrested,” Stockholm district court judge Helga Hullman told AFP.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — The suspected Stockholm truck attacker had shown interest in extremist groups and had his permanent residency application rejected in June 2016, Swedish police said on Sunday. “We know that he showed interest for extremist organizations like (Islamic State),” police chief Jonas Hysing told reporters, adding that two Swedes, one Briton and a Belgian were killed in the attack. The suspect, who has only been officially identified as a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan, “applied […]
