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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Interior and Local Government is now preparing and studying the safety measures that should be put in place in case a 7.2 magnitude earthquake or what they called “The Big One” suddenly hit the West Valley Fault that could kill thousands of people. DILG Secretary Mike Sueno said that unlike typhoons where everyone can prepare ahead of time, an earthquake can occur anytime. This is the […]
MANILA, Feb 16 – The Commission on Elections’ Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV) is urging the 205,697 voters, who were deactivated after the May 2016 polls for failure to vote in two consecutive national elections, to reactivate their registration status simply by proceeding to the embassy or consulate in the country where they are based, or the OFOV in Comelec Intramuros or their local Comelec office if they are currently in the Philippines. Overseas Filipinos […]
QUEZON CITY, Feb. 16 – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) gave updates on its relief efforts in Surigao. DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo said that the Field Office in Caraga continues its efforts to assist residents affected by last Friday’s earthquake and the aftershocks which continue to hit the region three days later. “We have established a more orderly system of relief distribution in coordination with the local government units (LGUs) down to the barangay […]
https://youtu.be/FMvwqJvkmCs United States President Donald Trump warmly welcomed Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House and hailed the “unbreakable” bond between their countries. And while he urged Netanyahu to “hold back” from building Jewish settlements for a “little bit,” Trump broke with international consensus insisting on a future that included a Palestinian state alongside Israel. “So I’m looking at two-state and one-state, and I like the one that both parties like. I’m very […]
by Theo Merz Agence France Presse KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysian police probing the killing of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader on Thursday arrested a second woman over the spy novel-style assassination Seoul said was carried out by Pyongyang agents. A woman with an Indonesian passport was taken into custody overnight, a police statement said, and was being quizzed along with a 28-year-old Vietnamese woman detained on Wednesday. The two women were […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakatakdang magsagawa ng pagdinig ang Senado ngayong linggo hinggil sa kaso ng tinaguriang pork barrel queen na si Janet Lim-Napoles. Pangungunahan ito ng Office of the Solicitor General (OSG). Enero 15 nang maghain ng manifestation in lieu of rejoinder ang mga kinatawan ng OSG sa Court of Appeals na humihiling ng ma- acquit si Napoles sa kasong iligal na pag detine sa kanyang pinsan at whistleblower na si Benhur Luy. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sa report na inilabas ng Office of the Ombudsman nangunguna pa rin ang Local Government Unit sa listahan ng may pinakamaraming kaso sa Ombudsman Pumangalawa naman sa listahan ang mga alagad ng batas na nakapagtala ng 1,022 na kaso noong 2016. Ayon sa Philippine National Police (PNP), tanggap nila ito pero ilan daw sa mga kasong ito ay sila mismo ang nagsamapa laban sa mga sarili nilang tauhan. Habang marami […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nagpaliwanag si Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre kung bakit pinayagan ang electronic gadgets sa mga bilanggo na nasa kustodiya ng AFP Custodial Center. Ginawa niya raw ito dahil bukod sa maliit na kuwarto, masyado raw mainit ang pasilidad para sa mga bilanggo. Pagtiyak ni Aguirre, may ginagawa na silang imbestigasyon sa umano’y special privileges ng mga high profile inmate. https://youtu.be/vBIhTnj2lTM
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak ng Department of Justice ang seguridad ni Senator Leila De Lima sakaling ipa-aresto siya ng korte sa kasong may kaugnayan sa iligal na droga. Ayon kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, titiyakin nila ang kaligtasan ng mambabatas at hindi ito magiging biktima ng umano’y kaso ng extra judicial killings gaya ng kaniyang pinangangambahan. Pero hindi masabi ni Aguirre kung saang pasilidad ilalagay si De Lima dahil batay pa ito sa […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Isang bumbero ang nasugatan habang rumeresponde sa naganap na sunog sa barangay Pasong Tamo sa Quezon City. Dahil sa mabilis n pagkalat ng apoy, agad itinaas sa ikaapat na alarma ang sunog. Isangdaan at dalawamapung pamilya ang naapektuhan ng sunog at tinatayang humigit kumulang kalahating milyon ang halaga ng napinsala ng sunog. Wala namang naitalang sugatan mula sa mga residente pero sa kasagsagan ng pag-apula ng apoy isang bumbero […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Binatikos naman ng ilang mambabatas ang Department of Justice dahil sa anila’y pagpapa-aresto kay Senadora Leila De Lima sa isyu ng illegal drug trade sa New Bilibid Prison. Anila wala sa DOJ ang hurisdiksyon ni De Lima kundi sa Office of the Ombudsman. https://youtu.be/9H2RwtwaA2M
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has lost a long fight to reclaim jewels confiscated when her husband, the late President Ferdinand Marcos, was ousted, with the Supreme Court ruling she acquired them illegally. The items worth $150,000 are now the property of the state, the court ruled, paving the way for the possible sale of a much larger collection of Marcos jewellery that could net the government millions. “Petitioners failed to satisfactorily […]
