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Sen. Escudero, ‘di kumbinsido na walang alam si Robles sa suhulan

SOJ Aguirre, di pa lusot sa immigration bribery scandal – Sen. Escudero MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi pa raw lusot sa pananagutan sa batas si Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre sa 50 million bribery scandal sa Bureau of Immigration. Ito’y kahit nagsalita na ang umano’y aide ng gambling tycoon na si Jack Lam na si Retired Superintendent Wally Sombero ang nagsabing walang kinalaman si Aguirre sa nangyaring suhulan. Sa dalawang naunang testimonya ni Aguirre sa […]

ARMM Police Office, handang tanggapin ang “Scalawag” cops

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nakahanda raw ang Police Regional Office sa ARMM na tanggapin ang mga Scalawag policemen sa Metro Manila na itatapon sa kanila. Ngunit wala raw dapat na ipangamba dito ang mga taga-Mindanao dahil pawang administrative work ang ibibigay na trabaho sa mga ito. Ngunit bago pa ito ay sasailalim daw muna sa re-orientation at re-training ang mga ipinatapong pulis bago isabak sa trabaho.

PNP chief itinanggi ang Amnesty Int’l report ukol sa pagbabayad ng assassins para pumatay ng drug suspects

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Pinabulaanan ni PNP Chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa ang akusasyon ng Amnesty International na mismong ang Philippine National Police ang nagbabayad sa mga pulis para pumatay ng mga drug user at drug pusher. Giit ni Dela Rosa, wala silang pondo para sa ganitong trabaho. Itinanggi rin ng PNP na may kinalaman sila sa 4,744 na naitalang kaso ng murder na kagagawan ng mga hindi kilalang indibidwal. Sa imbestigasyon ng ginawa […]

Duterte bars NBI from enforcing drug laws, to issue EO on drug menace as natl security threat

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte announced that even the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) would be barred from conducting illegal drug operations, saying he had already lost his trust in the agency. He also said that he was going to sign an executive order that would elevate the problem of illegal drugs into a “national security threat” so that the military could legally come into the picture and suppress it. During a speech […]

DIGITAL NEST Feature: The New Magic of Travel

DIGITAL NEST | LAS VEGAS Traditional airports showcase duty free shops, magazines and souvenir stores, coffee shops and fast food areas. However, not many have interactive entertainment like the Los Angeles International Airport. The LAX Bradley Terminal features the largest interactive multimedia environment ever build In a public space. After over a span of 3 years and an end cost of $737 million, Tom Bradley International Terminal has completed construction of the latest multimedia net […]

Congo at crossroads as opposition chief Tshisekedi dies

by Bienvenu-Marie BAKUMANYA Agence France-Presse KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) – Volatile Congo faced uncertainty Thursday after the death of Etienne Tshisekedi, the veteran politician who recently banded the opposition together to end President Joseph Kabila’s rule of the mineral-rich nation. Business was slow and some shops closed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s usually bustling capital of 10 million people, Kinshasa, where large crowds gathered around Tshisekedi’s home and the headquarters of his UDPS party. Kabila, […]

Romanian PM defiant after huge protests

by Mihaela Rodina and Anca Teodorescu Agence France-Presse BUCHAREST, Romania (AFP) – Romania’s prime minister insisted Thursday that the government will press ahead with decrees decriminalising certain corruption offences, defying the country’s biggest protests since the end of communism. “We took a decision in the government and we are going to press ahead,” Sorin Grindeanu said after a meeting in Bucharest of his ruling left-wing Social Democrats (PSD). In the largest demonstrations since the fall of […]

Severe flooding continues to affect residents in CARAGA Region

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — More than 61,000 people are still staying in different evacuation centers in Butuan City after heavy flooding hit the region last week. Many of the residents affected by the heavy rains and severe flooding came from the 19 towns of Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur. CARAGA Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has reported that damage to infrastructure has reached P173.24 million, while damage to agricultural sector […]

Eastern Petroleum implements P60 price hike on LPG

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Eastern Petroleum on Wednesday implemented a hike in the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The oil company said it hiked the price of its cooking gas by P5.30 per kilogram or equivalent to P58.30 per 11-kilogram cylinder. Meanwhile, the Unioil Petroleum Philippines is set to implement its price adjustment by Php 3 for every liter of auto LPG. The price adjustment was due to the international contract price of LPG.

10 in critical condition, 150 hurt in Cavite factory fire

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — More than 150 workers were injured in a fire that hit a factory inside the Cavite Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) on Wednesday night. Cavite Governor Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said the fire started around 6:00 PM in the evening at the Housing Technology Industries (HTI), a facility that manufactures housing materials for exportation to Japan. Remulla also said that 40 people who got injured in the incident were brought […]