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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – Top executives of Unilever and Close-Up, including security and event organizers of the May 2016 “Close-Up Summer Concert” have been charged before the Department of Justice for criminal negligence for failing to ensure the safety of concert goers, five of whom died due to drugs. The charges were filed by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), together with the families of some of the victims who died in the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is asking politicians to limit the number of their security aides. The measure is part of the government’s anti-illegal drugs measure. President Duterte pointed out that many mayors who were connected with the illegal drug trade were able to escape justice because of their many security aides. The President asked Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to draft an order based on the Alunan doctrine to limit the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Senior Supt. Cesar Mancao, who was accused in the killing of publicist Bobby Dacer and his driver Manuel Corbito in year 2000, has surrendered to the Philippine National Police this week in Camp Crame, Quezon City. PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group – National Capital Region (CIDG-NCR) Chief Sr.Supt. Benny Tamayo on Wednesday (February 1) made this confirmation. He said that Mancao voluntarily surrendered and is currently in […]
By Mary Rose Faith Bonalos Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippine (CPP) and the National Operations Command of the New People’s Army (NPA) on Wednesday morning (February 1) declared that it is terminating its August 28 unilateral ceasefire with the Philippine government due to alleged skirmishes with the military and police. In a statement issued by the NPA spokesperson, Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos, he said […]
https://youtu.be/Bkofegx3Lxc (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has issued a writ of amparo, with a temporary protection order (TPO), to the relatives of four victims allegedly killed in “Oplan Tokhang” operations last year by the Philippine National Police in Payatas, Quezon City. In an en banc session Tuesday, January 31, the high court issued the protection order that bars respondent policemen from entering within a kilometer radius of the petitioners. The respondent police officers […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Bumaba ang bilang ng mga pamilyang nagsabi na sila ay biktima ng krimen. Ayon sa resulta ng survey na isinagawa ng Social Weather Stations (SWS), bumulusok sa 4.9 percent, o 3.1 million na pamilya, ang nagsabi na sila ay common-crime victims sa huling bahagi ng 2016. Bumaba rin sa 4.5 % ang property crime mula sa dating 6.4 % at average property crime sa 5.5 %mula 6.2 %. Nanatili […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Senate Democrats blocked committee votes Tuesday on two of Donald Trump’s nominations for key cabinet posts, drawing White House charges of obstruction amid sharpening partisan tensions. “Today Senate Finance Democrats refused to move forward with nominations of Mnuchin & Price,” Senator Ron Wyden, top Democrat on the finance committee, said on Twitter, referring to Treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin and Tom Price, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries singled out for “extreme vetting” will face scrutiny of their social media footprint and phone records, the new Homeland Security secretary said Tuesday. Secretary John Kelly sought to explain President Donald Trump’s travel ban four days after he issued it with no warning, setting off mass protests, legal challenges and confusion. “There are many countries, seven that we are dealing with right now, that […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US President Donald Trump has crushed the most defiant display yet of official opposition to his immigration and refugee restrictions — but resistance continued to spread Tuesday, inside and outside the government. Trump’s swift dismissal of acting attorney general Sally Yates for refusing to defend his executive orders capped a night of high drama, Washington-style, that drew comparisons with a flurry of urgent housekeeping […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday sharpened his criticism of the US ban on travellers from seven Muslim nations, saying such “blind measures” are unlikely to be effective in fighting terrorism. Guterres said countries seeking to strengthen control of their borders cannot do so “based on any form of discrimination related to religion, ethnicity or nationality.” Such discrimination “triggers widespread anxiety and anger that may facilitate the propaganda of the […]
By Meane Corvera Eagle News Service MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inilabas na sa imbestigasyon ng senado ang kopya ng CCTV footage sa isang casino mall sa Paranaque kung saan nangyari ang umano’y bribery scandal sa dalawang immigration officials kapalit ng pagpapalaya sa mga umano’y undocumented employee ng gambling tycoon na si Jack Lam. Sa CCTV footage nakita na magkakasabay na pumasok sa casino sina dating immigration commissioner Michael Robles at Al Argosino kasama […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will respect and will not comment on policies instituted by the new US President Donald Trump, including his controversial immigration and travel ban on seven Muslim countries, even as the Philippine leader announced that the Philippines would be open to accepting refugees with nowhere to go to. The President cited what the Philippines did when it accepted Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s until early 1990s. The Philippines was then the […]
