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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — If chosen as the counsel of the Government, former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile believes that he can place former president Benigno Aquino III behind bars for the latter’s alleged part in the Mamasapano incident. According to Enrile, Aquino can face charges of treason because of the alleged help that Aquino gave to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). “Ang may kasalanan dyan walang iba kundi presidente ng Pilipinas. […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Election lawyer Romulo Macalintal said that he will surrender his lawyer’s license to the Supreme Court if former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos is able to prove that there was a widespread electoral fraud in the vice-presidential election last 2016. “For sure, no electoral fraud was committed by Vice President Robredo,” Macalintal in a statement said. He then accused Marcos camp that they are merely dreaming or hallucinating for claiming fraud during […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Philippine National Police – Anti-Illegal Drug Group Sr. Supt. Alberto Ferro expressed regret that the group he headed would now be dissolved. Ferro said that the group has many significant achievements in the fight against illegal drugs like the arrest of drug lord Kerwin Espinosa and the discovery of the mega-shabu laboratories in Pampanga and Isabela. He also said that it is sad that because of the acts […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The minority bloc in the House of Representatives support the directive of Philippine National Police Chief Director General to temporarily suspend “Oplan Tokhang”. Congressman Harry Roque said that the PNP leadership should focus on the internal cleansing of the police rank-and-file while “tokhang” is suspended. https://youtu.be/dMBxn30MzHM
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets retreated again Tuesday, with fears growing about the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency on the global economy as he faces a wave of criticism over his controversial immigration policy. Traders fled for the exits for a second day after the new US leader signed an executive order Friday banning entry to travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries and imposing a temporary ban on refugees. While the White House […]
by Andrew Beatty / Olivia Hampton WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Monday fired the acting attorney general, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she ordered Justice Department attorneys not to defend his controversial immigration orders. In a sharply worded statement, the White House called Sally Yates “weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration” and also criticized Democrats for not yet confirming the appointment of attorney general-designate […]
PEÑABLANCA, Cagayan, Jan. 31 (PIA) – – The director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) urged the public to help the agency in mitigating and minimizing the potential hazards of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Director Renato Solidum, during the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) cascading workshop, said appropriate preparedness, mitigation and response activities must be based on appropriate hazard and impact scenarios. “There is a need […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former US president Barack Obama expressed his objections Monday to any faith-based discrimination, in an apparent dig at his successor Donald Trump’s ban on nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries entering the country. “With regard to comparisons to president Obama’s foreign policy decisions, as we’ve heard before, the president fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion,” his spokesman Kevin Lewis said in a […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) – Bangladesh will push ahead with a controversial plan to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to a remote island despite warnings it is uninhabitable and prone to flooding. The government has set up a committee comprising state officials in the coastal districts, ordering authorities to help identify and relocate undocumented Myanmar nationals to Thengar Char in the Bay of Bengal. “The committee will assist transferring both registered and […]
by Fran BLANDY Agence France-Presse ADDIS ADABA, Ethiopia (AFP) – African Union leaders grappled with Morocco’s divisive bid to rejoin the bloc at a summit Monday and sounded alarm for the continent over US President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. “The very country (where) our people were taken as slaves… has now decided to ban refugees from some of our countries,” outgoing AU Commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma told some 37 heads of state and leaders from across […]
(Eagle News) – Wearing a 40 kilogram costume, including a mini-stage as a backdrop for a traditional puppet dance, Miss Myanmar Htet Htet Htun won the best national costume award at the 65th Miss Universe competition held on Monday at the SM Mall of Asia arena. Her national costume caught the attention of host Steve Harvey who noted that the stage on her back seemed heavy. “I really want to put it down. It […]
(Eagle News) — Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittanaere said she was surprised when her name was called as the winner of the 65th Miss Universe pageant in Manila. Mittanaere ended a 63-year old title drought for France whose last Miss Universe was crowned way back 1953, Christiane Martel. “Thank you very much, I’m very proud to bring this crown back to France. It’s true, I still can’t comprehend and realize that I am Miss […]
