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Chaos, protests, lawsuit as Trump orders halt on some Muslim immigrants

  (Reuters) — President Donald Trump’s order for “extreme vetting” of visitors and legal U.S. residents from seven Muslim-majority countries sparked outrage and protests on Saturday (January 29) with activists arguing in court to try to block deportations of people stranded in U.S. airports. The new Republican president on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travellers from Syria and six other countries. Immigration lawyers, activists and […]

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Trump suspends refugee program, bans visitors from 7 Muslim countries for 90 days

  by Dave Clark Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping new executive order Friday to suspend refugee arrivals and impose tough controls on travelers from seven Muslim countries. Making good on one of his most controversial campaign promises, and to the horror of human rights groups, Trump said he was making America safe from “radical Islamic terrorists.” “This is big stuff,” he declared at the Pentagon, […]

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PNP relieves cops in CCTV shown in Senate inquiry pending probe

  (Eagle News) – The 10 police officers seen on a CCTV video shown by Senator Panfilo Lacson during the “tokhang for ransom” senate inquiry had been relieved. Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald dela Rosa himself ordered the relief of the cops seen on video allegedly planting “shabu” during a raid in an office last October. PNP National Capital Region Police Office (PNP-NCRPO) Director Oscar Albayalde said the 10 policemen were members of […]

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“Golden age of infrastructure: 64 big-time projects eyed by Duterte gov’t

  (Eagle News)– Calling its intensified infrastructure projects, “Build, Build, Build,” President Rodrigo Duterte’s infrastructure managers are embarking on a total of 64 big ticket projects ranging from  major road networks, railway systems and bus rapid transit systems to airport and seaport modernization. The government aims to have the “golden age of infrastructure” under President Duterte, according to the Department of Finance.   Another 15 ongoing projects are being implemented by the Department of Public Works […]

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Abu Sayyaf suspek na konektado sa Sipadan hostage taking, arestado sa Zamboanga City

  ZAMBOANGA City (Eagle News) — Arestado ang isang hinihinalang miyembro ng Abu Sayyaf Group na konektado diumano sa  Sipadan hostage-taking noong taong 2000, sa Barangay Cawit sa Zamboanga City, nitong Biernes ng madaling araw (Enero 27, 2017). Mahigit na 16 na taon nga pagkatapos ng controversial na kidnapping incident na naging malaking balita noon sa buong mundo, ay naaresto na ang hinihinalang Abu Sayyaf suspect na kinilala bilang si Faizal Jaafar alias Jaafar Mundi. Kilala […]

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Retired cop who owned funeral parlor to tell all on Korean slay

(Eagle News) — A former police officer who owned the funeral parlor where Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo was cremated vowed to tell all that he knows about the case. Gerardo Santiago came back to the country from Cxanada Friday morning, around 6 a.m., saying he wanted to clear his name. He also claimed that there were threats to his life. He said that while he was in Canada, he was advised not to go back […]

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President Duterte “earnestly asks” Moro rebels: Do not provide sanctuary to terrorists

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte “earnestly asked” members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) not to provide “sanctuary” to the ISIS-connected Maute group, and other terrorist groups. In a speech during his visit to the wounded soldiers in Camp Siongco Station Hospital in Maguindanao, the President said that he wants to pursue peace with the Moro rebels as well as with the communist insurgents, but […]

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PNP has lost the trust of Fil-Chinese community – Lacson

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson said that the Philippine National Police has lost the trust of the Filipino-Chinese community due to the Jee Ick-Joo case. “The Jee Ick Joo kidnap slay case was indeed tragic and unfortunate but enough for the police force to lose public trust and respect,” Lacson said. Senator Lacson said that this is the reason why the Filipino-Chinese are no longer filing formal complaints on kidnapping cases. […]

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Cops in Korean businessman’s kidnap-slay to “suffer,” President Duterte assures South Korea

  (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte vowed he would not let criminal cops who had tainted the integrity of the national police off the hook, as he stressed that the cops responsible for the kidnap-slaying of a Korean businessman would “suffer.” The President on Thursday apologized to the South Korean government and all its citizens for what happened to South Korean businessman Jee Ick-Joo who had been abducted and killed by certain policemen from the […]

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DND chief Lorenza: U.S. to build humanitarian and disaster response facilities in PH this year

  MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inspite of earlier remarks of President Rodrigo Duterte wanting to end United States military presence in the country, the US will still construct temporary facilities in selected camps of the Philippine military this year. This was according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, but he clarified that these facilities would only be for humanitarian assistance and disaster response, and that there would be no military equipment that would be kept in the US facilities to be set […]

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