SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela, January 23 (PIA) – At least 55 pieces of vintage bombs were recently recovered by the Philippine National Police (PNP) here after receiving report from a concerned citizen at barangay San Jose, this city. Supt. Alex Delos Santos, Santiago City Public Safety Company head, led the team in the recovery of the vintage bombs at the city’s solid waste and disposal facility in the said barangay. “We immediately responded to a report from […]
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PNP Chief, ‘di raw magpapaapekto sa mga kontrobersya
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Tiniyak naman ni Philippine National (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa na hindi magiging hadlang ang kinasasangkutang kontrobersiya ng PNP sa pangunguna nito sa kampanya ng pamahalaan kontra droga. Sinabi ni Dela Rosa, bagamat apektado ang PNP sa kontrobersiya sa pagdukot at pagpatay sa Koreanong si Jee Ick Joo hindi sila magpapa-apekto sa kontrobersiya at sa halip lalo pa nilang palalakasin ang war on drugs campaign. Para sa […]
PNP Chief Dela Rosa, ‘di kailangang mag-resign – SP Koko Pimentel
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Walang dahilan para magbitiw si Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director Generald Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa sa kabila ng pagdukot at pagpatay umano ng mga Scalawag na pulis sa negosyanteng Koreano na si Jee Ick-Joo sa loob mismo ng Camp Crame. Ito ang pahayag ni Senate President Koko Pimentel sa panawagan ni House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez na mag-resign si Dela Rosa matapos ang krimen na naganap mismo malapit lamang sa […]
Malacanang outraged with Korean’s kidnap-slay, vows no whitewash in case
(Eagle News) – Malacanang assured the public that there will be no cover-up or whitewash in the investigation of police officers involved in the kidnap-slay of Korean businessman Ji Ick-Joo, as it expressed “outrage” about the incident. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella released a statement Sunday saying that the Duterte administration would not tolerate “corrupt, abusive, errant” policemen who were involved in the crime. “We are outraged by the abduction and slay of a South Korean […]
President Duterte tells Dela Rosa, “Stay as PNP chief”
(Eagle News) – “He stays as chief of police. Bato has my complete trust.” With this declaration, President Rodrigo Duterte stressed that Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa will stay on as the head of the national police amid calls by House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez for him to resign. The President erased any uncertainty regarding the position of Dela Rosa who had earlier spoken to the President asking him directly […]
India train derailment deaths rise to 32
(Reuters) — At least 32 people were killed and dozens more injured on Saturday (January 21) night when nine coaches of a passenger train derailed in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh, in the latest disaster to hit the vast and accident-prone state railways, officials said. The express train from Jagdalpur to Bhubaneswar derailed near Kuneri station, around 30 km (18 miles) outside the town of Raigarh. District collector of Raigarh district in India’s […]
7.9 quake shakes PNG, tsunami alert rescinded
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A major 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Sunday, but a tsunami alert intially issued for the Pacific island nation and its neighbours was later cancelled. The tremor struck 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Panguna on Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville island at a depth of 153 kilometres at 3:30 pm local time (0430 GMT), the US Geological Survey said. Its preliminary assessment added that light to moderate damage […]
Over two million join US women’s marches against Trump: organizers
https://youtu.be/YR05zUwdo5c LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — More than two million people flooded the streets of US cities on Saturday in a peaceful day of women-led protests a day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, according to estimates from march organizers. At the main “Women’s March on Washington” organizers told AFP they estimated the turnout at half a million, with huge crowds joining sister marches around the country — and tens of thousands more […]
‘Girl Power!’ Anti-Trump demonstrators swarm DC streets
w by Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Perched atop a high metal fence to escape the crush of a massive crowd, Erica Orr surveyed the sea of pink-clad women that had converged on downtown Washington and shook her head in pride and disbelief. “It’s an indescribable feeling,” the 20-year-old college student from Michigan said of finding herself on Saturday in the midst of one of the largest demonstrations in recent memory in the […]
On day one, Trump blasts media over inaugural crowd count
https://youtu.be/Mzkb1gHt8-A WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump Saturday accused the media of downplaying the turnout at his inauguration by focusing on empty spots on Washington’s National Mall, insisting against all evidence that he drew 1.5 million people. “I made a speech. I looked out, the field was, it looked like a million, million and a half people,” he told CIA staff during a visit to the agency’s headquarters on his first full […]
3 Indonesian fishermen missing off Philippines: govt
Three Indonesian fishermen have gone missing in waters off the southern Philippines, Manila said Saturday, an area that has seen repeated kidnappings for ransom by Islamist militants. Authorities said the three Indonesians went missing on Wednesday in waters bordering the Philippines and Malaysia but the circumstances of their disappearance were still unknown. “They are missing but we don’t have confirmation yet on who took them and where they were taken,” regional military commander Major General […]
2 bayan sa Agusan Del Sur isinailalim sa state of calamity
(Eagle News) — Dalawang bayan ng Agusan Del Sur kabilang na ang mga bayan ng La Paz at Esperanza ang isinailalim sa state of calamity. Ayon kay AFP Spokesman Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, hindi pa rin madaanan ng anomang uri ng sasakyan ang mga daanan sa mga nasabing bayan kahit pa humupa na ang baha. Ayon sa report, may kabuuang animnapu’t-dalawang (62) baranggay sa nasabing lugar ang apektado ng baha. Mahigit sampung libong pamilya naman […]
