Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kinumpirma ni National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Director Chief Supt. Oscar Albayalde ang pagkaka- aresto ng isa pang suspek sa pagtatangkang pambobomba sa kahabaan ng Roxas Boulevard malapit sa US Embassy. Tumanggi namang pangalanan ni Albayalde ang panibagong suspek na naaresto dahil mismong si PNP chief Ronald Bato Dela Rosa ang magpiprisinta nito sa media ngayong araw, Disyembre 7. Una rito, dalawa sa mga suspek na nadakip ay kinilalang […]
by Jean-Louis Doublet WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump called Tuesday — via Twitter — for the cancellation of a multi-billion dollar Boeing contract to build the next Air Force One, calling the ballooning costs “ridiculous.” Converting a pair of 747-8 jumbo jets to state-of-the-art luxury command centers by 2024 had been estimated to cost $3 billion when Boeing was picked for the job in January 2015, but since then costs have apparently […]
by Shaun TANDON NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Beyonce led the Grammy Award nominations Tuesday amid acclaim for her “Lemonade” album but she faced spirited competition from other chart-topping artists including Adele. Beyonce received nods in nine categories for the music industry’s biggest night including Album of the Year for “Lemonade,” her contemplative look at African-American women that she intertwined with an original movie. The pop diva will face off at the February 12 […]
TAMPA, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama on Tuesday phoned Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who formally resigned after a crushing referendum defeat. “The president emphasized that Italy will remain one of the United States’ closest and strongest allies and an indispensable partner,” the White House said in a statement. Obama made the call from Air Force One on a flight from Washington to Tampa, Florida, thanking Renzi “for the close friendship and […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Aceh province in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra early Wednesday but there was no tsunami alert, seismologists said. The shallow quake hit 10 kilometres (six miles) north of Reuleuet at 5:03 am local time (2203 GMT Tuesday), the US Geological Survey said. Aceh was devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. In its initial assessment, the USGS said there was a low […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) – by Jan HENNOP and Maude BRULARD War crimes prosecutors Tuesday unveiled a campaign of terror led by ‘ferocious’ Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen, including showing shocking images of an aftermath of an attack on a refugee camp. The former LRA commander became the first-ever member of the notorious rebel group to go on trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, where he faces a litany of charges […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) – by Shafiqul ALAM More than 20,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in recent weeks, humanitarian officials said on Tuesday, following a bloody crackdown by the army in neighbouring Myanmar. Bangladesh has stepped up patrols on the border to try to stem the tide of refugees since an eruption of unrest in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in early October. But Sanjukta Sahany, head of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) office […]
ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) – by Karam al-Masri with Maya Gebeily in Beirut Syrian regime forces were on the verge Tuesday of seizing a major rebel district of Aleppo as Moscow and Washington traded barbs over stalled efforts to end fighting in the battle-worn city. After retaking control of about two-thirds of east Aleppo in recent days, forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad were advancing Tuesday in the large residential district of Shaar. The Syrian Observatory […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte is setting aside P2 billion to be given to poor Filipinos in need of medicines. Duterte said the amount was part of the P5 billion check granted to him by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) which he is giving to the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The President said he is directing the DOH and the DSWD to allot P2 billion for poor […]
(Eagle News)–The late Albuera town Mayor Rolando Espinosa was killed during a rub out, not in a shootout, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) concluded on Tuesday (December 6). The NBI has advised the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file multiple charges against 24 Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Region 8 officers led by their head Superintendent Marvin Marcos, and other individuals involved in the killing of Espinosa and his cell mate, Raul Yap, on November 5. […]
MANILA, Philippines — All senators united in their decision to support their fellow senator, Joel Villanueva, as they defied the order from the Office of the Ombudsman dismissing the former head of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Villanueva was earlier charged with malversation, graft and falsification of public documents over the allegedly anomalous disbursement of his 10 million-peso Priority Development Assistance Fund or PDAF when he was the Citizens Battle against Corruption or CIBAC party-list representative. All of the senators supported […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo R. Duterte said he will not release political prisoners without a signed bilateral ceasefire agreement with the National Democratic Front (NDF). Labor Secretary Sivestre Bello III in a statement said the President told him that if he’ll be given signed bilateral ceasefire agreement, he will release the political prisoners within 48 hours. “The President told us that once he receives even just a facsimile copy of the signed agreement, he […]
