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MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Department of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said that he is considering putting alleged drug lord Kerwin Espinosa under Witness Protection Program (WPP), but that he has to be given full protection of the law specially now that his father had been killed under questionable circumstances. “He could qualify for WPP because he appears to be not the most guilty (in the drug trafficking crime). When there’s someone else […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang assured that the administration will strictly monitor cases of violence against members of the media. This was announced after the Presidential Task Force on Media Security formally submitted the inventory of media killings to the Office of the President. This is in compliance with the first administrative order issued by President Rodrigo Duterte on the protection and welfare of media workers. https://youtu.be/pPO0TXUveCg
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Despite the change in leadership, there will be no change in the relations between the United States and the Philippines. According the US Charges d’ Affaires Michael Klecheski, the US places importance on the relationship between the two countries and that such relationship will not be affected by the disagreement between the two countries’ leaders.
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Thousands of Filipinos will be affected by US President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” policy. According to analyst Professor Ramon Casiple, Filipinos working in the USA – whether legally or illegally – will be the ones to be first affected by Trump’s policy. Also affected are the business process outsourcing companies in the Philippines, 80% of which comes from the USA.
(Eagle News) — “Premeditated.” That was how Senator Panfilo Lacson described the operation of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CODG) region 8 where Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa was killed in an alleged shootout after he allegedly resisted the police search Lacson, head of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs, and the other senators who questioned the CIDG officials during the senate hearing on Thursday said there seemed to have […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte arrived early Friday morning from his successful two-day official visit in Malaysia and from his brief visit to Thailand where he paid his last respects to the late King Bhumibol Adulyadeh. The President said he was “glad to be back” from his visit to the two countries. Duterte met with Prime Minister Najib Razak in Putrajaya, Malaysia where they discussed cooperation to combat terrorism, piracy, and to strengthen […]
THE Philippines on Thursday (November 10) agreed to allow Malaysia and Indonesia to carry out “hot pursuits” in its territorial waters, as they look to combat kidnappings and piracy by Islamist Abu Sayyaf rebels. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Najib Razak after a meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is on a two-day visit to Malaysia. “If we’re chasing the bad guys, for example, and we reach the international maritime boundaries […]
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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Hundreds of people, many of them students who skipped classes, staged fresh protests on Thursday in several US cities in anger at Donald Trump’s election as president. Some 1,000 students, most of them high schoolers, marched through San Francisco’s financial district toward City Hall chanting “Not my president!” and blocking traffic. “We are protesting because we want to stand up for our rights and we deserve […]
by Andrew Beatty WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barack Obama and Donald Trump on Thursday put past animosity aside during a 90-minute White House meeting designed to quell fears about the health of the world’s pre-eminent democracy. As protests against the Republican property mogul’s shock election rumbled across US cities and world capitals contended with a suddenly uncertain world order, Obama and Trump vowed to carry out a smooth transition of power. After a nasty campaign […]
(Eagle News) — The chief of police of Albuera, Leyte admitted upon questioning by Senator Leila De Lima that the former justice secretary herself was on the top of the list of personalities connected to illegal drugs, based on the latest affidavit of slain mayor Rolando Espinosa. During the senate hearing investigating the mayor’s killing, Chief Inspector Jovie Espenido, also disclosed that Mayor Espinosa had told them that De Lima was given P8 million by his […]
(Eagle News)– Twenty-four police officers involved in operation which led to the killing of Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa have been relieved from their posts. This was directed by Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Dir. Gen. Ronald dela Rosa. The decision follows the investigation on the mayor’s death early Saturday morning, when officers from Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Region 8 came to serve a search warrant to Espinosa at the Baybay City Provincial Jail. In a […]
