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(Eagle News)– Senator Leila de Lima stressed on Sunday (September 18) that she will not attend the hearing of House of Representatives on the alleged narcotics trade inside New Bilibid Prison (NBP). “With or without an invitation, I will not attend that hearing. I will not even send any representative, lawyer or even an observer,” De Lima said. “It is a sham inquiry, with no objective other than to demolish or destroy me, upon orders […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday (September 19) has expressed his apologies to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano regarding their Senate hearing clash last week. “This is to express my apologies for my demeanor during last Thursday’s hearing of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights,” Trillanes said in a letter sent to the office of Cayetano. “It was brought about because of the intense passion and emotion of the moment. Nonetheless, it was […]
(Eagle News)– Aside from Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad and three Indonesians, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on Sunday (September 18) released two Filipino hostages they kidnapped last August 6. Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Western Mindanao Command Spokesperson Major Felimon Tan said that Daniela Taruc and Levy Gonzales were released by ASG in Barangay Tiptipon, Sulu at 10:30 p.m. The two hostages were recovered by a concerned citizen. They were brought to the headquarters of […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa stressed on Sunday (September 18) that he did not ask for an extension in the anti-narcotics war, though thankful for the additional time given by President Rodrigo Duterte. “I did not ask for an extension. (The extension is) better so that we finish this properly. We’re thankful because we were given additional time,” Dela Rosa said. “He [President Duterte] saw that we were having […]
INDANAN, Philippines (AFP) — A Norwegian former hostage on Sunday described his psychological torture as he heard his friends being beheaded by Islamic militants during a year-long captivity in the southern Philippines. A heavily bearded and gaunt Kjartan Sekkingstad, who was released on Saturday by the feared Abu Sayyaf group, also said he narrowly survived military attacks against his captors, with a bullet piercing his backpack. “Basically, I’ve been treated like a slave, carrying their stuff […]
by Jennie MATTHEW NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Three separate attacks carried out in the United States on a single day — a New York bombing, a Minnesota mass stabbing and a New Jersey pipe bomb blast — were under investigation Sunday for potential terror links. Authorities say there is no evidence that any of the attacks were coordinated but the timing in less than 24 hours raises fears about security — already a hot button issue […]
INDANAN, Philippines (AFP) – A freed Norwegian hostage said he was “lucky to be alive” Sunday, after being kidnapped by Islamic militants and held in the southern Philippine jungle for more than a year. Kjartan Sekkingstad appeared gaunt and frail as he was handed over to a government envoy along with three Indonesian seamen who had been held captive with him. “I am so very happy and lucky to be alive,” Sekkingstad, heavily bearded […]
By Jelly F. Musico MANILA, Sept. 18 (PNA) — Veteran journalist and TV anchor Teddy Boy Locsin has accepted the post as ambassador to the United Nations, Presidential Communications Operations (PCO) Secretary Martin Andanar confirmed on Sunday. Andanar said the former congressman has accepted the post after meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte at the Bahay Pangarap in Malacanang. ”Cong. Locsin said he accepted the position as UN ambassador,” Andanar said in a press statement. […]
For the first time in over a year, a volcano lake is visible on top of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii. USGS/Reuters
Designers from London’s Royal College of Art have created a skinsuit which allows the user to go from the physical to the virtual world by ‘feeling’ invisible objects. Reuters
(REUTERS) A man wearing a private security uniform wounded eight people in a knife attack on Saturday at a mall in central Minnesota before he was shot dead by an off-duty police officer, authorities said. The man made references to Allah and asked at least one person if they were Muslim before he assaulted them at the Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, the city’s Police Chief William Blair Anderson told reporters. “Whether that […]
