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(Eagle News)– Former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday (September 5) reiterated that President Rodrigo Duterte’s issuance of state of lawlessness is “the right thing to do”, following the Davao City blast that claimed 14 lives. Currently serving as Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives, Arroyo recalled the time when she issued the same order when she was president. “Ginagawa ko yun nung panahon ko eh, so it’s the right thing […]
Tinitimbang ngayon ng mga kinauukulan ang pagdedeklara ng “State of Lawlessness” sa buong bansa ni Pangulong Rodrigo R. Duterte matapos ang madugong pagsabog sa Davao City. Sinagot din ng Malacañang ang ilang katanungan kung ano ba ang ibig sabihin ng ‘state of lawlessness’. Sa isang statement, sinabi ni Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, na ang deklarasyon ni Pangulong Duterte ay nakasaad sa Article VII Section 18 ng konstitusyon. Sa deklarasyon, tinatawagan ng Pangulo ang militar na supilin […]
(REUTERS) The Philippines expressed “grave concern” on Sunday and demanded an explanation from China’s ambassador over what it said was an increasing number of Chinese boats near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. A Philippines air force plane flew over the rocky outcrop on Saturday and spotted more boats than usual in a flotilla China has maintained since seizing the shoal after a tense standoff in 2012, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana […]
(Eagle News)– The Southern Police District (SPD) kick started on Monday (September 5) its “reinvigorated” Oplan Tokhang at some high-end villages in Makati City, such as Forbes Park and Magallanes Village. “Itong activity namin na to is the reinvigorated Tokhang. We go to the residence and we give them flyers. We inform them of the PNP’s anti-illegal drugs campaign,” SPD director Chief Supt. Tomas Apolinario explained. “Nandito yung procedures to follow, at the same time, […]
(REUTERS) North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, said South Korea, as the leaders of the Group of 20 major economies held a summit in China, the North’s main diplomatic ally. The missiles were fired from a western region south of the capital Pyongyang, just after noon local time (0300 GMT), South Korea’s Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. The missile […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kahit inako na ng bandidong grupong Abu Sayyaf ang naganap na pagsabog sa Davao City nitong Biyernes ng gabi (Septyembre 2), hindi pa rin inaalis ng Philippine National Police (PNP) ang posibilidad na may kinalaman ito sa pinaigting na kampanya ng gobyerno laban sa iligal na droga. May posibilidad kasi ayon kay PNP Chief Ronald Dela Rosa na bahagi ito ng diversionary tactics ng mga sindikato ng droga para maalis […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Sa buong Pilipinas at hindi lamang sa Mindanao ang State of Lawlessness na idineklara ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ito ang paglilinaw ni Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Secretary Salvador Panelo sa panayam ng programang Guest Who’s Talking sa Radyo Agila DZEC. Ginawa ni Panelo ang paglilinaw bunsod ng mga kalituhan dahil wala umanong malinaw na banggit ang Pangulo sa nasasakop ng idineklarang State of Lawlessness. Sinabi pa ni Panelo na bago […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Kinondena ni Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Director Genral Ronald Bato Dela Rosa ang nangyaring pagsabog sa Davao City na itinuturing nilang home town ni Pangulong Rodrigo R. Duterte. Pero sa kabila ng nangyari, hinimok ni Dela Rosa ang publiko na wag matakot at ituloy lang ang normal na aktibidad ngunit kailangan umanong maging alerto at mapagmatyag.
(Eagle News)– Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa on Monday (September 5) did not eliminate the possible involvement of drug lords in Davao blast, saying that they could have paid Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) to bomb the night market. “Itong Abu Sayyaf pera-pera lang ‘yan. Nangingidnap nga sila para sa pera eh. Kung ako mayamang drug lord sabihin ko sa kanila magbomba na lang kayo,” Dela Rosa told reporters in a […]
(Eagle News)– Davao City Police Director Sr. Supt. Michael John Dubria confirmed on Sunday (September 4) that the improvised explosive device (IED) used in the Roxas night market blast was cellphone-activated. Dubria also showed members of media a fuse assembly–a part of 60-mm round– found in the liver of one of the survivors. SPO2 Consorcio Gerones Jr., ordnance specialist of Davao City Police Office-Explosives and Ordnance Division, guaranteed that the use of a 60-mm round […]
(Eagle News) — The United Nations on Sunday (September 4) condemned the attack carried out by still unidentfied suspects in Davao City, the hometown of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, urging that the perpetrators of this dastardly act be brought to justice. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued the statement on Sunday stressing “the need to ensure accountability and to bring to justice the perpetrators of these terrorist attacks.” He also expressed his deepest […]
MANILA, Sept. 5 – The National Youth Commission strongly condemns the recent bombing incident in Davao City that prompted the President to declare a region wide State of Lawless Violence. In a recent statement, the NYC further reiterated that whoever are the perpetrators of this dastardly act must be meted with punishment of equal magnitude as the crime they committed because this disrupts the peace and order situation that the current administration is working on. On […]
