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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The Islamic State group said Tuesday its spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani was killed in the Syrian province of Aleppo, as the US confirmed an IS “senior leader” was targeted in the same area. Quoting an IS “military source”, the group’s news agency Amaq said: “Sheikh Abu Mohamed al-Adnani… was martyred while surveying operations to repel the military campaigns against Aleppo.” It said he died after a “long voyage crowned by sacrifice” […]
Ni Aily Milyo Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Muling naglunsad ang Department of Transportation (DOTr) at Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board o LTFRB ng Point to Point o P2P Bus Service. Ang bagong P2P bus service point ay may ruta mula Robinson’s Novaliches patungong Park Square Makati. Ito na ang pang-limang ruta ng P2P bus. Ang iba pang ruta ng P2P bus service ay sa North Edsa to Makati, dalawa sa Ortigas to Makati […]
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) – by Danny KEMP The EU ordered tech giant Apple on Tuesday to pay a record 13 billion euros in back taxes in Ireland, a move Washington warned could damage hugely important transatlantic economic ties. Brussels said Apple, the world’s most valuable company, avoided virtually all tax on its business in the bloc by illegal arrangements with Dublin which gave the company an unfair advantage over competitors. Apple and the Irish government […]
By Marius Zaharia SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Australia, Taiwan and South Korea advised pregnant women and those attempting to get pregnant to avoid travel to Singapore after an outbreak of the Zika virus infected more than 50 people in the city-state. The outbreak and the warnings come as a potential blow to tourism in one of the world’s busiest travel hubs, which is already struggling to recover from a slump amid tepid global growth. Singapore […]
OSLO, Norway (AFP) — More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lightning in southern Norway, Norwegian officials said Monday, in the largest such incident known to date. The 323 reindeers, including 70 young, were found on Friday by a gamekeeper on the Hardangervidda plateau, a national park where Europe’s largest herd of some 10,000 wild reindeer roam freely. Television footage showed the animals’ dead bodies lying close together on the ground. “There were […]
Ni Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) — Naka-halfmast na ang watawat sa loob ng Kampo Aguinaldo at sa lahat ng kampo ng militar sa buong bansa bilang pagluluksa sa pagkamatay ng 15 sundalo sa nangyaring bakbakan sa Patikul,Sulu. Sa inisyal na report, bago nito, dalawang engkwentro ang naganap sa Barangay Kutong, Talipao, Sulu kung saan una nang nalagasan ang mga bandido. Ngunit pasado alas kwatro ng hapon, muling nakasagupa ng mga sundalo […]
(Eagle News)– Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Isidro Lapeña confirmed on Tuesday that the agency and Philippine National Police confiscated P5.44 billion worth of dangerous drugs in just two months of Duterte administration. This figure was significantly higher than the P3.85 billion worth of illegal substances seized in the first six months of 2016. Lapeña said more than a ton of shabu had been barred from the market after the surrender of 673,978 […]
(Eagle News)– Marine Col. Edgard Arevalo told reporters on Tuesday that at least 12 government troopers were injured in series of encounters with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sulu. “Mayroon tayong 12 wounded. Kung tutuusin hindi lang eksaktong 12 ang wounded sa atin because hindi lahat ‘yun nadadala sa hospital,” Arevalo explained. “Yung ibang kasamahan nating sundalo they opt to stay on the frontline especially if they feel na (even with) ‘yung wound nila, […]
(Eagle News)– Both chambers of Congress, the Senate and House of Representatives, have agreed to move the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to 2017. The new date agreed for the polls is October 23, 2017. Majority Floor Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said in a caucus at the House of Representatives that they will file a bill postponing the elections to next year. The Senate will file their own bill as well.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — In an exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, retired General Ricardo de Leon, President of the Philippine Public Safety College discussed the training of police personnel as well as the full support of the PPSC on the Duterte administration’s fight against illegal drugs.
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) will bring their Oplan Tokhang to call centers and condominium buildings in its effort to eradicate the illegal drug menace. The PNP Eastern Police District said it would already conduct an information drive in the call centers and condominium buildings under their jurisdiction. According to EPD Deputy Chief for Operations, Senior Superintendent Edwin de Ocampo, they received information from arrested drug pushers that most […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte blamed the Aquino administration for the alarming illegal drug situation of the country, departing from his previous pronouncement during his State of the Nation Address that he would not dwell on the mistakes of the past administration. But on Tuesday, President Duterte said that he was only able to find out how widespread the illegal drug problem is after taking the presidency. He added that the […]
