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(REUTERS) Two attackers killed a priest with a blade and seriously wounded another hostage in a church in northern France on Tuesday before being shot dead by French police. There were no immediate details on the identity or motives of the two assailants but the investigation was handed to the anti-terrorist unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office. A police source said it appeared that the priest had his throat slit. The Vatican condemned what […]
(REUTERS) French police “neutralized” two men armed with blades who had taken several people hostage in a church in northern France on Tuesday, the police said. A police source said that one of the hostages had been killed with a blade in the attack which took place in the Normandy town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, south of Rouen. French media reported the attackers cut the throat of the priest. French President Francois Hollande was on his […]
A Malaysian court has convicted three locals and 14 Filipinos of terror-related offences, some punishable by death, following an armed incursion that left scores dead and paralyzed a remote corner of Borneo for weeks. The 2013 siege, inspired by a self-proclaimed Filipino sultan who tried to resurrect long-dormant land claims, saw clashes between Malaysian forces and some 200 Filipino militants who had arrived by boat in the eastern state of Sabah on Borneo Island. The […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — A number of social issues have also been tackled at President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s First State of the Nation Address. One of which is his promise to ask lawmakers to create a bill that will strengthen organizations that are looking after the welfare of Filipino workers abroad. “I may ask congress to create a bill consolidating agencies that have anything to do with overseas Filipinos,” Duterte said. “Moreover, a […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ang tiwalang ibinagay ng pambansang pulisya sa mga militanteng grupo na nagprotesta sa katatapos na State of the Nation Address ni Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte ang naging umano’y susi upang maging mapayapa ang nasabing SONA. Ayon kay Quezon City Police District chief Police Senior Superintendent Guillermo Eleazar, naniniwala sila na dahil sa respeto at tiwalang ibinigay nila sa mga raliyista ay naiwasan ang marahas na engkwentro sa pagitan ng […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Walang halong paninisi ang talumpati ni Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte sa kanyang unang State of the Nation Address (SONA). Ito ang unang beses na walang narinig na pagtatanim ng galit sa mga nakalipas na administrasyon ang pangulo sa nakalipas na anim na taon. Ayon kay pangulong duterte, hindi niya nais mag-aksaya ng oras sa paninisi sa kamalian ng mga nagdaang administrasyon. Mas dapat aniyang magsilbing leksyon ang mga pagkakamali […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ang unang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Rodrigo R. Duterte ay unang SONA rin sa kasaysayan na walang karahasan. Ayon kay NCRPO Director Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde, mapayapa ang SONA at walang bayolenteng insidente sa pagitan ng pulisya at mga raliyista. Sinabi rin ng opsiyal na ikina-lugod ng mga raliyista ang pagpa-pahintulot ng pangulo na gawin ang kanilang programa malapit sa Batasan Pambansa Complex. Bago ang […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Umapela si Senador Sonny Angara sa kanyang mga kapwa mambabatas sa Senado at Kamara na samantalahin ang pagkakataon para talakayin at ipasa ang Tax Reform System. Ayon kay Senador Angara, ipapa-prioritize nya ang panukala sakaling muli syang matalagang Chairman ng Senate Committee on Ways and Means. Pero paalala ni Angara , kailangan din ang mabilisang pagkilos ng mga kongresista. Batay aniya sa konstitusyon, sa Kamara dapat magsimulang talakayin at ipasa […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) — Malaysia’s police chief said Tuesday that five tugboat crew missing since last week were abducted by the Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf, which is notorious for repeated kidnappings in waters between the two nations. The five Malaysians were kidnapped from their vessel on July 18 off the coast of the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters. “The five tugboat crew have […]
by Hiroshi HIYAMA SAGAMIHARA, Japan (AFP) — A knife-wielding former employee killed 19 people and injured 25 at a care centre for the mentally disabled in Japan on Tuesday, in the country’s worst mass killing in decades. The 26-year-old man later turned himself in at a police station, admitting to officers: “I did it.” He reportedly also said: “The disabled should all disappear.” Authorities identified the attacker as Satoshi Uematsu and said he had worked […]
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP) — Vanquished White House hopeful Bernie Sanders on Monday told a riven and lively Democratic convention that his rival Hillary Clinton must become the next US president. To cheers and some boos, Sanders said that “based on her ideas and her leadership,” Clinton was a better choice than Donald Trump and “must become the next president of the United States.” “The choice is not even close,” he said. “This election is […]
MANILA, July 26 – The Commission on Elections is urging deactivated voters to go to their respective COMELEC offices to reactivate their registration records. COMELEC spokesperson James Jimenez said that out of the 2, 284,743 voters who were deactivated due to the lack of biometrics, only 83,717 reactivated from July 15 to 23, with the NCR registering the largest number at 48,653. “There were 1,181,139 voters who registered in the first nine days of the registration […]
