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(Eagle News) — Nakipagkita na si Retired General Vicente Loot kay Philippine Chief Director General Ronald Bato Dela Rosa sa Kampo Crame nitong Hunyo 7, 2016. Ito ay matapos mapasama ang pangalan niya sa mga sangkot diumano sa illegal drug operations. Report mula kay Mar Gabriel:
(Reuters) A suspected pipe bomb injured 25 people on a passenger train in the Taiwanese capital late on Thursday, officials said. The blast shook Taipei’s Songshan station close to midnight and witnesses quoted on Taiwanese television described seeing a man leaving a long black device on the train just before the explosion. Premier Lin Chuan told Taiwanese television the blast appeared to be a deliberate “act of malice”. Police and the Taipei fire department […]
(Eagle News) – Classes have been suspended in the following areas because of heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Butchoy. Caloocan City – preschool to high school Las Piñas City – preschool to high school Mandaluyong City – preschool to high school Manila – preschool to high school Marikina – preschool to high school Makati – preschool to senior high school Navotas City – preschool to high school Pasay City – preschool to high […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “BUTCHOY” has slightly weakened and is about to make landfall over Southeast Taiwan. As of 6 a.m., PAGASA said the typhoon was located 240 kilometers North Northwest of Itbayat, Batanes. It has maximum sustained winds of 195 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 230 kph, and is forecast to move West Northwest at 15 kph. By Saturday morning (July 8), “Butchoy” or typhoon Nepartak is forecast to be outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine government forces fought hundreds of Islamic militants on two remote islands Thursday, with the military aircraft-backed campaign leaving up to 10 people dead, the army said. The gun battles on the southern islands of Jolo and Basilan followed orders by new President Rodrigo Duterte for the security services to go after the Abu Sayyaf, which recently beheaded two foreign hostages and is also blamed for the worst terror attacks in […]
(Eagle News) Vice President Leni Robredo now heads the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC). President Rodrigo Duterte himself made the offer to the Vice-President whom he called “Ma’am Leni” when he made a phone call to her in the middle of a press briefing. This was after he was asked by a PTV-4 broadcaster about the possibility of him offering Robredo a cabinet post. “Ma’am Leni, good afternoon. Nandito ako sa opisina […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Suspected Islamists carried out another deadly attack in Bangladesh Thursday at the country’s biggest prayer service for the start of Eid, days after a mass murder of hostages in the capital Dhaka. Authorities said two policemen and an attacker had been killed after several explosions near a prayer ground in the district of Kishoreganj as at least 250,000 people joined a traditional post-Ramadan gathering. An officer stationed in the northern district’s […]
Did you know that some Filipino words made it to the Oxford Dictionary? Let’s find out what are those.
(Eagle News) – The first bill filed in the 17th Congress under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is one seeking to reimpose the death penalty on heinous crimes, not through hanging as what the President suggested, but through lethal injection. House Bill no. 1 is authored by Davao del Norte Representative and incoming House Speaker Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez and Capiz Rep. Fredenil Castro. According to this bill, there is a need to reimpose […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas slammed news reports linking him to the police generals allegedly involved in illegal drug trade. In a statement, Roxas said “some online sites and traditional media outlets” had identified particular cops as “Roxas Generals,” insinuating that they had campaigned for the LP candidate in the 2016 elections even if they were still on active duty. “Despite lacking any clear basis, the insinuation is that these […]
PASIG City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Thirteen soldiers have turned out positive during a surprise drug test of almost 3,000 troops at Philippine Army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio. They have been taken into custody and are now being investigated. But Army Spokesman Colonel Benjamin Hao clarified that the results were “just an initial finding based on the surprise drug test led by Lieutenant General Eduardo Año, adding the confirmatory findings will be released in a […]
WESTERN Samar, Philippines (Eagle News) — Positibo pa rin sa red tide toxins ang Irong-irong at Cambatutay Bay sa Western Samar. Batay sa Bulletin Number 20 ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), lumabas sa huling laboratory results na lampas na sa limit ang lason sa mga alamang mula sa mga nasabing lugar. Ipinag-babawal ang paghuli, pagbenta at pagkain ng mga alamang mula sa mga nabanggit na lugar , subalit ligtas namang kainin ang […]
