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DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Bangladesh security forces ended a siege Saturday after storming a cafe in Dhaka where dozens of diners had been held captive through the night and shot dead six of the hostage-takers. Police said at least 13 hostages, including three foreigners, had been rescued after commandos took control of the cafe in the upmarket Gulshan quarter but added that there had been an unknown number of casualties. Two police officers were also […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Thirteen hostages have been rescued after security forces ended a siege at a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Saturday, a top commander said. “Three of them are foreigners. Ten locals,” Tuhin Mohammad Masud, a commander of the elite Rapid Action Battalion which stormed the cafe, told India’s Times Now television network. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Heavily armed Bangladeshi commandos stormed a Dhaka restaurant Saturday where suspected Islamist militants were holding dozens of people hostage, including foreigners, after a deadly firefight with police, officials said. “The operation has began. Commandos have stormed the restaurant,” a security official said. An AFP photographer at the scene said he could hear a massive gunfight as security forces launched the rescue operation more than 10 hours after militants seized the hostages. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte met Vice-President Leni Robredo on Friday, July 1 for the first time after their separate inauguration ceremonies on Thursday (June 30). The occasion was the turn-over ceremonies at the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City where the new AFP chief of Staff, Lieutenant. Gen. Ricardo Visaya took his oath of office. Visaya replaced AFP Lt. Gen. Glorioso Miranda. Duterte also referred to Robredo while […]
https://youtu.be/P8atdKngdr4 (Eagle News) – Senate President Franklin Drilon has filed the Transportation Crisis Act of 2016 that would give emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to solve the traffic problem in Metro Manila and other key cities. The proposed law aims to give the Duterte administration a free hand in adopting alternative methods to solve the traffic problem, including the setting up of the needed infrastructure and transportation projects. If approved into law, the emrgency powers […]
Eagle News Service’s Mar Gabriel reports on the major revamp at the Philippine National Police which was immediately undertaken by PNP chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa after he took his oath on July 1, 2016.
(Eagle News) – On the first day of President Duterte in Malacanang, Malacanang announced the President’s new cabinet appointments. They include former Postmaster General and former National Food Authority Administrator Angelito Banayo who was designated as managing director and resident representative of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) by Duterte. The President also chose another militant and former pary-list representative, Liza Maza, to head the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC). Information and technology expert Rodolfo […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his promise to establish a hotline which people can call to report their grievances and complaints. Duterte said that he already asked telecommunication companies such as SMART and Globe the number 8888 to be designated as a hotline. “Kung may reklamo kayo — nandyan yan sa Malacañang — kung kayo’y inabuso, kung kayo’y pinagsamantalahan, kung may hindi kayo nagustuhan sa gobyerno, tumawag kayo day and night at […]
by Tom HANCOCK BEIJJING, China (AFP) — China will never compromise on sovereignty, President Xi Jinping said Friday ahead of an international tribunal ruling over Beijing’s maritime claims, as he celebrated the Communist Party’s 95th anniversary. The ruling party must maintain absolute power in the country, strengthen its military and establish a greater role in world leadership, Xi told serried ranks of top officials in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, to rapturous applause. “No […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — A bakery in Manila will be giving away free cakes for the six years of Rodrigo Duterte’s presidency to celebrate his inauguration. Rodrigo Duterte’s win in the presidential election is costing Quim’s bakery in Manila a lot of money. The baker’s offer of free cakes for the next six years of his term in office if he won went viral. Now Duterte’s supporters are turning up in droves to claim […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Director General Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa is now officially the 21st chief of the Philippine National Police. President Rodrigo Duterte formally installed Dela Rosa as the head of the 160,000-police force in a ceremony at the PNP headquarters this morning. Dela Rosa, a former Chief of Davao City Police, was personally handpicked by President Duterte, to take over the police force in a bid to fulfill his promise to suppress […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte promised policemen that his government would double their salaries and support them all the way in their anti-crime efforts, but warned the “scalawag” cops and police officials to resign before he gets to them. Duterte, in his speech during ceremonies on July 1 in Camp Crame where the new Philippine National Police chief, Director General Ronaldo “Bato” dela Rosa was designated as the next top […]
