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MMDA ready for metro shake drill

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority or MMDA is ready for the Metro Shake Drill tomorrow which will start on 9:00 AM after all radio as well as TV channels simultaneously issue the warning siren which will signal the start of the earthquake simulation. The Metro Shake Drill will also test the preparedness of rescue services during an earthquake and will also include provinces neighboring Metro Manila like Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and […]

150 panauhin lamang para sa Inagurasyon ni Incoming Pres. Duterte

DAVAO CITY (Eagle News) —   Pinal nang ipinahayag ng kampo ni incoming President Rodrigo Duterte ang pagkakaroon niya ng 150 lamang na panauhin na dadalo sa inagurasyon nito ngayong Hunyo 30, 2016.  Si Duterte ang ika-16 na Pangulo ng Bansa. Ayon kay Presidential Special Assistant Christopher Bong Go, ang desisyon ng President-elect ay magsagawa lamang ng simple at hindi magastos na inagurasyon.  Limitado lamang umano ang lugar kung kaya’t humingi sila ng paumanhin sa mga […]

Car that crushed actor Yelchin under recall over gear issue

by Frankie TAGGART LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The car that fatally crushed “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin had been under recall over fears that it could roll off without warning, it emerged on Monday. Friends discovered the Russian-born actor pinned against a brick mailbox pillar and security fence at his California home by his Jeep Grand Cherokee in the early hours of Sunday. Investigators said the actor, who was just 27, had momentarily […]

Incoming Secretary details changes in communication office under Duterte administration

Presidential Communications Operation Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma welcomes new incoming Press Secretary Martin Andanar as they held a briefing with members of the Malacanang Press Corps at the press briefing room of the New Executive Building in the Malacañang grounds. (Monday June 06). (Photo  by Robert Viñas / Malacañang Photo Bureau) (Eagle News) — Officials of the Aquino and incoming Duterte administrations continue to fine-tune the details of the transition to ensure a smooth […]

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi reiterates stance on not using term ‘Rohingya’

    (Reuters)  Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has told the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights that the government will avoid using the term “Rohingya” to describe a persecuted Muslim minority in the country’s northwest, an official told Reuters on Monday. Members of the 1.1 million group, who identify themselves by the term “Rohingya” and live in apartheid-like conditions, are seen by many Myanmar Buddhists as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The term is […]

Cambodian PM denies role in ASEAN U-turn on South China Sea

  PHNOM PENH / AFP- Cambodian Premier Hun Sen lashed out Monday at claims his government had bowed to Chinese pressure to help scupper a joint statement by Southeast Asian nations on the South China Sea. In an angry speech Hun Sen also accused an international court of political bias as it prepares to rule on a sea dispute between the Philippines and China. The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration is widely expected to rule […]

Orlando gunman told 911 he would strap explosives to hostages, had vehicles rigged with bombs

  (REUTERS)  The gunman who slaughtered 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida said he had a car rigged with bombs outside and threatened to strap hostages into explosive vests, according to partial transcripts of 911 calls he made released on Monday. Omar Mateen, 29, paused during a three-hour siege to telephone emergency dispatchers three times and to post internet messages from inside the Pulse nightclub professing his support for Islamist militant groups. “You […]

Former Senate President Maceda dies, 81

(EAGLE NEWS)–Former Senate President Ernesto Maceda passed away at 8:58 p.m. Monday (June 20) because of multiple organ failure, his family said.  He was 81. Maceda served as a senator from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1987 to 1998. He also served as a Senator from 1971 to 1972 and again from 1987 to 1998. He served as Senate President from 1996 to 1998. The former senator, who also served as Philippine Ambassador to the United […]

CHR supports government’s campaign against Abu Sayyaf

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) supports the campaign of the government against the Abu Sayyaf Group after it beheaded two Canadian hostages. CHR Chairman Jose Luis Gascon, the CHR condemns the killing and other terrorist acts done by the ASG. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

MNLF ready to support incoming President Duterte

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) faction led by Nur Misuari stated that they are ready to support steps that will be taken by incoming President Rodrigo Duterte for the achievement of peace. Atty. Manuel Fontanilla, spokesperson of said faction of the MNLF, said that the group also supports Duterte’s plan to change the government system of the Philippines to federalism. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho […]

Government forces still looking for the body of Canadian hostage

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is still looking for the body of slain Canadian hostage Robert Hall, one week after he was beheaded. The AFP is exerting all efforts to recover the body so that it could be returned to Hall’s family in Canada. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/YNDc8cKHbjs

COMELEC Commissioner Lim to file his resignation

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections Campaign Finance Office Head Commissioner Christian Robert Lim plans to file his resignation on Monday, June 20 due to the decision of the COMELEC en banc to extend the deadline of the filing of the Statement of Contribution and Expenditures until June 30 which in turn is due to the request of the Liberal Party and its standard-bearer Manuel “Mar” Roxas to extend the deadline for the […]