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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit off the remote Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia Thursday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck about 37 kilometres (23 miles) offshore northeast of Ambon in Maluku province at 8:46 am local time, at a depth of 29 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage in the area, which has been […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies with rainshowers are expected in parts of the country today as the northeasterly surface windflow prevails over Northern Luzon. Batanes, Isabela, and Cagayan including Babuyan group of Islands will experience those conditions, with flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms possible, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. Metro Manila and the rest of the country, the weather bureau said, will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers […]
WASHINGTON, DC (AFP) — The White House released a call transcript Wednesday confirming Donald Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart to probe his political rival Joe Biden — a day after Democrats seized on the explosive allegation to launch an impeachment process. “There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that,” Trump told Volodymyr Zelensky in the July 25 call. As […]
MANILA (AFP) — Seven members of a Philippine “dragon boat” team were killed Wednesday when their boat capsized off the island of Boracay as they trained for an international race, rescuers and colleagues said. Large waves swamped and overturned the wooden boat off one of the world’s most famous tropical holiday resorts, killing four male and three female rowers at sunrise, they added. “There are many rocks in the area so it’s possible that […]
By Daphne Apayor Eagle News Service Philippine Military Academy 4th Class Cadet Darwin Dormitorio, who allegedly died due to injuries sustained from hazing, was buried early this morning in his hometown in Cagayan de Oro with full military honors. A huge crowd comprising of his kin and close friends attended the burial. Also present was the wife of Interior Secretary Eduardo Año and other PMA officials. Family and friends of the late cadet couldn’t help […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Sept. 25, welcomed a recent Social Weather Stations survey that found that 86 percent of Filipinos rate their lives positively. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said it “gives us encouragement that almost all Filipinos, whether here or abroad, have universally recognized the bold strides undertaken by the President and his Administration to pursue sociodevelopment programs that are not only inclusive but are also sustainable.” He noted that while the Chief Executive […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Dragon Boat Federation on Wednesday, Sept. 25, condoled with the kin of the seven paddlers who died after their dragon boat sank off Boracay waters. The PDBF said the victims were training for an international competition when massive seawater engulfed the 21-seater dragon boat a few meters away from the shore of Tulubhan Bay in Barangay Manocmanoc past 7 a.m. The other 14 boat occupants survived. “May peace and comfort find the […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration on Wednesday, Sept. 25, confirmed the woman who allegedly buys recycled illegal drugs from “ninja cops” has left the country. Immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval said Guia Gomez Castro was allowed to leave because she had “no derogatory records.” Authorities said Gomez, who won as chair of Barangay 484 Zone 48 but failed to take her oath in 2018, was already in the United States. It was Manila Police District director […]
(Eagle News)–The Oversight Committee on Corrections has created a panel to verify the records of each person deprived of liberty prior to their release. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said that while this was a “tedious process,” it is “called for under the circumstances.” He said the panel has met in the past days and “will meet again this afternoon with the relevant BuCor officers whose task is to justify each and every recommendation for release.” […]
(Eagle News)–At least seven were killed after a dragon boat sank off Boracay in Aklan today, Sept. 25. Authorities identified the fatalities in the incident in Sitio Lingganay, Brgy. Manoc-manoc past 7:30 a.m. as Mark Vincent Navarete, Omar Arcob, Maricel Tan, Yohan Tan, Richel Montoya, Antonette Supranes and John Vincent Natividad. They were dead on arrival in the hospital. Von Navarossa was reportedly rushed to the hospital to undergo treatment. The Philippine Dragon Boat Federation […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine National Police on Wednesday, Sept. 25, vowed to continue its case build-up against the woman who reportedly buys recycled illegal drugs from “ninja” policemen. PNP spokesperson Police Brigadier General Bernard Banac said this was so the PNP “can file charges” against Guia Gomez Castro “if evidence warrants.” The National Capital Region Police Office has said it was verifying the whereabouts of Castro, who, reports said, was in the United States. NCRPO Guillermo […]
(Eagle News)–The woman who allegedly buys recycled illegal drugs from “ninja cops” never took her oath as barangay chair. According to National Capital Region Police Office chief Guillermo Eleazar, who gave a dzbb radio interview on Wednesday, Sept. 25, a kagawad of Barangay 484 Zone 48 in Manila assumed the post of officer-in-charge instead after Guia Gomez Castro failed to take her oath in 2018. Castro is reportedly in the United States but Eleazar said […]
