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(Eagle News)–The National Capital Region Police Office has sacked five police officers, including a precinct commander, for allegedly urging complainants not to file a case against a Chinese national for sexual molestation. In an interview, NCRPO Chief Guillermo Eleazar said relieved were the commander of the Police Community Precinct 1 in Pasay and the four investigators on duty the night the Chinese was reported to have molested three girls in an amusement park. Eleazar said apart […]
(Eagle News)—The Commission on Elections on Tuesday, Feb. 12, called out several national and party-list candidates for violating the requirements for campaign materials. Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez called the attention of the candidates in a series of tweets posted on the same day the campaign period for those bets kicked off. Among those Jimenez called out were the camps of Bong Revilla, Mar Roxas, Bong Go, Jinggoy Estrada, Francis Tolentino and Sonny Angara. He also called […]
(Eagle News)—-A suspected member of the Abu Sayyaf believed behind the 2002 Kidapawan bombing that killed at least seven has been arrested. Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said Abdurahman Mataud Daiyung was nabbed by members of the National Capital Region Police Office and the military in Ermita, Manila. Albayalde said Abdurahman had a warrant for his arrest issued by a Basilan court for his alleged role in the kidnapping of employees of the Golden Harvest […]
Dismisses charges for unjust vexation, disobedience filed vs her (Eagle News)—The Mandaluyong Prosecutors Office has found probable cause to indict the woman behind the taho-throwing incident at a Metro Rail Transit 3 station over the weekend for direct assault. In ordering the indictment of Jiale Zhang, senior assistant prosecutor Leynard Dumlao said that in the crime of direct assault, “the assault and force employed must be serious in character as to indicate respondent’s determination to […]
(Eagle News)—The legal division of the Bureau of Immigration has recommended the filing of a deportation case against the Chinese national behind the taho-throwing incident at a Metro Rail Transit 3 station. Immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval said the case for “posing a risk to public interest, in violation of immigration laws” against Zhang Jiale, 23, can be pursued even without a complainant. She said this was because there were already pictures that showed Zhang throwing […]
(Eagle News)—Light rains will prevail in some parts of the country as the northeast monsoon continues to affect Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said cloudy skies with light rains will be experienced in Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino, while partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated light rains are expected over Aurora, Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Kalinga, Apayao, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan due to […]
NANTERRE, France (AFP) — A rare light rail collision in a southwestern suburb of Paris on Monday evening left 12 people injured, one of them seriously, the fire brigade said. It was not known what caused the accident which took place between two stations in Issy-les-Moulineaux just after 9:00 pm (2000 GMT), a spokesman for Paris transport operator RATP told AFP. “Two vehicles collided with passengers on board. It appears that the one in front […]
(Eagle News)—–More than 14,000 policemen from the National Capital Region Police Office have been deployed in Metro Manila as the campaign for national candidates officially kicked off on Tuesday, Feb. 12. With the start of the campaign period, over 60 senatorial candidates and 154 party-list groups will be more visible as they aim to get votes in time for the elections in May. NCRPO chief Guillermo Eleazar reminded the candidates to “properly coordinate with the […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s office of financial accountability said on Monday it has opened an investigation into opposition leader Juan Guaido’s income. The agency’s chief, Elvis Amoroso, said that Guaido, who has been recognized as Venezuela’s interim president by around 50 countries, “allegedly … received money from international and national bodies without any justification.” Amoroso, an official close to the regime of President Nicolas Maduro, whom Guaido is trying to dislodge, said the parliament […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 11, said the Philippines should be renamed Maharlika. “Panahon ni (former President Ferdinand) Marcos, tama talaga si Marcos. Gusto niya palitan [ng] Maharlika, the Republic of Maharlika because maharlika is a Malay word and it means more of a concept of serenity and peace,” he said. According to Duterte, the word Philippines in the first place reflected remnants of colonialism. The word, after all, was derived from the Spanish […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Feb. 11, lashed out at Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison after he rejected the chief executive’s condition for Communists to stop imposing “revolutionary taxes” for peace talks to resume. “Gusto niyo patayan lang palagi, tapos mag-dream ka na kailangan ko mag extort kasi yung inyong gobyerno kailangan mabuhay,” Duterte said. But Duterte denied Sison had his own government in the first place. “‘Anong gobyerno? P**a** […]
“Stop giving comments that may inflame incidents,” Panelo says (Eagle News)–The Palace on Monday, Feb. 11, lashed out at Vice President Leni Robredo for her “speculative comments” on the Philippines’ treatment of Chinese nationals. Robredo had said the taho-throwing incident involving a Chinese national at a Metro Rail Transit station was a “wakeup call” to Filipinos about the “special treatment” being granted to the Chinese in the country. “Maybe it’s a wake up call for […]
