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(Eagle News) — The Palace has ordered the deployment of additional security forces in some parts of the country. The issuance of Memorandum Order 32 that ordered the deployment of additional troops in Samar, Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental and the Bicol region to “suppress lawless violence and acts of terror” came a day after President Rodrigo Duterte said there had to be some changes in the military because of the number of soldiers’ lives lost in the […]
(Eagle News) — A brother-in-law of Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño has been arrested for a drug-related offense. A radio report said Manuel Bautista was nabbed in a buy-bust operation conducted by the Marikina Police in a house in Barangay Concepcion on Nov. 12. The report, quoting Marikina police chief Senior Supt. Roger Quezada, said arrested with Bautista was one Marife Wisi, the alleged owner of the house. The police said five sachets containing suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride were […]
(Eagle News) — Task Force Bangon Marawi on Friday, Nov. 23, said they would not let the termination of Falconi Millar “distract (their) continuing efforts” to rehabilitate war-torn Marawi. The task force noted the preparations being undertaken for the fourth Kawiyagan, a livelihood convergence initiative, on November 29, among others. “The unwavering commitment of member agencies and stakeholders in this work continues to be the nucleus of government effort in bringing affected families and communities […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Ralph Recto urged newly appointed Information and Communications Secretary Gregorio Honasan to retain his predecessor as his senior undersecretary. In a statement, Recto said the “nation will benefit from the combined skills” of Honasan and Eliseo Rio, who he said has “good credentials.” “It will be a waste of talent if Rio, with his good credentials – double engineering degree holder, ECE board topnotcher, academic, and ex-general who has had 50 […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has acquitted a man convicted of selling shabu after it found the police who had arrested him had violated the chain of custody of illegal drugs as required by the law. In acquitting Federico Señeres. Jr., and therefore reversing an earlier Court of Appeals decision that affirmed a Taguig court ruling, the third division said the policemen who arrested him in 2011 failed to comply with the original provision of Section 21 […]
(Eagle News) — Typhoon “Man-Yi” continues to intensify as it prepares to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Saturday night, Nov. 24, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said. According to Gener Quitlong, PAGASA weather specialist, as of 3 a.m., the center of “Man-Yi” was located 1400 kilometers east of southern Luzon, packing maximum sustained winds of 145 kilometers per hour, and gustiness of up to 180 kilometers per hour. It is […]
(Eagle News) — Tropical Depression “Samuel” is now outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said “Samuel” left PAR at 6 p.m. and is now heading towards the direction of southern Vietnam. “This weather disturbance is no longer affecting any part of the country,” PAGASA said. According to PAGASA, sea travel, however, is “risky” over the seaboards of northern Luzon because of the surge of the northeast monsoon.
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Nov. 22, reiterated his call for the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program to be mandatory for Grades 11 and 12 students in the country. Duterte made the pitch during the 15th Army Reserve Command Founding Anniversary at the General Mariano Diego de Dios camp in Tanza, Cavite, noting the “lack of patriotism” of the “next Filipino.” “May iba papasok for love of country..but ilan lang?Ilan lang papasok ng ganitong […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Nov. 22, warned policemen against going to Okada Manila in Paranaque, saying he would “run (them) over” if he saw them there. “Better go away, lahat ng law enforcement… I do not want even a police car there,” Duterte said in a speech during the inauguration of the Cavite Gateway Terminal in Tanza, Cavite. According to Duterte, the place was “crawling with usurers, kidnappers.” He said if […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Nov. 22, said he dismissed the secretary general of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council. He said he signed the dismissal order of Atty. Falconi V. Millar before he left his office to speak during the inauguration of Cavite Gateway Terminal. “I will not allow corruption in government,” he said. In a separate statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President’s order against Millar, who is also the […]
(Eagle News) — Several people were reported injured after a helicopter carrying a lawmaker crash-landed into a ravine in Tarlac on Thursday, Nov. 22. It was unclear whether Rep. Anthony Bravo of COOP NATCCO party-list was injured in the incident that took place in a military camp in Capas. Based on initial information, the helicopter was conducting a military exercise when it crashed. A media report said the helicopter’s other passengers as Col. Arthur Baybayan, Daisy […]
(Eagle News) — Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard Gordon on Thursday, Nov. 22, moved to cite in contempt several individuals who did not show up in his panel’s hearing on the P6.8-billion shabu shipment that slipped past the Bureau of Customs last year. Among those to be cited in contempt were former Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto, Emily Laquingan, SMYD Trading owner Marina Signapan and sacked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Deputy Director General for Administration Ismael Fajardo. According […]
