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(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs on Tuesday, May 22, seized two shipments of shabu worth P11.87 million in separate instances in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said both packages came from California in the United States, and had fake consignees and delivery addresses. The first package, he said, was seized on April 23, and was sent by one Audio Schit. He said it contained 344.50 grams of suspected shabu and […]
(Eagle News) — A Manila regional trial court has deferred the arraignment of the 10 Aegis Juris fraternity members who stand accused of the death of University of Sto. Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III. Branch 20 postponed the arraignment of Mhin Wei Chan, Jose Miguel Salamat, John Robin G. Ramos, Marcelino Bagtang Jr., Arvin A. Balag, Ralph Trangia, Axel Munro Hipe, Oliver Onofre, Joshua Joriel Macabali and Hans Matthew Rodrigo on charges for violation of […]
(Eagle News) — The Metro Rail Transit 3 on Tuesday, May 22, reported a “record-breaking” 28 days of glitch-free operations. MRT-3 media relations officer Aly Narvaez pointed out the feat, after passengers had to be unloaded at the Araneta Center-Cubao station due to “door failure” on the same day. “Gaya po ng anumang makina, sistema o pasilidad, hindi naiiwasan na nagkakaroon po talaga ng problema. Pero dahil umabot tayo sa 28 consecutive days na walang […]
(Eagle News)—The Statements of Contributions and Expenses of individuals who filed their certificates of candidacy for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections are due on or before June 13. The Commission on Elections issued the reminder on Monday, May 21, the same day the election period officially came to a close. With the end of the election period, the ban on “bearing, carrying and transporting of firearms and other deadly weapons and the availment or engagement […]
(Eagle News) –Pinag-iingat ng Food and Drug Administration ang publiko sa pagbili at paggamit ng katol o mosquito coil na hindi rehistrado ng nasabing ahensya dahil sa dala nitong panganib sa kalusugan ng mga mamimili. Tinukoy ni Retired Police Gen. Allen Bantolo, hepe ng FDA Regulatory Enforcement Unit (REU) ang Wawang Mosquito Coil na matagal ng ipinagbabawal ng ahensya sa merkado. Ngunit nagbabala muli ang FDA matapos makumpiska kamakailan ng REU at ng mga otoridad ang nasa […]
(Eagle News) — Nasabat ng mga tauhan ng Manila Veterinary Inspection Board ang aabot sa kalahating toneladang karne ng baka at baboy, o nagkakahalaga ng P90,000, na pinaghihinalaang botcha sa Recto Ave. kaninang madaling araw. Hindi nila naabutan ang mga nagbebenta ng karne, pero naiwanan naman ang mga bayong ng mga hinihinalang double dead na karne. Ayon sa board, dapat ay dumaan sa masusing pag-inspeksyon ang mga karne na ibinebenta sa palengke upang masiguro na […]
(Eagle News) — Almost all of the 115 reelectionists who were on the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s narco-list won in the recently concluded barangay elections. The figure given by Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño in a radio interview over dzbb on Saturday, May 19, was higher than the 60 officials on the narco-list who won in the same elections, according to PDEA. He said these officials would be closely monitored by the Department of the Interior […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service The Philippine National Police has released the mid-year bonus for almost 190,000 policemen. According to PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde, P6 billion have been credited to the automated teller machines of 189,263 members of the police force. According to Albayalde, the bonus of each policeman was equivalent to a month’s salary. He said those entitled to the bonus were those who have rendered at least four months of service from July […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Some members of the Philippine National Police Academy Maragtas Class of 2018 will soon undergo the rigid Special Action Force training, the first batch to be required to undergo such. Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, said 66 of the 76 new PNP officials who graduated in March will have to pass the 6-month basic internal security operations course of the SAF, apart from the patrol officer basic course […]
(Eagle News) — Animnapung opisyal ng barangay na kabilang sa narcolist ang nanalo sa katatapos na barangay elections. Ayon kay Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Aaron Aquino, mula sa 207 barangay officials na umano’y sangkot sa iligal na droga, 36 na kapitan ng barangay at 24 na kagawad ang nanalo sa May 14 barangay elections. Partial pa lamang aniya ito at hindi pa nakukumpleto sa Region 5 at Caraga. Sabi ni Aquino, ang […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has acquitted the last remaining accused of plunder in the P366-million Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office fund mess. In acquitting former PCSO general manager Rosario Uriarte, the anti-graft court said in its May 11 decision that the prosecution “has not adduced any new or compelling evidence to warrant a finding different from what has already been rendered by the Supreme Court.” Earlier, former PCSO officials Raymundo Roquero, Manuel Morato, Jose Taruc, and Reynaldo Villar, […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa on Tuesday, May 15, reiterated his call for the drug-related charges filed against him to be dismissed. In his response-affidavit submitted before the new Department of Justice panel looking into the cases filed against him and several others, Espinosa said his “admission” he was a drug distributor in a Senate hearing in 2016 should not be used against him because there was no “proverbial corpus […]
