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(Eagle News) — The Philippine government said it has rescued a total of 1,467 civilians since the start of the fighting in Marawi City, including 179 civilians rescued on Sunday by government forces. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the latest rescued by government forces were the 179 civilians rescued during the “four-hour humanitarian pause” — or from 8 a.m. to 12 noon — in the firefight on Sunday, June 4. There were also […]
(Eagle News) — Mahigit 22 milyong estudyante sa pampubulikong paaralan ang nagbalik-eswela ngayong araw sa opisyal na pagbubukas ng klase para sa School Year 2017-2018. Ngayong school year din ang pagsisimula ng first official batch ng Grade 12 senior high school students at ng Grade 11 students. Ayon sa Department of Education (DepEd), ang pagbubukas ng klase para sa mga pampublikong paaralan ay tuwing unang Lunes ng Hunyo. Sa mga pribadong paaralan ay maaaring […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte has offered a P10-million bounty on the alleged “Emir” of ISIS in the Philippines and Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon. “The President is offering P10 million reward money for the neutralization of Isnilon Hapilon who is believed to be leading the terrorist Maute-ISIS group in attacking Marawi City,” Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Eduardo Año said Monday. Año said the President also offered P5 million each for […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Department of Finance on Sunday, June 4, confirmed that Resorts World Manila gunman, Jessie Carlos, was a former employee, working as Tax Specialist 1. DOF said that it dismissed the gunman for failing to properly declare his assets in his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth. “Carlos, whose total income from 2001 to 2011 grossed P2,460,156.00 was found by the Ombudsman to have purchased, in cold cash, two (2) […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte visited the wake of some of the victims of the Resorts World Manila tragedy late Saturday night (June 3). The presidential convoy was spotted in two memorial houses in Pasay City as well as in Taguig City. The president came to visit the wake of victims after he visited wounded soldiers in Cagayan de Oro City. Duterte visited the Veronica Memorial Chapel past 11 p.m., where […]
(Eagle News)– Retired policeman Arturo Lascañas is facing murder and frustrated murder charges stemming from the two attempts on broadcaster Juan “Jun” Pala’s life and his killing in 2003. The cases were filed at the Davao City Regional Trial Court last Thursday (June 1), this after the Davao City Prosecutor’s Office found probable cause for the criminal charges filed against him over the attempts on Pala’s life in June 2002 and April 2003, and his killing in […]
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(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II on Monday (June 5) ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to carry out a DNA examination on the remains of Jessie Javier Carlos, the gunman in the Resorts World Manila attack. According to Aguirre, he made the decision in order to erase doubts on the identity of Carlos. The police earlier alleged the gunman was a Caucasian who appeared to stand six-foot tall. However, officials identified […]
Opposition lawmakers on Monday asked the Supreme Court to reject President Rodrigo Duterte’s imposition of martial law in Mindanao, branding it unconstitutional. Duterte declared military rule in the region on May 23 to quell what he said was a fast-growing threat from the Islamic State (IS) group there. Duterte made the declaration a few hours after militants flying black IS flags rampaged through the southern city of Marawi, triggering clashes with security forces that are […]
President Rodrigo Duterte discussed matters with Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chair Nur Misuari during a meeting at the Presidential Guest House in Panacan, Davao City on Saturday, June 3. Misuari was accompanied by his wife, Tarhata, and their son, Abdulkarim.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 4, visited the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Escort Flotilla One JS IZUMO (DDH-183) at the Alava Pier of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in Olongapo City, Zambales. The President and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana conduct a shipboard tour and inspection of the helicopter carrier’s different stations. JS IZUMO, together with a guide-missile destroyer JS SAZANAMI (DDG-113), berthed at the Subic Bay Port for […]
SYDNEY, Australia — Top United States and Australian officials on Monday said foreign fighters may return to Southeast Asia from the Middle East and take up arms in their own countries. The warning follows this weekend’s terror attacks in London, which were claimed by the Islamic State group, and amid ongoing clashes with local terrorists who have pledged allegiance to the IS in a city in Mindanao, Philippines. IS fighters will “come back with battlefield […]
