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(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa said that the German hostage being held captive by the Abu Sayyaf has already been beheaded based on initial unconfirmed reports that they have received. While Dela Rosa claimed they were still trying to verify this, he admitted that the PNP had indeed received intelligence reports on the beheading of the Abu Sayyaf’s German captive Juergen Gustav Kantner. Based on the intelligence reports […]
(Eagle News) — The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court on Monday ordered the former Bureau of Corrections head who admitted to giving “millions” of drug money to Senator Leila de Lima detained at the National Bureau of Investigation. Branch 204 Judge Juanita Guerrero issued the order a day after Rafael Ragos surrendered to the authorities. The former BuCor officer in charge and former NBI deputy director is a co-accused of De Lima and her alleged bagman […]
Five of the 13 drug suspects who escaped from the detention facility of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency over the weekend have surrendered, the drug agency said on Monday. The PDEA said the five inmates surrendered in Balagtas town in Bulacan. It did not provide other details and asked that the names of the inmates who surrendered be withheld in the meantime. Manhunt operations for the remaining eight escapees are still ongoing. Derrick Arnold Carreon […]
(Eagle News) — Elementary and high school classes, as well as most college classes, have been suspended today, Monday, February 27 in Metro Manila and major cities nationwide because of an earlier announced transport strike by various jeepney groups denouncing the government’s plan to phase out dilapidated jeepneys which are at least 15 years old. Many universities in Metro Manila have likewise suspended classes today in anticipation of the strike. The following is a list […]
(Eagle News) — A magnitude-5 quake shook Surigao del Norte early on Sunday, just two weeks after the province was struck by a destructive 6.7-magnitude quake that killed eight people. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said this latest quake to hit Surigao was of tectonic origin, with a depth of 33 kilometers. It was traced 123 km northeast of Burgos, Surigao Del Norte at 2:57 a.m., on Sunday, February 26. A […]
(Eagle News) — The former Bureau of Corrections official who said he delivered millions in drug money to Senator Leila de Lima when she was justice secretary surrendered to authorities on Sunday. The National Bureau of Investigation said Rafael Ragos, who is the subject of a warrant of arrest issued by Branch 204 of the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court, arrived at their headquarters in Manila before noon. Ragos is a co-accused of De Lima and […]
(Eagle News) — The numbers continued to swell at the People’s Rally at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park in the Philippine capital of Manila, as more supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte showed up through Saturday night (February 25) until early dawn Sunday (Feb. 26) From the initial 215,000 estimate of the police, organizers said that the crowd reached 400,000, with some claiming that it had even reached half a million. The pro-Duterte gathering at […]
(Eagle News) — Commuters will have to brace themselves on Monday, as transport groups are set to stage a strike in Metro Manila and in several provinces in protest of a looming jeepney phaseout. The Southern Police District’s public information office said in a statement that the rallyists are set to assemble at Monumento Circle at 6 a.m. on Monday, and in other “protest centers” around the city. The statement did not specify the other protest […]
(Eagle News) – At least 200,000 supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte showed up at the Quirino Grandstand in Rizal Park as of late afternoon today and continued to grow as of evening, according to the police. Pro-Duterte rally organizers claim the number was even bigger at 400,000. The pro-Duterte supporters showed up wearing mostly red which was the campaign color of Duterte. In contrast, the peak crowd estimate at the People Power Monument along […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health has signed an agreement with the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) for the latter to help the government in the moral reformation of thousands of illegal drug dependents who have been rounded up by authorities, and are now undergoing rehabilitation. The partnership to morally and socially reform the so-called illegal drug suspects rounded up in the government’s anti-illegal drug operations was formalized on Thursday (February 23) […]
By Alexander Lopez Philippine News Agency ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Davao del Norte, Feb. 24 (PNA) -– President Rodrigo Duterte has reiterated the uncompromising stand of his administration in the fight against illegal drugs in the country. The President was here Friday afternoon to accept the turnover of a rehabilitation facility in Sitio Maag, Peñaplata, donated by the First Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII). In his message, he […]
(Eagle News) — Binigyang-diin ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang kabuluhan at diwa ng EDSA People Power Revolution, 31 taon na ang nakakalipas. Sa kanyang mensahe na binasa ni Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, ang karanasan sa EDSA People Power ay patunay sa kapangyarihan ng mamamayan lalo na kung nagkakaisa para sa pangkalahatang kapakanan. Kasabay nito, iginiit din ni Pangulong Duterte ang kahalagahan ng repleksyon at pagninilay ngayong ika-31 anibersaryo ng EDSA kung nasaan na ang bansa […]
