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Iglesia Ni Cristo, kaagad tumulong sa mga biktima ng sunog sa Parola Compound

(Eagle News) — Kaagad nagpa-abot ng tulong ang Iglesia Ni Cristo sa mga biktima ng malaking sunog sa Parola Compound sa Tondo, Maynila kagabi. Binuksan ang compound ng gusaling sambahan ng Binondo para ma-accommodate ang maraming kababayan at ilang miyembro ng INC na naapektuhan ng sunog sa Gate 10 ng Parola Compound. Dumating kaagad sa Lokal ng Binondo ang District Staff ng Metro Manila West at inalam ang kailangang tulong ng mga biktima lalo na […]

PCOS machines used in 2010 and 2013 elections, defective – COMELEC

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Commission on Election Chairman Andres Bautista said that 800 units of Precinct Count Optical Scan or PCOS machines used in the 2010 and 2013 elections were found defective out of 8000 machines tested. “I heard that about 8 to 10 percent have defects. Of the more than 80,000 machines, 10 percent have already been diagnosed. That is about 8,000 units,” he said. However, Bautista said that they already asked […]

Jack Lam middleman says he’s ready to appear before the Senate

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Middleman of online gambling tycoon Jack Lam, Retired Police Sr. Supt. Wally Sombero is ready to appear in front of the Senate in relation to the bribery scandal in the Bureau of Immigration. “Our client is willing to appear and cooperate in the investigation. However, he has received threats to his life if he appears in the committee hearing,” Ted Contacto, Sombero’s lawyer said in a letter addressed to […]

Duterte approves ROTC return in Grades 11 and 12

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the return of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) in Grades 11 and 12 of all public and private schools in the Philippines. President Duterte approved the measure during a Cabinet meeting. He certified it as a priority bill so that the appropriate law may be passed. The approval of the President was after a presentation done by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana who proposed […]

Solon says AFP, PNP should be ready for NPA attacks in urban and rural areas

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — House Defense Committee Senior Vice-Chairman Rufino “Ruffy” Biazon advised the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to prepare for possible attacks from communist rebels. Rep. Biazon said that the AFP defense should be strong not only in the rural areas, but in urban centers especially after the government cancelled its peace talks with the New People’s Army. Biazon also recommended the convening of […]

Arrest of NDF consultants, to go through proper process – Abella 

  QUEZON City, Philippines – Malacañang guaranteed that the arrest of the National Democratic Front consultants will go through the proper process. Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella said that it will be up to the Department of Justice to issue new arrest warrants against the NDF consultants who were only temporarily freed due to the safe conduct pass given to them by the government. “As informed by Office of the Executive Secretary, the rearrest order of […]

China likely to build on reef near Philippines: minister

by Ayee Macaraig Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, the country’s defence secretary said Tuesday, adding this would be “unacceptable” in the flashpoint waterway. In an interview with AFP, Delfin Lorenzana said he believed China would eventually reclaim Scarborough Shoal, just 230 kilometres (143 miles) from the main Philippine island of Luzon. Beijing has already built up a number […]

Duterte’s use of national coverage to look for “favorite son” gets media attention

  (Eagle News) — Filipinos avidly followed the father and son exchange between President Rodrigo Duterte and his youngest son, Baste, where the President admitted to making use of national media coverage to look for his son. The President said he was concerned because the 29-year old Sebastian, who is more known for his nickname “Baste,” had been gone for a long while now. He could not be found at home, and when the President asked his […]

DOJ issues lookout order for 20 NDF consultants

https://youtu.be/6OC_fsm0jsY   (Eagle News) – Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said an immigration lookout bulletin order (ILBO) had already been issued against 20 consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. The ILBO or lookout order was issued after the termination of the Joint Agreement on Security and Immunity Guarantee (JASIG). Aguirre has alreadu issued the memorandum order regarding this to Immigration Chief Jaime Morente and Prosecutor General Victor Sepulveda after a Cabinet meeting […]

Malaking sunog, sumiklab sa Parola Compound, Binondo

METRO MANILA (Eagle News) – Isang malaking sunog ang nangyari sa Brgy. 20, Zone 2 Parola Compound, Binondo, Maynila, noong Martes, Pebrero 7. Ayon sa mga residente mabilis na kumalat ang apoy sa hindi pa makumpirmang dahilan. Ayon sa ilang nasunugang residente, nag-umpisa ang sunog bandang 9:00 ng gabi sa isang basurahan na pinaglalaruan ng mga bata. Bigla anilang lumakas at kumalat ang apoy hanggang umabot na sa mga kabahayan na gawa lamang sa light materials. […]

QC opens modern public library

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (PIA)–Quezon City government inaugurated on Monday the opening of the new central library at the QC Hall compound. The library has more than 15,056 books in its main collection. It has computers for public use which are programmed for Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC), encoding and web surfing. The library is a realization of a dream project that Mayor Herbert Bautista and Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte planned way back before they took […]