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by Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines faced calls Friday to investigate its firebrand president after a self-confessed hitman alleged Rodrigo Duterte ordered a thousand opponents and suspected criminals murdered when he was a city mayor. Edgar Matobato told a Senate inquiry on Thursday that he and a group of policemen killed some 1,000 people in Davao city on Duterte’s orders from 1988-2013, with the politician himself shooting dead one of […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte revealed on Thursday (September 16) the reason why he appointed former uniformed men to chair the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO). This was to stop alleged syndicates entrenched at the PCSO from bleeding the office dry of its funds. The President said billions of pesos were lost yearly because of these syndicates, and a tough agency chair was needed to clean the ranks of the PCSO. Duterte said he found that tough guy in the […]
(Eagle News)– Military officials found no ‘Edgar Matobato’ listed in their records as a regular personnel or a Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member in the Philippine Army. Col. Edgard Arevalo, the chief of AFP’s Public Affairs Office (PAO) on Friday confirmed this with information from Col. Benjamin Hao, the Army spokesman, who checked the records. “I have consulted Col. Benjamin Hao, chief ng Army PAO, and based from their records, of the Philippine […]
(Eagle News)– Chief of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Public Affairs Office Col. Edgard Arevalo announced on Friday (September 16) that joint military exercises with the United States (US) are still possible and unaffected by President Rodrigo Duterte’s comments. “Yung joint exercises ‘di yan maapektuhan dahil naka-schedule na yan, wala naman sinabing i-scrap ang schedule ng exercises. Talks about the next leg of the exercises are still ongoing,” Arevalo said. This clarification was released […]
(Eagle News)– Eight high-profile inmates who are set to testify against Senator Leila De Lima’s involvement in narcotics trade in New Bilibid Prison are now under custody of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II revealed on Friday (September 16) that the inmates, including convicted drug dealer Herbert Colangco, were already transferred at a facility secured by the Intelligence Service of the AFP (ISAFP) in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa reported that the supply of the illegal drugs in the country was reduced by 80-90 percent since the PNP launched “Oplan Double Barrel”, He explained that due to the government’s intensified campaign against illegal drugs, the entry of illegal drugs in the country has been restricted. He assuring the public that the PNP would not stop in the war […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The price of electricity may be reduced by 50% if government will reactivate the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant. Based on the briefing done by former Pangasinan Congressman and nuclear power advocate Mark Cojuangco, nuclear power plants are cheaper and more reliable compared to other sources of electricity.
(Eagle News)– Kabayan Party-list representative and former lawyer of Richard King’s family Harry Roque on Friday (September 16) stressed that the Dutertes have nothing to do behind the billionaire’s murder in 2014. The statement was announced following the claims of self-confessed member of the Davao Death Squad (DDS) Edgar Matobato that incumbent Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte was the mastermind of the hotelier’s death due to their rivalry over a woman. Matobato also charged […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) will make a separate investigation of the alleged Davao extrajudicial killings, particularly the allegations made by senate witness Edgar Matobato. Dela Rosa said the PNP is even willing to make Edgar Matobato as a prime witness against the personalities that the latter pointed out as connected to a series of killings. The PNP chief made the offer to place Matobato under the PNP’s custody after the […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – In an exclusive interview with Agila Balita Alas Dose, Senator JV Ejercito shares his experience regarding his ocular inspection of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.
QUEZON City Philippines – The Department of Justice (DOJ) transferred high-profile inmates from the New Bilibid Prison to the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) detention cell in Quezon City. According to Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, this move by the DOJ is to protect the witnesses at the NBP who are set to testify against Senator Leila de Lima. He said that 10 inmates will be presented in Congress to make […]
