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(Eagle News)– The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday nullifies the rumors of suicide bombing in Metro Manila malls due to circulating text message that such a deed would be carried out. “In so far as the Armed Forces of the Philippines is concerned, we have not received any such kind of threat,” AFP public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo assuredly said. According to the text message, it was supposedly confirmed […]
(Eagle News)– Justice Vitaliano Aguirre II said on Wednesday that two individuals have been turned in Witness Protection Program (WPP) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to testify on the alleged involvement of police generals in narcotics trade. “We have WPP witnesses who are witnesses against the generals,” Aguirre said. Two out of five generals are now facing administrative charges. They are National Capital Region Police Office chief Police Director Joel Pagdilao and former […]
(Eagle News)– Both Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) received directives from President Rodrigo Duterte to ‘destroy’ the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) after the beheading Patrick Almodovar on Wednesday. The President was informed of the incident during an early morning press conference in Davao City. “Yung bata? That’s why i’m sending the troops there and tell them to destroy. My orders to the police and to the armed […]
(Eagle News)– Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said on Wednesday that they already assembled witnesses, composed of New Bilibid Prison guards and inmates to testify against Senator Leila de Lima and former Justice Undersecretary Francisco Baraan III for their alleged connection to narcotics trade inside New Bilibid Prison. Four to six witnesses are being prepared by Department of Justice. “It is proceeding (gathering of evidence against De Lima, Baraan) very good. There are […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on early Thursday defended his war on drugs was not anti-poor. “Just because you are poor, you are excused from apprehension…? Rich or poor, I do not give a s**t. My order is to destroy” the President said. Duterte said that majority of shabu users are poor and sold in not so well-off communities, compared to cocaine and heroin which was sold in exclusive subdivisions. “Mahihirap ang marami kasi they […]
(Eagle News)– Senator Leila De Lima on Wednesday refused to attend House of Representatives’ own investigation of narcotics trade inside National Penitentiary, and cited ‘interparliamentary courtesy’ as her right to snob the probe. “Alam naman nila iyan, ni Congressman Harry. Abugado rin siya. Interparliamentary courtesy,” De Lima said. The senator issued this statement after Kabataan Party-list Representative Harry Roque challenged her to attend the lower House inquiry. Interparliamentary courtesy is a tradition of both houses […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – Kinokonsidera ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na bumisita sa China para isulong ang bilateral talks sa overlapping claims sa South China Sea at ruling ng Arbitral Court na pumabor sa Pilipinas. Sinabi ng Pangulo na nais niyang isagawa ang bilateral talks sa China bago matapos ang 2016. Ayon sa Pangulo, kailangang talakayin ng Pilipinas at China ang arbitration ruling. Naatasan na rin ng Pangulo ang Special Envoy sa China na si […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte released the promised drug matrix showing the involvement of Senator Leila De Lima and former Justice Undersecretary Francisco Baraan in illegal drug trade inside the National Penitentiary. The matrix also showed the connection of De Lima’s driver and alleged lover Ronnie Dayan, Pangasinan Representative Amado Espino, Jr, Pangasinan Provincial Administrator Rafael “Raffy” Baraan, retired Gen. Franklin Bucayo and Pangasinan Board Member Raul Sison. Illustrated in the matrix, Dayan […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte beefed up his statements about Senator Leila De Lima in a press conference on Wednesday, accusing that she has a new boyfriend and pressed that it was really De Lima who was filmed in a sex video. “Hindi niya mapigilan ang immorality niya… Her sex escapades led her to commit several serious violations of law,” Duterte told reporters. “Lumabas na lahat e, pati yung kalokohan niya sa kama. Hindi photoshop […]
PASIG CITY, Aug. 25 – Secretary Ismael “Mike” D. Sueno of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is enjoining local government units (LGUs) to integrate disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) and other sectoral concerns in their respective local plans. In a directive, Sueno said LGUs should take into account DRRM and climate change adaptation, conflict sensitivity and the concerns of marginalized sectors such as women, persons with special needs, indigenous peoples […]
OSLO, NORWAY, Aug. 25 – The peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) got off to a good start Tuesday morning (Oslo time), August 23, as negotiators from both parties agreed on three of five substantive issues, including a formal commitment to accelerate the process of forging a political settlement during term of President Rodrigo Duterte. The negotiating panels only took four hours, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., to settle minor conflicting positions […]
(Eagle News)– Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. reported on Wednesday that the Black sand taken from Philippine territory is actually being used by China for reclamation activities in West Philippine Sea. With a help from “intelligence reports”, the Department of Foreign affairs confirmed the proliferation of such mining activities. “This has been discussed, and there is evidence to show black sand has been taken from our territories and used for reclamation activities, particularly in Spratly […]
