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NBP high-profile inmates seek probe on alleged “kill Duterte” plot

QUEZON City, Philippines – In a manifesto submitted to Acting Justice Secretary Emmanuel Caparas, several high-profile inmates in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) expressed their concern regarding the alleged conspiracy to kill incoming President Rodrigo Duterte and incoming Philipine National Police Chief Ronald de la Rosa. According to the inmates, the information was intentionally leaked to the public to cover up the eventuality if they are ever killed by corrupt prison officials. The high-profile inmates […]

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VACC challenges PNP to give up its members who are involved in illegal drugs

QUEZON City, Philippines – The group Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) is not content with the series of arrests and killings made by the Philippine National Police against drug pushers. While it is not looking down on the initiative of the PNP, it is noticeable that only small-time drug pushers were arrested but not big-time drug syndicates as well as their alleged police protectors. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing […]

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo visits island in West Philippine Sea

QUEZON City, Philippines – Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited one of the islands that it is claiming in the West Philippine Sea aboard an Indonesian war vessel almost a week after the incident where an Indonesian naval ship fired a warning shot against Chinese fishing vessels. According to analysts, this is the strongest response made by Indonesia regarding the issue. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin […]

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US will continue to support the Philippines

QUEZON City, Philippines – The United States of America promised that it will continue to support the Philippines whoever the Philippine President is. The US is the longest and main military and economic partner of the Philippines. The US will also continue to support the Philippines in the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)

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Abu Sayyaf abducts 7 Indonesians in Sulu Sea

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Abu Sayyaf Group abducted seven Indonesian nationals in Sulu Sea. This is confirmed by the Indonesian Foreign Ministry. This is the third time that the Abu Sayyaf Group abducted Indonesian nationals and that it will not let the group get away with the abduction. Indonesia called for the neighboring nations to act together to maintain peace in the region. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and […]

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Freed Filipina hostage presented to incoming President Rodrigo Duterte

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Abu Sayyaf Group freed its Filipina hostage Marites Flor – one of the four hostages abducted by the group in Samal Island, Davao – through the efforts of incoming Presidential Peace Advisor Jess Dureza. Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte is the one who presented Flor to the media. Also in the media presentation, Duterte said that he will confront the Abu Sayyaf, adding that the group’s kidnappings give the Philippines a […]

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Iglesia Ni Cristo conducts “lingap-pamamahayag” in Pasay City

QUEZON City, Philippines – The Iglesia Ni Cristo conducted a “Lingap-Pamamahayag” in Pasay City, which was lead by church members in the Ecclesiastical District of Metro Manila South wherein guests were able to fill the Cuneta Astrodome as well as nearby venues and streets. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)

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Southeast Asian Islamic State gathers in Philippines

QUEZON City, Philippines – One of the most wanted Filipino criminal is tapped by the Islamic State to lead the group or faction that it is forming in Southeast Asia. According to military intelligence, the fact was discovered after the Islamic State released a video in a popular video-sharing site. Aside from the Middle East, the Islamic State is now also targeting Southeast Asia. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by […]

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DOLE to implement reward system against illegal recruiters

QUEZON City, Philippines – Incoming Labor and Employment Secretary Silverio Bello III announced his intention to give reward money to those who can give information regarding illegal recruiters with the initial reward pegged at Php 50, 000. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

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COMELEC commissioners air grievances against COMELEC Chairman

QUEZON City, Philippines – All of the commissioners of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) released a memorandum wherein they aired grievances regarding the alleged “failed leadership” of COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista. Some of the issues that they aired include the delayed payment of the public school teachers that served in the May 9 elections as well as Bautista’s statement that there should be no Sangguniang Kabataan or barangay elections without consulting them. (Eagle News Service Described […]

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Philippine militants release Filipina hostage: police

JOLO, Philippines (AFP) — A Filipina held hostage by a notorious kidnapping-for-ransom gang in the strife-torn southern Philippines was released from captivity Friday, police said, a week after her Canadian boyfriend was beheaded by the gunmen. Marites Flor was among four people abducted nine months ago by Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants based on remote and mountainous southern islands that have earned millions of dollars from kidnappings in recent years. Flor’s partner, Robert Hall, was murdered […]

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