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(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed a Filipino has died in the sinking of a Panamanian-flagged ship off Japan. The DFA made the announcement after authorities confirmed the person who was found face down and unconscious adrift at sea on Sept. 4 was indeed of Filipino nationality. The family of the deceased identified the remains, the DFA said. Meanwhile, the department said based on reports from the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo and the […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night, Sept. 7, explained why he granted absolute pardon to US marine Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberto, saying he believed the US soldier had not been treated fairly. Pemberton, who has been convicted for the killing of Filipino transgender Jennifer Laude in 2014 when he was just 19 years old, was ordered released by an Olongapo regional trial court early this month after it ruled that […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has granted absolute pardon to US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton. According to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, this means whether or not Pemberton is entitled to good conduct time allowance is no longer an issue. According to Roque, under the absolute pardon, the President, however, “did not erase Pemberton’s conviction.” “Mamatay-tao pa rin po siya, pero kung ano yung karagdagang parusa pa, binura na ng Presidente,” he added. […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 238,000 mark on Monday, Sept. 7, after the Department of Health reported less than 2,000 additional cases. According to the DOH, of the 238,727 total cases, 49,931 were active. Of these, 88.3 percent were mild, 8.3 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent severe, and 2 percent critical. The 1383 additional cases were from results of tests done by 88 out of 115 labs. Of […]
(Eagle News) — The sister of the late former Ozamiz City councilor Ardot Parojinog died over the weekend. Philippine National Police Chief Camilo Cascolan said Melodina Parojinog-Malingin, who was detained over the same drug-related charges as her brother, died due to “cardiogenic shock secondary to intractable cardiac arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation to ventricular tachychardia secondary to massive gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to uremic gastropathy.” Parojinog-Malingin died at the Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center in Ozamiz City […]
Three of their superiors also charged (Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police has filed administrative charges against the policemen involved in the shooting of soldiers in Jolo, Sulu in June. PNP Chief Gen. Camilo Cascolan said the charges were filed by the PNP-Internal Affairs Service after the National Bureau of Investigation filed murder and planting of evidence charges against them. Cascolan said also charged administratively were the three superiors of the policemen. He said […]
(Eagle News) — Antonio Sanchez, who was convicted of the murder and rape of two University of the Philippines students in the 1990s, has been transferred to the Jose Rizal Memorial Medical Center for further tests. In a Facebook post, the Bureau of Corrections said the former mayor of Calauan, Laguna was transferred for referral to a nephrologist and a sputum exam on the evening of Friday, September 4. BuCor said the transfer was made […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs has reported an additional COVID-19 case among overseas Filipinos over the weekend. With the additional case, the total tally rose to 10,117, based on September 6 data, the DFA said. No new recovery was reported, which means the total remains at 6284. The death toll is at 758, with no additional deaths reported from foreign service posts. The DFA said so far, the Middle East and Africa had the […]
(Eagle News)–The Bureau of Immigration has raised more than P3 billion in revenues for the government during the first half of the year. The bureau said the P3.14 billion raised were despite the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, although it was 39-percent lower than the P4.3 billion the agency remitted to the national treasury in the same period last year. Bureau Commissioner Jaime Morente said the revenues were collected from January to June. “We still […]
(Eagle News)–There have been no recent reports of additional COVID-19 deaths among police personnel, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, as of September 6, 6 p.m., the death toll then remains at 16. Twenty-six additional cases brought the total to 4429. Fifty more recoveries pushed the recovery total to 3107. Suspect cases are at 3067, and probable cases at 757. The police continue to man quarantine checkpoints amid the COVID-19 pandemic, making […]
(Eagle News) — A powerful magnitude 6.4 quake rocked Davao Occidental at 11:23 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, but quake experts said the origin of the tremor was too deep that it was felt at less intensities in surrounding areas. The tectonic quake’s epicenter was located 26 kilometers southeast of Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental and had a depth of focus of 143 kilometers. It was felt at intensity 5 in General Santos City and in […]
(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 237,000 mark on Sunday, Sept. 6, after the Department of Health reported 2839 additional cases. The DOH said of the 237,365 total cases, 48803 were active. Of these, 88.6 percent were mild, 8 percent asymptomatic, 1.4 percent severe, and 2 percent critical. The 2839 additional cases were from results of tests done by 96 out of 115 labs. Of these, 1170 were from Metro Manila, 195 from […]
