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(Eagle News)—A Maguindanao town mayor who was in President Rodrigo Duterte’s narco-list has been arrested by authorities. But Mayor Norodin Franco Salazar of Datu Salibo was arrested not for his alleged illegal drug activities but over murder charges. He was arrested by the police upon his arrival at the Cotabato airport. Duterte first revealed the names on his narco-list in public in 2016. Upon his assumption in office, he also revealed the names of then-current […]
(Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan na ring isailalim sa rehabilitasyon ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources ang Baguio City. Kaugnay nyan, inatasan na ni Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu ang isang team ng DENR na magsagawa ng isang buwang pag-aaral sa pine forests ng lungsod. Kasunod ito ng unti-unti ng pagkaubos ng pine trees sa Baguio City. Giit ni Cimatu, hindi matatawag na “City of Pines” ang Baguio kung mauubos ang mga pine tree na sumisimbolo […]
Entire Cavite Maritime section sacked (Eagle News)–A high-ranking maritime police official in Cavite was arrested for allegedly extorting money from an association of fishermen in exchange for fishing rights in the area. The Philippine National Police’s Counter – Intelligence Task Force, which runs after police scalawags, said Supt. Armandy Dimabuyo, commander of the 402nd Cavite Maritime Police Station, was arrested after he received the P18,000 from the fishermen as this month’s grease money in his office. The […]
(Eagle News) — Humigit kumulang 100 bahay ang nilamon ng apoy kahapon ng umaga. Nangyari ang sunog bandang alas 9:30 ng umaga sa Brgy. Tabon, Bislig City. Nagsimula ang apoy sa bahay ng isang Joyce De Castro. Ayon sa isa sa mga nasunugan napansin na lang nila ang nagliliyab na apoy na nagmumula sa katabi nilang bahay. Kanya-kanya nang salba ang mga residente ng kani-kanilang mga gamit at nagtutulong na rin gamit ang timba at […]
(Eagle News) — Three earthquakes struck Davao Oriental on Friday, Feb. 22, in a span of 18 minutes. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the first earthquake struck 72 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso at 5 a.m. It had a depth of focus of 41 kilometers. Six minutes later, a quake, with a depth of focus of 28 kilometers, hit 8 kilometers northeast of Baganga. This was followed by another earthquake 23 kilometers […]
(Eagle News) — Another brick of cocaine was found off the waters of Quezon. According to a report, the brick was found by a teenager near the coastline of Barangay Cagsiay II around 12 noon. The teenager informed his brother of the discovery, and subsequently reported the find to soldiers deployed in the area. Early this week, bricks of cocaine were discovered off Quezon shores in two separate instances. President Rodrigo Duterte has said international drug […]
(Eagle News) — A Department of Justice panel of prosecutors will hold an ocular inspection of the magnetic lifters that allegedly contained shabu, and which were found last year. Assistant State Prosecutor Mary Jane Sytat on Thursday, Feb. 21, set the inspection of the two magnetic lifters discovered in the Manila International Container Port and the four magnetic lifters in GMA, Cavite to March 4 in the Bureau of Customs, and March 7 in the […]
(Eagle News) — Naghahanap ka ba ng budget-friendly get away ngayong summer? Hanap mo ba ay maputi at pinong buhangin, asul na tubig dagat at rock formation na perfect para sa iyong Instagram post? Halina’t pasyalan ang Buktot Beach sa Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. Tinawag itong “Buktot” dahil sa hugis ng bundok sa tabi nito na animo’y kuba. Pwede itong akyatin sa loob lamang ng sampung minuto at mula sa itaas ay makikita ang ganda ng […]
(Eagle News) — A member of the Philippine Coast Guard was arrested after the officer allegedly extorted money from businessmen for supposedly lacking the necessary documents for the yacht they owned. In a statement on Thursday, Feb. 21, the Department of Transportation said Ensign Allison Tindog, operations officer of the Coast Guard District of Palawan, was nabbed in an entrapment operation conducted by National Bureau Investigation operatives in Puerto Princesa on Tuesday, Feb. 19. This […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippine National Police is now looking for the child of the couple believed behind the Jolo, Sulu bombings that killed at least 23. PNP Chief Oscar Albayalde said this was so the child could identify the couple–initially believed to be Indonesian— who police said carried out the blasts at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral in January. “Mayroon silang iniwan na anak dito sa Pilipinas and hopefully makita natin dahil paglaki nyan posibleng […]
(Eagle News)—A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental on Thursday, Feb. 21. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit 141 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso at 3:31 a.m. The earthquake, which was of tectonic origin, had a depth of focus of nine kilometers. No damage nor aftershocks were expected.
Maintains, however, that martial law not needed (Eagle News)—The Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday, Feb. 20, said it respects the Supreme Court decision allowing the third extension of martial law in Mindanao. In a statement, CHR spokesperson Jacqueline Ann de Guia, however, maintained the declaration of martial law “should be reserved as an extraordinary measure for lawless violence, invasion or rebellion, as determined in the Constitution, and should never be the norm.” “We are […]
