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(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Umabot sa apatnapung Abu Sayyaf Group surrenderee ang nabigyan ng pabahay ng pamahalaan sa ilalim ng programa kontra violent extremism ng administrasyong Duterte. Sa report ni Eagle News Correspondent Ely Dumaboc, mismong si outgoing Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Mujiv Hataman, Colonel Fernando Reyes ng Joint Task Force Basilan at Soler Undug ng Basilan District Engineering Office ang nanguna sa pagpapasinaya sa mga bagong proyektong bahay na ipinagkaloob na libre […]
(Eagle News) — Pinag-aaralan pa ng Philippine National Police kung sasampahan ng kasong kriminal ang babaeng Iranian na nanakit ng pulis sa Puerto Galera. Patuloy pa kasing ino-obserbahan ang lagay ng iranian na nagpakita ng hindi normal na behavior. Ayon kay PNP Spokesperson Police Senior Supt. Nernard Banac, sakaling mapatunayan na wala ito sa normal na pag-iisip ay nakahanda naman ang pulis na magpatawad at hindi na ituloy ang kaso. Ang iranian national ay sumasailalim […]
(Eagle News) – Bukod sa bundok ng Espadang Bato na sikat sa mga mountaineer, ngayon naman ay tuklasin natin ang nakamamanghang sapa na kung tawagin ay Blue rock lagoon. Ito ay matatagpuan sa Sitio Lukutan, Malaki Brgy. San Isidro, Rodriguez, Rizal. Ang Blue lagoon ay mayroong malamig at malinis na tubig. Kaya naman, marami ang nagpupunta dito para maligo kahit na ito ay nasa kalagitnaan ng kagubatan ng bundok ng Rodriguez. Simula sa bayan ng […]
(Eagle News) — The head of Task Force Bangon Marawi belied on Tuesday, Feb. 19, a Washington Post article that said Marawi remained a “ghost city” almost two years after local terrorists overran it. “We would just like to say the reality on the ground na ito ay walang katugmang nangyayari on the ground na ghost city siya but instead, it’s full of economic activity,” TFBM chair Eduardo del Rosario said in a press conference. […]
(Eagle News)—The Department of Foreign Affairs has opened a new consular office in Clarin, Misamis Occidental. In a statement, the DFA said the new office inaugurated on Feb. 11 “aims to serve the increasing demand for passport and the other consular services” in Zamboanga and Northern Mindanao. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Nick Ferrer said the new office, the 35th in the country and the eighth in Mindanao, will also provide “assistance-to-nationals services” […]
(Eagle News) — Posibleng magdeklara na rin ng measles outbreak ang Department of Health (DOH) ang sa Region 2 kasunod ng paglobo sa 578 percent ng kaso ng tigdas sa nasabing rehiyon ngayong Pebrero. Ayon sa DOH, ang mga lalawigan ng Cagayan at Isabela ang higit na magiging apektado kung magpapatuloy sa pagdami ang mga pasyente na may kaso ng tigdas sa kabila ng isinagawang mass vaccination. Ang Region 2 ay binubuo ng mga lalawigan […]
