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(Eagle News) — Dahil sa pinsalang dulot ng naganap na forest fire sa bahagi ng Poblacion Village at Eddet Village sa Kabayan town sa lalawigan ng Benguet, pansamanatalang isinara sa mga turista ang Akiki trail na siyang pangunahing ruta patungong Mt. Pulag. Kasunod nito ay ang pagsasara rin sa Mt. Pulag upang magsagawa ng rehabilitasyon sa lugar para sa seguridad at kaligtasan ng publiko partikular na sa mga trekker. Sa ngayon ay hindi pa inilalabas […]
(Eagle News) — The Indonesian couple who carried out the twin blasts at Jolo, Sulu in January left their 10-year-old daughter with an Abu Sayyaf supporter days before. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who spoke to reporters on Thursday, Feb. 7. According to Año, they were now looking for the child of Abu Huda and his wife, who was not identified. Earlier, Año said Huda arrived in the country way before his wife, who […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines is still verifying reports Abu Sayyaf sub-commander Idang Susukan was killed in Jolo, Sulu. Brig. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesperson, made the statement after a report from The Star Malaysia said Susukan was injured in military offensives launched on Feb. 2 in the area. The offensives were launched following the twin blasts at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral on January 27. Five soldiers and three […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has ordered over 100 local government units to explain why they failed to submit the required 10-year solid waste management plans to the Solid Waste Management Commission and to the DILG. Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya said in an interview over CNN Philippines on Thursday, Feb. 7, that the 108 LGUs in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao have ten days upon receipt to respond to the […]
(Eagle News)– The Commission on Elections has postponed the canvassing of votes cast by residents of certain areas in Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato in the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. The Comelec on Thursday, Feb. 7, said the canvassing would take place at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11, instead, as the certificates of canvass have yet to reach the Comelec main office in Manila. On Feb. 6, residents of six municipalities of Lanao del […]
(Eagle News) — A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Pangasinan on Wednesday, Feb. 6, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. According to PHIVOLCS, the quake struck at 6:25 p.m. six kilometers southeast of Aguilar. The earthquake had a depth of 137 kilometers and was tectonic in origin. Intensity V was registered in Villasis, Pangasinan, while Intensity IV was recorded in Baguio City. According to PHIVOLCS, Intensity II was felt in Subic, Zambales; Pasay; Manila; Mandaluyong […]
(Eagle News) — Multiple murder and frustrated murder cases were filed against five suspects in the Jolo, Sulu blasts that killed at least 23 others and injured several others. Justice Undersecretary Markk Perete said the cases against Mukammar L. Pay alias Kammah, Albaji K. Gadjali alias Apah, Radjan B. Gadjali, Kaiser Gadjali and Said Alih were filed before the Jolo Regional Trial Court, after the Sulu Prosecutors’ Office found probable cause for the same. The […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Feb. 6, downplayed any possible effect of the three blasts in Lanao del Norte the day before on the conduct of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite in North Cotabato and Lanao del Norte. “No amount of bombing or terroristic act will scare, intimidate nor threaten the voters from participating in today’s plebiscite,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a statement. According to Panelo, the Armed Forces of the […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte met with families of soldiers who were killed in the line of duty in two separate incidents in Sulu, the Palace said on Wednesday, Feb. 6. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President met with the kin of soldiers who died in an encounter with the Abu Sayyaf in Patikul on Feb. 2 and with the kin of a soldier who was among those killed after the twin […]
(Eagle News)–The Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite in several towns in North Cotabato and Lanao del Norte kicked off “peacefully” on Wednesday, Feb. 6, the Commission on Elections said. James Jimenez, Comelec spokesperson, made the statement in an interview over Radyo Inquirer, a day after blasts in Lanao del Norte. Jimenez noted that apart from the blasts, there were no untoward incidents. “Nagpapasalamat tayo na medyo peaceful pa rin ang proceso natin,” he said. The plebiscite […]
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte visited on Tuesday night the wake of the wife of former Cagayan de Oro mayor Reuben Canoy. Canoy, a member of the Consultative Commission that drafted the proposed federal charter, was seen speaking to the President in this picture released by former Special Assistant to the President Bong Go. Solona Canoy passed away on Feb. 3.
(Eagle News) — Nagpadala ng apatnaput-siyam na pulis ang Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office sa Lanao del Norte kaugnay ng ikalawang plebisito para sa ratipikasyon ng Bangsamoro Organic Law. Ang send-off ceremony ay pinangunahan nina Police Senior Supt. Danilo Tumanda, acting director ng Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office at Police Supt. Lemuel Gonda, commander ng 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company. Ang nasabing mga pulis ay tutulong sa pagpapanatili ng kaayusan at kapayapaan sa anim na […]
