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(Eagle News)–The police are in possession of pictures that could help them identify the gunmen in the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe in Albay. This is according to Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, who cited a report given to him by Regional Director Police Chief Supt. Arnel Escobal on Friday morning. According to Año, based on Escobal, the pictures were “volunteered” to the police by some attendees of the gift-giving event in Daraga. The police had […]
Another inmate escapes amid commotion on Thursday night, the BJMP says (Eagle News)–An 84-year-old detainee was killed and ten others were injured after a fire broke out in the Antipolo City Jail on Thursday night. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology did not identify the 84-year-old, who was facing rape charges, but said he had complained of difficulty of breathing and was later declared dead on arrival in the hospital. The BJMP said ten […]
(Eagle News)–Tropical Depression “Usman” has maintained its course and is expected to make landfall over Eastern Samar on Friday night. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said as of 4 a.m., the center of the tropical depression was located 285 kilometers east of Guiuan, packing maximum sustained winds of 55 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 65 kilometers per hour. PAGASA said “Usman” is moving west northwest at […]
(Eagle News) — A Pasig court has found the brother of the late Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani and another guilty of abducting students and teachers in Basilan in 2000. Pasig Regional Trial Branch 261 Judge Florian Gregory Abalajon sentenced Hector Janjalani to reclusion perpetua for 18 counts of kidnapping and serious illegal detention, while Daud Baru was convicted of all 52 counts. The two were ordered to pay each victim P180,000 in damages. Meanwhile, Abdulazan Diamla was […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi mismo sinunod ng New People’s Army (NPA) ang idineklara ng grupo na holiday ceasefire noong Disyembre 25. Ito ay dahil sa mismong ng araw na iyon nang atakihin ng mga rebelde ang Macaingalan Patrol Base sa Barangay Puray sa Rodriguez, Rizal, ayon kay Philippine Army 202nd Infantry Brigade Commander Brigadier General Arnulfo Burgos Jr., Isang miyembro ng CAFGU Active Auxiliary ang sugatan sa naging engkwentro. Una nang nagdeklara ng temporary ceasefire […]
(Eagle News)—-For Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, there is a clear ground for the removal of Guimbal, Iloilo Mayor Oscar Garin Sr.’s authority over the local police. Año issued the statement following Police Regional Office 6 director Chief Supt. John Bulalacao’s allegations Garin and his son, Iloilo Rep. Richard Garin, mauled a policeman, P03 Federico Macaya. Richard Garin has apologized, saying he was only irked Macaya had asked a victim to withdraw a complaint against a suspect. […]
(Eagle News) — Nagbuga ng abo ang Bulkang Mayon kaninang umaga. Ayon kay Ed Lagueta, resident volcanologist ng Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology sa Albay, naitala ang bahagyang pagbubuga ng abo sa bulkan, alas 8:40 ng umaga kanina. Sa ngayon ayon kay Laguerta ay wala pa naman silang nakikitang banta ng major volcanic activity sa Mayon. Ipinaliwanag nito na ang pagbuga ng abo ay pag-init ng tubig sa ilalim ng crater ng bulkan. Patuloy […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has expressed his condolences to the family of Rep. Rodel Batocabe’s security escort, who was also slain by still-unidentified gunmen over the weekend. “Console yourself (the family of SP01 Orlando Diaz) with the fact that he died in the line of duty.. Alam mo pagka mag-security ka, the possibility of dying is there always,” Duterte said during his visit to the wake of Batocabe in Albay on Wednesday, Dec. 26. Batocabe […]
(Eagle News) — Dalawang buwan makaraan ang reopening ng isla ng boracay ay naglabasan na naman ang mga dating problema sa nasabing tourist destination. Sa kanilang liham sa Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF), sinabi ng mga residente at business operators sa isla na dapat maging seryoso ang pamahalaan sa pagmo-monitor sa isla. Hanggang ngayon anila ay patuloy ang pagsasamantala ng ilang grupo sa kabilang paghihigpit ng BIATF. “It was a painful experience for us who […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, Dec. 27, visited the wake of Rep. Rodel Batocabe, whom authorities said may have been killed due to politics. During his visit to the wake in Albay, the President also announced he had increased the bounty for any information about the gunmen to P50 million. Earlier, lawmakers raised a P30-million reward money. The President refused to provide details about the case, but hinted at the killing being politically motivated. “But […]
(Eagle News) — The chief of the Philippine National Police in Region 6 will sue Guimbal Mayor Oscar Garin Sr. and Iloilo 1st District Rep. Richard Garin for allegedly mauling one of his policemen over the weekend. In a statement, Chief Supt. John Bulalacao said apart from filing the charges for physical injuries, alarm and scandal, direct assault against an agent of person in authority and grave coercion against the mayor, and the charges for grave […]
(Eagle News) — Surigao del Sur Gov. Vicente Pimentel Jr. has died. He was 71 years old. According to his family, Pimentel died in his sleep on Tuesday, Dec. 25, a day after he checked out from the hospital. Details about his wake have yet to be announced.
