Provincial News

Bangkay ng Pilipina na pinatay sa Ireland, naiuwi na sa bansa

(Eagle News) — Naiuwi na sa bansa ang mga labi ng estudyanteng Pilipina na pinaslang sa Ireland. Pasado alas otcho kagabi, Mayo 31, nang dumating ang labi ni Jastine Valdez sa Clark International Airport. Mula airport agad itong ini-uwi sa kanilang pamilya sa Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya. Una nang nadiskubre ang bangkay ni Valdez sa isang inabandonang minahan sa Puck’s Court Lane. Napag-alaman na nasawi ang biktima dahil sa pananakal ng isang lalaki na nasawi sa […]

Mahigit sa P2-milyong ayuda ng DSWD para sa mga 4Ps beneficiaries sa Boracay, ibinigay na

(Eagle News)- Nasa mahigit 600 na benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program o 4Ps mula sa tatlong barangay sa isla ng Boracay, sa Aklan ang tumanggap ng tulong pinansyal mula sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) nitong Miyerkules, Mayo 30. Ayon kay Gemma Santerva, project development officer ng 4Ps sa Boracay, nasa P2.442 milyon ang inilabas nilang ayuda para sa buwan ng Pebrero at Marso, 2018. “Aming minadali ang paglalabas sa nasabing pera na […]

PNP: Cebu Mayor Loot hurt after accidental discharge of gun

(Eagle News)– Daanbantayan, Cebu Mayor Vicente Loot had to be rushed to the hospital on Wednesday, May 30, after a gun that he had left tucked in his pants accidentally discharged. A police report said Loot had come from a vigil of a supporter in Barangay Lanao when the incident took place at 8:40 p.m. The report said Loot sat on the weapon, which discharged a bullet that hit his left leg. The incident took […]

DOJ panel approves Peter Lim’s request for separate drug inquiry

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service A Department of Justice panel of prosecutors on Wednesday, May 30, granted businessman Peter Lim’s request to be investigated separately from his co-accused in a drug complaint filed against them, but his failure to face the panel on the same day prompted the panel to declare his case submitted for resolution just the same. In granting Lim’s request to be subjected to a preliminary investigation separate from Kerwin Espinosa, […]

Duterte declares entire Boracay island under land reform

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, May 30, said he was declaring the entire Boracay island under land reform. The President said, however, that if some wanted to “retain” the island’s “commercial quality,” Congress could create a 30-meter easement from the shoreline for the establishments. “Mag-usap nalang kami sa Congress…The entire island will be declared as a land reform area. Sagarin na natin. Give it to the people,” he said. President Duterte […]

Several Bicol students urge PET to implement 25-percent ballot shading threshold

(Eagle News) — Several students have asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to implement the 25-percent ballot shading threshold in the ongoing vice presidential election recount. The students who reportedly came from Bicol are pushing for the same ballot threshold their supposed province-mate Vice President Leni Robredo is calling for. Robredo’s request, however, has been denied by the PET through a decision penned by Associate Justice Alfredo Caguioa. She has filed […]

Drug suspek patay matapos manlaban sa isang buy-bust operation sa Lemery, Batangas

LEMERY, Batangas (Eagle News) – Patay ang isang lalaki matapos itong manlaban sa ikinasang buy bust operation ng Philippine National Police (PNP) sa Brgy. Mahabang Sahilig, Lemery, Batangas, madaling araw ng Martes, Mayo 29. Kinilala ang suspek na si Salvador Radam alyas “Nonoy”. Ayon kay PSSupt. Edwin A. Quilates, Officer-in-Charge ng Batangas Police Provincial Office, nakatunog umano ang suspek na pulis ang kaniyang katransaksyon kaya agad itong tumakas sakay ng isang dilaw na honda civic na may plakang WEY 835. Ngunit […]

4 na drug suspek, arestado sa buy-bust operation sa Baguio City

(Eagle News) — Arestado ang 4 na drug suspek sa buy-bust operation ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng Baguio City Police Office at PDEA Cordillera sa Lower Rock Quarry, Baguio City. Nakilala ang mga suspek na sina Michael Dumagcao,Alberto England, John Michael Garcia, at Louie Clemente. Ayon kay Chief Supt. Edward Carranza, Regional Director ng PNP Cordillera, nanlaban pa sa mga awtoridad ang mga suspek nang mahalata nila na mga pulis ang kanilang ka-transaksyon. Pinaputukan umano […]

Kapitan sa Batangas arestado matapos mahulihan ng mga iligal na baril

STO.TOMAS, Batangas (Eagle News) – Sinalakay ng Regional Special Operations Group at SWAT Calabarzon kasama ang Sto. Tomas PNP ang bahay ng isang incumbent at re-elected Brgy. Chairman ng Brgy. Sta Clara, Sto. Tomas, Batangas nitong Martes, Mayo 29 bandang 5:00 ng umaga. Dala ang search warrant, maaga pa lamang ay nagtungo na ang mga otoridad sa tahanan ni Kapitan Jay Monterola upang halughugin at hanapin ang mga hindi lisensyadong baril na nasa pag-iingat nito. […]

Mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo, nakiisa sa Brigada Eskwela sa Bataan National High School

(Eagle News) — Pinangunahan ng mga kaanib sa Iglesia Ni Cristo ang Brigada Eskwela 2018 sa Bataan National High School sa siyudad ng Balanga, Bataan. Proyekto ito ng Department of Education na ginagawa sa buong Pilipinas taun-taon. Ang nasabing aktibitad ay mayroong temang “Pagkakaisa para sa Handa, Ligtas at Matatag na Paaralan Tungo sa Magandang Kinabukasan.” Nagtipun-tipon sa covered court ng eskwelahan ang lahat ng nakiisang miyembro ng INC bago tumungo sa kani-kanilang lugar na […]

DTI assures Boracay micro-entrepreneurs of gov’t help

(Eagle News) — The Department of Trade and Industry  has given the  assurance  the government was extending assistance to the micro-entrepreneurs and residents who were affected by the six-month closure of Boracay. Speaking to Net 25’s Agila Balita on Monday, May 28, Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said the assistance was in the form of skill trainings and seminars, and in the form of cash assistance. He  said local entrepreneurs could sell their products through the government’s […]