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Nina Aser Bulanadi at Godofredo Santiago Eagle News Service CONCEPCION, Tarlac (Eagle News) – Arestado ang isang barangay councilor na umano’y kabilang sa high value targets (HVT) ng mga pulis at ang isa pang kasama nito sa pagbebenta ng iligal na droga. Naaresto ang konsehal na si Dennis Quilala Maliwat, 36, at ang kasama nitong si Gerardo Zamora Bucu, 35, kapwa residente ng Brgy. Alfonso, Concepcion, ng mga tauhan ng Concepcion Municipal Police Station. Nakumpiska sa […]
HERMOSA, Bataan (Eagle News) – Dead-on-arrival sa pagamutan ang anak ng dating mayor ng Hermosa, Bataan. Kinilala ang biktima na si Dr. Christian Cruz, 39 taong gulang, anak ni dating Hermosa Mayor Efren J. Cruz. Natagpuan ang nakababatang Cruz sa loob ng kanilang tahanan sa Brgy. Palihan noong Sabado, Marso 24. Mismong ang ama ng biktima ang nagsugod sa ospital. Natagpuan rin ang naagnas nang labi ng asawa nito na nakilalang si Larlyn Belleza, 31, […]
(Eagle News)—-Former Davao Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte celebrated his 43rd birthday in Davao on Saturday night, and received a cake from his father, President Rodrigo Duterte, and Kitty. Pulong, as he is known, posted a picture of the cake on his Facebook account. In the background, his sister, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte, could be seen grinning as she held a plate filled with food. “Pa and Kitty, thanks for the cake. Pa, somebody ate ahead […]
DOJ says Bohol courts, not Cebu courts, have jurisdiction over case (Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has ordered the withdrawal of parricide charges against a Bohol official tagged in his wife’s disappearance and presumed killing last year. In a March resolution, Undersecretary Reynante Orceo said these charges against Bohol Provincial Board Member Niño Rey Boniel should be dropped because Cebu courts do not have jurisdiction over the case. He said the crime against Bien Unido […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Saturday said each family who lost a loved one in the deadly vehicular incident in Occidental Mindoro received P20,000 from President Rodrigo Duterte. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said those who were injured were also each given cellphones and P10000 by the chief executive. According to Roque, the amounts were apart from those they would receive from the Passenger Accident Management and Insurance Agency (PAMI) starting Monday, March 26. The families of those […]
(Eagle News)–A fisherman who had been adrift in the West Philippine Sea for three days was rescued by the Philippine Navy on Friday, the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines said. Albert Carcuevas of Rizal, Palawan was rescued in the vicinity of Dalagang Bukid Shoal, Wescom said in a statement. Carcuevas was fishing in Rizal when his boat encountered engine trouble, and ended up drifting toward the area. He told authorities he had […]
(Eagle News)–A security guard was killed while three others were injured when unidentified gunmen shot at a car going out of a bar owned by suspected drug personality Peter Lim in Cebu before dawn on Saturday. The lone fatality in the 1 a.m. attack reportedly aimed at Lim’s brother, Wellington, outside Infinity KTV and Music Lounge on Archbishop Reyes Ave. in Barangay Kamputhaw was security guard William Bocay. Another guard, George Lambatan; and two German nationals […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered the arrest of the operator of Dimple Star Transport, days after one of its buses fell into a cliff in Occidental Mindoro and left 19 dead. “Pinahuli ni (Duterte ang) operator and pinahuli niya ang lahat ng colorum,” Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said. Go made the announcement as Duterte made an unannounced visit to the site of the incident on Tuesday. A picture […]
(Eagle News) — The tourism, environment and interior departments have decided to recommend a 6-month closure of Boracay starting April 26. In a radio interview, Interior Assistant Secretary Epimaco Densing III said they would submit the recommendation—reached at after a meeting among the departments’ officials on Thursday night—to President Rodrigo Duterte. “Ang desisyon sa date, ang rekomendasyon kasi ang huling may ‘say’ ay si Presidente,” he said. He said airlines and tour operators have promised […]
(Eagle News) — Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits have freed a head teacher they abducted from a Sulu school on Thursday morning. Authorities said Marjorie Abdul, the head teacher of Liang Elementary School in Patikul, was released on the same day, around 11 p.m. They said this was after Abdul’s family paid an unspecified amount for her release. Abdul was inside her office when the suspects barged in and forcibly took her around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
(Eagle News) — Thirteen drug suspects were killed in police operations in Bulacan from Tuesday to Wednesday. Senior Supt. Romeo Caramat Jr., Bulacan police director, said the operations were conducted from Tuesday midnight to Wednesday noon. The operations, he said, included 57 buy-bust operations, and services of warrants of arrest and search warrants. “Unfortunately, 13 of the suspects were killed when our officers fired in self-defense shortly after the suspects who were armed with concealed […]
(Eagle News) — Five suspected Abu Sayyaf members abducted a teacher in Sulu on Thursday. The Western Mindanao Command said Marjorie Abdul, head teacher at Liang Elementary School, was sitting in her office in Barangay Liang, Patikul when the suspects barged inside and took her hostage at 9:30 a.m. Wesmincom said it was “exhausting all efforts and means to track down the captors and rescue the hostage..,” as it condemned the kidnapping and all “kidnapping ploys […]
