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(Eagle News) — The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said on Monday that an Alert Level 4 remains in effect over Mt. Mayon, as authorities announced that over 200,000 families have already been affected by the volcano’s activities. According to PHIVOLCS, the alert level means that a “hazardous” eruption of the volcano in Albay was still imminent, with weak lava fountaining, lava effusion and degassing being seen from its summit crater for the past 24 hours. As […]
POLANCO, Zamboanga del Norte (Eagle News) – Naging matagumpay ang isinagawang simultaneous LAKAD Tokhang o “Lipulin at Kalampagin ang Droga” ng Philippine National Police (PNP) sa Zamboanga del Norte. Ito ay bilang pagsuporta sa re-launched “Oplan Tokhang” ng kapulisan sa bansa. Sa pakikipagtulungan ng Department of the Interior and Local Government, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, mga estudyante at iba pang mga kawani ng local government unit at nongovernment organizations ang nakiisa at nakilahok sa programa […]
(Eagle News) – Iimbestigahan ng Committees on Environment and Natural Resources gayundin ng Tourism and Finance ang epektong dulot ng polusyon sa isla ng Boracay sa ika-dalawa ng Marso. Una rito, sinabi ni Environment Committee Chairman Cynthia Villar na magsasagawa muna sila ng pag-iinspeksyon sa lugar para personal na makita ang kasalukuyang sitwasyon doon. Kabilang sa mga makakasama ni Sen. Villar ay sina Sen. Nancy Binay at Sen. Loren Legarda maging sina Sen. Sonny Angara, […]
(Eagle News) — The policeman who was arrested along with the widow of Zulfikli Bin Hir alias Marwan and Khadaffy Janjalani has been dismissed from service. Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald Dela Rosa made the announcement on Monday, after SPO4 Andy Atta was nabbed together with Juromee Dongon and her other relatives for their alleged terrorism links in Lanao del Norte. “Imbestigahan pa natin nang husto para malaman natin extent ng participation ng […]
(Eagle News)– Authorities have arrested a member of the New People’s Army involved in a kidnapping incident last year, the Philippine National Police said. PNP Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa said Donato Jacob, a leader of the NPA’s Sandatahang Yunit Propaganda and NPA “tax collector,” was nabbed in Obando, Bulacan on Saturday. He said Jacob had a warrant for his arrest issued by the Malolos City Regional Trial Court Branch 14 for robbery with […]
(Eagle News)–Four people were killed in clashes between two Moro clans in North Cotabato over the weekend. The police said the two fatalities in the skirmishes that started in Barangay Kidama on Saturday night and ended on Sunday in Barangay Marbel were members of the Moro National Liberation Front. The other two were members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Authorities said the clashes were the result of “rido,” and broke out after the brother […]
Widow’s two sisters, father linked to terrorist groups also arrested, PNP says The widow of Khadaffy Janjalani and Zulfikli Bin Hir alias Marwan has been arrested for allegedly supporting extremist groups and possessing firearms and explosives, police said on Sunday. Juromee Dongon was married to Janjalani, a senior leader of the notorious Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group until his death in 2006. She then married the Malaysian bombmaker alias Marwan, who was killed in 2015. In […]
The police said Sunday they were hunting for 12 inmates who escaped from a jail in Jolo, the stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf. The detainees were among 29 inmates who bolted from a prison inside a police station on Saturday where they were being held mostly on drug charges. The remaining 17 were recaptured the same day, police said. Jolo is a base for the kidnap-for-ransom group and authorities said they were investigating whether or […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu gave the mission team of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources six months to restore and rehabilitate Boracay. “The mission of the team is to rehabilitate and restore Boracay in becoming a paradise again. We are given six months by the President,” he said. “We will be using all DENR assets and personnel to do this job. Those who will be deployed will be […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Boracay may be placed under a “state of calamity” if the island’s pollution problem is not resolved soon. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said that the idea was floated by Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año. Cimatu visited the island and was not happy with what he found. Cimatu said that many structures and business establishments were found well within the 30-meter easement from the shoreline, where buildings and […]
MABALACAT, Pampanga (Eagle News) – Binuksan na ang bagong Mabiga interchange ng NLEX-SCTEX sa Brgy. Mabiga, Mabalacat, Pampanga. Sa pagbukas ng bagong interchange inalis na ang U-turn slot sa NLEX-SCTEX na ginagamit ng mga sasakyang galing ng national road at patungo ng Clark, Subic at Tarmac. Maaari nang dumaan ngayon ang mga sasakyang patungo ng Clark, Subic at Tarlac sa bagong exit road at toll booth ng Mabiga interchange, at gayun din sa kanilang pagbalik sa […]
LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato (Eagle News) – Hinarang ng mga otoridad ang isang grupo ng mga dayuhang aktibista sa Lake Sebu sa South Cotabato. Layon sana ng mga nasabing dayuhan–Julie Jamora, Dina Anderson, Jamy Drapeza, Adam Shaw, at Tawanda Chandiwanda—ang magsagawa ng fact-finding mission tungkol sa napabalitang massacre sa siyam na sibilyan sa nasabing bayan noong Disyembre nang nakaraang taon. Ayon kay South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes, nakasakay ang pawang mga miyembro ng Gabriela Network […]
