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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Isang hinihinalang vintage naval ordnance ang nakumpiska ng Explosive Ordnance Division (EOD) sa isang abandonadong bahay sa Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur noong Martes, Pebrero 20. Ayon kay PSupt. Benito Recopuerto, hepe ng PNP-Pagadian, ang nasabing bomba na narekober mula sa bahay sa Brgy. Tiguma, bandang 2:30 ng hapon, ay ginamit ng Naval Forces noong ikalawang digmaang pandaigdig. Aniya, kaya nitong wasakin ang isang malaking barko at […]
(Eagle News) — Two men who were convicted of rape by a Davao court in 2012 have been acquitted by the Supreme Court. In acquitting Juvy Amarela and Junard Racho, the High Court did not apply what is supposedly the decades-old women’s honor doctrine, under which women are believed not to lie about being raped because “women, especially Filipinos, would not admit that they have been abused unless that abuse had actually happened.” In a decision […]
BALABAC, Palawan (Eagle News) — Ten people, including an 11-month-old baby, have died due to severe dehydration in Balabac town in Palawan, where a diarrhea outbreak has been declared. According to the Provincial Health Office, over 200 residents have been treated for symptoms of diarrhea since February 12. “Almost all of the water sources in Balabac proper are not fit for drinking after they tested positive for coliform,” provincial health officer Mary Ann Navarro said in […]
Ni Jun Cronico Eagle News Service ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Pinarangalan ng pamunuan ng Police Regional Office 9 ang kanilang sampung pulis ng medalya ng kagalingan (PNP merit medal) sa isang flag-raising ceremony sa Project 9, Brgy. Mercedez, Zamboanga City noong Lunes ng umaga, Pebrero 19. Ang mga pinarangalan dahil sa matagumpay na pagkakaaresto sa dalawang bandidong Abu Sayyaf na sina Isa Sampang at Paisar Sampang sa Brgy. Mariki, Zamboanga City noong Enero 27, […]
Ni Nova Villafañe Eagle News Service BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte (Eagle News) – Patay ang guwardiya ng isang kilalang bangko habang sugatan naman ang kasama nitong manager sa nangyaring robbery at pag-ambush sa kanilang sinasakyang L300 ng tatlong armadong lalaki. Nangyari ang pananambang sa Brgy. Agong-ong, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte nitong Lunes, Pebrero 19. Kinilala ang guwardya na si Nelson Lumanao na idineklarang dead-on-the-spot matapos magtamo ng multiple gunshot wounds habang sugatan naman ang manager […]
(Eagle News) – The lawyer of controversial drug dealer Kerwin Espinosa was shot dead on Monday, February 19, in an ambush after attending a hearing for his client in Cebu City in one of the busiest sections of the city Lawyer Jan Ungab was declared dead at around 2 p.m. after two unidentified gunman staged an ambush, shooting him twice in the head while he was inside his car just before noon. Ungab, who […]
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan (Eagle News) — Tinatayang aabot sa mahigit 70 pamilya ang nasunugan sa Barangay Bancao-Bancao, Palawan Linggo ng hapon, Pebrero 18. Ayon sa nakapanayam ng Eagle News team, nagsimula umano ang sunog sa isang napabayaan bukas gasul. At dahil dikit-dikit ang mga kabahayan at gawa sa mga light material o sawali ang karamihan sa mga ding-ding ng mga bahay ng residente, mas lalo umanong bumilis ang pagkalat ng apoy sinabayan pa ng malakas […]
Ni Juvy Barraca Eagle News Correspondent NATIVIDAD, Pangasinan (Eagle News) – Ipinatutupad na ng lokal na pamahalan ng Natividad, Pangasinan ang Municipal ordinance ukol sa pagbabawal sa electric fishing at poisoning sa mga ilog sa nasabing lalawigan. Ayon sa lokal na pamahalaan ng Natividad, ang pagsisimula ng ordinansang ito ay naging mahirap dahil bukod sa pagsasaka ay pangingisda sa mga ilog ang isa sa mga pangunahing pinagkakakitaan ng mga residente ng nasabing bayan. Dahil dito, nagbigay […]
BORACAY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Aminado ang Boracay Foundation Inc. (BFI) na ang unfinished drainage system ang dahilan ng water pollution sa Boracay Island. Ayon kay Nennette Aguirre-Graf, presidente ng BFI, dinisenyo ang mga drainage system para kontrolin ang pagbaha sa isla ngunit ang masaklap, ginamit na itong tapunan ng dumi ng ilan sa mga residente at establisyemento doon. Paliwanag ni Graf, nagagamit sa hindi tamang paraan ang mga drainage canal sa Boracay dahil gawa […]
(Eagle News)– Five soldiers were wounded by a blast from an improvised explosive device in Maguindanao on Sunday. PFC Maguncia, PFC Purol, Pvt. Ramirez, 1Lt. Jano Cyril C. Reyes and PFC Crispo–who are all members of the 57th Infantry Battalion—were wounded after the IED hit their vehicle in Barangay Meta in Datu Unsay around 7:30 a.m. There are no other details available. Authorities are still investigating the incident.
(Eagle News)– The body of Joanna Demafelis arrived in Iloilo on Saturday, days after she was found in a freezer in an abandoned apartment in Kuwait. The plane carrying Demafelis arrived around 6 a.m. She was welcomed by her loved ones, who couldn’t help but break down upon seeing her remains. Demafelis is slated to be brought to her hometown in Sara, where a two-week wake will be held. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said […]
(Eagle News) — The National Union of People’s Lawyers said retired Major General Jovito Palparan Jr. “self-destructed” in his last court hearing on the kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges filed against him. In a text message to reporters on Thursday, NUPL president Edre Olalia said Palparan, who reportedly maintained his innocence in the disappearance of two University of the Philippines students in 2006, “self-destructed with his contrived and sloppy defense.” “It’s all bare denial and blames imagined […]
